S.Amdt. 367

SA 367. Mr. KAINE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him 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 FUNDING FOR EFFORTS AT
FEDERAL AGENCIES TO POLITICIZE THE COMPETITIVE
SERVICE.

(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
contains funding for any effort at any Federal agency or
department to politicize the competitive service, including
by, without the consent of Congress, reclassifying Federal
employees occupying positions in the competitive service to
any schedule of excepted positions created after September
30, 2020.
(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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