[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 34 (Thursday, February 20, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S1267]
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SA 977. Ms. HIRONO (for herself and Mr. Wyden) 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 LEGISLATION THAT WOULD GIVE
FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS THE AUTHORITY
TO ACCESS, COLLECT, RETAIN, SHARE, OR USE
PROTECTED HEALTH INFORMATION OF PREGNANT WOMEN
RELATED TO THE PREGNANCY.
(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
give Federal law enforcement officers the authority to
access, collect, retain, share, or use protected health
information of pregnant women related to the pregnancy
without their valid explicit, informed authorization or a
warrant obtained pursuant to rule 41 of the Federal Rules of
Criminal Procedure.
(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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