S.Amdt. 1748

SA 1748. Mr. DURBIN (for himself and Ms. Baldwin) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by him 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, insert the following:

SEC. ___. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST LEGISLATION THAT WOULD
REDUCE TAX LIABILITY FOR BILLIONAIRES UNLESS IT
WOULD ALSO RESTORE AND INCREASE LIFE-SAVING
BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH FUNDING AT THE NATIONAL
INSTITUTES OF HEALTH.

(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 average tax liability of taxpayers with incomes
over $1,000,000,000 annually, unless such legislation would
also restore and increase life-saving biomedical research
funded by the National Institutes of Health.
(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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