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
- Introduced
- Pending Consideration
What this amendment would do
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Sets up money: This amendment creates a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to lowering food prices.
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Gives power to the budget chairman: It lets the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate change allocations, aggregates, and other levels in the resolution, and make adjustments to the pay-as-you-go ledger.
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Targets specific legislation: These changes can be made for bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports that relate to lowering food prices.
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Protects certain programs: The efforts to lower food prices may include prohibiting provisions that decrease funding for programs that combat animal disease or programs aimed at reducing input costs for farmers.
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Protects the budget: The legislation must not increase the deficit over the period of the total of fiscal years 2025 through 2034.
- 2/20/2025
- Senate amendment submitted
This bill has no cosponsors