S.Amdt. 147

SA 147. Mrs. FISCHER (for herself and Mr. Wicker) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by her to the concurrent resolution
S. Con. Res. 5, setting forth the congressional budget for the United
States Government

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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 FEDERAL SCIENCE GRANT
FUNDING FOR AN INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION
THAT PARTNERS WITH ANY ENTITY OWNED,
CONTROLLED, OR ORGANIZED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE
PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.

(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
provides Federal science grant funds to an institution of
higher education that partners with any entity owned,
controlled, or organized under the laws of the People's
Republic of China.
(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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