S.Amdt. 85

SA 85. Mr. RUBIO (for himself, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Hagerty, Mr. Cruz, Mr.
Tillis, and Mr. Daines) 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 PROVIDING COVID-19
REOPENING FUNDS TO ANY ELEMENTARY OR SECONDARY
SCHOOL THAT CHOOSES NOT TO REOPEN FOR IN-PERSON
ACADEMIC INSTRUCTION BY APRIL 30, 2021.

(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
provides COVID-19 reopening funds to any elementary or
secondary school that chooses not to reopen for in-person
academic instruction by April 30, 2021.
(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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