[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 145 (Tuesday, August 10, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6204-S6249]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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

  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Peters). The clerk will report the 
resolution by title.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A 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.

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Vermont.


                           Order of Business

  Mr. SANDERS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that for the 
duration of the Senate's consideration of S. Con. Res. 14, the budget 
resolution for fiscal year 2021, the majority and the Republican 
managers of the resolution, while seated or standing at the managers' 
desks, be permitted to deliver floor remarks, retrieve, review, and 
edit documents, and send email and other data communications from text 
displayed on wireless personal digital assistant devices and tablet 
devices.
  I further ask unanimous consent that the use of calculators be 
permitted on the floor during consideration of the budget resolution; 
further, that the staff be permitted to make technical and conforming 
changes to the resolution, if necessary, consistent with the amendments 
adopted during Senate consideration, including calculating the 
associated change in the net interest function and incorporating the 
effect of such adopted amendments on the budgetary aggregates for 
Federal revenues, the amount by which the Federal revenue should be 
changed, new budget authority, budget outlays, deficits, public debt, 
and debt held by the public.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
  Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. SANDERS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that there be 2 
minutes for debate, equally divided, prior to each vote during 
consideration of S. Con. Res. 14.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
  Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. SANDERS. Mr. President, let me begin by thanking President Biden 
and Majority Leader Schumer for their leadership in the arduous process 
which has gotten us to where we are right now.
  I do understand that many of my Republican colleagues are in a bit of 
shock. They are in a bit of shock now. They are finding it hard to 
believe that the President and the Democratic Caucus are prepared to go 
forward in addressing the long, neglected needs of working families and 
not just the 1 percent and wealthy campaign contributors. That is not 
the way things usually happen around here.
  Usually, it is the big money interests, the campaign contributors, 
and the lobbyists who call the tunes. But not today. Today, we move 
this country in a very different direction.
  The American people are sick and tired of growing income and wealth 
inequality in our country, where two people now own more wealth than 
the bottom 40 percent, where the top 1 percent owns more wealth than 
the bottom 92 percent, and where 45 percent of all new income has gone 
to the top 1 percent since 2009.
  In other words, the people on top are doing phenomenally well.
  Meanwhile, while the very rich have become much richer, the gross 
unfairness of our current tax system has allowed, in a given year, some 
of the wealthiest people in our country and some of the largest and 
most profitable corporations to not pay a nickel in a given year in 
Federal income tax--not one penny.
  Well, that is about to change. The American people want a government 
which represents all of us and not just the few. And this legislation 
is going to ask the wealthiest people in our country to start paying 
their fair share of taxes so that we can address the needs of working 
families, the elderly, the children, the sick, and the poor.
  And despite what some of my Republican colleagues may be saying, no 
one in America who makes less than $400,000 a year will pay a nickel 
more in Federal taxes. In fact, what we are looking at in this budget 
proposal is a historic tax cut for working families and the middle 
class.
  Further, and importantly, at a time when California is on fire, when 
Oregon is on fire, when Greece is burning, and when countries 
throughout the world are experiencing unprecedented drought, which will 
clearly impact food production, this legislation begins the process of 
combating climate change so that our kids and grandchildren can live in 
a country and on a planet which is healthy and habitable. It would be 
immoral and an absolute dereliction of our responsibilities as elected 
officials to do anything less. We cannot ignore climate change any 
longer. Now is the time for our great country to lead the world out of 
this existential crisis.
  And, by the way, as we address the long neglected needs of working 
families and as we combat climate change, we are going to create 
millions of good-paying jobs, many of them union jobs.
  Let me very briefly take this opportunity to describe some of what is 
in this budget proposal. First, we are going to address the disgrace of 
the United States having the highest rate of childhood poverty of 
almost any major country on Earth. This is the wealthiest country on 
Earth, and we should not have millions of our children living in 
poverty.
  This budget is going to provide the long-awaited-for help that 
working parents all over this country desperately need, and when we do 
that, we will substantially reduce childhood poverty in America. And we 
are going to do that by extending the child tax credit so that families 
continue to receive monthly direct payments of up to $300 per child.
  We began that process in the American Rescue Plan. It has been 
enormously successful in Vermont and all over this country as parents 
finally get the help that they need to raise their kids, and, in fact, 
it has helped reduce childhood poverty in our country by 61 percent. 
And we are going to extend those child tax credits.
  Further, we are going to help working parents by addressing the 
crisis in childcare by making sure that no working family in our 
country pays more than 7 percent of their income for childcare. And all 
over this country, in talking to parents in Vermont and elsewhere, 
people are paying 20 percent, 25 percent of their income for childcare 
so that they can go to work. That makes no sense at all. Under our 
proposal, no working family will pay more than 7 percent. And when we 
do that, when we make childcare more affordable and accessible, it will 
allow over a million women who are now home with their kids to reenter 
the workforce and improve our economy.
  Further, in terms of addressing the needs of our working parents and 
their kids, we will expand public education by providing universal pre-
K to every 3- and 4-year-old in the country.
  This budget proposal is going to end the international disgrace of 
the United States being the only major country on Earth not to 
guarantee paid family and medical leave as a right. Somebody who is 
sick today should not be forced to go to work and maybe, by expanding 
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make other people sick. Parents should be able to stay home with their 
sick children. When a woman has a baby, she should not be forced back 
into work a week after giving birth simply because she has no income to 
stay home.
  Yes, in America, we will join every other major country and guarantee 
paid family and medical leave.
  We will begin to address the crisis in higher education by making 
community colleges in America tuition-free, and this will give millions 
of young people and working people the opportunity to get the education 
they need to acquire the skills so they can go out and get the good-
paying jobs that are out there. It will also give people the 
opportunity to transfer the 2 years of credits earned at a community 
college to a 4-year school. Now, I hope in years to come we will go 
further, but 2 years of free community college is no small thing.
  This budget proposal begins the process of taking on the greed of the 
pharmaceutical industry and saving taxpayers hundreds of billions of 
dollars by requiring that Medicare negotiate prescription drug prices 
with the pharmaceutical industry. It is not acceptable to me and to the 
American people that we continue to pay, by far, the highest prices in 
the world for prescription drugs. Medicare must negotiate prescription 
drug prices, and this budget sets the stage for that to happen.

