[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 50 (Wednesday, March 25, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S1921]
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  SA 742. Mr. THUNE 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 
                   THE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PROGRAM IN A MANNER 
                   THAT INCENTIVIZES WORK AND WORKER TRAINING FOR 
                   THE LONG-TERM UNEMPLOYED, HELPS THE LONG-TERM 
                   UNEMPLOYED REENTER THE WORKFORCE, RECOGNIZES 
                   THE DEMANDS ON STATE BUDGETS, AND DOES NOT 
                   INCREASE FINANCIAL BURDENS ON EMPLOYERS.

       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 reforming the unemployment insurance program, 
     which may include reforms in a manner that incentivizes work 
     and worker training for the long-term unemployed, helps the 
     long-term unemployed reenter the workforce, recognizes the 
     demands on State budgets, and does not increase financial 
     burdens on employers 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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