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
- Mr. Reed submitted SA 1749 to set up a deficit-neutral reserve fund.
- The main goal is to address the drop in reading and writing skills for both children and adults in the United States.
What It Aims to Change or Add
- It allows the Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget to make changes to financial allocations, aggregates, and the pay-as-you-go ledger.
- These adjustments are meant for legislation that deals with reversing the decline in literacy skills.
- It can include putting more money toward adult education or evidence-based reading instruction in public schools.
- Any changes made depend on the rule that the legislation would not increase the deficit over the total period from fiscal year 2025 through 2034.
- 4/3/2025
- Senate amendment submitted
This bill has no cosponsors