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DemocratAmendment · S.Amdt. 1590· Senate(119-SAMDT-1590)

S.Amdt. 1590

Rep. Padilla
Age: 53 years
California
Introduced
4/3/2025
Sponsored by
Alex Padilla
Cosponsors
Democrat - 1Republican - 0
Changes bill
119-HCONRES-14 — Establishing 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.
  1. Introduced
  2. Pending Consideration

What this amendment would do

MR. PADILLA, along with Ms. Hirono, submitted SA 1590 to the concurrent resolution H. Con. Res. 14.

The purpose of this amendment is to set up a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to protecting veterans' mental health care and suicide prevention resources.

It aims to allow the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate to revise allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in the resolution, and make adjustments to the pay-as-you-go ledger for legislation relating to protecting veterans' mental health care and suicide prevention resources.

Specifically, this can include:

  • Prohibiting reductions in coverage and services like the Veterans Crisis Line, the Suicide Prevention Program, research and programs conducted by the Office of Mental Health and Suicide Prevention, and the Mayor's and Governor's Challenges.
  • Prohibiting unjustified employment terminations of employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs or veterans in the Federal workforce.

This applies provided that the legislation would not increase the deficit over the total of fiscal years 2025 through 2034.