S.Amdt. 685Senate117th Congress (2021-2023)

S.Amdt. 685

Submitted February 4, 2021

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February 4, 2021

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SA 685. Mr. GRAHAM (for himself, Mr. Portman, and Mr. Wicker)
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 USES
FEDERAL FUNDS TO INFLICT PAIN NOT INTENDED TO
IMPROVE THE MEDICAL OUTCOME FOR THE CHILD ON AN
UNBORN CHILD.

(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 uses
Federal funds to inflict pain not intended to improve the
medical outcome for the child on an unborn child (except for
in cases of rape, incest, or, in reasonable medical judgment,
the abortion is necessary to save the life of the mother).
(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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