S.Amdt. 581

SA 581. Mr. CRAMER 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 ASSISTING CHINESE COMMUNIST
PARTY IN SPYING ON AMERICANS.

(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--

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(1) repeals or otherwise impairs the prohibition under
section 3 of the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks
Act of 2019 (47 U.S.C. 1602) by allowing the Federal
Communications Commission to subsidize the acquisition or
maintenance of telecommunications equipment or services from
untrusted suppliers; or
(2) repeals or otherwise impairs the prohibition under
section 1260I of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116-92; 133 Stat. 1687)
(prohibiting the Secretary of Commerce from removing Huawei
Technologies Co. Ltd. or any of its affiliates from the
Entity List maintained by the Bureau of Industry and Security
of the Department of Commerce and set forth in Supplement No.
4 to part 744 of title 15, Code of Federal Regulations, until
the Secretary certifies that certain conditions are met).
(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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