[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 50 (Wednesday, March 25, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S1945]
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SA 891. Mr. COONS (for himself and Mr. Casey) 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, add the following:
SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO ADDRESSING
THE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS OF PASSENGER RAIL.
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 investments benefiting the National Railroad
Passenger Corporation, including funding for capital needs of
the intercity passenger rail network and the Corporation,
which may include state of good repair, safety improvements,
and other capital projects necessary to maintain and expand
current service levels and improve key performance metrics of
the Nation's intercity passenger rail provider, which helps
connect communities across the Nation and support regional
economic development, 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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