[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 48 (Monday, March 23, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1730-S1735]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           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.
                                 ______
                                 
  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.
                                 ______
                                 
  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

[[Page S1731]]

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.
                                 ______
                                 
  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

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     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.
                                 ______
                                 
  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.
                                 ______
                                 
  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.
                                 ______
                                 
  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.
                                 ______
                                 
  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.
                                 ______
                                 
  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.
                                 ______
                                 
  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.
                                 ______
                                 
  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.
                                 ______
                                 
  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

[[Page S1733]]

     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.
                                 ______
                                 
  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.
                                 ______
                                 
  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.
                                 ______
                                 
  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.
                                 ______
                                 
  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.
                                 ______
                                 
  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.
                                 ______
                                 
  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:

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     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.
                                 ______
                                 
  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.
                                 ______
                                 
  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:

       On page 54, strike lines 1 through 3 and insert the 
     following:
       (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;
                                 ______
                                 
  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.
                                 ______
                                 
  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.
                                 ______
                                 
  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.
                                 ______
                                 
  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.
                                 ______
                                 
  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.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 346. Ms. COLLINS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by

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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:

       On page 58, between lines 6 and 7, insert the following:
       (4) reauthorizing or extending trade adjustment assistance 
     programs;
                                 ______
                                 
  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.
                                 ______
                                 
  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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