[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 34 (Thursday, February 20, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S1252]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
SA 870. Ms. ROSEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
her 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 RECONCILIATION LEGISLATION
IF STATES WITH APPROVED FINAL PROPOSALS UNDER
THE BROADBAND EQUITY, ACCESS, AND DEPLOYMENT
PROGRAM HAVE NOT RECEIVED THEIR ALLOCATIONS
UNDER THAT PROGRAM.
(a) Point of Order.--It shall not be in order in the Senate
to consider a bill or joint resolution reported pursuant to
section 2002, or an amendment to, conference report on, or
amendment between the Houses in relation to such a bill or
joint resolution, if States with approved final proposals
under the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program
have not received their allocations under that program.
(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).
______