Text of Senate Amendment 754

Text of Senate Amendment 754

Congressional Record, Volume 171 Issue 34 (Thursday, February 20, 2025) [Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 34 (Thursday, February 20, 2025)] [Senate] [Page S1236] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] SA 754. Ms. WARREN (for herself, Ms. Slotkin, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Lujan, Mr. Kim, Mr. Welch, and Mr. Schiff) 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 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 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). ______