S.Amdt. 2000

SA 2000. Mr. McCAIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 1463 proposed by Mr. McCain to the bill H.R. 1735, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 for military activities
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military
personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle A of title XVI, add the following:

SEC. 1614. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST CERTAIN LEGISLATION
MODIFYING RESTRICTIONS ON THE USE OF ROCKET
ENGINES FROM THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION FOR THE
EVOLVED EXPENDABLE LAUNCH VEHICLE PROGRAM.

(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 if the
bill, joint resolution, motion, amendment, amendment between
the Houses, or conference report--
(1) would not authorize appropriations for a fiscal year
for military activities of the Department of Defense, for
military construction, and for defense activities of the
Department of Energy; and
(2) would modify, amend, or supersede restrictions on the
use of rocket engines designed or manufactured in the Russian
Federation for the evolved expendable launch vehicle program.
(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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