Second Degree Amendment · S.Amdt. 5457· Senate(119-SAMDT-5457)
To prohibit the Department of Justice from using taxpayer funds to make settlement payments to individuals convicted of assaulting law enforcement officers on January 6, 2021.
Age: 63 years
Delaware
- Introduced
- 6/3/2026
- Last activity
- 6/5/2026 — Amendment SA 5457 ruled out of order by the chair.
- Sponsored by
- Christopher Coons
- Cosponsors
- None
- Changes amendment
- 119-SAMDT-5453
- On the bill
- 119-S-2 — Secure America Act
- Introduced
- Ruled out of order by the chair
What this amendment would do
SA 5457, submitted by Mr. COONS, is an amendment to bill S. 2.
The purpose of this amendment is to add a prohibition that prevents the Department of Justice from using taxpayer funds to make settlement payments to people convicted of assaulting law enforcement officers at or around the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021.
What Congress actually voted on
One recorded vote has been taken on this amendment.
None of them settled the amendment — every vote so far has been about whether to keep going.
- 6/5/2026
- Roll call votes on amendments in Senate: Motion to waive all budgetary discipline with respect to amendment SA 5457, not having achieved 60 votes in the affirmative, rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 54 - 45. Record Vote Number: 158.
- Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 5457 proposed by Senator Coons to Amendment SA 5453.
- Amendment SA 5457 proposed by Senator Coons to Amendment SA 5453. To prohibit the Department of Justice from using taxpayer funds to make settlement payments to individuals convicted of assaulting law enforcement officers on January 6, 2021.
- Point of order that the amendment violates section 313(b)(1)(c) of the CBA raised in Senate with respect to amendment SA 5457.
- Motion to waive all budgetary discipline with respect to amendment SA 5457, not having achieved 60 votes in the affirmative, rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 54 - 45. Record Vote Number: 158.
- Amendment SA 5457 ruled out of order by the chair.
- 6/3/2026
- Senate amendment submitted
This bill has no cosponsors