[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 144 (Monday, August 9, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S6140]
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SA 2713. Mrs. HYDE-SMITH submitted an amendment intended to be
proposed by her to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 14, setting
forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for
fiscal year 2022 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for
fiscal years 2023 through 2031; 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
ELIGIBILITY FOR BENEFITS UNDER THE SUPPLEMENTAL
NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR INDIVIDUALS
CONVICTED OF FELONY POSSESSION OR DISTRIBUTION
OF SYNTHETIC OPIOIDS.
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
preventing legislation that would allow individuals convicted
of felony possession or distribution of synthetic opioids to
be eligible to receive benefits under the supplemental
nutrition assistance program established under the Food and
Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.) 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 2022 through
2026 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2022 through
2031.
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