[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 50 (Wednesday, March 25, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S1949]
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SA 920. 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 REDUCING
THE GEOGRAPHIC IMBALANCE IN FEDERAL RESEARCH
FUNDING AND IMPROVING RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE
AND CAPACITY THROUGHOUT THE STATES.
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 improving research infrastructure and capacity in
all States through the Experimental Program to Stimulate
Competitive Research, which may include support for States
and jurisdictions which are historically underserved by
Federal research and development funding, 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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