[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 34 (Thursday, February 20, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S1254]
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  SA 886. Mrs. MURRAY 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 PROVIDING FUNDING FOR OVER 
                   BUDGET CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS WITHOUT 
                   INDEPENDENT REVIEW.

       (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 provides 
     new or additional funding for any National Nuclear Security 
     Administration capital project with a total project cost that 
     is more than $5,000,000,000, unless provisions are included 
     to require a review of the full project by an external, 
     independent project management organization to minimize cost 
     overruns and schedule slippage.
       (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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