[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 60 (Thursday, April 3, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2233-S2234]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1599. Mr. COONS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the concurrent resolution H. Con. Res. 14, establishing 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, insert the following:

     SEC. __. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST RAISING COSTS ON UNITED 
                   STATES CONSUMERS BY IMPOSING TARIFFS ON ALLIES 
                   AND PARTNERS.

       (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 tariff rates on most imports from a county that is 
     an ally of, or has a free trade agreement in effect with, the 
     United States.
       (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

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     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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