    [Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 33 (Wednesday, February 19, 2025)]
    [Senate]
    [Page S1050]
    From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

      SA 141. Ms. HIRONO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
    her to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 7, 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; which was ordered to lie on the table; as
    follows:

           At the appropriate place in title IV, add the following:

         SEC. 4___. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST LEGISLATION THAT REDUCES
                       FUNDING FOR AVIATION PERSONNEL WHO PERFORM
                       CRITICAL SAFETY FUNCTIONS OR NATIONAL SECURITY
                       FUNCTIONS.

           (a) Point of Order.--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
         reduces funding for personnel who perform critical safety
         functions or national security functions within the Federal
         Aviation Administration (FAA), or support FAA's National
         Airspace System Defense Programs, early warning radar
         systems, or related programs.
           (b) Waiver and Appeal.--Subsection (a) may be waived or
         suspended in the Senate only by an affirmative vote of three-
         fifths of the Members, duly chosen and sworn. An affirmative
         vote of three-fifths of the Members of the Senate, duly
         chosen and sworn, shall be required to sustain an appeal of
         the ruling of the Chair on a point of order raised under
         subsection (a).
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