[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 21 (Thursday, February 4, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S535]
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  SA 787. Ms. COLLINS 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 
                   JEOPARDIZE THE EXISTING BENEFITS PROVIDED 
                   THROUGH THE 9/11 VICTIMS COMPENSATION FUND.

       (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 
     reduce the funding available to the Victims Compensation Fund 
     established under section 410 of the Air Transportation 
     Safety and System Stabilization Act (49 U.S.C. 40101 note) or 
     reduce the scope of the existing benefits provided through 
     such Fund for first responders and others involved in 
     emergency response, recovery, and debris removal operations 
     at the September 11, 2001 aircraft crash sites.
       (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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