  And we will use the savings acquired by negotiating prescription drug 
prices in Medicare by expanding Medicare. We are going to use those 
savings to expand Medicare to cover the dental care, the hearing aids, 
and the eyeglasses that seniors desperately need. This is the 
wealthiest country on Earth, and yet we have millions of senior 
citizens who lack teeth in their mouth. They need dentures; they can't 
afford to get them. They need hearing aids in order to communicate with 
their grandkids; can't afford to do that. They need a decent pair of 
glasses; can't afford that.
  And in terms of healthcare, we will also substantially increase the 
number of doctors, nurses, and dentists who practice in underserved 
areas and expand the Community Health Centers Program into new areas as 
well.
  This budget proposal will combat homelessness in America and address 
the reality that nearly 18 million households are paying over 50 
percent of their limited incomes for housing through an unprecedented 
investment in affordable housing. We will ensure, further, that people 
in an aging society--we are getting older as a society, and we will 
ensure that those people can receive the healthcare they need in their 
own homes instead of being forced into expensive and inadequate nursing 
homes and that the workers who provide that important care to the 
elderly and the disabled are not forced to exist on starvation wages. 
This is such important work and such emotionally draining work; those 
folks deserve a decent paycheck.
  We will bring undocumented people out of the shadows and provide them 
with a pathway to citizenship, including those very brave workers who 
have courageously kept our economy going in the middle of a deadly 
pandemic.
  As I mentioned earlier, we will take on the existential threat of 
climate change by transforming our energy system toward renewable 
energy and energy efficiency. Among many other provisions in terms of 
climate change, we will establish a Civilian Climate Corps which will 
give hundreds of thousands of young people good-paying jobs and 
educational benefits as they roll up their sleeves and get to work to 
help us save the planet.
  This budget proposal will make it easier, not harder, for workers to 
join unions in America.
  My Republican colleagues are upset that we are using the 
reconciliation process and only 50 votes to pass this budget. They are 
very upset about that. But let us be clear. This idea of using 
reconciliation is certainly not a new idea. When Republicans controlled 
the Senate, they used reconciliation to pass trillions of dollars in 
tax breaks to the top 1 percent and large corporations.
  When Republicans controlled the Senate, they used reconciliation to 
make climate change worse by opening up the Arctic National Wildlife 
Refuge for oil drilling.
  When Republicans controlled the Senate, they tried to use 
reconciliation to repeal the Affordable Care Act and throw 32 million 
Americans off of the healthcare they had.
  Well, today, it is true we will also use reconciliation, but we will 
do it in a different way. We will use it to help the working families 
of our country and not just the wealthy and the powerful.
  It is no great secret that millions of Americans are giving up on 
democracy, are moving toward authoritarianism, and are losing faith in 
their government. Many of those people are working longer hours for 
lower wages; they can't afford healthcare; they can't afford to send 
their kids to college; and they worry very much about the future of 
their kids and the future of this country.
  This legislation will not only provide enormous support--
unprecedented in recent American history--to the children in our 
country, to the parents in our country, to the elderly people in our 
country, to the working families of our country, but it will also, I 
hope, restore the faith of the American people in the belief that we 
can have a government that works for all of us and not just the few.
  Thank you.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Ms. Sinema). The Senator from South Carolina.
  Good to see you back.
  Mr. GRAHAM. It is good to be back. Thank you for the inquiries about 
my well-being.
  To all my colleagues, I appreciate the good wishes and the phone 
calls and the food.
  I made it. I think the worst is behind me.
  I want to reinforce a simple message: If you haven't been vaccinated 
regarding the COVID problem, get vaccinated. I have been vaccinated, 
and I got COVID anyway; a couple of really bad days, but I am doing 
better and I feel on the mend. And I am confident that, if I hadn't had 
the vaccine, it would have been a lot worse.
  So in my State, about 50 percent of the people are still 
unvaccinated. Just for your own good and the good of our State, I would 
urge you to consider getting vaccinated. I think the vaccine is safe, 
and it works. I am glad I had it. And the sooner we can get to herd 
immunity through vaccinations and other means, the better off we will 
be.
  To all my colleagues and people back home, thank you for the kind 
words and inquiries.
  We are back at work, and I am glad I was able to make this debate. I 
think this debate is worth having. We just passed a $1 trillion 
infrastructure bill. The Presiding Officer, Senator Sinema, from 
Arizona, was one of the architects of the bill.
  Congratulations.
  I voted for it because it made sense to me. We have been talking 
about infrastructure here for 5 or 10 years. In this $1 trillion 
package, 550 of new spending, which I believe will be paid for, goes 
into ports, roads, and bridges, and rural broadband; and 19 Republicans 
voted for it.
  I am hoping we can make it reality and get it to President Biden's 
desk because I think infrastructure is much-needed, and we were finding 
bipartisanship in that space.
  Now we are moving on to something completely different--I dare say 
radical. Right after the majority was seized by the Democratic Party, 
they pushed through a $1.9 trillion package that had a lot of talk 
about COVID--but most of it wasn't related to COVID as we know it--
after we had worked together on $4 trillion of spending.
  Now, this budget resolution is proposing $3\1/2\ trillion of 
additional spending, and we will talk about how that affects you, the 
public, here in a minute. But the first thing I want you to know is it 
is not $3\1/2\ trillion. That is not accurate.
  When you look at the increase in public debt and the authorization of 
new discretionary spending, it is at least $4.2 trillion. So it is not 
$3\1/2\ trillion; it is over $4 trillion. The first thing you have to 
do is be honest with the product you are selling. This will cost well 
over $4 trillion if fully implemented.
  What else does this bill do that people in this body need to know 
about?
  It changes the rule regarding emergency spending. Right now, we can 
spend, through an emergency, basically, unlimited money and not have to 
worry about offsets and all that good stuff because there is truly an 
emergency. But you need 60 votes to declare

