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[Page S6030]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
TEXT OF AMENDMENTS
SA 2678. Mr. CRUZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 4653, to protect the healthcare of hundreds of
millions of people of the United States and prevent efforts of the
Department of Justice to advocate courts to strike down the Patient
Protection and Affordable Care Act; which was ordered to lie on the
table; as follows:
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the
following:
SECTION 1. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST LEGISLATION MODIFYING THE
NUMBER OF JUSTICES OF THE SUPREME COURT OF THE
UNITED STATES.
(a) Point of Order.--
(1) In general.--In the Senate, it shall not be in order to
consider a provision in a bill, joint resolution, motion,
amendment, amendment between the Houses, or conference report
amending section 1 of title 28, United States Code, to
modify, or that otherwise modifies, the total number of
Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States.
(2) Point of order sustained.--If a point of order is made
by a Senator against a provision described in paragraph (1),
and the point of order is sustained by the Chair, that
provision shall be stricken from the measure and may not be
offered as an amendment from the floor.
(b) Conference Reports.--When the Senate is considering a
conference report on, or an amendment between the Houses in
relation to, a bill or joint resolution, upon a point of
order being made by any Senator pursuant to subsection
(a)(1), and such point of order being sustained, such
material contained in such conference report or House
amendment shall be stricken, and the Senate shall proceed to
consider the question of whether the Senate shall recede from
its amendment and concur with a further amendment, or concur
in the House amendment with a further amendment, as the case
may be, which further amendment shall consist of only that
portion of the conference report or House amendment, as the
case may be, not so stricken. Any such motion in the Senate
shall be debatable. In any case in which such point of order
is sustained against a conference report (or Senate amendment
derived from such conference report by operation of this
subsection), no further amendment shall be in order.
(c) Supermajority Waiver and Appeal.--In the Senate, this
section may be waived or suspended only by an affirmative
vote of two-thirds of the Members, duly chose and sworn. An
affirmative vote of two-thirds of 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 this
section.
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SA 2679. Mr. CRUZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 4653, to protect the healthcare of hundreds of
millions of people of the United States and prevent efforts of the
Department of Justice to advocate courts to strike down the Patient
Protection and Affordable Care Act; which was ordered to lie on the
table; as follows:
At the end, add the following:
SEC. 2. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST LEGISLATION MODIFYING THE
NUMBER OF JUSTICES OF THE SUPREME COURT OF THE
UNITED STATES.
(a) Point of Order.--
(1) In general.--In the Senate, it shall not be in order to
consider a provision in a bill, joint resolution, motion,
amendment, amendment between the Houses, or conference report
amending section 1 of title 28, United States Code, to
modify, or that otherwise modifies, the total number of
Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States.
(2) Point of order sustained.--If a point of order is made
by a Senator against a provision described in paragraph (1),
and the point of order is sustained by the Chair, that
provision shall be stricken from the measure and may not be
offered as an amendment from the floor.
(b) Conference Reports.--When the Senate is considering a
conference report on, or an amendment between the Houses in
relation to, a bill or joint resolution, upon a point of
order being made by any Senator pursuant to subsection
(a)(1), and such point of order being sustained, such
material contained in such conference report or House
amendment shall be stricken, and the Senate shall proceed to
consider the question of whether the Senate shall recede from
its amendment and concur with a further amendment, or concur
in the House amendment with a further amendment, as the case
may be, which further amendment shall consist of only that
portion of the conference report or House amendment, as the
case may be, not so stricken. Any such motion in the Senate
shall be debatable. In any case in which such point of order
is sustained against a conference report (or Senate amendment
derived from such conference report by operation of this
subsection), no further amendment shall be in order.
(c) Supermajority Waiver and Appeal.--In the Senate, this
section may be waived or suspended only by an affirmative
vote of two-thirds of the Members, duly chose and sworn. An
affirmative vote of two-thirds of 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 this
section.
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