[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 50 (Wednesday, March 25, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S1926]
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SA 776. Mrs. SHAHEEN (for herself and Ms. Collins) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by her 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, add the following:
SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO PROHIBIT THE
EXCLUSION OF INDIVIDUALS FROM SERVICE ON A
FEDERAL JURY ON ACCOUNT OF SEXUAL ORIENTATION
OR GENDER IDENTITY.
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 jury selection in the Federal judiciary, which
may include the prevention of discrimination of jurors on the
basis of sexual orientation or gender identity, by the
amounts provided in such legislation for that purpose,
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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