[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 20 (Wednesday, February 3, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S387]
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  SA 414. Mr. SCOTT of Florida 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 HAS NOT 
                   BEEN AVAILABLE FOR A MANDATORY MINIMUM REVIEW 
                   PERIOD.

       (a) Review Period.--In this section, the term ``review 
     period'' means the period--
       (1) that begins on the hour after the hour during which 
     text of any bill, joint resolution, motion, amendment, 
     amendment between the Houses, or conference report is made 
     available to Senators; and
       (2) is the greater of--
       (A) the total number of minutes that is equal to 2 times 
     the number of pages of the text; and
       (B) 72 hours.
       (b) 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, unless--
       (1) the text of the bill, joint resolution, motion, 
     amendment, amendment between the Houses, or conference report 
     has been made available to Senators for the entire review 
     period applicable to the text; and
       (2) each Senator who intends to cast a vote on the bill, 
     joint resolution, motion, amendment, amendment between the 
     Houses, or conference report has read the text and self-
     certified such reading.
       (c) Waiver and Appeal.--Subsection (b) 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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