[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 51 (Thursday, March 26, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S2080]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1101. Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. Alexander, Mr. Coons, Mr. 
Moran, Mr. Brown, Mr. Graham, Mr. Booker, Ms. Collins, Mr. Markey, Mr. 
Johnson, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Casey, Mr. Burr, Mrs. Murray, 
Mr. Isakson, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Roberts, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Cassidy, Mr. 
Peters, Mr. Kirk, Ms. Hirono, Ms. Ayotte, Mr. Reed, Mr. Gardner, Mr. 
Franken, Mr. Blunt, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. King, Mr. Merkley, Ms. Baldwin, 
and Mr. Blumenthal) proposed an amendment 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 TO SUPPORT RESEARCH.

       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 Federal investments in scientific research and 
     development, which may include supporting biomedical research 
     to find ways to prevent, treat, and cure diseases or 
     conditions like Alzheimer's and other life-threatening or 
     chronic illnesses, providing long-term cost savings to the 
     Federal Government, and supporting national security, basic 
     energy research, innovative solutions, and American 
     competitiveness, 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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