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DemocratAmendment · S.Amdt. 1911· Senate(119-SAMDT-1911)

S.Amdt. 1911

Rep. Murphy
Age: 53 years
Connecticut
Introduced
4/4/2025
Sponsored by
Christopher Murphy
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. Murphy submitted SA 1911 as an amendment intended to be proposed to H. Con. Res. 14, which sets the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2025 and budgetary levels for fiscal years 2026 through 2034.

  • The amendment aims to add a point of order against funding for schools owned by for-profit entities.

What It Changes or Adds

  • It establishes a rule in the Senate making it not in order to consider any bill, joint resolution, motion, amendment, amendment between the Houses, or conference report that provides funding for a school owned by a for-profit entity.

  • It states that this rule may only be waived or suspended in the Senate by an affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members, duly chosen and sworn.

  • It 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.