Amendment · S.Amdt. 496· Senate(119-SAMDT-496)

S.Amdt. 496

Age: 66 years

Minnesota

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.

What this amendment would do

Ms. Klobuchar submitted SA 496, which proposes adding a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to lowering prescription drug prices to the concurrent resolution.
The amendment aims to allow the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate to revise committee allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in the resolution.
It also allows the Chairman to make adjustments to the pay-as-you-go ledger for legislation relating to lowering prescription drug prices.
The changes can apply to one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports by the amounts provided in such legislation.
The explicitly stated actions that may be included are negotiating prescription drug prices under the Medicare program and outreach to the public regarding efforts to lower prescription drug prices.
This adjustment is strictly contingent on the condition that the resulting legislation would not increase the deficit over the total period of fiscal years 2025 through 2034.