S.Amdt. 809

SA 809. Mr. CRUZ 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 RESTRICTING THE SUPPLY OF,
OR REDUCING THE DOMESTIC PRODUCTION OF,
PETROLEUM AND RELATED PETROCHEMICALS DURING THE
PENDENCY OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.

(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
restrict the supply of, or reduce the domestic production of,
petroleum and related petrochemicals during the pendency of
the COVID-19 pandemic, as such legislation would necessarily
decrease the supply of, and thereby increase the cost for,
critical manufacturing related to the components and raw
materials (such as polypropylene fibers, paraxylene, and
isopropyl alcohol) necessary to domestically produce an
adequate supply of personal protective equipment (PPE), which
will have a direct budgetary impact on all Federal agencies,
particularly the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the
Department of Health and Human Services, which are engaged in
a whole-of-government approach to defeating the COVID-19
pandemic.
(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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