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  SA 1624. Ms. HIRONO 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 AUTHORIZING OR 
                   APPROVING A REDUCTION IN FORCE COVERING 
                   POSITIONS THAT PAY LESS THAN SIMILARLY SITUATED 
                   PRIVATE SECTOR POSITIONS OR POSITIONS THAT WILL 
                   NECESSITATE THE HIRING OF CONTRACTORS.

       (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 
     authorize or approve a reduction in force that would result 
     in a net increase in the cost to the Federal Government for 
     personnel costs to maintain the same functions.
       (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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