[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 5 (Monday, January 9, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S160]
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SA 49. Mr. WHITEHOUSE (for himself, Mr. Coons, and Ms. Klobuchar)
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the concurrent
resolution S. Con. Res. 3, setting forth the congressional budget for
the United States Government for fiscal year 2017 and setting forth the
appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2018 through 2026; which
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of title III, add the following:
SEC. 3___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO
ADDRESSING THE PRESCRIPTION OPIOID ABUSE AND
HEROIN CRISIS.
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 fully funding all programs authorized by the
Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016 (Public Law
114-198) 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 2017 through 2021 or the period of the total of
fiscal years 2017 through 2026.
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