[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 49 (Tuesday, March 24, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S1822]
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SA 551. Mr. RUBIO 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 end of title III, insert the following:
SEC. __. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO SUPPORTING
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, INCLUDING PROMOTING FREEDOM
OF RELIGION (INCLUDING BELIEF) AROUND THE
WORLD, GIVEN THE IMPORTANCE OF RELIGIOUS
FREEDOM TO HUMAN RIGHTS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT,
STABILITY, AND DEMOCRACY.
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 religious freedom, 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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