[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 34 (Thursday, February 20, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S1257]
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  SA 909. Mr. KAINE 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, insert the following:

     SEC. 4___. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST LEGISLATION TERMINATING 
                   UNITED STATES FOREIGN ASSISTANCE FUNDING FOR 
                   FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATIONS.

       (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, that would suspend any United States 
     foreign assistance funding appropriated by Congress and 
     provided by the Department of State or the United Agency for 
     International Development to faith-based organizations or 
     faith-based implementing agencies.
       (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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