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S.Amdt. 547

Rep. Welch
Age: 79 years
Vermont
Introduced
2/20/2025
Sponsored by
Peter Welch
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

Mr. Welch submitted this amendment, known as SA 547, to the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2025.

The purpose of this amendment is to hold our officials accountable by adding a point of order in the Senate against any legislation, resolution, motion, amendment, or conference report that would increase the average processing time for Federal program applications.

To put it in common sense terms, it aims to stop the government from making us wait even longer for federal programs by creating a procedural roadblock. If a proposal slows down application processing times, it can be objected to, and it would take a three-fifths vote of the Senators to bypass this rule or appeal a ruling against it.