[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 34 (Thursday, February 20, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S1173]
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SA 298. Mr. WARNOCK 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 REDUCING FUNDING FOR LAND-
GRANT UNIVERSITIES.
(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
cause a land-grant university (as defined within the meaning
of the term ``1994 Institution'' in section 532 of the Equity
in Educational Land-Grant Status Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 301
note), as a college established for the benefit of
agriculture and the mechanic arts in accordance with the
provisions of the Act of July 2, 1862 (12 Stat. 503; 7 U.S.C.
301 et seq.) (commonly known as the First Morrill Act), and
as a college eligible to receive funding under the Act of
August 30, 1890 (26 Stat. 417, chapter 841; 7 U.S.C. 321 et
seq.) (commonly known as the Second Morrill Act)) to receive
less funding than the land-grant university would receive
under law in effect on the day before the date of
consideration.
(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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