S.Amdt. 721

SA 721. Mr. RISCH 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
COMPROMISE UNITED STATES NEUTRALITY IN
INTERNATIONAL NEGOTIATIONS RELATING TO THE
GRAND ETHIOPIAN RENAISSANCE DAM.

(a) Point of Order.--It shall not be in order in the Senate
to consider any bill, joint resolution, motion, amendment,

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amendment between the Houses, or conference report that
compromises the neutrality of the United States in tripartite
negotiations between Egypt, Ethiopia, and Sudan relating to
the filling and operation of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance
Dam.
(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).
(c) Sunset.--This section shall cease to have force or
effect on December 31, 2022.
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