[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 21 (Thursday, February 4, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S498-S499]
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  SA 581. Mr. CRAMER 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 ASSISTING CHINESE COMMUNIST 
                   PARTY IN SPYING ON AMERICANS.

       (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--

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       (1) repeals or otherwise impairs the prohibition under 
     section 3 of the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks 
     Act of 2019 (47 U.S.C. 1602) by allowing the Federal 
     Communications Commission to subsidize the acquisition or 
     maintenance of telecommunications equipment or services from 
     untrusted suppliers; or
       (2) repeals or otherwise impairs the prohibition under 
     section 1260I of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
     Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116-92; 133 Stat. 1687) 
     (prohibiting the Secretary of Commerce from removing Huawei 
     Technologies Co. Ltd. or any of its affiliates from the 
     Entity List maintained by the Bureau of Industry and Security 
     of the Department of Commerce and set forth in Supplement No. 
     4 to part 744 of title 15, Code of Federal Regulations, until 
     the Secretary certifies that certain conditions are met).
       (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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