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something an emergency. This budget resolution will change that rule so 
that a simple majority of Senators can determine anything they would 
like to be an emergency and spend without any accountability.
  I think that is a bad idea for the body because anything you can do, 
we can do, and it really is an assault on the idea of minority rights. 
I think it is the biggest blow to the institution yet. It is buried in 
this bill, but it eliminates the 60-vote requirement to declare items 
emergency spending, replace it with a simple majority, allowing a 
majority--a single party--to spend without restriction in the name of 
emergency.
  So to my friends on the other side, you need to look at what is in 
this bill, and I hope you will find that to be an unacceptable change 
to the U.S. Senate because, when it comes to spending, it guts the idea 
that the minority matters because all you have to do, if this budget 
resolution is implemented the way they have written it, is to declare 
something an emergency, get 50 votes, and spend. Very bad idea. We are 
going to try to change that, and we are hoping we can find some 
bipartisan support.
  Let me tell you about this bill. I am going to ask some questions. On 
the immigration side, Senator Sanders said that this bill creates 
millions of new green cards for people here illegally.
  So here is a question: If we told the world that in the budget 
reconciliation we are going to increase millions of green cards for 
people here illegally, do you think that would entice more people to 
come here illegally?
  Here is what I think. I think that is the dumbest idea I could think 
of. In the middle of an invasion of this country by illegal immigrants, 
the Democratic Party, through budget reconciliation, is going to 
authorize millions of new green cards for people here illegally. It is 
in your document. Senator Sanders admitted that.
  Here is what is happening as I speak: These statements are being 
translated into Spanish and every other language, and human traffickers 
all over the world are going to let the word get out that, Hey, the 
Senate is about to increase the number of green cards available for 
illegal immigrants; why don't you go and get in line?
  Nobody has asked the Border Patrol: How do you think this would 
affect our illegal immigration problem?
  Have you spent 15 minutes talking to anybody at the border about what 
this policy change would do to a broken immigration system?
  I guarantee you haven't, because if you talked to anybody with common 
sense on the border, they would tell you the last thing you need to do 
right now is incentivize more illegal immigration by allocating green 
cards to people who are here already illegally
  What has happened in the last 6 months?
  A 262-percent increase compared to last year.
  Does any Democrat have any idea what is happening here? Have any of 
you come to the floor to explain to the American people what the hell 
is going on at the border?
  You don't have a clue; you don't care.
  The same people who are writing this budget resolution to spend $4 
trillion on liberal wish lists are the same people in charge of the 
border. They haven't asked one Border Patrol professional the effect of 
this bill on a broken immigration system.
  We have had 1.2 million people come to the country illegally already. 
Let's compare that to last year--a 262-percent increase.
  Illegal crossings by unaccompanied minors have surged 186 percent 
compared to last year. Why? The Biden administration has kept the COVID 
deportation title 42 law in place, but it has made exception by 
unaccompanied minors. If you are a certain age, you can stay. Guess 
what. The human traffickers have found that out, and word is out all 
over the Northern Triangle countries--but, really, the world.
  And we have had a 186-percent increase in unaccompanied minors 
because of policy changes made by the Biden administration. Twenty-
seven percent of unaccompanied minors recently deported tested positive 
for COVID-19.
  How many of the unaccompanied minors have been released into the 
country? Of the 1.2 million people who have come here illegally: How 
many of them have been released? How many have them been tested? How 
many are positive for COVID?
  Nobody knows these numbers because nobody seems to have a clue of 
what to do about it.
  So what are the trends?
  Look at this chart. Look at 2020 compared to `18, `19, and `20--an 
explosion of illegal immigrants, 1.2 million, almost. Year to date, in 
2020, we had 458,000. A 260-percent increase in illegal crossings at 
the border because the Biden administration did away with the ``Remain 
in Mexico'' policy.
  So asylum claims went through the roof. We are allowing unaccompanied 
children to stay as an exception to title 42, along with families. And 
guess what. You have an explosion of illegal immigrant crossings in 
this country.
  If you pass this budget resolution the way Senator Sanders described, 
you are going to throw jet fuel on this. This number will go through 
the friggin' roof.
  Every human trafficker in the world is going to get the word out 
throughout the world that they are increasing the number of green cards 
made available to illegal immigrants to America: Come now, the time is 
right.
  What a dangerous idea, but it is part of this grand, new vision for 
America. Let me tell you about this vision for America: open borders; 
dropping people by the thousands off into the interior of the United 
States, not adequately tested; enticing young people to take a very 
dangerous journey; destroying all of the gains we had; stopping a wall 
that was almost built. That is the vision being created by the budget 
resolution and then some.
  The idea of increasing green cards for illegal immigrants already 
here will make these numbers explode beyond what they already exploded. 
Only God knows.
  Has anyone told you the price at the pump? Has anybody mentioned to 
you on the other side what is the cost of this bill when we implement 
change reforms to you as a consumer?
  Senator Markey, who is a very passionate believer in climate change, 
said the Green New Deal is part of the DNA of this bill.
  Senator Sanders is an avowed socialist, one of the most honest people 
in this building. Senator Sanders' vision for the last 20 and 30 years 
is in this budget resolution. This budget resolution is a dream for 
those who want to socialize America; it is a nightmare for working 
people.
  How much have gas prices gone up in the last 6 months?
  A dollar.
  Here is what I think: If you implement the provisions of this budget 
resolution regarding climate change, you are declaring war on the 
internal combustion engine; you are going to shut out coal-fired plants 
in rural America.
  The question I have for my Democratic colleagues: How much will gas 
prices go up if this bill becomes reality? How much will your heating 
bill go up because you shut down supply? How has there been an increase 
of a dollar at the pump? Policy matters.
  I dare say that, if this bill is ever implemented, you are going to 
double gas prices.
  I hope you are listening out there, America. If they implement this 
radical transformation of our energy economy, you are going to have a 
dramatic increase of gas prices and heating prices.
  This is the worst thought-out idea I have ever seen. They are just 
throwing every liberal idea and hope it sticks to the wall, and their 
whole reason for being on the left is in this bill.
  There is a border-adjusted carbon tax proposal floating around out 
there. What does that mean to you? What the hell is a border-adjusted 
carbon tax?
  The best I can understand is it is going to be a tax on products 
coming into the country because the way the product was made is not 
sufficiently green enough. So they are going to charge for that 
product, put a tax on it at the border. Guess what. That is going to 
increase the cost of whatever good we are talking about.
  And where do you think that cost goes?
  It goes to you.
  This is the most inflationary idea I have ever seen. We have had 5.4-
percent increase in inflation recently, wiping out all the gains in the 
economy.

