S.Amdt. 414

SA 414. Mr. SCOTT of Florida 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 LEGISLATION THAT HAS NOT
BEEN AVAILABLE FOR A MANDATORY MINIMUM REVIEW
PERIOD.

(a) Review Period.--In this section, the term ``review
period'' means the period--
(1) that begins on the hour after the hour during which
text of any bill, joint resolution, motion, amendment,
amendment between the Houses, or conference report is made
available to Senators; and
(2) is the greater of--
(A) the total number of minutes that is equal to 2 times
the number of pages of the text; and
(B) 72 hours.
(b) 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, unless--
(1) the text of the bill, joint resolution, motion,
amendment, amendment between the Houses, or conference report
has been made available to Senators for the entire review
period applicable to the text; and
(2) each Senator who intends to cast a vote on the bill,
joint resolution, motion, amendment, amendment between the
Houses, or conference report has read the text and self-
certified such reading.
(c) Waiver and Appeal.--Subsection (b) 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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