S.Amdt. 668Senate117th Congress (2021-2023)

S.Amdt. 668

Submitted February 4, 2021

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Senate amendment submitted

February 4, 2021

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SA 668. Mrs. HYDE-SMITH submitted an amendment intended to be
proposed by her 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 CONDITIONS FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE
SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

(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
reduce the conditions for participation, including work
requirements, established under section 6(d) of the Food and
Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2015(d)) for participation in
the supplemental nutrition assistance program established
under that Act (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.).
(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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