[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 20 (Wednesday, February 3, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S392]
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SA 445. Mrs. CAPITO (for herself, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Tillis, and Mr.
Cramer) 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 THAT WOULD
PROVIDE ADDITIONAL COVID FUNDING FOR
INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION WITHOUT
ALLOCATING FUNDING IN A FAIR AND PROPORTIONAL
MANNER TO ALL ELIGIBLE INSTITUTIONS UNDER TITLE
IV OF THE HIGHER EDUCATION ACT OF 1965.
(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
provides additional COVID funding for institutions of higher
education without allocating funding in a fair and
proportional manner to all eligible institutions under title
IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965.
(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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