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DemocratAmendment · S.Amdt. 783· Senate(119-SAMDT-783)

S.Amdt. 783

Rep. Booker
Age: 57 years
New Jersey
Introduced
2/20/2025
Sponsored by
Cory Booker
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

As folks working for you in Congress, we need to keep track of how money gets moved around. Mr. Booker submitted an amendment, known as SA 783, which deals with the congressional budget for the federal government.

What the amendment aims to do

The main purpose of this amendment is to add a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to funding environmental justice.

Here is what it aims to change or add to the budget:

  • It lets the Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget make adjustments to committee allocations and other appropriate levels for legislation relating to environmental justice.

  • It aims to ensure that 40 percent of the overall benefits of certain federal investments—like climate, clean energy, and affordable and sustainable housing—flow to disadvantaged communities that are marginalized by underinvestment or overburdened by pollution.

  • It requires that any legislation doing this does not increase the deficit over the total of fiscal years 2025 through 2034.