[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 49 (Tuesday, March 24, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S1828]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 594. Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself and Mr. Booker) 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 PARTICIPATION OF 
                   UNDERREPRESENTED INDIVIDUALS, INCLUDING WOMEN 
                   AND MINORITIES, IN 21ST CENTURY FIELDS.

       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 underrepresented individuals, 
     including women and minorities, to pursue careers in the 
     science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields, 
     which may include competitive grants, workshops, internship 
     programs, outreach efforts, and mentoring programs, 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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