[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 168 (Wednesday, October 18, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S6589]
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SA 1395. Mr. KING 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
ADDRESSING THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC BY PROVIDING
ACCESS TO PREVENTION PROGRAMS AND SUBSTANCE USE
DISORDER TREATMENT FUNDING FOR STRONG
INTERDICTION EFFORTS, WITH A PARTICULAR
EMPHASIS ON RURAL COMMUNITIES.
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
addressing the opioid epidemic by providing access to
prevention programs and substance use disorder treatment and
funding for strong interdiction efforts, with a particular
emphasis on rural communities 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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