[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 71 (Wednesday, April 22, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Page S1980]
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  SA 5020. Mr. HEINRICH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 33, setting forth the 
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 
2026 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal 
years 2027 through 2035; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

         At the end of title IV, add the following:

     SEC. 4___. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST LEGISLATION THAT REDUCES 
                   HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS AT THE DEPARTMENT OF 
                   VETERANS AFFAIRS.

         (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 reduces the number of health care providers at the 
     Department of Veterans Affairs.
         (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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