S.Amdt. 1590

SA 1590. Mr. PADILLA (for himself and Ms. Hirono) 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 appropriate place, add the following:

SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PROTECTING
VETERANS' MENTAL HEALTH CARE AND SUICIDE
PREVENTION RESOURCES.

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
protecting veterans' mental health care and suicide
prevention resources, which may include prohibiting
reductions in coverage and services like the Veterans Crisis
Line, the Suicide Prevention Program, research and programs
conducted by the Office of Mental Health and Suicide
Prevention, and the Mayor's and Governor's Challenges, or
unjustified employment terminations of employees of the
Department of Veterans Affairs or veterans in the Federal
workforce 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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