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DemocratAmendment · S.Amdt. 815· Senate(119-SAMDT-815)

S.Amdt. 815

Rep. Peters
Age: 68 years
Michigan
Introduced
2/20/2025
Sponsored by
Gary Peters
Cosponsors
None
Changes bill
119-SCONRES-7 — An original concurrent resolution setting forth 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. Peters submitted amendment SA 815 to create a new rule in the Senate. The main purpose of this amendment is to protect the jobs, recreational opportunities, and economic impact created by commercial and recreational fisheries in the United States.

To make sure our elected officials are held accountable and take this protection seriously, the amendment adds a point of order to the Senate. This rule means it will not be in order in the Senate to consider any bill, joint resolution, motion, amendment, amendment between the Houses, or conference report that would threaten our fisheries.

If lawmakers want to push a measure that threatens these fisheries, it would take a three-fifths affirmative vote of the Senators chosen and sworn to waive the rule or to successfully appeal a ruling from the Chair.