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  How could that be?
  You are spending money like drunken sailors. And if this bill ever 
becomes law, if it is ever implemented and there is a border-adjusted 
carbon tax, it is going to be passed onto the consumer.
  If you are on a fixed income, this whole idea is a nightmare for you 
because your gas prices are going to go up, your heating bill is going 
to go up, and all of the things that they are going to make for free 
will create an inflationary effect.
  The size of the government is going to increase dramatically. 
Interest rates will have to go up. So if you own a home, you drive a 
car, you breathe air, get ready for more taxes and more spending.
  All I can say is that I believe in climate change, and I would like 
to have a rational approach to solving the problem. But this is not 
rational; this is partisan. And this $4.2 trillion bill--it is not 
three and a half--is going to lead a wave of illegal immigration, the 
likes of which you have never seen before; a 262-percent increase in 
the last 6 months. If this bill, this idea, ever becomes reality, you 
can double that. If this bill ever becomes reality, a dollar increase 
in gas prices is going to be the good old days.

  If they shut down all the coal-fired plants without any way to 
replace them, other than a bunch of BS, good luck with the heating 
bill.
  They are going to change your country. It is going to be more like 
Venezuela and less like America.
  This idea that it is going to be paid for by taxing the rich is a 
bunch of BS. If you took the entire wealth of the 1 percent, including 
their cars and their dogs, it is less than half of what we need to deal 
with the entitlement problems we already have.
  And you are growing exponentially the size of government--more 
government to pay for. Eventually interest rates are going to have to 
go up.
  You are putting in motion, I think, the demise of America as we know 
it. You are putting in motion a government that nobody's grandchild 
could ever afford to pay. You are putting in motion the destruction of 
energy independence. You have declared war on the fossil fuel industry 
in this country, and you have not done a damn thing about China, India, 
Russia, or Iran.
  The bottom line here is, if you believe in energy independence, then 
you need to vote against this budget resolution because we will lose 
it. If you believe that inflation is the death blow to the middle 
class, you need to vote against this budget resolution. If you don't 
know how much gas prices are going to be increased, they owe you an 
answer.
  So I am going to ask this question for the next 15 hours: Do you have 
any idea, if all this becomes reality, how much increase at the pump 
will be affected by the average consumer the next year? How much will 
our heating bills go up? As to the border-adjusted carbon tax, will it 
be inflationary? Where does the money go from the tax? Who gets it? 
Little details like this.
  All I can say is that everybody has a dream in America. There is the 
American dream and the American socialist dream for America. This 
budget resolution sets in motion an assault on free enterprise, the 
destruction of energy independence, incentivizing illegal immigration 
at a time we can afford it the least.
  If you don't believe these things, then you haven't read what is in 
this blueprint. Have you ever asked yourself the question: What the 
hell has happened in the last 6 months; why are we up $1 a gallon at 
the pump? Because they declared a war on fossil fuels made in America.
  Why do we have a 262-percent increase in illegal immigration? Because 
they changed all the policies that worked at the border.
  Why is inflation rising? Because the fiscal policies of the Biden 
administration and our friends on the left are driving up prices.
  The worst is yet to come. If this budget resolution becomes a 
reality, God help the American middle class. We will be less energy 
independent. Our money will go not nearly as far.
  You are going to have to automatically raise taxes if you intend to 
pay for this monstrosity. And some Democrats say it has to be paid for. 
There is no way in hell to pay for this bill unless you fundamentally 
raise taxes across the board--at a time when we are struggling to get 
back on our feet.
  This is why we have elections. In 2022, this idea will be on the 
ballot. My goal and my Republican colleagues' is to fight like hell to 
stop the increase at the pump, stop the increase of the heating bills, 
and to stop an invasion in our country by illegal immigrants all driven 
by bad policy choices.
  But everything they have done in the last 6 months pales in 
comparison with what they are going to do to this country if this 
budget resolution ever becomes a reality.
  Yes, sir, we are going to have one hell of a fight. I don't know how 
long we are going to be here, but as long as it takes. America is worth 
fighting for. And America, we know, is at risk with this budget 
resolution.
  Thank you.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Vermont.
  Mr. SANDERS. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that it be in 
order to call up the following amendments, that they be reported by 
number, and that the Senate vote in relation to the amendments in the 
order listed with no amendments in order prior to a vote: Barrasso No. 
3055, Carper No. 3330, Thune No. 3106, and Cortez Masto No. 3317.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. GRAHAM. I yield the remaining Republican time on the resolution.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator has that right.
  Mr. SANDERS. I yield the majority's remaining time on the resolution.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator has that right.
  All time on the resolution has been yielded back.
  The Senator from Wyoming.


