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
This amendment would add a new section to the congressional budget resolution.
- It allows the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate to change specific spending levels or make adjustments to the pay-as-you-go ledger, which is a record used to track how new laws affect the deficit.
- This authority would apply to legislation intended to enhance veterans services.
- The scope includes ensuring that services and support provided through programs such as the Department of Veterans Affairs Grant and Per Diem, Supportive Services for Veteran Families, HUD-VASH, and Health Care for Homeless Veterans are not impacted, reduced, or restricted.
- This protection would address impacts resulting from policies terminating diversity, equity, and inclusion policies related to hiring, funding, contracting, compliance, education, and the provision of services.
- The adjustment can be made for the amounts provided in the legislation for those purposes.
- This applies provided that the legislation does not increase the deficit during the period of fiscal years 2025 through 2034.
- 2/19/2025
- Senate amendment submitted
This bill has no cosponsors