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Mazie Hirono (D-HI)

S.Amdt. 259

S.Amdt. 259 · Senate amendment

A Democratic amendment with 5 Democratic cosponsors · See all 5 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

  1. Introduced
  2. Pending Consideration

What this amendment would do

This amendment would add a deficit-neutral reserve fund to the concurrent resolution.

  • The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate would be permitted to revise specific spending levels and adjust the pay-as-you-go ledger, which is a record used to track how new legislation affects the deficit.
  • These changes would apply to legislation, such as bills or motions, intended to bolster the Federal Pell Grant program.
  • The amendment specifies that these actions could include increasing the maximum award for the Federal Pell Grant, indexing the maximum award for inflation, or expanding the eligibility for the program.
  • The adjustments would be made by the amounts provided in the legislation for those specific 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.