[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 51 (Thursday, March 26, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2059-S2060]
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SA 971. Mr. CRUZ 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. ___. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO IMPLEMENT WORK
REQUIREMENTS IN ALL MEANS-TESTED FEDERAL
WELFARE PROGRAMS.
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
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resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions,
amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or
conference reports relating to implementing work requirements
for able-bodied adults without dependents in all means-tested
Federal welfare programs by the amounts provided in such
legislation for that purpose, provided that such legislation
would not raise new revenue and 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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