[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 34 (Thursday, February 20, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S1285]
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  SA 1108. Mr. VAN HOLLEN 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 CUT 
                   FUNDS FOR MORE EFFICIENT AND TIMELY PERMITTING 
                   ACTIVITIES AT THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND 
                   ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION.

       (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 
     legislation that would cut funds for more efficient and 
     timely permitting activities at the National Oceanic and 
     Atmospheric Administration.
       (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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