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Text of Senate Amendment 1516

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On 2025-04-03, Senator Angus S. King, Jr. (I-ME) delivered a floor speech titled "Text Of Senate Amendment 1516" in the Senate.

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Text of Senate Amendment 1516

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 1516. 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 THE PURCHASE CARD PROGRAM OF THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. 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 strengthening transparency, oversight, and accountability within the Department of Veterans Affairs, which may include legislation that would require the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide 60-days notice to Congress of any changes to the Department's purchase card program, including justification for such changes, a timeline for implementation, or plans for monitoring of unintended negative impacts, 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. ______

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Text of Senate Amendment 1516 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 1516. 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 THE PURCHASE CARD PROGRAM OF THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. 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 strengthening transparency, oversight, and accountability within the Department of Veterans Affairs, which may include legislation that would require the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide 60-days notice to Congress of any changes to the Department's purchase card program, including justification for such changes, a timeline for implementation, or plans for monitoring of unintended negative impacts, 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. ______