Amendment · S.Amdt. 4514· Senate(119-SAMDT-4514)

S.Amdt. 4514

Age: 66 years

California

Introduced: 3/18/2026
Sponsored by: Adam Schiff
Cosponsors: None

Changes bill: 119-S-1383 — Veterans Accessibility Advisory Committee Act of 2025

Introduced
Pending Consideration
Failed

This amendment was never taken up, and the bill finished without it. It was never voted on.

What this amendment would do

SA 4514, submitted by Mr. Schiff, aims to add a section to bill S. 1383 regarding the availability of funds for child care, temporary assistance for needy families, and social services.

The purpose of this amendment is to ensure that a January 6, 2026, order from the Department of Health and Human Services has no force or effect. This order withheld funds for covered programs from the following states:

California
Minnesota
Illinois
New York
Colorado

The amendment requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make the withheld funds available to each of these states.

The "covered programs" include:

Block grants to States for temporary assistance for needy families.
The program carried out through the Social Services Block Grant.
The program carried out under the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990.