[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 34 (Thursday, February 20, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S1188]
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  SA 403. Mr. KAINE (for himself and Mr. Padilla) 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 ELIMINATING OR RESTRICTING 
                   PUBLIC SERVICE LOAN FORGIVENESS.

       (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 would 
     eliminate Public Service Loan Forgiveness or restrict 
     eligibility for borrowers of Federal student loans seeking 
     Public Service Loan Forgiveness.
       (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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