[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 7 (Wednesday, January 11, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Pages S293-S294]
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SA 182. Mr. WYDEN (for himself, Mr. Merkley, and Mr. Heinrich)
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 appropriate place, insert the following:
SEC. ___. CRITERIA FOR LIMITED ADJUSTMENT FOR WILDFIRE
SUPPRESSION FUNDING.
If a measure becomes law that amends the adjustments to
discretionary spending limits established under section
251(b) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control
Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)) to provide for wildfire
suppression funding, which may include criteria for making
such an adjustment, the Chairman of the Committee on the
Budget of the Senate may adjust the allocation called for in
section 302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2
U.S.C. 633(a)) to the appropriate committee or committees of
the Senate, and may adjust all other budgetary aggregates,
allocations, levels, and
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limits contained in this resolution, as necessary, consistent
with such measure.
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