CONGRESS FOR VOTERS

Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE)

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to preventing the indiscriminate termination of Federal employees who protect the health or safety of Americans, which may include scientists, emergency preparedness staff, frontline health care workers, drug or medical device reviewers, or other employees at the Department of Health and Human Services.

S.Amdt. 311 · Senate amendment

A Democratic amendment with 2 Democratic cosponsors · See all 2 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.

Last activity — Amendment SA 311 not agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

Failed

The Senate voted this amendment down by voice vote, so no member's position was written down.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. Failed

What this amendment would do

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

The amendment allows the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate to revise certain budget levels and make adjustments to the pay-as-you-go ledger, which is a record used to track the costs of legislation.

These changes would apply to legislation intended to prevent the indiscriminate termination of Federal employees at the Department of Health and Human Services, such as scientists, emergency preparedness staff, frontline health care workers, or drug or medical device reviewers.

The adjustments would be made by the amounts provided in the legislation for those specific purposes.

The amendment requires that such legislation would not increase the deficit over the period of fiscal years 2025 through 2034.