A Democratic amendment with no cosponsors
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
- Introduced
- Pending Consideration
What this amendment would do
Mr. Peters submitted SA 748, which is an amendment meant to be added to the concurrent resolution for the budget, S. Con. Res. 7.
The purpose of this amendment is to create a new rule in the Senate. Specifically, it aims to add a point of order against certain legislation.
Here is what the amendment aims to change or add to the bill:
- It adds a rule that it shall not be in order in the Senate to consider any bill, joint resolution, motion, amendment, amendment between the Houses, or conference report that would increase energy exports if the sitting President has declared a national emergency with respect to energy.
- It sets a rule that this new restriction can only be waived or suspended in the Senate by an affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members, duly chosen and sworn.
- It requires an affirmative vote of three-fifths 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 new section.
- 2/20/2025
- Senate amendment submitted
This bill has no cosponsors