[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 34 (Thursday, February 20, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S1216]
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  SA 607. Mr. MERKLEY 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 PROVIDES 
                   FUNDING FOR OVERLY COSTLY, OUTDATED, OR 
                   INEFFECTIVE NUCLEAR MODERNIZATION 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 
     provides funding for nuclear modernization programs that are 
     over-budget, behind schedule, in violation of chapter 325 of 
     title 10, United States Code (commonly known as the ``Nunn-
     McCurdy Act''), unnecessary, wasteful, or in contravention of 
     international security agreements.
       (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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