[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 20 (Wednesday, February 3, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S375]
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SA 334. Mr. MORAN (for himself and Mr. Lee) 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 THAT DOES NOT
REQUIRE INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SERVICE PROVIDERS
TO ABIDE BY THEIR CONTENT MODERATION POLICIES.
(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 would
regulate interactive computer service providers if the bill,
joint resolution, motion, amendment, amendment between the
Houses, or conference report does not--
(1) require interactive computer service providers to
implement and abide by content moderation policies that are
publicly available and easily understandable; or
(2) provide enforcement against interactive computer
service providers that engage in unfair practices against
certain political viewpoints contrary to their content
moderation policies and public statements.
(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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