S.Amdt. 2897Senate119th Congress (2025-2027)2nd degree
S.Amdt. 2897
Sponsored by
Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR)
Submitted July 16, 2025
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July 16, 2025
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SA 2897. Mr. MERKLEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2853 proposed by Mr. Thune (for Mr. Schmitt) to the bill H.R. 4, to rescind certain budget authority proposed to be rescinded in special messages transmitted to the Congress by the President on June 3, 2025, in accordance with section 1012(a) of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows: On page 8, insert after line 8 the following: (C) None of the funds previously appropriated for programs administered by the Bureau of Indian Affairs supporting American Indians and Alaska Natives may be transferred, merged, reprogrammed, repurposed, or otherwise diverted to restore funding for payments to Tribal radio stations that is eliminated as a result of funding rescinded from ``Corporation for Public Broadcasting'' in this Act. ______