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“TEXT OF AMENDMENTS” mentioning the Environmental Protection Agency was published in the Senate section on pages S1730-S1735 on March 23, 2015.
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TEXT OF AMENDMENTS
SA 321. Mr. ISAKSON (for himself and Mrs. Shaheen) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 11, setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2016 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2017 through 2025; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place, insert the following:
SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO
ESTABLISHING A BIENNIAL BUDGET AND
APPROPRIATIONS PROCESS.
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 for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to establishing a biennial budget and appropriations process, by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
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SA 322. Mr. McCONNELL (for Mr. Portman (for himself, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Cotton, and Mr. Hatch)) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by Mr. McConnell to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 11, setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2016 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2017 through 2025; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place, insert the following:
SEC. ___. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO THE
EMPOWERMENT OF STATES TO PROTECT CITIZENS OF
THE STATE FROM DAMAGING REGULATIONS OF THE
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY PURSUANT TO THE
CLEAN AIR ACT.
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 for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to providing any State the option of opting out of the requirements of section 111(d) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7411(d)) if a Governor or legislative body of a State determines that the requirements of that section would increase retail electricity prices with a disproportionate impact on low-income or fixed-income households, present a risk to electric reliability, impair investments in existing electric generating capacity, impair manufacturing and other important sectors of the economy of the State, decrease employment, or decrease State and local revenues, by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not raise new revenue and would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
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SA 323. Mr. SANDERS (for himself and Mr. Wyden) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 11, setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2016 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2017 through 2025; as follows:
On page 5, line 5, increase the amount by
$25,001,000,000.
On page 5, line 6, increase the amount by
$51,201,000,000.
On page 5, line 7, increase the amount by
$65,879,000,000.
On page 5, line 8, increase the amount by
$71,784,000,000.
On page 5, line 9, increase the amount by
$72,916,000,000.
On page 5, line 10, increase the amount by
$73,405,000,000.
On page 5, line 11, increase the amount by
$48,535,000,000.
On page 5, line 12, increase the amount by
$22,338,000,000.
On page 5, line 13, increase the amount by
$7,660,000,000.
On page 5, line 14, increase the amount by
$1,755,000,000.
On page 5, line 18, increase the amount by
$25,001,000,000.
On page 5, line 19, increase the amount by
$51,201,000,000.
On page 5, line 20, increase the amount by
$65,879,000,000.
On page 5, line 21, increase the amount by
$71,784,000,000.
On page 5, line 22, increase the amount by
$72,916,000,000.
On page 5, line 23, increase the amount by
$73,405,000,000.
On page 5, line 24, increase the amount by
$48,535,000,000.
On page 5, line 25, increase the amount by
$22,338,000,000.
On page 6, line 1, increase the amount by $7,660,000,000.
On page 6, line 2, increase the amount by $1,755,000,000.
On page 6, line 6, increase the amount by
$79,667,000,000.
On page 6, line 7, increase the amount by
$79,667,000,000.
On page 6, line 8, increase the amount by
$79,667,000,000.
On page 6, line 9, increase the amount by
$79,667,000,000.
On page 6, line 10, increase the amount by
$79,667,000,000.
On page 6, line 11, increase the amount by
$79,667,000,000.
On page 6, line 19, increase the amount by
$25,001,000,000.
On page 6, line 20, increase the amount by
$51,201,000,000.
On page 6, line 21, increase the amount by
$65,879,000,000.
On page 6, line 22, increase the amount by
$71,784,000,000.
On page 6, line 23, increase the amount by
$72,916,000,000.
On page 6, line 24, increase the amount by
$73,405,000,000.
On page 6, line 25, increase the amount by
$48,535,000,000.
On page 7, line 1, increase the amount by
$22,338,000,000.
On page 7, line 2, increase the amount by $7,660,000,000.
On page 7, line 3, increase the amount by $1,755,000,000.
On page 19, line 3, increase the amount by
$3,000,000,000.
On page 19, line 4, increase the amount by $30,000,000.
On page 19, line 7, increase the amount by
$3,000,000,000.
On page 19, line 8, increase the amount by $480,000,000.
On page 19, line 10, increase the amount by
$3,000,000,000.
