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DemocratAmendment · S.Amdt. 699· Senate(119-SAMDT-699)

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to supporting police, which may include initiatives that provide funding directly to law enforcement agencies to hire or rehire additional career law enforcement officers in an effort to increase their community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts.

Rep. Luján
Age: 54 years
New Mexico
Introduced
2/20/2025
Last activity
2/21/2025 — Amendment SA 699 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 48 - 52. Record Vote Number: 81.
Sponsored by
Ben Luján
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. Failed

What this amendment would do

MR. LUJAN proposed this amendment, numbered SA 699, to the concurrent resolution for the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2025 and for fiscal years 2026 through 2034.

The purpose of this amendment is to add a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to the COPS Hiring Program. It aims to allow the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate to make adjustments and revise allocations for legislation that supports law enforcement officers.

Specifically, it covers legislation that provides direct funding to law enforcement agencies to hire or rehire additional career law enforcement officers. This is meant to increase community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts, including the COPS Hiring Program. These changes can only happen if the legislation does not increase the deficit over the total period of fiscal years 2025 through 2034.

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 48–52

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

    02/21/2025 · Roll call 81 · recorded as “On the Amendment S.Amdt. 699 to S.Con.Res. 7 (No short title on file)”