[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 7 (Wednesday, January 11, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S290]
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SA 158. Mr. LEE 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
PROHIBITING THE EXPENDITURE OF AMOUNTS FROM THE
LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND UNTIL THE
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE MAINTENANCE BACKLOG IS
REDUCED.
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 prohibiting amounts from the Land and Water
Conservation Fund established under section 200302 of title
54, United States Code, to be used for land acquisition until
the date on which the National Park Service maintenance
backlog is less than $5,000,000,000 by the amounts provided
in such legislation for those purposes, without raising new
revenue, 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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