[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 34 (Thursday, February 20, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S1262]
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  SA 944. Mr. HICKENLOOPER 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 WOULD 
                   REQUIRE AUCTIONS OF FEDERAL SPECTRUM.

       (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 
     directs the Federal Communications Commission to reallocate 
     frequencies for non-Federal commercial licensed use through a 
     system of competitive bidding under section 309(j) of the 
     Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 309(j)) if the 
     frequencies are--
       (1) assigned to a Federal entity; and
       (2) used by a Federal entity to transmit communications, 
     perform technological functions, or support the operation of 
     relevant systems that perform missions to--
       (A) forecast severe weather or issue natural disaster 
     warnings;
       (B) monitor and enhance security across the United States-
     Mexico border; or
       (C) support national security or intelligence activities of 
     importance to the United States.
       (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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