    [Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 33 (Wednesday, February 19, 2025)]
    [Senate]
    [Page S1051]
    From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

      SA 149. Mr. REED submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
    him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 7, setting forth the
    congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year
    2025 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal
    years 2026 through 2034; 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
                       OBSTRUCT EFFORTS TO COMBAT AVIAN INFLUENZA AND
                       LOWER EGG PRICES.

           (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
         obstruct Federal resources from addressing the current avian
         influenza outbreak and protecting the egg supply in the
         United States from shortages and price spikes.
           (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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