CONGRESS FOR VOTERS

Mazie Hirono (D-HI)

S.Amdt. 1342

S.Amdt. 1342 · Senate amendment

A Democratic amendment with 10 Democratic cosponsors · See all 10 cosponsors

Changes H.Con.Res. 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.

Offered

Offered, and not voted on yet. Most amendments never get a vote: the Senate takes up the bill and moves on without them.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. Pending Consideration

What this amendment would do

  • Ms. Hirono submitted SA 1342, which creates a new point of order in the Senate.

  • Its main purpose is to protect Social Security beneficiaries by stopping legislation that harms their services.

  • It aims to add a rule that makes it out of order in the Senate to consider any bill, joint resolution, motion, amendment, or conference report that leads to specific negative actions.

What It Aims to Change or Add

  • It adds a ban on closing Social Security district offices.

  • It adds a ban on reducing Social Security district office staff or personnel.

  • It adds a ban on causing reduced customer service, which explicitly includes longer wait times for Social Security beneficiaries.

  • It adds a strict rule requiring a three-fifths vote of the Senators chosen and sworn to either waive these protections or to sustain an appeal of the ruling of the Chair.