[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 144 (Monday, August 9, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S6143]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2732. Mrs. BLACKBURN submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed by her 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 REDUCED FUNDING FOR THE 
                   NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION.

       (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 funds for the National Nuclear Security 
     Administration--
       (1) to revitalize strategic materials production, including 
     depleted and highly-enriched uranium, lithium, and tritium; 
     or
       (2) to conduct nuclear weapon production modernization 
     efforts critical to weapon performance, including plutonium 
     primaries, uranium secondaries, radiation cases, and non-
     nuclear components.
       (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).
                                 ______