                           Amendment No. 3055

  Mr. BARRASSO. Madam President, I call up my amendment No. 3055 and 
ask that it be reported by number.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the amendment by number.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Wyoming [Mr. Barrasso] proposes an 
     amendment numbered 3055.

  The amendment is as follows

         (Purpose: To prohibit enactment of the Green New Deal)

       At the end of title III, add the following:

     SEC. 3___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO PROHIBIT THE GREEN 
                   NEW DEAL.

       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 
     Federal greenhouse gas restrictions, which may include 
     limiting or prohibiting legislation or regulations to 
     implement the Green New Deal, to ship United States companies 
     and jobs overseas, to impose soaring electricity, gasoline, 
     home heating oil, and other energy prices on working class 
     families, or to make the United States increasingly dependent 
     on foreign supply chains, 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.

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. There will now be 2 minutes of debate equally 
divided.
  The Senator from Wyoming.
  Mr. BARRASSO. Madam President, I am offering this amendment to spare 
the Country from the so-called Green New Deal. The Green New Deal is 
not about protecting the environment. It is about making Big Government 
even bigger.
  This socialist scheme would destroy jobs. It will reduce the quality 
of life for the American people. Millions and millions of Americans 
will suffer. It would worsen already high inflation. It will drive a 
stake through the economy and eventually bankrupt the Nation.
  Senate Democrats have made it clear that they want to use this 
reckless tax-and-spending spree to implement the Green New Deal. Just 
last night, Senator Markey of Massachusetts made this statement, he 
said: ``Without question, the Green New Deal is in the DNA of this 
budget resolution.''
  Let me repeat. He said: ``Without question, the Green New Deal is in 
the DNA of this budget resolution.''
  Instead of raising the costs of energy, we should be working to lower 
the costs of alternative technologies and

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fuels through innovation, not taxation and resolution.
  I would encourage a ``yes'' vote on the Barrasso amendment and reject 
the job-killing Green New Deal.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Vermont.
  Mr. SANDERS. Madam President, Mr. Barrasso's amendment is 
interesting, when he talks about the Green New Deal. The only problem 
is what he is talking about has nothing to do with the Green New Deal.
  Despite what Senator Barrasso says, the Green New Deal would not ship 
jobs overseas. In fact, it will create millions of good-paying jobs in 
the United States of America. It will not raise electricity prices. It 
will not make the United States dependent on dirty sources of energy 
from other countries.
  In case the Senator from Wyoming has missed it, Oregon is burning, 
California is burning, Greece is burning. There is a drought hitting 
virtually every country on Earth. News flash: Climate change is real 
and the United States and other countries have got to address it.
  Madam President, as a supporter of the Green New Deal, I have no 
problem voting for this amendment because it has nothing to do with the 
Green New Deal.


                       Vote on Amendment No. 3055

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the amendment.
  Mr. BARRASSO. I ask for the yeas and nays.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
  There appears to be a sufficient second.
  The clerk will call the roll.
  The legislative clerk called the roll.
  Mr. THUNE. The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator 
from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds).
  The result was announced--yeas 99, nays 0, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 316 Leg.]

                                YEAS--99

     Baldwin
     Barrasso
     Bennet
     Blackburn
     Blumenthal
     Blunt
     Booker
     Boozman
     Braun
     Brown
     Burr
     Cantwell
     Capito
     Cardin
     Carper
     Casey
     Cassidy
     Collins
     Coons
     Cornyn
     Cortez Masto
     Cotton
     Cramer
     Crapo
     Cruz
     Daines
     Duckworth
     Durbin
     Ernst
     Feinstein
     Fischer
     Gillibrand
     Graham
     Grassley
     Hagerty
     Hassan
     Hawley
     Heinrich
     Hickenlooper
     Hirono
     Hoeven
     Hyde-Smith
     Inhofe
     Johnson
     Kaine
     Kelly
     Kennedy
     King
     Klobuchar
     Lankford
     Leahy
     Lee
     Lujan
     Lummis
     Manchin
     Markey
     Marshall
     McConnell
     Menendez
     Merkley
     Moran
     Murkowski
     Murphy
     Murray
     Ossoff
     Padilla
     Paul
     Peters
     Portman
     Reed
     Risch
     Romney
     Rosen
     Rubio
     Sanders
     Sasse
     Schatz
     Schumer
     Scott (FL)
     Scott (SC)
     Shaheen
     Shelby
     Sinema
     Smith
     Stabenow
     Sullivan
     Tester
     Thune
     Tillis
     Toomey
     Tuberville
     Van Hollen
     Warner
     Warnock
     Warren
     Whitehouse
     Wicker
     Wyden
     Young

                             NOT VOTING--1

       
     Rounds
       
  The amendment (No. 3055) was agreed to
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Delaware.


