S.Amdt. 1954

Mrs. Shaheen submitted amendment SA 1954 to the concurrent resolution for the congressional budget for fiscal year 2025 and levels for 2026 through 2034.

The purpose of the amendment is to create a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to helping households afford groceries.

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.

This applies to legislation relating to helping households afford groceries, which may include:

• Preventing increases to the cost of food due to broad tariffs on the 38 percent of fresh vegetables that are imported, the 60 percent of fresh fruit that is imported, or the 99 percent of coffee that is imported.
• Preventing cuts to the supplemental nutrition assistance program established under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes.

The amendment requires that such legislation would not increase the deficit over the period of the total of fiscal years 2025 through 2034.