S.Amdt. 1613Senate119th Congress (2025-2027)
S.Amdt. 1613
Sponsored by
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)
Submitted April 3, 2025
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SA 1613. Mr. WHITEHOUSE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him 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, insert the following: SEC. ___. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST RECONCILIATION LEGISLATION THAT FAILS TO REQUIRE AGENCIES INFILTRATED BY DOGE TO UNDERGO A SYSTEM PERFORMANCE AND SECURITY AUDIT. (a) Point of Order.--It shall not be in order in the Senate to consider any reconciliation bill or joint resolution reported [[Page S2236]] 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 does not require each agency that has had staff of the Department of Government Efficiency digging into protected data of the agency to conduct a comprehensive systems audit to check for any vulnerabilities that could interfere with system performance or security or expose personally identifiable information. (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). ______