[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 20 (Wednesday, February 3, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S355]
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SA 204. Mr. SCOTT, of South Carolina 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 GIVING GREATER WEIGHT TO
THE INTERESTS OF TEACHER LABOR ORGANIZATIONS
THAN THE EDUCATIONAL NEEDS OF CHILDREN ACROSS
THE UNITED STATES.
(a) Point of Order.--It shall not be in order in the Senate
to consider any bill, joint resolution, motion, amendment,
amendment between the Houses, or conference report that
allocates funding for COVID-19 related emergency relief for
elementary or secondary schools in a manner that fails to
provide for reopening elementary and secondary schools for
in-person learning and, in turn, gives greater weight to the
interests of teacher labor organizations than the educational
needs of children across the United States.
(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).
(c) Sunset.--This section shall cease to have force or
effect on December 31, 2022.
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