[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 51 (Thursday, March 26, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S2059]
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SA 966. Mr. COONS (for himself and Mr. Sanders) 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; as
follows:
At the appropriate place, insert the following:
SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO OFFSETTING
THE COSTS OF OPERATIONS AGAINST THE ISLAMIC
STATE.
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 funding for overseas contingency operations,
which may include legislation that would establish a
temporary surtax which may be used to offset the costs of the
war against the Islamic State, 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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