S.Amdt. 3589Senate117th Congress (2021-2023)
S.Amdt. 3589
Sponsored by
Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA)
Submitted August 10, 2021
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August 10, 2021
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SA 3589. Mr. KENNEDY 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: [[Page S6383]] SEC. 4___. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST SEMIAUTOMATIC WEAPON BANS. (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 ban the sale, purchase, or possession of semiautomatic firearms. (b) Waiver and Appeal.--Subsection (a) may be waived or suspended in the Senate only by an affirmative vote of two- thirds of the Members, duly chosen and sworn. An affirmative vote of two-thirds 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). ______