[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 7 (Wednesday, January 11, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S294]
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SA 183. 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. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO CONSERVING
FEDERAL LAND, ENHANCING ACCESS TO FEDERAL LAND
FOR RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, AND MAKING
INVESTMENTS IN COUNTIES AND SCHOOLS.
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 programs for land and water conservation
and acquisition or the preservation, restoration, or
protection of public land, oceans, coastal areas, or aquatic
ecosystems, making changes to or providing for the
reauthorization of the Secure Rural Schools and Community
Self-Determination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.),
making changes to or providing for the reauthorization of the
payments in lieu of taxes program under chapter 69 of title
31, United States Code, or making changes to or providing for
the reauthorization of both laws, 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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