S.Amdt. 787

SA 787. Ms. COLLINS 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
JEOPARDIZE THE EXISTING BENEFITS PROVIDED
THROUGH THE 9/11 VICTIMS COMPENSATION FUND.

(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 funding available to the Victims Compensation Fund
established under section 410 of the Air Transportation
Safety and System Stabilization Act (49 U.S.C. 40101 note) or
reduce the scope of the existing benefits provided through
such Fund for first responders and others involved in
emergency response, recovery, and debris removal operations
at the September 11, 2001 aircraft crash sites.
(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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