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IndependentAmendment · S.Amdt. 264· Senate(119-SAMDT-264)

S.Amdt. 264

Rep. King
Age: 82 years
Maine
Introduced
2/20/2025
Sponsored by
Angus King
Cosponsors
None
Changes bill
119-SCONRES-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.
  1. Introduced
  2. Pending Consideration

What this amendment would do

This amendment, submitted by Mr. King, creates a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to mental health care.

The purpose of this is to give the Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget the ability to change budget numbers and levels. This allows Congress to pass legislation dealing with health care for servicemembers, specifically focusing on access to mental health care providers and prevention providers and services for Coast Guard personnel who are temporarily or permanently assigned to remote duty stations.

Common sense tells us this is meant to help our people who serve in hard-to-reach places get the mental health care they need, with the strict rule that it cannot increase the deficit over the total of fiscal years 2025 through 2034.