[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 103 (Wednesday, June 20, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S4291]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3040. Mr. TOOMEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 2910 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 5895, making 
appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes; 
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 75, between lines 15 and 16, insert the following:


     sense of the senate regarding the joint committee on taxation

       Sec. 121.  (a) Congress finds that--
       (1) the Joint Committee on Taxation serves as a critical 
     resource to Members of Congress on tax policy and 
     legislation, providing expertise and technical knowledge on a 
     nonpartisan basis;
       (2) the Joint Committee on Taxation and the Congressional 
     Budget Office both provide revenue estimates of legislation, 
     and thus compete for many of the same candidates; and
       (3) the professional staff of economists with a doctoral 
     degree, attorneys, and accountants of the Joint Committee on 
     Taxation should be recognized for their expertise and placed 
     on a level playing field with the employees of the 
     Congressional Budget Office.
       (b) It is the sense of the Senate that the Joint Committee 
     on Taxation and the Congressional Budget Office should be 
     treated the same for purposes of compensation limitations and 
     any other relevant matters pertaining to personnel.
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