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Mazie Hirono (D-HI)

S.Amdt. 1340

S.Amdt. 1340 · Senate amendment

A Democratic amendment with 3 Democratic cosponsors · See all 3 cosponsors

Changes 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.

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

  1. Introduced
  2. Pending Consideration

What this amendment would do

This amendment would add a deficit-neutral reserve fund to the concurrent resolution.

  • The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate would be permitted to change spending levels or adjustments to the pay-as-you-go ledger, which is a system used to track the cost of legislation that changes existing laws.
  • These changes would apply to legislation, motions, or conference reports, meaning final agreements reached between the House and Senate, that aim to bolster the Federal Pell Grant program.
  • The amendment allows for actions such as increasing the maximum award for the Federal Pell Grant, indexing the maximum award for inflation, or expanding the eligibility for the program.
  • These adjustments can be made for the amounts provided in the legislation, provided that the legislation does not increase the deficit during the period of fiscal years 2025 through 2034.