S.Amdt. 154

SA 154. Mr. HOEVEN (for himself and Mr. Daines) 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

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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 THAT REDUCES
THE HOURS OF OPERATION OR PERMANENTLY CLOSES
ANY PORT OF ENTRY ALONG THE NORTHERN BORDER.

(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
reduces the hours of operation or permanently closes any port
of entry located along the border between the United States
and Canada.
(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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