S.Amdt. 483Senate117th Congress (2021-2023)

To create a point of order against legislation that would provide Economic Impact Payments to prisoners.

Submitted February 3, 2021

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Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 483 proposed by Senator Cassidy.

February 5, 2021

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Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 483 proposed by Senator Cassidy.

February 5, 2021

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Roll call votes on amendments in Senate: Motion to waive all applicable budgetary discipline with respect to amendment SA 483 rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 50 - 50. Record Vote Number: 37.

February 5, 2021

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Amendment SA 483 proposed by Senator Cassidy. (consideration: CR S449; text: CR S449) To create a point of order against legislation that would provide Economic Impact Payments to prisoners.

February 5, 2021

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Point of order that the amendment violates section 305(b)(2) of the CBA raised in Senate with respect to amendment SA 483.

February 5, 2021

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Motion to waive all applicable budgetary discipline with respect to amendment SA 483 rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 50 - 50. Record Vote Number: 37.

February 5, 2021

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Amendment SA 483 ruled out of order by the chair.

February 5, 2021

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Senate amendment submitted

February 3, 2021

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Submitted

SA 483. Mr. CASSIDY 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

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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 PROVIDING ECONOMIC IMPACT
PAYMENTS TO PRISONERS.

(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, as part of any extension or reauthorization of
Economic Impact Payments under section 6428 or 6428A of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 or any establishment of any
similar rebate or credit, allow for such rebate or credit to
be provided to any individual who is incarcerated in a
Federal or State prison.
(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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