[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 168 (Wednesday, October 18, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S6582]
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SA 1347. Mr. MERKLEY (for himself, Mr. Gardner, Mr. Cardin, and Mr.
Wyden) 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 ASSISTING
ROHINGYA VICTIMS OF THE BURMESE MILITARY'S
ETHNIC CLEANSING CAMPAIGN AND SUPPORTING PEACE
AND RECONCILIATION PROGRAMS IN RAKHINE STATE.
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
assisting victims of the Burmese military's ethnic cleansing
campaign targeting Rohingya in Rakhine State, including
refugees in Bangladesh, and supporting peace and
reconciliation programs in Rakhine State, including support
for humanitarian organizations, United Nations agencies, and
nongovernmental organizations supporting the implementation
of the recommendations of the Advisory Commission on Rakhine
State or otherwise seeking to provide humanitarian assistance
to victims of the Burmese military, including gender based
violence, 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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