Text of Senate Amendment 254

Text of Senate Amendment 254

Congressional Record, Volume 171 Issue 34 (Thursday, February 20, 2025) [Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 34 (Thursday, February 20, 2025)] [Senate] [Pages S1166-S1167] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] SA 254. Ms. HIRONO 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 [[Page S1167]] 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, insert the following: SEC. 4___. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST ANY LEGISLATION AUTHORIZING DETENTION OR DEPORTATION UNDER THE ALIEN ENEMIES ACT OF 1798 OR ANY OTHER LAW THAT DOES NOT PROVIDE INDIVIDUALS WITH THEIR CONSTITUTIONALLY-PROTECTED DUE PROCESS RIGHTS. (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 carries out detention and deportation pursuant to sections 4067 through 4070 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (50 U.S.C. 21 et seq.; commonly known as the ``Alien Enemies Act of 1798'') or pursuant to any other law that does not provide due process to individuals in accordance with the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution of the United States. (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). ______