[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 20 (Wednesday, February 3, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S398]
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SA 488. Mr. BOOZMAN 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 DIRECT SPENDING REDUCTIONS
FOR CERTAIN AGRICULTURE PROGRAMS.
(a) Point of Order.--It shall not be in order in the Senate
to consider any any bill, joint resolution, motion,
amendment, amendment between the Houses, or conference report
that would result in a reduction of direct spending (as
defined in section 250(c) of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 900(c))) for
programs under title I of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7
U.S.C. 9011 et seq.) or programs under title XII of the Food
Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3801 et seq.).
(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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