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DemocratAmendment · S.Amdt. 1702· Senate(119-SAMDT-1702)

S.Amdt. 1702

Rep. Warnock
Age: 57 years
Georgia
Introduced
4/3/2025
Sponsored by
Raphael Warnock
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. WARNock submitted SA 1702, which is an amendment proposed to the concurrent resolution H. Con. Res. 14 for the fiscal year 2025 congressional budget.

Purpose and Changes

The purpose of this amendment is to hold our officials accountable by creating a specific rule in the Senate regarding trade and our farmers. It aims to add a point of order that prohibits the Senate from considering any bill, joint resolution, motion, amendment, amendment between the Houses, or conference report that would limit export markets for agricultural goods sold by United States farmers as a result of United States tariffs or retaliatory tariffs from other countries.

To make sure this rule actually has teeth, the amendment sets clear conditions:

  • This point of order can only be waived or suspended by an affirmative vote of three-fifths of the sworn Members of the Senate.
  • It also requires an affirmative vote of three-fifths of the sworn Members of the Senate to sustain an appeal of the ruling of the Chair.