[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 20 (Wednesday, February 3, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S340-S341]
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SA 108. Mr. COTTON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 5, setting forth the
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year
2021 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal
years 2022 through 2030; which was ordered to lie on the table; as
follows:
At the appropriate place in title IV, add the following:
SEC. 4___. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST LEGISLATION PROVIDING
GLOBAL HEALTH ASSISTANCE FUNDS TO FOREIGN
NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS THAT PERFORM
ABORTIONS OR PROMOTE ABORTION AS A FAMILY
PLANNING METHOD.
(a) Point of Order.--It shall not be in order in the Senate
to consider any bill,
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joint resolution, motion, amendment, amendment between the
Houses, or conference report that provides global health
assistance funds to foreign nongovernmental organizations
that--
(1) perform abortions or actively promote abortion as a
method of family planning; or
(2) provide financial support to any other foreign
nongovernmental organization that conducts the activities
described in paragraph (1).
(b) Waiver and Appeal.--Subsection (a) may be waived or
suspended in the Senate only by an affirmative vote of three-
fifths of the Members, duly chosen and sworn. An affirmative
vote of three-fifths of the Members of the Senate, duly
chosen and sworn, shall be required to sustain an appeal of
the ruling of the Chair on a point of order raised under
subsection (a).
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