[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 168 (Wednesday, October 18, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S6560]
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SA 1265. Ms. HEITKAMP 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
PROTECTING POSTAL SERVICES FOR AMERICA'S POSTAL
CUSTOMERS.
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
protecting postal services for the people of the United
States, which may include improving the financial stability
and condition of the United States Postal Service,
strengthening the service performance that postal customers
experience, or prioritizing the needs of rural areas of the
United States, 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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