S.Amdt. 2011Senate119th Congress (2025-2027)

S.Amdt. 2011

Submitted April 4, 2025

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Senate amendment submitted

April 4, 2025

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Submitted

SA 2011. Ms. WARREN (for herself, Ms. Slotkin, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr.
Lujan, Mr. Welch, and Mr. Kim) 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 CERTAIN LEGISLATION UNTIL
FEDERAL AGENCIES COMPLY WITH LAWS THAT PROTECT
THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES.

(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 would
appropriate amounts or other Federal resources for the
Executive Office of the President, or any component thereof,
including the U.S. DOGE Service Temporary Organization, until
the date on which each Federal agency, without regard to the
direction or advice of an unelected billionaire, complies
with legislation, regulations, and court orders that
protect--
(1) veteran benefits and the Social Security, Medicare, and
Medicaid benefits of the people of the United States from
reductions;
(2) grants awarded by the National Institute of Health that
benefit cancer patients, sick children, and people with rare
diseases from elimination;
(3) Federal workers who ensure the safety of the food,
transportation, and work places of the people of the United
States from partisan, retaliatory, or arbitrary removal;
(4) career watchdogs who police waste, fraud, abuse,
conflicts of interest, ethics violations, or unfair firings
in the executive branch from termination;
(5) the security of the data and other personal information
of taxpayers of the United States from invasions of privacy;
and
(6) Federal agencies that provide life-saving food aid or
that protect consumers from scams by large corporations from
elimination.
(b) Waiver and Appeal.--Subsection (a) may be waived or
suspended in the Senate

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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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