[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 34 (Thursday, February 20, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S1283]
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  SA 1090. Mr. BOOKER 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 UNDERMINES 
                   CIVIL RIGHTS PROTECTIONS.

       (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 
     endangers protections for renters, homeowners, or people 
     experiencing homelessness by reducing funding for or staff 
     charged with enforcement of the Fair Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 
     3601 et seq.), the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (34 
     U.S.C. 12291 et seq.), the Americans with Disabilities Act of 
     1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.), or other civil rights laws.
       (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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