[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 144 (Monday, August 9, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S6134]
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  SA 2674. Mr. MARSHALL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 14, setting forth the 
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 
2022 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal 
years 2023 through 2031; 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 A PILOT PROGRAM THAT USES 
                   FEDERAL FUNDS TO HIRE LAWYERS TO REPRESENT 
                   MIGRANTS WHO UNLAWFULLY CROSS THE SOUTHERN 
                   BORDER.

       (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 
     authorizes the establishment of a pilot program that uses up 
     to $50,000,000 in Federal funds to hire lawyers to represent 
     migrants who have unlawfully crossed the international border 
     between the United States and Mexico.
       (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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