Text of Senate Amendment 1519

On 2025-04-03, Senator Angus S. King, Jr. (I-ME) delivered a floor speech titled "Text Of Senate Amendment 1519" in the Senate.

Text of Senate Amendment 1519

Congressional Record, Volume 171 Issue 60 (Thursday, April 3, 2025) [Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 60 (Thursday, April 3, 2025)] [Senate] [Page S2222] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] SA 1519. Mr. KING submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the concurrent resolution H. Con. Res. 14, establishing 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; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows: At the end of title III, add the following: SEC. 3___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO VETERAN OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY HEALTH CARE AND PREVENTION SERVICES AT COMMUNITY-BASED OUTPATIENT CLINICS. The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution, and make adjustments to the pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to health care for veterans, which may include expanded obstetrics and gynecology health care and prevention services for veterans provided at community-based outpatient clinics operated by the Department of Veterans Affairs, by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over the period of the total of fiscal years 2025 through 2034. ______