S.Amdt. 1627

SA 1627. Ms. HIRONO 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, insert the following:

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SEC. ___. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST RECONCILIATION LEGISLATION
UPON REMOVAL OF LARGE NUMBERS OF FEDERAL
EMPLOYEES OR ELIMINATION OF FEDERAL POSITIONS.

(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, if, during the 1-year period preceding that
consideration, more than 10,000 Federal employees have been
removed or Federal positions have been eliminated.
(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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