HOUSE BILL: School Defense and Mental Health Reform Act (Debating)

[Sestak]

I'll sponsor.

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[Sestak]

Hang on, I think there was a miscommunication here. I already have an amendment for the fund (without the "education" name on the HSR bill, but I was planning to shelve it because I thought you were only planning to do the two.


I revise my amendment as follows:

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Note: this would require us to pass the High Speed Rail bill first.

[Sestak]

Amendment 12:04 (the one at 7:59 on May 9) is friendly. I am withdrawing 12:03, my earlier amendment, from consideration.

[Sestak]

The rail bill has to be passed first. Then the other two can follow. The higher education bill is final at this point, the others I'm not sure about. We should also clarify in the rail bill that "funded" means it's accounted for over a period of ten years. (I believe this would make Ninja's currently pending amendment redundant). If anyone has any objections to that bill, please voice them now, as it needs to be passed and sent to the Senate ASAP. I'd also like an acknowledgment from the President that she is willing to sign all three bills involved. Once the HSR bill is passed, this and the higher Ed bill can follow quickly.

[Sestak]

Considering I haven't actually been involved in the drafting of this bill itself, does anyone have any changes they want to make?

[Sestak]

Considering I haven't actually been involved in the drafting of this bill itself, does anyone have any changes they want to make?

[Sestak]

Is the current text posted anywhere?

[Sestak]

I'm pretty sure it is within our scope to withhold funds from regions who do not perform inspections or upgrade their equipment under the reasoning that we don't want to be funding schools that are hazardous to their students, right?

[Sestak]

Those were suggestions, I think, but I honestly think it might be better to tie those conditions to the funding here.

[Sestak]

This bill provides funding to the regions, correct? It should be perfectly constitutional to tie those funds (intended for school safety and mental health) to general school safety standards.

[Sestak]

Again, 72 hours, you'll have an amendment.

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Taking some inspiration to Never's amendment. The requirements here are being tied to the funding.

[Sestak]

How is this affected now that the 12th Congress is no longer in session?

At the end of the 12th Congress, CAF-12 had no funding going into it and no funding coming out of it (this never advanced, HELIOS and HSR were vetoed).

However, it is worth noting that this bill may violate paygo until HELIOS or some other funding method is passed.