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DemocratAmendment · S.Amdt. 1697· Senate(119-SAMDT-1697)

S.Amdt. 1697

Rep. Slotkin
Age: 50 years
Michigan
Introduced
4/3/2025
Sponsored by
Elissa Slotkin
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

  • Ms. Slotkin submitted amendment SA 1697 to be proposed for the concurrent resolution H. Con. Res. 14, which establishes the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2025 and sets forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2026 through 2034.

  • The purpose of this amendment is to establish a point of order against legislation increasing the cost of housing.

What It Aims to Change or Add

  • The amendment adds a point of order 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 relating to increasing the cost of housing for American families.

  • It adds a 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.

  • It adds a requirement that 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 section.