S.Amdt. 108Senate117th Congress (2021-2023)
S.Amdt. 108
Sponsored by
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR)
Submitted February 3, 2021
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February 3, 2021
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SA 108. Mr. COTTON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 5, setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2021 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2022 through 2030; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows: At the appropriate place in title IV, add the following: SEC. 4___. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST LEGISLATION PROVIDING GLOBAL HEALTH ASSISTANCE FUNDS TO FOREIGN NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS THAT PERFORM ABORTIONS OR PROMOTE ABORTION AS A FAMILY PLANNING METHOD. (a) Point of Order.--It shall not be in order in the Senate to consider any bill, [[Page S341]] joint resolution, motion, amendment, amendment between the Houses, or conference report that provides global health assistance funds to foreign nongovernmental organizations that-- (1) perform abortions or actively promote abortion as a method of family planning; or (2) provide financial support to any other foreign nongovernmental organization that conducts the activities described in paragraph (1). (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). ______