S.Amdt. 1090

Mr. Booker submitted amendment numbered SA 1090 to the concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2025 and budgetary levels for fiscal years 2026 through 2034.

The purpose of this amendment is to create a point of order in the Senate against legislation that undermines civil rights protections. Specifically, it aims to add a new section to title IV that makes it out of order to consider any bill, joint resolution, motion, amendment, amendment between the Houses, or conference report that endangers protections for renters, homeowners, or people experiencing homelessness by reducing funding for or staff charged with enforcement of the Fair Housing Act, the Violence Against Women Act of 1994, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, or other civil rights laws.

How It Can Be Overridden

The amendment sets the rule that this point of order may only be waived or suspended in the Senate by an affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members, duly chosen and sworn. Additionally, an affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members of the Senate, duly chosen and sworn, is required to sustain an appeal of the ruling of the Chair on a point of order raised under this rule.