S.Amdt. 471

SA 471. Mr. SULLIVAN 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 PROVIDES
FOR A DECREASE IN SPENDING FOR DEFENSE FOR
FISCAL YEAR 2022.

(a) Point of Order.--
(1) In general.--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
provide for an aggregate amount of spending for defense for
fiscal year 2022 that is less than the aggregate amount
enacted for spending for defense for fiscal year 2021.
(2) Spending for defense defined.--In this section, the
term ``spending for defense'', for a fiscal year, means the
aggregate of amounts available for that fiscal year for
budget function 050, including amounts for overseas
contingency operations and emergency funds.
(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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