S.Amdt. 1188

SA 1188. Mr. PADILLA 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:

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SEC. 4___. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST RECONCILIATION LEGISLATION
THAT ALLOWS FOR CONFLICTS OF INTEREST AND
CORRUPTION BY SPECIAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES.

(a) Point of Order.--It shall not be in order in the Senate
to consider a bill or joint resolution reported pursuant to
section 2002, or an amendment to, conference report on, or
amendment between the Houses in relation to such a bill or
joint resolution, that would not explicitly prohibit and
rescind contracts or Government funding for all companies
owned, operated, or with significant financial ties to
special Government employees (as defined in section 202 of
title 18, United States Code).
(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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