[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 20 (Wednesday, February 3, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S372]
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SA 314. Mr. CORNYN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 5, setting forth the
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year
2021 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal
years 2022 through 2030; 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
ELIMINATING THE RAPE KIT BACKLOG.
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
eliminating the backlog of sexual assault evidence kits,
which may include ensuring that the collection and processing
of DNA evidence by law enforcement agencies from crimes is
carried out in an appropriate and timely manner, 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 2021
through 2025 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2021
through 2030.
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