CONGRESS FOR VOTERS

Jeff Merkley (D-OR)

To limit recissions of funding.

S.Amdt. 3114 · Senate amendment to an amendment

A Democratic amendment with 7 Democratic cosponsors · See all 7 cosponsors

Changes S.Amdt. 3411, an amendment to H.R. 3944 — Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, and Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2026

Last activity — Ruled out of order by the chair.

Ruled out of order

The presiding officer ruled that this amendment could not be offered here, so it was never voted on.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. Ruled out of order by the chair

What this amendment would do

SA 3114, submitted by Mr. MERKLEY, is an amendment to bill H.R. 3944. This bill focuses on appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026.

The purpose of this amendment is to add a rescission limitation. It aims to ensure that no funds provided under any division of this Act, or any other appropriation Act for fiscal year 2026, can be rescinded unless the rescission is done through an appropriation Act.

What Congress actually voted on

One recorded vote has been taken on this amendment.

  • The Senate: a vote to set aside an objection that the measure breaks a budget rule A senator objected that the measure spends or cuts more than the budget allows. Sixty votes set that objection aside; fewer, and the measure is stopped by the objection without a vote on what it would do. Blocked 44 yes · 51 no

    See who voted how →

    08/01/2025 · Roll call 472 · recorded as “On the Motion (Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Points of Order Re: Merkley Amdt. No. 3114)”