[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 34 (Thursday, February 20, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S1176]
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  SA 319. Mrs. GILLIBRAND (for herself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, and Mr. 
Sanders) 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 RECONCILIATION LEGISLATION 
                   THAT FAILS TO ESTABLISH A COMPREHENSIVE FEDERAL 
                   PAID FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE PROGRAM.

       (a) Point of Order.--It shall not be in order in the Senate 
     to consider a bill or joint resolution reported pursuant to 
     section 2002, or an amendment to, conference report on, or 
     amendment between the Houses in relation to such a bill or 
     joint resolution, that fails to ensure that all working 
     people in the United States have access to 12 weeks of paid 
     leave to welcome a new child, to care for a family member, to 
     care for one's own serious medical condition, and for certain 
     military caregiving and deployment purposes.
       (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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