                           Amendment No. 3330

  Mr. CARPER. Madam President, I call up my amendment No. 3330 and ask 
that it be reported by number.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the amendment by number.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Delaware [Mr. Carper] proposes an 
     amendment numbered 3330.

  The amendment is as follows

(Purpose: To establish a reserve fund relating to addressing the crisis 
                           of climate change)

       At the end of title III, add the following:

     SEC. 3___. RESERVE FUND RELATING TO ADDRESSING THE CRISIS OF 
                   CLIMATE CHANGE.

       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 
     addressing the crisis of climate change through new policies 
     that create jobs, reduce pollution, and strengthen the 
     economy of the United States by the amounts provided in such 
     legislation for those purposes, provided that such 
     legislation would not increase the deficit over the period of 
     the total of fiscal years 2022 through 2031.

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. There are now 2 minutes of debate equally 
divided.
  The Senator from Delaware.
  Mr. CARPER. Madam President, the amendment that I have called up is 
clear, it is simple, and it is straightforward. It makes clear that we 
are going to address the climate crisis. We are going to do it through 
policies that do several things: one, create jobs; two, create jobs 
here in the United States; policies that strengthen our economy--all 
while reducing the pollution that hurts our health and our environment.
  We are in a code red situation. This is all hands on deck when it 
comes to the climate crisis. We don't have a moment to waste. We need 
to put politics aside and act now on climate change.
  The budget resolution should allow us to develop legislation that can 
respond to the urgent challenge of climate change.
  I ask my colleagues to join me in supporting this amendment.
  I yield the floor.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Wyoming.
  Mr. BARRASSO. Madam President, I rise to oppose the Carper amendment.
  Let's be clear. We all want to address climate change, period. Now, 
this amendment does much more than that. Just because you say you want 
to address climate change does not mean every policy that you propose 
is a good idea. There can be disagreement. And I disagree strongly with 
the Green New Deal policies in this $4.2 trillion bill that wastes 
taxpayer dollars. It costs hundreds of jobs, and it hurts our economy.
  Our economy should be a priority here. It should be the priority. We 
can protect the environment without punishing the economy, and this 
bill and amendment fail that test.
  I yield the floor.


                       Vote on Amendment No. 3330

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. If there is no further debate, the question is 
on agreeing to the amendment.
  Mr. CARPER. Madam President, I ask for the yeas and nays.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
  There appears to be a sufficient second.
  The clerk will call the roll.
  The bill clerk called the roll.
  Mr. THUNE. The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator 
from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds).
  The result was announced--yeas 51, nays 48, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 317 Leg.]

                                YEAS--51

     Baldwin
     Bennet
     Blumenthal
     Booker
     Brown
     Cantwell
     Cardin
     Carper
     Casey
     Collins
     Coons
     Cortez Masto
     Duckworth
     Durbin
     Feinstein
     Gillibrand
     Hassan
     Heinrich
     Hickenlooper
     Hirono
     Kaine
     Kelly
     King
     Klobuchar
     Leahy
     Lujan
     Manchin
     Markey
     Menendez
     Merkley
     Murphy
     Murray
     Ossoff
     Padilla
     Peters
     Reed
     Rosen
     Sanders
     Schatz
     Schumer
     Shaheen
     Sinema
     Smith
     Stabenow
     Tester
     Van Hollen
     Warner
     Warnock
     Warren
     Whitehouse
     Wyden

                                NAYS--48

     Barrasso
     Blackburn
     Blunt
     Boozman
     Braun
     Burr
     Capito
     Cassidy
     Cornyn
     Cotton
     Cramer
     Crapo
     Cruz
     Daines
     Ernst
     Fischer
     Graham
     Grassley
     Hagerty
     Hawley
     Hoeven
     Hyde-Smith
     Inhofe
     Johnson
     Kennedy
     Lankford
     Lee
     Lummis
     Marshall
     McConnell
     Moran
     Murkowski
     Paul
     Portman
     Risch
     Romney
     Rubio
     Sasse
     Scott (FL)
     Scott (SC)
     Shelby
     Sullivan
     Thune
     Tillis
     Toomey
     Tuberville
     Wicker
     Young

                             NOT VOTING--1

       
     Rounds
       
  The amendment (No. 3330) was agreed to
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from South Dakota.


                           Amendment No. 3106

  Mr. THUNE. Madam President, I rise in support of amendment No. 3106, 
which would preserve the longstanding step-up in basis for family-owned 
businesses, farms, and ranches.
  For decades, the Tax Code has allowed family-run businesses to be 
handed down without imposing capital gains taxes on the appreciation in 
value from the prior generation.

