[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 169 (Thursday, October 19, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S6687]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1519. Ms. HIRONO (for herself, Mrs. Murray, and Ms. Warren) 
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 
                   STRENGTHENING AND EXPANDING COLLECTIVE 
                   BARGAINING RIGHTS.

       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--
       (1) strengthening and reaffirming the Federal policy in 
     favor of collective bargaining;
       (2) stiffening penalties for companies that violate 
     workers' rights to unionize and act collectively;
       (3) ending company interference in union organizing 
     campaigns;
       (4) preserving the use of official time;
       (5) prohibiting permanent replacement of striking workers; 
     and
       (6) expanding the benefits of the collective bargaining 
     process to new and emerging employment sectors;

     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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