Text of Senate Amendment 753

Text of Senate Amendment 753

Congressional Record, Volume 171 Issue 34 (Thursday, February 20, 2025) [Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 34 (Thursday, February 20, 2025)] [Senate] [Page S1236] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] SA 753. Ms. WARREN (for herself and Mr. Markey) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 7, setting forth 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 in title IV, add the following: SEC. 4___. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST CONSIDERATION OF ANY LEGISLATION UNTIL THE CAP ON NIH FUNDING 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 and clinical trials on rare diseases, chronic diseases, pediatric diseases, cancer, Alzheimer's disease, diabetes, cystic fibrosis, or other life-threatening or debilitating diseases or conditions. (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). ______