S.Amdt. 806
What it does: Adds SEC. 4__. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST LEGISLATION AUTHORIZING FEDERAL FUNDS APPROPRIATED FOR PROCESSING NATURALIZATION APPLICATIONS TO BE USED FOR ANY OTHER PURPOSE at the appropriate place in title IV
Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA)What it changes
1 change to S.Con.Res. 11
Adds SEC. 4__. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST LEGISLATION AUTHORIZING FEDERAL FUNDS APPROPRIATED FOR PROCESSING NATURALIZATION APPLICATIONS TO BE USED FOR ANY OTHER PURPOSE at the appropriate place in title IV
Adds a sectionInserted: SEC. 4__. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST LEGISLATION AUTHORIZING FEDERAL FUNDS APPROPRIATED FOR PROCESSING NATURALIZATION APPLICATIONS TO BE USED FOR ANY OTHER PURPOSE.
Inserted: (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 (except measures within the jurisdiction of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate) that would permit the Secretary of Homeland Security or any other Federal official to use funds appropriated to process and adjudicate applications for naturalization for any other purpose.
Inserted: (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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Original wording
At the appropriate place in title IV, insert the following:
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As printed
SA 806. Mr. CASSIDY 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 in title IV, insert the following:
SEC. 4__. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST LEGISLATION AUTHORIZING FEDERAL FUNDS APPROPRIATED FOR PROCESSING NATURALIZATION APPLICATIONS TO BE USED FOR ANY OTHER PURPOSE.
(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 (except measures within the jurisdiction of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate) that would permit the Secretary of Homeland Security or any other Federal official to use funds appropriated to process and adjudicate applications for naturalization for any other purpose.
(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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Senate amendment submitted
March 25, 2015
Senate amendment submitted
March 25, 2015