[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 34 (Thursday, February 20, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1166-S1167]
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SA 254. 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
[[Page S1167]]
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, insert the following:
SEC. 4___. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST ANY LEGISLATION AUTHORIZING
DETENTION OR DEPORTATION UNDER THE ALIEN
ENEMIES ACT OF 1798 OR ANY OTHER LAW THAT DOES
NOT PROVIDE INDIVIDUALS WITH THEIR
CONSTITUTIONALLY-PROTECTED DUE PROCESS RIGHTS.
(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
carries out detention and deportation pursuant to sections
4067 through 4070 of the Revised Statutes of the United
States (50 U.S.C. 21 et seq.; commonly known as the ``Alien
Enemies Act of 1798'') or pursuant to any other law that does
not provide due process to individuals in accordance with the
Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution of the
United States.
(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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