[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 51 (Thursday, March 26, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S2062]
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  SA 988. Mr. FRANKEN (for himself and Mr. Schatz) 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 BOLSTERING 
                   THE RESILIENCE OF COMMUNITIES AND INDUSTRIES IN 
                   THE UNITED STATES AGAINST THE IMPACTS OF A 
                   CHANGING CLIMATE.

       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 initiatives to bolster the resilience of 
     communities, the electric grid, and the fishing, agriculture, 
     and forestry industries against the impacts of human-induced 
     climate change and associated events, including sea level 
     rise, the loss of sea ice, changes in the distribution of 
     permafrost, extreme weather events, ocean acidification, and 
     an increase in the duration, size, and intensity of wildfire 
     and droughts, 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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