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RepublicanSecond Degree Amendment · S.Amdt. 1760· Senate(119-SAMDT-1760)

To modify the debt limit instruction for the House of Representatives and the Senate.

Rep. Paul
Age: 63 years
Kentucky
Introduced
4/4/2025
Last activity
4/4/2025 — Amendment SA 1760 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 5 - 94. Record Vote Number: 179.
Sponsored by
Rand Paul
Cosponsors
None
Changes amendment
119-SAMDT-1717
On the 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. Failed

What this amendment would do

Mr. Paul proposed amendment SA 1760 to change specific parts of a budget resolution. It directs the Committee on Ways and Means to submit changes in laws that increase the statutory debt limit by $500,000,000,000.

It also sets up reconciliation instructions in the Senate, requiring specific committees to report changes in laws within their jurisdiction by May 9, 2025, that affect the deficit for the period of fiscal years 2025 through 2034:

  • Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Reduce the deficit by not less than $1,000,000,000.
  • Committee on Armed Services: Increase the deficit by not more than $150,000,000,000.
  • Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Reduce the deficit by not less than $1,000,000,000.
  • Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Increase the deficit by not more than $20,000,000,000.
  • Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Reduce the deficit by not less than $1,000,000,000.
  • Committee on Environment and Public Works: Increase the deficit by not more than $1,000,000,000.
  • Committee on Finance: Increase the deficit by not more than $1,500,000,000,000.
  • Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Reduce the deficit by not less than $1,000,000,000.
  • Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Increase the deficit by not more than $175,000,000,000.
  • Committee on the Judiciary: Increase the deficit by not more than $175,000,000,000.

Finally, the amendment requires the Committee on Finance of the Senate to report changes in laws within its jurisdiction by May 16, 2025, that increase the statutory debt limit by not more than $500,000,000,000.

What Congress actually voted on

One recorded vote has been taken on this amendment.

  • The Senate: a vote on a proposed change to the billAmendment Rejected 5–94

    A vote on one change, not on the bill. A bill can collect dozens of these, and losing one does not stop it.

    04/04/2025 · Roll call 179 · recorded as “On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1760 to S.Amdt. 1717 to H.Con.Res. 14 (No short title on file)”