Text of Senate Amendment 1133

Text of Senate Amendment 1133

Congressional Record, Volume 171 Issue 34 (Thursday, February 20, 2025) [Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 34 (Thursday, February 20, 2025)] [Senate] [Page S1289] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] SA 1133. Mr. MARKEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 7, 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; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows: At the end of title III, add the following: SEC. 3___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO ENSURING FISCAL PARITY BETWEEN DEFENSE SPENDING AND SOCIAL INVESTMENTS. The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution, and make adjustments to the pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to ensuring fiscal parity between defense spending and social investments, which may include funding for Medicaid, Social Security, veterans' benefits, education, or housing assistance, by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that any increase in defense spending is matched by an equal increase in funding for social programs and that such legislation would not increase the deficit over the period of the total of fiscal years 2025 through 2034. ______