S.Amdt. 210

SA 210. Mr. BURR (for himself, Mr. Scott, of South Carolina, and Mr.
Crapo) 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 HINDERING THE COVID-19
RESPONSE AND DELAYING THE AVAILABILITY OF
COVID-19 COUNTERMEASURES.

(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
hinder the COVID-19 response by delaying the availability of
vaccines, treatments, and diagnostics; slow the ethical
research and development of new tests, treatments, and
vaccines to combat COVID-19 and new variants of the virus;
and limit the ability of States to respond to the pandemic.
(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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