[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 21 (Thursday, February 4, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S529-S530]
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  SA 746. Mr. RISCH (for himself and Mr. Tillis) 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 IMPLEMENTING A NUCLEAR DEAL 
                   WITH IRAN ABSENT RELEASE OF ALL UNJUSTLY 
                   DETAINED UNITED STATES CITIZENS.

       (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 would 
     provide funding to implement an agreement with Iran related 
     to its nuclear program until Iran has released all United 
     States citizens unjustly held in detention in Iran.
       (b) Waiver and Appeal.--Subsection (a) may be waived or 
     suspended in the Senate

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     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 October 18, 2025.
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