[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 167 (Tuesday, October 17, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S6486]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1131. Mr. COONS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 1116 proposed by Mr. Enzi to the concurrent resolution H. 
Con. Res. 71, establishing the congressional budget for the United 
States Government for fiscal year 2018 and setting forth the 
appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2019 through 2027; 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 PROVIDING 
                   SUFFICIENT RESOURCES FOR THE DIPLOMACY AND 
                   DEVELOPMENT PROFESSIONALS AT THE DEPARTMENT OF 
                   STATE AND THE UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR 
                   INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT TO RESPOND TO 
                   NATIONAL SECURITY THREATS.

       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, 
     and make adjustments to the pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or 
     more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between 
     the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to 
     providing sufficient resources for the diplomacy and 
     development professionals at the Department of State and the 
     United States Agency for International Development to respond 
     to national security threats 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 2018 through 2022 or the 
     period of the total of fiscal years 2018 through 2027.
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