[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 34 (Thursday, February 20, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S1182]
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  SA 358. Mr. WELCH (for himself, Mr. Blumenthal, and Mr. Wyden) 
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him 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 OR 
                   ELIMINATES ESSENTIAL PROGRAMS THAT SUPPORT 
                   FAMILIES, CHILDREN, OR COMMUNITIES.

       (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 or eliminates programs that support families, 
     children, or communities, which may include--
       (1) the program of block grants to States for temporary 
     assistance for needy families established under part A of 
     title IV of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et seq);
       (2) the program carried out through the Social Services 
     Block Grant authorized under subtitle A of title XX of the 
     SSA (42 U.S.C. 1397 et seq.);
       (3) the Meals on Wheels program established under title III 
     of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3021 et seq.);
       (4) Head Start programs or Early Head Start programs 
     established under the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9831 et 
     seq.);
       (5) programs that support prevention services to keep 
     vulnerable families together whenever possible;
       (6) programs that support child care;
       (7) programs that support kinship caregivers, or provide 
     guardianship assistance, adoption services or assistance, 
     foster care services, or child protective services; or
       (8) programs that support legal services for children in 
     foster care and their families.
       (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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