S.Amdt. 1591

Mr. Padilla submitted SA 1591 to be proposed to the concurrent resolution establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2025 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2026 through 2034.

What It Aims to Change or Add

• It adds a point of order in the Senate against reconciliation legislation.
• It targets any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or conference report that does not explicitly prohibit taking away personnel, funding, and other resources meant for fentanyl-related investigations and prosecutions and using them for other purposes.
• It allows this point of order to be waived or suspended only by an affirmative vote of three-fifths of the chosen and sworn Members of the Senate.
• It requires an affirmative vote of three-fifths of the chosen and sworn Members of the Senate to sustain an appeal of the ruling of the Chair on this point of order.