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DemocratSecond Degree Amendment · S.Amdt. 3466· Senate(119-SAMDT-3466)

To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit to Congress a report on the plan of the Secretary for Department of Veterans Affairs workforce reduction in fiscal year 2026.

Rep. Duckworth
Age: 58 years
Illinois
Introduced
8/1/2025
Last activity
8/1/2025 — Amendment SA 3466 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 45 - 50. Record Vote Number: 475.
Sponsored by
Tammy Duckworth
Cosponsors
None
Changes amendment
119-SAMDT-3411
On the bill
119-HR-3944 — Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, and Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2026
  1. Introduced
  2. Failed

What this amendment would do

SA 3466, proposed by Ms. Duckworth, aims to add a requirement for the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide a report to Congress regarding plans to reduce the Department of Veterans Affairs workforce in fiscal year 2026.

The amendment adds the following requirements:

  • The report must be submitted within 90 days after the Act is enacted.
  • The report must include the analysis used to determine if workforce reductions are necessary to provide timely care and benefits for Veterans.
  • The report must explain how that analysis ensures reductions will assist wait times rather than adversely affect them.
  • The analysis must incorporate lessons learned from reinstatements and terminations that happened in fiscal year 2025.

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 45–50

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

    08/01/2025 · Roll call 475 · recorded as “On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3466 to S.Amdt. 3411 to H.R. 3944 (No short title on file)”