[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 34 (Thursday, February 20, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S1246]
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  SA 825. Ms. HIRONO (for herself, Mr. Reed, Ms. Warren, and Mr. 
Schatz) 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 INCREASING HOUSING COSTS 
                   FOR UNITED STATES FAMILIES.

       (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 
     increase housing costs for families in the United States by 
     reducing the labor supply for new home construction or 
     increasing tariffs on home materials.
       (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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