S.Amdt. 824Senate117th Congress (2021-2023)
S.Amdt. 824
Sponsored by
Sen. James E. Risch (R-ID)
Submitted February 4, 2021
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February 4, 2021
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SA 824. 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: [[Page S541]] SEC. 4___. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST LEGISLATION FUNDING A NORTHERN TRIANGLE DEVELOPMENT PLAN. (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 provide funding to support a development plan with the governments of El Salvador, of Guatemala, and of Honduras unless the President submits a report to Congress certifying that such governments are taking meaningful and verifiable actions to reduce illegal migration and stem transnational criminal activity from Central America to the United States, including by-- (1) informing its citizens of the dangers of the journey to the southwest border of the United States; (2) combating human smuggling and trafficking; (3) countering the activities of criminal gangs and organized crime; (4) improving border security; and (5) cooperating with United States Government agencies to facilitate the return and repatriation of illegal migrants. (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). ______