A Democratic amendment with no cosponsors
Changes S.Con.Res. 7 — An original concurrent resolution setting forth 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.
Offered
Offered, and not voted on yet. Most amendments never get a vote: the Senate takes up the bill and moves on without them.
Its path through Congress
- Introduced
- Pending Consideration
What this amendment would do
The Purpose and Changes
The text shows that this amendment creates a deficit-neutral reserve fund for a specific purpose. Boiled down to plain English, it lets the Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee change financial numbers and levels for future legislation if that legislation does a couple of specific things:
- Requires ultra-wealthy individuals to pay for pollution caused by private jet travel.
- Uses that funding to reduce air pollution on nearby communities.
The catch—and it is an important one—is that any legislation doing this cannot increase the deficit over the total period of fiscal years 2025 through 2034.
- 2/20/2025
- Senate amendment submitted
This bill has no cosponsors