S.Amdt. 1088

SA 1088. Mr. BLUMENTHAL submitted an amendment intended to be
proposed by him 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 LEGISLATION THAT INCREASES
RESPONSE AND RECOVERY COSTS FOR STATES
FOLLOWING A DISASTER.

(a) Point of Order.--It shall not be in order in the Senate
to consider any bill, joint resolution, motion, amendment,

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amendment between the Houses, or conference report that would
increase response and recovery costs for States following a
disaster.
(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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