S.Amdt. 2740Senate117th Congress (2021-2023)
S.Amdt. 2740
Sponsored by
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO)
Submitted August 9, 2021
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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). ______