[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 169 (Thursday, October 19, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S6687]
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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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