S.Amdt. 1041

SA 1041. Mr. REED (for himself and Mr. Brown) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 11, setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2016 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2017 through 2025; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. __. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST CUTS TO VITAL PROGRAMS.

(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 enrollment or the assistance provided to low-income individuals under--

(1) Head Start programs, including Early Head Start programs, under the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9831 et seq.);

(2) the Federal Pell Grant program under subpart 1 of part A of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a et seq.);

(3) homeless assistance programs under the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11301 et seq.); and

(4) tenant-based rental assistance programs under section 8(o) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)).

(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).