[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 170 (Monday, October 23, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S6717]
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  SA 1573. Mr. PAUL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 2266, to amend title 28 of the United States Code 
to authorize the appointment of additional bankruptcy judges; and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in division A, insert the 
     following:
       Sec. ___. (a) Offset.--Of the unobligated balances made 
     available to each covered executive department for fiscal 
     year 2018, $36,517,000,000 are rescinded, on a pro rata 
     basis, in accordance with subsection (b).
       (b) Discretion of Executive Department Head.--The head of 
     each covered executive department shall determine from which 
     accounts of the covered executive department and in what 
     amounts the funds required to be rescinded under subsection 
     (a) will be rescinded.
       (c) Covered Executive Department.--In this section, the 
     term ``covered executive department'' means--
       (1) an Executive agency, as defined in section 105 of title 
     5, United States Code; and
       (2) does not include the Department of Veterans Affairs.
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