S.Amdt. 1539Senate119th Congress (2025-2027)
S.Amdt. 1539
Sponsored by
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)
Submitted April 3, 2025
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April 3, 2025
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SA 1539. Ms. WARREN (for herself and Mr. Durbin) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the concurrent resolution H. Con. Res. 14, establishing 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 ELIMINATING OR REDUCING ACCESS TO STUDENT LOAN CANCELLATION PROGRAMS FOR DEFRAUDED BORROWERS. (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 that eliminates or reduces access to student loan cancellation programs for borrowers who were defrauded or misled by their schools. (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). ______