S.Amdt. 1998

SA 1998. Mr. WYDEN 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 place, insert the following:

SEC. ___. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST RECONCILIATION LEGISLATION
THAT WOULD FAIL TO SUPPORT RURAL COUNTIES
PROVIDING ESSENTIAL PUBLIC SERVICES.

(a) Point of Order.--It shall not be in order in the Senate
to consider a bill or joint

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resolution reported pursuant to section 2002, or an amendment
to, conference report on, or amendment between the Houses in
relation to such a bill or joint resolution, that would
result in the reconciliation legislation failing to provide
mandatory, permanent, and stable funding to each county
government for essential services at a level equal to or
greater than the average amount that the county government
received from the Secure Rural Schools program and payments
in lieu of taxes programs for those purposes during the
period of fiscal years 2001 through 2023.
(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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