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Mazie Hirono (D-HI)

S.Amdt. 825

S.Amdt. 825 · Senate amendment

A Democratic amendment with 3 Democratic cosponsors · See all 3 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

  1. Introduced
  2. Pending Consideration

What this amendment would do

  • This amendment was submitted by Ms. Hirono, along with Mr. Reed, Ms. Warren, and Mr. Schatz, for the fiscal year 2025 congressional budget resolution.

  • The purpose of the amendment is to add a new point of order in the Senate against increasing housing costs for United States families.

  • It aims to make it out of order in the Senate to consider any bill, joint resolution, motion, amendment, amendment between the Houses, or conference report that would increase housing costs for families in the United States by reducing the labor supply for new home construction or increasing tariffs on home materials.

  • It adds a rule where this point of order can only be waived or suspended in the Senate by an affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members, duly chosen and sworn.

  • It also 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 rule.