[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 33 (Wednesday, February 19, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1049-S1050]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 137. Ms. HIRONO (for herself and Mr. Peters) submitted an 
amendment

[[Page S1050]]

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. ___. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST LEGISLATION THAT WOULD 
                   INCREASE CHILD CARE COSTS FOR PARENTS.

       (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 
     increases child care costs for parents.
       (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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