CONGRESS FOR VOTERS

Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV)

S.Amdt. 384

S.Amdt. 384 · Senate amendment

A Democratic amendment with 1 Democratic cosponsor · See the cosponsor

Changes S.Con.Res. 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.

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. Cortez Masto, along with Ms. Rosen, submitted amendment SA 384 to the 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.

What It Aims to Change or Add

  • Creates a point of order in the Senate against considering any bill, joint resolution, motion, amendment, amendment between the Houses, or conference report that funds cages for immigrant children.
  • Establishes waiver and appeal rules, stating that this point of order may only be waived or suspended in the Senate by an affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members, duly chosen and sworn.
  • Requires a three-fifths vote 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.