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DemocratAmendment · S.Amdt. 1630· Senate(119-SAMDT-1630)

S.Amdt. 1630

Rep. Hirono
Age: 79 years
Hawaii
Introduced
4/3/2025
Sponsored by
Mazie Hirono
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

As your legislative analyst, I want to break down what this amendment from Senator Hirono is trying to do for us. Put simply, it creates a new rule in the Senate to hold officials accountable and protect the public interest.

What It Changes and Adds

  • Point of order: It adds a rule that makes it out of order in the Senate to consider any bill, joint resolution, motion, amendment, or conference report that gets its budget savings from a reduction in force.
  • Stopping conflicts: This specific reduction in force must be one that could facilitate conflicts of interest or self-dealing for people with official or unofficial roles in the executive branch.
  • Waiver and appeal rules: The new rule can only be waived or suspended, or an appeal of the Chair's ruling sustained, with an affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Senators chosen and sworn.