Sec. 8005. Civil works program of the Corps of Engineers
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(b)and (c), it shall not be in order in the House of Representatives or the Senate to consider any bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report that would result in making the amounts made available for a given fiscal year to carry out all programs, projects, and activities of the civil works program of the Corps of Engineers other than the harbor maintenance programs to be less than the amounts made available for those purposes in the previous fiscal year. For each fiscal year, the amounts made available to carry out all programs, projects, and activities of the civil works program of the Corps of Engineers shall not include any amounts that are designated by Congress— as being for emergency requirements pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 ( 2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(A)(i) ); or as being for disaster relief pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 ( 2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(D) ). Subsection
(a)shall not apply if amounts made available for the civil works program of the Corps of Engineers for a fiscal year is less than the amounts made available for the civil works program in the previous fiscal year if the reduction in amounts made available— applies to all discretionary funds and programs of the Federal Government; and is applied to the civil works program in the same percentage and manner as other discretionary funds and programs. Subsection
(a)may be waived or suspended in the Senate only by an affirmative vote of 3⁄5 of the Members of the Senate, duly chosen and sworn. An affirmative vote of 3⁄5 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). The Committee on Rules of the House of Representatives may not report a rule or order that would waive a point of order to a bill or joint resolution from being made under subsection (a).
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Sec. 8005
Civil works program of the Corps of Engineers
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