Cory Booker (D-NJ)

S.Amdt. 2040

S.Amdt. 2040 · Senate amendment

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

  1. Introduced
  2. 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 permitted to revise committee allocations, aggregates, and other budgetary levels.
  • These changes could be made for various legislative items, such as bills, joint resolutions, or amendments, that relate to maintaining good-paying jobs across the United States.
  • The amendment specifies that this may include protecting programs and incentives found in the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022.
  • The adjustments would be made by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes.
  • This process is subject to the condition that the legislation would not increase the deficit over the period of fiscal years 2025 through 2034.