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, submitted by Ms. Klobuchar, is about setting up a deficit-neutral reserve fund.
Purpose and Changes
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The amendment aims to add a provision relating to preventing, controlling, and mitigating the outbreak of infectious disease.
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It allows the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate to revise allocations, aggregates, and other levels, and make adjustments to the pay-as-you-go ledger for certain legislation.
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The changes can apply to bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports that relate to preventing, controlling, and mitigating the outbreak of infectious disease.
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This may include services and programs administered by the Department of Health and Human Services for those purposes.
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The adjustments are allowed as long as the legislation would not increase the deficit over the total of fiscal years 2025 through 2034.
- 4/4/2025
- Senate amendment submitted
This bill has no cosponsors