On page 19, line 11, increase the amount by
$1,530,000,000.
On page 19, line 13, increase the amount by
$3,000,000,000.
On page 19, line 14, increase the amount by
$2,580,000,000.
On page 19, line 16, increase the amount by
$3,000,000,000.
On page 19, line 17, increase the amount by
$2,880,000,000.
On page 19, line 19, increase the amount by
$3,000,000,000.
On page 19, line 20, increase the amount by
$3,000,000,000.
On page 19, line 23, increase the amount by
$2,970,000,000.
On page 20, line 1, increase the amount by
$2,520,000,000.
On page 20, line 5, increase the amount by
$1,470,000,000.
On page 20, line 9, increase the amount by $420,000,000.
On page 20, line 13, increase the amount by
$114,000,000,000.
On page 20, line 14, increase the amount by
$7,570,000,000.
On page 20, line 17, increase the amount by
$114,000,000,000.
On page 20, line 18, increase the amount by
$9,760,000,000.
On page 20, line 21, increase the amount by
$114,000,000,000.
On page 20, line 22, increase the amount by
$10,380,000,000.
On page 20, line 25, increase the amount by
$11,000,000,000.
On page 21, line 1, increase the amount by
$10,650,000,000.
On page 21, line 4, increase the amount by
$11,000,000,000.
On page 21, line 5, increase the amount by
$10,660,000,000.
On page 21, line 8, increase the amount by
$11,000,000,000.
On page 21, line 9, increase the amount by
$10,660,000,000.
On page 21, line 13, increase the amount by
$3,090,000,000.
On page 21, line 17, increase the amount by $900,000,000.
On page 21, line 21, increase the amount by $280,000,000.
On page 21, line 25, increase the amount by $10,000,000.
On page 23, line 20, increase the amount by
$1,000,000,000.
On page 23, line 21, increase the amount by $17,000,000.
On page 23, line 24, increase the amount by
$1,000,000,000.
On page 23, line 25, increase the amount by $177,000,000.
On page 24, line 3, increase the amount by
$1,000,000,000.
On page 24, line 4, increase the amount by $360,000,000.
On page 24, line 7, increase the amount by
$1,000,000,000.
On page 24, line 8, increase the amount by $627,000,000.
On page 24, line 10, increase the amount by
$1,000,000,000.
On page 24, line 11, increase the amount by $885,000,000.
On page 24, line 13, increase the amount by
$1,000,000,000.
On page 24, line 14, increase the amount by $968,000,000.
On page 24, line 18, increase the amount by $983,000,000.
On page 24, line 22, increase the amount by $823,000,000.
On page 25, line 1, increase the amount by $640,000,000.
On page 25, line 5, increase the amount by $373,000,000.
On page 25, line 9, increase the amount by
$60,667,000,000.
On page 25, line 10, increase the amount by
$14,494,000,000.
On page 25, line 13, increase the amount by
$60,667,000,000.
On page 25, line 14, increase the amount by
$37,754,000,000.
On page 25, line 17, increase the amount by
$60,667,000,000.
On page 25, line 18, increase the amount by
$50,344,000,000.
On page 25, line 21, increase the amount by
$60,667,000,000.
On page 25, line 22, increase the amount by
$54,432,000,000.
On page 25, line 25, increase the amount by
$60,667,000,000.
On page 26, line 1, increase the amount by
$54,806,000,000.
On page 26, line 4, increase the amount by
$60,667,000,000.
On page 26, line 5, increase the amount by
$54,962,000,000.
On page 26, line 9, increase the amount by
$40,517,000,000.
On page 26, line 13, increase the amount by
$17,260,000,000.
On page 26, line 17, increase the amount by
$4,670,000,000.
On page 26, line 21, increase the amount by $582,000,000.
On page 27, line 2, increase the amount by
$4,000,000,000.
On page 27, line 3, increase the amount by
$2,890,000,000.
On page 27, line 6, increase the amount by
$4,000,000,000.
On page 27, line 7, increase the amount by
$3,030,000,000.
On page 27, line 10, increase the amount by
$4,000,000,000.
On page 27, line 11, increase the amount by
$3,265,000,000.
On page 27, line 14, increase the amount by
$4,000,000,000.
