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Text of Senate Amendment 1436

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On 2025-04-03, Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE) delivered a floor speech titled "Text Of Senate Amendment 1436" in the Senate.

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Text of Senate Amendment 1436

Congressional Record, Volume 171 Issue 60 (Thursday, April 3, 2025) [Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 60 (Thursday, April 3, 2025)] [Senate] [Page S2211] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] SA 1436. Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER (for herself and Ms. Duckworth) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her 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 LEGISLATION THAT DIRECTS FEDERAL FUNDS TO PROGRAMS THAT PROVIDE ASSISTANCE THROUGH VOUCHERS FOR SCHOOLS THAT DO NOT COMPLY WITH FEDERAL CIVIL RIGHTS LAWS FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES. (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 directs Federal funds to programs that provide assistance through vouchers for schools that do not comply with Federal civil rights laws under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.), the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.), or section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794), for students with disabilities. (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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Text of Senate Amendment 1436 Congressional Record, Volume 171 Issue 60 (Thursday, April 3, 2025) [Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 60 (Thursday, April 3, 2025)] [Senate] [Page S2211] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] SA 1436. Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER (for herself and Ms. Duckworth) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her 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 LEGISLATION THAT DIRECTS FEDERAL FUNDS TO PROGRAMS THAT PROVIDE ASSISTANCE THROUGH VOUCHERS FOR SCHOOLS THAT DO NOT COMPLY WITH FEDERAL CIVIL RIGHTS LAWS FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES. (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 directs Federal funds to programs that provide assistance through vouchers for schools that do not comply with Federal civil rights laws under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.), the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.), or section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794), for students with disabilities. (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). ______