S.Amdt. 2740Senate117th Congress (2021-2023)

S.Amdt. 2740

Submitted August 9, 2021

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Senate amendment submitted

August 9, 2021

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SA 2740. Mr. HAWLEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 14, setting forth the
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year
2022 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal
years 2023 through 2031; 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 TO PROTECT THE HYDE AMENDMENT.

(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 funding for the performance, coverage, or
facilitation in any way of an abortion, except in such cases
where the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus
were carried to term, or in the cases of rape or incest.
(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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