S.Amdt. 319

SA 319. Mrs. GILLIBRAND (for herself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, and Mr.
Sanders) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the
concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 7, setting forth 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 RECONCILIATION LEGISLATION
THAT FAILS TO ESTABLISH A COMPREHENSIVE FEDERAL
PAID FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE PROGRAM.

(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, that fails to ensure that all working
people in the United States have access to 12 weeks of paid
leave to welcome a new child, to care for a family member, to
care for one's own serious medical condition, and for certain
military caregiving and deployment purposes.
(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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