S.Amdt. 180

SA 180. Ms. DUCKWORTH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by her to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 7, 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; 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
PREVENTING THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
FROM REDUCING WORKFORCE POSITIONS IN EACH
ADMINISTRATION.

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 the Department of Veterans Affairs workforce,
including legislation that would prevent the Department from
reducing workforce positions in each administration in a
manner that reduces job opportunities for or positions
occupied by veterans, including service-disabled veterans and
military spouses, 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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