[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 50 (Wednesday, March 25, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S1916]
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SA 707. Mr. MARKEY (for himself, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Brown,
Ms. Hirono, Mr. Hatch, and Mr. Kaine) 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 REDUCING
OVERDOSE DEATHS.
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 prevention of prescription drug and opioid
overdose deaths, which may include support of opioid overdose
prevention activities, increased surveillance and monitoring
for opioid prescription drugs and overdoses, expanded access
to evidence-based treatments for opioid addiction, or
enhanced research for alternatives to opioid pain medication,
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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