[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 50 (Wednesday, March 25, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S1948]
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SA 912. Mr. REED 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
PERMANENTLY REFORMING EMERGENCY UNEMPLOYMENT
INSURANCE PROGRAMS, INCLUDING THE EXTENDED
BENEFIT PROGRAM FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE
EXHAUSTED THEIR REGULAR UNEMPLOYMENT
COMPENSATION DURING ECONOMIC DOWNTURNS. .
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 establishing a permanent extended unemployment
compensation program and reforming the Extended Benefits
program for individuals who have exhausted their regular
unemployment compensation during economic downturns 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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