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DemocratAmendment · S.Amdt. 1403· Senate(119-SAMDT-1403)

S.Amdt. 1403

Rep. Coons
Age: 63 years
Delaware
Introduced
4/3/2025
Sponsored by
Christopher Coons
Cosponsors
None
Changes bill
119-HCONRES-14 — Establishing 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.
  1. Introduced
  2. Pending Consideration

What this amendment would do

  • Mr. Coons submitted amendment numbered SA 1403.

  • The purpose is to establish a point of order against increasing out-of-pocket health care costs for Americans.

  • It aims to add a rule in the Senate stating that it shall not be in order to consider any bill, joint resolution, motion, amendment, amendment between the Houses, or conference report that would increase out-of-pocket health care costs for Americans.

  • It allows this point of order to be waived or suspended in the Senate only by an affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members, duly chosen and sworn.

  • It also requires an affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members of the Senate, duly chosen and sworn, to sustain an appeal of the ruling of the Chair on a point of order raised under this section.