S.Amdt. 590

SA 590. Mr. CRAMER (for himself and Mr. Lankford) 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 WOULD
REDUCE STATES' RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES FOR
CLEAN AIR AND WATER.

(a) Definition of Legislation That Would Reduce States'
Rights and Responsibilities for Clean Air and Water.--In this
section, the term ``legislation that would reduce States'
rights and responsibilities for clean air and water'' means
any provision of a bill, joint resolution, motion, amendment,
amendment between the Houses, or conference report that would
upend the model of cooperative federalism established under
the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.) and the Federal
Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.) by
imposing additional, top-down Federal regulatory requirements
on States.
(b) Point of Order.--It shall not be in order in the Senate
to consider any legislation that would reduce States' rights
and responsibilities for clean air and water.
(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 (b).
(d) Sunset.--This section shall cease to have force or
effect on December 31, 2022.
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