[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 71 (Wednesday, April 22, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Page S2008]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
SA 5228. Ms. BALDWIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by her to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 33, setting forth the
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year
2026 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal
years 2027 through 2035; 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 ALLOWING AGENTS OR OFFICERS
OF U.S. IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT OR
U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION WHO ARE ON
DUTY OR IN UNIFORM, DURING ANY VOTING PERIOD,
TO ENTER ANY LOCATION WITHIN \1/4\ MILE OF AN
ACTIVE POLLING PLACE, TO SET UP A CHECKPOINT
ALONG ANY ROUTE TO AN ACTIVE POLLING PLACE, OR
TO INTERFERE IN ANY WAY WITH THE ABILITY OF ANY
ELIGIBLE VOTER TO ACCESS HIS OR HER ASSIGNED
POLLING PLACE.
(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
allow for agents or officers of U.S. Immigration and Customs
Enforcement or U.S. Customs and Border Protection who are on
duty or in uniform, during any voting period--
(1) to enter any location within \1/4\ mile of an active
polling place;
(2) to set up a checkpoint along any route to an active
polling place; or
(3) to interfere in any way with the ability of any
eligible voter to access his or her assigned polling place.
(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).
______