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“On agreeing to the Perry amendment (A011) Failed by recorded vote: 120 - 307 (Roll no. 234).”
This amendment tried to cut roughly $16 million from the Southeast Crescent Regional Commission and move those funds into an account meant to reduce government spending. Because the amendment was voted down, the original funding levels for the commission remain in the bill.
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An amendment numbered 30 printed House Report 119-232 to reduce funding for the Southeast Crescent Regional Commission and transfer to the Spending Reduction Account.
“On agreeing to the Perry amendment (A011) Failed by recorded vote: 120 - 307 (Roll no. 234).”
This amendment tried to cut roughly $16 million from the Southeast Crescent Regional Commission and move those funds into an account meant to reduce government spending. Because the amendment was voted down, the original funding levels for the commission remain in the bill.
Regional commissions use federal money to support local infrastructure and business projects; a cut of this size would have reduced the amount of federal assistance available for economic development in several southeastern states.
People and local governments in parts of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia would have been affected by the potential loss of development funding.