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DemocratAmendment · S.Amdt. 833· Senate(119-SAMDT-833)

S.Amdt. 833

Rep. Rosen
Age: 69 years
Nevada
Introduced
2/20/2025
Sponsored by
Jacky Rosen
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

Here is the straight talk on what this amendment is all about. Ms. Rosen put forward this amendment to hold our elected officials accountable when it comes to disaster relief. Common sense tells us we need to protect the programs that help us when emergencies strike, and this paperwork aims to make it harder for Congress to mess with them.

What the Amendment Changes

  • It creates a strict point of order in the Senate against any bill, resolution, motion, or conference report that dismantles any Federal Emergency Management Agency program that supports disaster response and resilience.

  • This includes any program supporting wildfire and drought preparedness and recovery.

  • To get around this rule and pass something that breaks it, it would take a three-fifths affirmative vote of the Senators chosen and sworn.

  • It also takes that same three-fifths affirmative vote to overturn a ruling made by the Chair regarding this specific rule.