S.Amdt. 968

SA 968. Mr. VITTER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009, and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2011 through 2014; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC.__. POINT OF ORDER ON LEGISLATION THAT VIOLATES THE SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHTS OF LAW-ABIDING AMERICANS.

(a) Point of Order--

(1) In General--In the Senate, it shall not be in order, to consider any bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report that violates the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding Americans.

(2) Waiver--This section may be waived or suspended only by an affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members, dully chosen and sworn.

(3) Appeals--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 this section.