A Democratic amendment with no 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
- Introduced
- Pending Consideration
What this amendment would do
This amendment would add a deficit-neutral reserve fund to the budget resolution.
- The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate would be allowed to change the spending limits of committees or other budgetary levels.
- These changes could be used for various legislative actions, such as bills, joint resolutions, or amendments, that relate to safeguarding United States public health and biosecurity.
- This includes efforts to restore leadership in global tasks like monitoring, preventing, and responding to infectious disease outbreaks.
- The adjustment of these spending levels would be based on the amounts provided in the legislation for those specific purposes.
- These changes are subject to the condition that the legislation does not increase the deficit, which is the amount by which government spending exceeds revenue, during the period of fiscal years 2025 through 2034.
- 4/3/2025
- Senate amendment submitted
This bill has no cosponsors