[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 21 (Thursday, February 4, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S538]
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  SA 809. Mr. CRUZ 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 RESTRICTING THE SUPPLY OF, 
                   OR REDUCING THE DOMESTIC PRODUCTION OF, 
                   PETROLEUM AND RELATED PETROCHEMICALS DURING THE 
                   PENDENCY OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.

       (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 
     restrict the supply of, or reduce the domestic production of, 
     petroleum and related petrochemicals during the pendency of 
     the COVID-19 pandemic, as such legislation would necessarily 
     decrease the supply of, and thereby increase the cost for, 
     critical manufacturing related to the components and raw 
     materials (such as polypropylene fibers, paraxylene, and 
     isopropyl alcohol) necessary to domestically produce an 
     adequate supply of personal protective equipment (PPE), which 
     will have a direct budgetary impact on all Federal agencies, 
     particularly the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the 
     Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the 
     Department of Health and Human Services, which are engaged in 
     a whole-of-government approach to defeating the COVID-19 
     pandemic.
       (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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