S.Amdt. 1628

SA 1628. 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:

SEC. ___. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST RECONCILIATION LEGISLATION
IF THE PRESIDENT HAS MADE A CHANGE TO THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF SECTION 7103 OF TITLE 5,
UNITED STATES CODE, BY EXECUTIVE ORDER.

(a) Point of Order.--It shall not be in order in the Senate
to consider a reconciliation bill or a reconciliation
resolution pursuant to 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 such consideration, the
President made a change to the implementation of section 7103
of title 5, United States Code, authorizing the President to
void a collective bargaining agreement applicable to an
agency or subdivision of an agency if the President
determines that--
(1) the agency or subdivision has as a primary function
intelligence, counterintelligence, investigative, or national
security work; and
(2) the provisions of chapter 71 of title 5, United States
Code, cannot be applied to that agency or subdivision in a
manner consistent with national security requirements and
considerations.
(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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