S.Amdt. 121

SA 121. Mr. MERKLEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 3, setting forth the
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year
2017 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal
years 2018 through 2026; 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 REDUCING FUNDING THAT WOULD
HELP STATE OR LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENTS BATTLE
THE ZIKA VIRUS.

(a) Point of Order.--It shall not be in order in the Senate
to consider a bill or joint resolution reported pursuant to
section 2001 or section 2002, or an amendment to, motion on,
conference report on, or amendment between the Houses in
relation to such a bill or joint resolution, that would
reduce funding, provided by the Prevention and Public Health
Fund, established under section 4002 of the Patient
Protection and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 300u-11), to
the Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity Program that would
help State or local health departments battle the Zika virus.
(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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