S.Amdt. 186

SA 186. Mr. WYDEN (for himself, Mr. Udall, Mr. Carper, Ms. Hirono,
and Mr. Blumenthal) 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 LEGISLATION THAT SLASHES THE
COMPENSATION OF INDIVIDUAL FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.

(a) Point of Order.--Subject to subsection (b), 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 directly reduces the compensation
of 1 or more individual Federal employees.
(b) Exclusion.--Subsection (a) shall not apply to a
provision of a bill, joint resolution, motion, amendment,
amendment between the Houses, or conference report that
provides for the reduction of the compensation of a Federal
employee based on conduct of the Federal employee that
prohibits or prevents another Federal employee from, or
penalizes another Federal employee for, communicating with
Congress.
(c) 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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