S.Amdt. 2158

SA 2158. Mr. MARKEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 1717 proposed by Mr. Graham to the concurrent resolution

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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 LEGISLATION THAT WOULD CUT
FUNDING TO THE BUREAU OF POPULATION, REFUGEES,
AND MIGRATION.

(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, rescind, reprogram funding, or otherwise cut funding
for the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration of the
Department of State, where any such actions would undermine,
weaken, or impair payments to non-governmental organizations
to provide relief and protection for refugees and victims of
conflict.
(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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