[[Page S6209]]

  Changing this would hit generationally owned enterprises hard, 
particularly in rural communities. And it could force families to sell 
off part of the farm or business just to pay the new tax.
  Congress tried something similar before and had to repeal the tax 
before it took effect because it was unworkable.
  Unlike amendment No. 3317, which is a side-by-side the Democrats will 
be offering here temporarily, which would simply delay the tax, my 
amendment would provide permanent relief by preserving step-up in basis 
for all family-owned businesses, farms, and ranches.
  I encourage my colleagues to support it and would add that I have 
letters of support from the National Association of Manufacturers, 
NFIB, Family Business Estate Tax Coalition, Taxpayers Protection 
Alliance, Council for Citizens Against Government Waste, Americans for 
Tax Reform, National Taxpayers Union, Center for a Free Economy, Family 
Business Coalition, Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council, and 
CASE.
  Madam President, I urge the adoption of this amendment.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Does the Senator wish to call up his 
amendment?
  Mr. THUNE. I call up amendment No. 3106 and ask unanimous consent it 
be reported by number.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the amendment by number.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from South Dakota [Mr. Thune] proposes an 
     amendment numbered 3106.

  The amendment is as follows

(Purpose: To protect owners of generationally-owned businesses, farms, 
    and ranches so that they may continue to transfer ownership or 
    operations to family members or others based upon the same tax 
principles that existed when they began operations and under which they 
 currently operate, including the full benefit of the step-up in basis)

       At the end of title III, add the following:

     SEC. 3___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO 
                   SUPPORTING PRIVATELY-HELD BUSINESSES, FARMS, 
                   AND RANCHES.

       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 
     protecting privately-held businesses, farms, and ranches, 
     which may include--
       (1) preserving the tax principles in effect as of the date 
     of the adoption of this resolution which are applicable to 
     owning, operating, or transferring such businesses, farms, 
     and ranches,
       (2) preserving the full benefit of the step-up in basis for 
     assets acquired from a decedent, or
       (3) extending tax relief for such businesses, farms or 
     ranches,
     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.

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Oregon.
  Mr. WYDEN. Madam President, Senate Democrats take a backseat to no 
one in standing up for family farmers, ranchers, and small businesses. 
In fact, President Biden has made it clear that any changes to stepped-
up basis will provide durable protection for family farmers, ranchers, 
and small businesses.
  Speaking for myself, Senator Cortez Masto and Senator Tester, we are 
following through on that Biden pledge because it is both fair and 
common sense.
  Now, capital gains reform is about ensuring that the wealthiest pay 
their fair share. On our watch, multibillionaires cannot plant a few 
tomatoes and call themselves a family farmer.
  I will vote for the Thune amendment as well as the important Cortez 
Masto-Tester-Wyden amendment that will be taken up next.


                       Vote on Amendment No. 3106

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question now occurs on agreeing to 
amendment No. 3106.
  Mr. THUNE. I ask for the yeas and nays.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
  There appears to be a sufficient second.
  The clerk will call the roll.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk called the roll.
  (Mrs. GILLIBRAND assumed the Chair.)
  Mr. THUNE. The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator 
from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds).
  The result was announced--yeas 99, nays 0, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 318 Leg.]

                                YEAS--99

     Baldwin
     Barrasso
     Bennet
     Blackburn
     Blumenthal
     Blunt
     Booker
     Boozman
     Braun
     Brown
     Burr
     Cantwell
     Capito
     Cardin
     Carper
     Casey
     Cassidy
     Collins
     Coons
     Cornyn
     Cortez Masto
     Cotton
     Cramer
     Crapo
     Cruz
     Daines
     Duckworth
     Durbin
     Ernst
     Feinstein
     Fischer
     Gillibrand
     Graham
     Grassley
     Hagerty
     Hassan
     Hawley
     Heinrich
     Hickenlooper
     Hirono
     Hoeven
     Hyde-Smith
     Inhofe
     Johnson
     Kaine
     Kelly
     Kennedy
     King
     Klobuchar
     Lankford
     Leahy
     Lee
     Lujan
     Lummis
     Manchin
     Markey
     Marshall
     McConnell
     Menendez
     Merkley
     Moran
     Murkowski
     Murphy
     Murray
     Ossoff
     Padilla
     Paul
     Peters
     Portman
     Reed
     Risch
     Romney
     Rosen
     Rubio
     Sanders
     Sasse
     Schatz
     Schumer
     Scott (FL)
     Scott (SC)
     Shaheen
     Shelby
     Sinema
     Smith
     Stabenow
     Sullivan
     Tester
     Thune
     Tillis
     Toomey
     Tuberville
     Van Hollen
     Warner
     Warnock
     Warren
     Whitehouse
     Wicker
     Wyden
     Young

                             NOT VOTING--1

       
     Rounds
       
  The amendment (No. 3106) was agreed to
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Ms. Sinema). The Senator from Vermont.
  Mr. SANDERS. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that following 
the Cortez Masto amendment the following amendments be in order and 
that the amendments be reported by number with no amendments in order 
prior to a vote in relation to the amendment: Lummis, No. 3104; Hassan-
Young, No. 3278, Crapo, No. 3099; Wyden, No. 3365; Cramer, No. 3105; 
Scott, No. 3073; and Rubio, No. 3097
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The Senator from Nevada.


                           Amendment No. 3317

  Ms. CORTEZ MASTO. Madam President, I call up my amendment, No. 3317, 
and ask that it be reported by number.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the amendment by number.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Nevada [Ms. Cortez Masto], for herself and 
     others, proposes an amendment numbered 3317.