On page 27, line 15, increase the amount by
$3,495,000,000.
On page 27, line 18, increase the amount by
$4,000,000,000.
On page 27, line 19, increase the amount by
$3,685,000,000.
On page 27, line 22, increase the amount by
$4,000,000,000.
On page 27, line 23, increase the amount by
$3,815,000,000.
On page 28, line 3, increase the amount by $975,000,000.
On page 28, line 7, increase the amount by $835,000,000.
On page 28, line 11, increase the amount by $600,000,000.
On page 28, line 15, increase the amount by $370,000,000.
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SA 324. Mr. COONS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 11, setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2016 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2017 through 2025; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place, insert the following:
SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO THE
STRENGTHENING OF PATENT RIGHTS.
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 for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to the strengthening of patent rights, which is a critical component of the American innovation economy, including our ability to find cures to terrible diseases and create breakthroughs in science and technology by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
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SA 325. Mr. COONS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 11, setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2016 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2017 through 2025; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place, insert the following:
SEC. ____. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO A STRONG
CIVIL COURTS SYSTEM.
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 for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to a strong civil courts system, including appropriate civil discovery and the right of trial by jury, which are indispensable constitutional safeguards of personal liberty, by the amounts provided in such legislation for that purpose, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
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SA 326. Mr. COONS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 11, setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2016 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2017 through 2025; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place, insert the following:
SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO ENSURING
THAT CHANGES TO VOTING LAWS AT THE STATE AND
LOCAL LEVEL DO NOT DISPROPORTIONATELY BURDEN
THE RIGHT OF RACIAL AND LANGUAGE MINORITIES TO
VOTE.
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 for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to ensuring that changes to voting laws at the State and local level do not disproportionately burden the right of racial and language minorities to vote by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
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SA 327. Mr. COONS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 11, setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2016 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2017 through 2025; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place, insert the following:
SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR LEGISLATION TO
PROVIDE FOR FUNDING TO IMPROVE VOTER
REGISTRATION AND THE VOTING EXPERIENCE IN
FEDERAL ELECTIONS.
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 for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports that provides sufficient funding to improve voter registration and the voting experience in Federal elections, by the amounts provided by such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
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SA 328. Mr. COONS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 11, setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2016 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2017 through 2025; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place, insert the following:
SEC. ___. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON COST SHARING REQUIREMENTS OF
HOLLINGS MANUFACTURING EXTENSION PARTNERSHIP.
It is the sense of Congress that the cost sharing requirements of Hollings Manufacturing Extension Centers under the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership program after their third year of operation under such program should be reduced to 50 percent of the costs incurred by the centers under the program.
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SA 329. Mr. COONS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 11, setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2016 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2017 through 2025; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place, insert the following:
SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO
ENCOURAGING THE USE OF EARLY COLLEGE HIGH
SCHOOL AND DUAL AND CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT.
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 for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to encouraging the widespread use of early college high schools and dual and concurrent enrollment, by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
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SA 330. Mr. COONS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 11, setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2016 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2017 through 2025; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place, insert the following:
SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO INCENTIVES
FOR MEDICARE BENEFICIARIES TO HAVE AND MAINTAIN
AN ADVANCE CARE PLAN.
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 for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to incentives for Medicare beneficiaries to have and maintain an advance care plan by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
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SA 331. Mr. COONS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 11, setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2016 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2017 through 2025; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place, insert the following:
SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO
DISCRIMINATION AGAINST HIV PATIENTS.
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 for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to eliminating laws that discriminate against HIV patients without scientific merit because such laws are harmful and perpetuate dangerous stigmas, by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
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SA 332. Mr. COONS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 11, setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2016 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2017 through 2025; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place, insert the following:
SEC. __. STATUTORY LIMIT ON PUBLIC DEBT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2016.
(a) Increase in Statutory Limit on Public Debt.--If this resolution sets forth, as the appropriate level of the public debt for fiscal year 2016, an amount that is different from the amount of the statutory limit on the public debt that otherwise would be in effect for fiscal year 2016, the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate and the Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives shall each introduce a joint resolution increasing or decreasing, as the case may be, the statutory limit on public debt in the form prescribed in subsection (c) and move to proceed to such joint resolution. The motion is highly privileged in the House of Representatives and is privileged in the Senate and is not debatable. The motion is not subject to amendment, or to a motion to postpone, or to a motion to proceed to the consideration of other business. If the Chairman makes such a motion to proceed to the joint resolution, the motion to proceed shall be agreed to with out intervening action or debate.
