[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 33 (Wednesday, February 19, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S1047]
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SA 122. Mr. WARNER 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 CONSIDERATION OF
RECONCILIATION LEGISLATION UNTIL THE
CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE CERTIFIES THAT
HEALTH, EDUCATION, RESEARCH, LAW ENFORCEMENT,
AND FOREIGN AID FUNDING AUTHORIZED BY CONGRESS
IS NOT SUBJECT TO PROGRAMMATIC FUNDING DELAYS,
DEFERRALS, OR RESCISSIONS.
(a) Point of Order.--On and after the first day of a fiscal
year, it shall not be in order in the Senate to consider a
reconciliation bill or a reconciliation resolution pursuant
to section 310 of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment
Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 644), or an amendment to,
conference report on, or amendment between the Houses in
relation to such a bill or resolution, unless the Director of
the Congressional Budget Office has submitted to Congress a
certification indicating that amounts appropriated for
health, education, research, law enforcement, and foreign aid
for such fiscal year are not being subject to programmatic
funding delays, deferrals, or rescissions.
(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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