Jeff Merkley (D-OR)

S.Amdt. 627

S.Amdt. 627 · Senate amendment

A Democratic amendment with no 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

Mr. Merkley submitted SA 627 to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 7 for the fiscal year 2025 budget.

  • The amendment aims to change the bill by adding a specific condition to a budget adjustment.

  • It states that no adjustment can be made unless the Director of the Congressional Budget Office certifies that inflation is equal to or below 2 percent.

  • This inflation check must be based on the most recent data available, looking at either the average of annualized changes in recent monthly consumer price index reports or the previous year's unadjusted annual change in that index.