[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 34 (Thursday, February 20, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S1164]
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SA 233. Mr. VAN HOLLEN (for himself and Ms. Hirono) proposed an
amendment 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; as follows:
At the appropriate place in title IV, add the following:
SEC. 4___. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST LEGISLATION THAT WOULD CUT
FUNDING FROM THE SCHOOL LUNCH OR SCHOOL
BREAKFAST PROGRAMS.
(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 cuts
funding from the school lunch program under the Richard B.
Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.) or
the school breakfast program established under section 4 of
the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773).
(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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