[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 60 (Thursday, April 3, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S2261]
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  SA 1748. Mr. DURBIN (for himself and Ms. Baldwin) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the concurrent resolution 
H. Con. Res. 14, establishing 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, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST LEGISLATION THAT WOULD 
                   REDUCE TAX LIABILITY FOR BILLIONAIRES UNLESS IT 
                   WOULD ALSO RESTORE AND INCREASE LIFE-SAVING 
                   BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH FUNDING AT THE NATIONAL 
                   INSTITUTES OF HEALTH.

       (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 would 
     reduce the average tax liability of taxpayers with incomes 
     over $1,000,000,000 annually, unless such legislation would 
     also restore and increase life-saving biomedical research 
     funded by the National Institutes of Health.
       (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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