[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 20 (Wednesday, February 3, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S391]
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SA 442. Mrs. CAPITO (for herself and Mr. Wicker) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by her 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 CREATING A TAX
OR FEE ON AVIATION CARBON EMISSIONS.
(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
includes a Federal tax or fee imposed on carbon emissions
from any aircraft that is a direct or indirect source of the
emissions.
(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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