(b) Vote on Passage.--
(1) In general.--Immediately after the Senate or House of Representatives proceeds to a joint resolution under subsection (a), a vote on passage of the joint resolution shall occur without any intervening action or debate. An affirmative vote of a majority of the Members of the House of Representatives or of the Senate, as the case may be, duly chosen and sworn, shall be required for adoption of the joint resolution.
(2) Amendments.--No amendment to a joint resolution described in subsection (a) shall be in order in the Senate or the House of Representatives.
(3) Transmittal to other house of congress.--If a joint resolution is adopted under paragraph (1), the engrossed copy shall be signed by the Secretary of the Senate or the Clerk of the House of Representatives, as the case may be, and transmitted to the other House of Congress for further legislative action.
(4) Coordination with action by other house.--If before adopting a joint resolution under paragraph (1), one House receives from the other a joint resolution described in subsection (a)--
(A) the joint resolution of the other House shall not be referred to a committee; and
(B) the procedure in the receiving House shall be the same as if no joint resolution had been received from the other House until the vote on passage, when the joint resolution received from the other House shall supplant the joint resolution of the receiving House.
(c) Joint Resolution.--The matter after the resolving clause in a joint resolution described in subsection (a) shall be as follows: ``That subsection (b) of section 3101 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by striking out the dollar limitation contained in such subsection and inserting
`$______'.'', with the blank being filled with a dollar limitation equal to the appropriate level of the public debt set forth pursuant to this resolution.
(d) Definition.--In this section, the term ``statutory limit on the public debt'' means the maximum face amount of obligations issued under authority of chapter 31 of title 31, United States Code, and obligations guaranteed as to principal and interest by the United States (except such guaranteed obligations as may be held by the Secretary of the Treasury) that may be outstanding at any one time, as determined under section 3101(b) of such title after the application of section 3101(a) of such title, and as adjusted under section 3101A of such title, section 2 of the No Budget, No Pay Act of 2013 (31 U.S.C. 3101 note), the Default Prevention Act of 2013 (31 U.S.C. 3101 note), and any other Act providing for the adjustment of such amount.
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SA 333. Mr. COONS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 11, setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2016 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2017 through 2025; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place, insert the following:
SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO UNITED
STATES GOVERNMENT DEVELOPMENT FINANCE
INSTITUTIONS.
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 for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to United States Government development finance institutions, which may include an entity that mobilizes private capital to help solve critical development challenges or works with the United States private sector to help United States businesses gain footholds in emerging markets to catalyze revenues, jobs, and growth opportunities at home and abroad, by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
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SA 334. Mr. COONS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 11, setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2016 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2017 through 2025; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place, insert the following:
SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO SUPPORTING
EFFORTS TO IMPROVE CALL RESPONSE TIME AT THE
INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE.
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 for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to supporting efforts to improve call response time at the Internal Revenue Service by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
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SA 335. Mr. COONS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 11, setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2016 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2017 through 2025; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place, insert the following:
SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO FULFILLING
THE OBLIGATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES.
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 for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to ensuring that the United States fulfills all of the obligations of the United States and does not default on the debt of the United States by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
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SA 336. Mr. COONS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 11, setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2016 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2017 through 2025; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place, insert the following:
SEC. ___. SENSE OF THE SENATE.
It is the sense of the Senate that the United States should fulfill all of the obligations of the United States and that the United States should not default on the debt of the United States.
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SA 337. Mr. COONS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 11, setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2016 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2017 through 2025; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place, insert the following:
SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO FEDERAL
CYBERSECURITY STANDARDS.
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 for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to Federal cybersecurity standards, which may include Federal cyber supply chain management or transparency, by the amounts provided in such legislation for that purpose, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
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SA 338. Mr. MORAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 11, setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2016 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2017 through 2025; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place, insert the following: SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO INCREASE FUNDING
FOR FEDERAL INVESTMENTS IN BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH.
