S.Amdt. 1334

SA 1334. Ms. STABENOW (for herself, Mr. Brown, Ms. Baldwin, Mr.
Casey, and Ms. Duckworth) submitted an amendment intended to be
proposed to amendment SA 1116 proposed by Mr. Enzi to the concurrent
resolution H. Con. Res. 71, establishing the congressional budget for
the United States Government for fiscal year 2018 and setting forth the
appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2019 through 2027; which
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

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

SEC. 41__. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST FUNDING REDUCTION FOR THE
GREAT LAKES RESTORATION INITIATIVE.

(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
result in funding for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative
being reduced below the amount authorized under section
118(c)(7) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33
U.S.C. 1268(c)(7)).
(b) Waiver and Appeal.--Subsection (a) may be waived or
suspended in the Senate

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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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