[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 49 (Tuesday, March 24, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S1799]
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SA 393. Mr. COONS (for himself, Mr. Graham, Ms. Ayotte, Ms. Baldwin,
and Mrs. Gillibrand) 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
EMPHASIZING MANUFACTURING IN ENGINEERING
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 emphasizing manufacturing in engineering
programs, which may include directing the National Institute
of Standards and Technology, in coordination with other
appropriate Federal agencies including the Department of
Defense, Department of Energy, and National Science
Foundation, to designate United States manufacturing
universities, 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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