[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 21 (Thursday, February 4, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S500]
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  SA 590. Mr. CRAMER (for himself and Mr. Lankford) 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 WOULD 
                   REDUCE STATES' RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES FOR 
                   CLEAN AIR AND WATER.

       (a) Definition of Legislation That Would Reduce States' 
     Rights and Responsibilities for Clean Air and Water.--In this 
     section, the term ``legislation that would reduce States' 
     rights and responsibilities for clean air and water'' means 
     any provision of a bill, joint resolution, motion, amendment, 
     amendment between the Houses, or conference report that would 
     upend the model of cooperative federalism established under 
     the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.) and the Federal 
     Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.) by 
     imposing additional, top-down Federal regulatory requirements 
     on States.
       (b) Point of Order.--It shall not be in order in the Senate 
     to consider any legislation that would reduce States' rights 
     and responsibilities for clean air and water.
       (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 (b).
       (d) Sunset.--This section shall cease to have force or 
     effect on December 31, 2022.
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