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 for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to Federal investments in biomedical research, by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
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SA 339. Mr. ROUNDS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 11, setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2016 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2017 through 2025; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place, insert the following:
SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PROVIDING
MORTGAGE LENDING TO RURAL AREAS.
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 for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to providing mortgage lending to rural areas by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
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SA 340. Mr. REID submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 11, setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2016 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2017 through 2025; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
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(1) extending eligibility for concurrent receipt of military retirement pay and veterans' disability compensation or expanding eligibility for Combat-Related Special Compensation to permit additional disabled retirees to receive both disability compensation and retired pay;
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SA 341. Mr. CASSIDY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 11, setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2016 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2017 through 2025; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place, insert the following:
SEC. ___. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO THE
PROMOTION OF UNITED STATES OFFSHORE ENERGY
PRODUCTION.
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 for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to the expansion of United States offshore energy production that would result in American job growth, lower energy prices, economic growth, and stronger national security by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not raise new revenue and would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
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SA 342. Mr. SCHATZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 11, setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2016 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2017 through 2025; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place, insert the following:
SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO THE
NATIONAL GUARD STATE PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM.
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 for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to achieving theatre security cooperation goals, which may include funding for the National Guard State Partnership Program, by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
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SA 343. Mr. COONS (for himself and Mr. Bennet) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 11, setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2016 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2017 through 2025; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place, insert the following:
SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PRESERVING
MANDATORY APPROPRIATIONS FOR AGRICULTURAL
CONSERVATION PROGRAMS.
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 for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to the importance of preserving mandatory appropriations for agricultural conservation programs, which may include financial and technical assistance, conservation easements, and working land management assistance, by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
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SA 344. Mr. COONS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 11, setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2016 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2017 through 2025; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place, insert the following:
SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO IMPORTANCE
OF FULLY UTILIZING AVAILABLE FEDERAL FUNDING
FOR WATER RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT TO MEET
NEEDS OF UNITED STATES PORTS AND HARBOR
MAINTENANCE.
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 for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to the importance of fully utilizing available Federal funding for water resources and development to meet the needs of United States ports and harbor maintenance, which may include funding available through trust fund accounts by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
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SA 345. Mr. DURBIN (for himself and Mr. Coons) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 11, setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2016 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2017 through 2025; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place, insert the following:
SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO INCREASING
FUNDING FOR FEDERAL INVESTMENTS IN BIOMEDICAL
AND BASIC SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH.
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 for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to increasing funding for Federal investments in scientific research, which may include helping find cures for life-threatening and chronic illnesses, increasing our national security, supporting new energy technologies, or supporting innovative solutions that advance private sector efforts to grow the economy and create millions of middle jobs, by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
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SA 346. Ms. COLLINS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 11, setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2016 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2017 through 2025; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
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(4) reauthorizing or extending trade adjustment assistance programs;
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SA 347. Mr. BARRASSO (for himself, Mr. Sullivan, Mr. Rounds, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Wicker, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Boozman, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Coats, Mr. Hoeven, Mr. Vitter, Mr. Isakson, and Mr. Moran) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 11, setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2016 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2017 through 2025; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place, insert the following:
SEC. ___. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO KEEPING
THE FEDERAL WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ACT FOCUSED
ON THE PROTECTION OF WATER QUALITY.
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 for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to ensuring that Federal jurisdiction under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.) is focused on water quality, which may include limiting jurisdiction based on the movement of birds, mammals, or insects through the air or over the land, the movement of water through the ground, or the movement of rainwater or snowmelt over the land, or limiting jurisdiction over puddles, isolated ponds, roadside ditches, irrigation ditches, stormwater systems, wastewater systems, or water delivery, reuse, or reclamation systems, by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not raise new revenue and would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
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SA 348. Mr. BOOZMAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 11, setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2016 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2017 through 2025; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place, insert the following:
SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO REFORMING
OFFICES OF INSPECTORS GENERAL AND PREVENTING
EXTENDED VACANCIES.
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 for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to strengthening and reforming Federal Offices of Inspectors General, reducing vacancies in such Offices, and providing for improvements in the overall economy, efficiency, and effectiveness of Inspectors General by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
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