S.Amdt. 1546

SA 1546. Ms. WARREN (for herself and Mr. Markey) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by her to the concurrent resolution
H. Con. Res. 14, establishing the congressional budget for the United
States Government for fiscal year 2025 and setting forth the
appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2026 through 2034; which
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ___. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST CONSIDERATION OF ANY
LEGISLATION UNTIL THE CAP ON NIH FUNDING FOR
RESEARCH AND CLINICAL TRIALS ON RARE DISEASES,
CHRONIC DISEASES, PEDIATRIC DISEASES, CANCER,
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE, DIABETES, AND CYSTIC
FIBROSIS IS LIFTED.

(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 until the
date on which the 15 percent cap on the use of National
Institutes of Health funding for indirect costs is lifted for
institutions that conduct research or clinical trials on rare
diseases, chronic diseases, pediatric diseases, cancer,
Alzheimer's disease, diabetes, or cystic fibrosis.
(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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