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Text of Senate Amendment 5347

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On 2026-04-22, Senator Cory A. Booker (D-NJ) delivered a floor speech titled "Text Of Senate Amendment 5347" in the Senate. The speech addressed housing and also covered civil rights. It referenced legislation: S2025.

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Text of Senate Amendment 5347

Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 71 (Wednesday, April 22, 2026) [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 71 (Wednesday, April 22, 2026)] [Senate] [Page S2025] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] SA 5347. Mr. BOOKER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him 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 LEGISLATION THAT WOULD UNDERMINE 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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Text of Senate Amendment 5347 Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 71 (Wednesday, April 22, 2026) [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 71 (Wednesday, April 22, 2026)] [Senate] [Page S2025] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] SA 5347. Mr. BOOKER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him 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 LEGISLATION THAT WOULD UNDERMINE 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). ______