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“Amendment SA 101 not agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.”
This amendment proposed adding a special 'reserve fund' to the national budget plan specifically for grants that support victims of domestic violence and sexual assault. Because the amendment failed to pass, this specific placeholder was not added to the budget blueprint.
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“Amendment SA 101 not agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.”
This amendment proposed adding a special 'reserve fund' to the national budget plan specifically for grants that support victims of domestic violence and sexual assault. Because the amendment failed to pass, this specific placeholder was not added to the budget blueprint.
Reserve funds are often used to signal legislative priorities; they make it procedurally easier to pass future laws on a specific topic as long as those laws do not increase the overall deficit.
This primarily affects organizations and local agencies that rely on federal grants from the Office on Violence Against Women to provide services for survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault.