[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 168 (Wednesday, October 18, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S6585]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1373. Ms. HIRONO (for herself, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Casey, Mr. 
Blumenthal, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Markey, Mr. Wyden, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Coons, 
Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Murphy, Mr. Udall, Ms. Duckworth, Ms. Warren, Mr. 
Reed, Mrs. Gillibrand, and Mr. Brown) 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 TO PROVIDE AFFORDABLE 
                   AND HIGH-QUALITY CHILD CARE AND EARLY LEARNING.

       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 
     efforts to improve child care and early learning programs, 
     which may include such measures as--
       (1) providing Federal assistance to limit the percent of 
     income families pay toward the cost of child care;
       (2) providing access to high-quality preschool for all low- 
     and moderate-income children;
       (3) investing in our Nation's child care and early learning 
     workforce;
       (4) increasing services and supports for infants, toddlers, 
     and children with disabilities to promote access to 
     inclusive, high-quality child care settings; or
       (5) providing adequate funding to ensure that Head Start 
     programs can meet the extended duration requirements set 
     forth in the Head Start performance standards described in 
     section 641A(a) of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9836a(a)) 
     for 2016,

     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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