  The amendment is as follows:

  (Purpose: To establish a reserve fund relating to protecting family 
  farms, ranches, and small businesses while ensuring the wealthy pay 
                           their fair share)

       At the end of title III, add the following:

     SEC. 3___. RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PROTECTING FAMILY FARMS, 
                   RANCHES, AND SMALL BUSINESSES.

       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 
     protecting family farms, ranches, and small businesses while 
     ensuring the wealthy pay their fair share, by the amounts 
     provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided 
     that such legislation would not increase the deficit over the 
     period of the total of fiscal years 2022 through 2031.

  Ms. CORTEZ MASTO. Madam President, I am joined on this amendment by 
Senators Tester, Wyden, and Warnock.
  Our amendment will protect family farms, ranches, and small 
businesses while ensuring that the wealthy pay their fair share. 
Family-owned businesses, farms, and ranches are the backbone of the 
American economy. Many of these family-owned businesses have held their 
assets for generations and have a deep connection to the land they 
inherit. They are essential for feeding America.
  Congress should protect these multigenerational, hard-working 
families who have spent a lifetime creating jobs, building businesses, 
and serving their communities. We are committed to protecting these 
family-owned businesses while ensuring that the top 1

[[Page S6210]]

percent of corporations pay their fair share.
  Madam President, I ask for the yeas and nays.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
  There appears to be a sufficient second.
  The yeas and nays are ordered.
  The Senator from South Dakota.
  Mr. THUNE. Madam President, I appreciate the support of my colleagues 
in acknowledging the full benefit of step-up in basis for all 
businesses.
  This amendment proposed by the Senator from Nevada dilutes that 
support.
  As I previously described, the administration's proposal would end 
the existing step-up in basis tax treatment that protects 
generationally owned businesses from tax liability when a business is 
passed on to the next generation.
  And I might add--I said this earlier--this was tried once in the 
1970s. Chuck Grassley was here, and he was the guy who helped end this 
because it was unworkable. So here we are trying to do this all over 
again.
  The administration suggested it might include arbitrary exemptions to 
this ill-advised idea, which I think is what the Cortez Masto amendment 
speaks to. But, unfortunately, these so-called protections for family-
owned operations would not provide sustained relief and, in practice, 
would be incredibly difficult to implement--the reason they didn't do 
it in the 1970s.
  We have never taxed unrealized gains in this country. This proposal 
is a half measure that would still punish hard-working families and 
businesses in this country, and I urge my colleagues to oppose it.


                       Vote on Amendment No. 3317

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the amendment.
  The clerk will call the roll.
  The senior assistant bill clerk called the roll.
  Mr. THUNE. The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator 
from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds).
  The result was announced--yeas 49, nays 50, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 319 Leg.]

                                YEAS--49

     Baldwin
     Bennet
     Blumenthal
     Booker
     Brown
     Cantwell
     Cardin
     Carper
     Casey
     Coons
     Cortez Masto
     Duckworth
     Durbin
     Feinstein
     Gillibrand
     Hassan
     Heinrich
     Hickenlooper
     Hirono
     Kaine
     Kelly
     King
     Klobuchar
     Leahy
     Lujan
     Manchin
     Markey
     Menendez
     Merkley
     Murphy
     Murray
     Ossoff
     Padilla
     Peters
     Reed
     Rosen
     Sanders
     Schatz
     Schumer
     Shaheen
     Smith
     Stabenow
     Tester
     Van Hollen
     Warner
     Warnock
     Warren
     Whitehouse
     Wyden

                                NAYS--50

     Barrasso
     Blackburn
     Blunt
     Boozman
     Braun
     Burr
     Capito
     Cassidy
     Collins
     Cornyn
     Cotton
     Cramer
     Crapo
     Cruz
     Daines
     Ernst
     Fischer
     Graham
     Grassley
     Hagerty
     Hawley
     Hoeven
     Hyde-Smith
     Inhofe
     Johnson
     Kennedy
     Lankford
     Lee
     Lummis
     Marshall
     McConnell
     Moran
     Murkowski
     Paul
     Portman
     Risch
     Romney
     Rubio
     Sasse
     Scott (FL)
     Scott (SC)
     Shelby
     Sinema
     Sullivan
     Thune
     Tillis
     Toomey
     Tuberville
     Wicker
     Young

                             NOT VOTING--1

       
     Rounds
       
  The amendment (No. 3317) was rejected
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Wyoming.


                           Amendment No. 3104

  Ms. LUMMIS. Madam President, I call up my amendment No. 3104 and ask 
that it be reported by number.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The senior assistant bill clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Wyoming [Ms. Lummis] proposes an amendment 
     numbered 3104.

  The amendment is as follows

   (Purpose: To cancel the Biden Administration's ban on oil and gas 
leasing on Federal land to help lower gasoline prices and reduce energy 
    dependence on the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries)

     SEC. 3___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO OIL AND 
                   GAS LEASING ON FEDERAL LAND.

       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 
     Federal environmental and energy policy, which may include 
     prohibiting any Federal environmental permitting or 
     regulatory action that would prohibit or substantially delay 
     new oil and gas, coal, hard rock, or critical mineral 
     development or requiring the Secretary of the Interior to 
     make additional areas of Federal land available for oil and 
     gas leasing to help lower gasoline prices for consumers and 
     to reduce United States energy dependence on the Organization 
     of Petroleum Exporting Countries, 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.

  Ms. LUMMIS. Madam President, as Americans are trying to enjoy their 
last month of summer vacation before the kids go back to school, they 
are facing gasoline prices at a near 7-year high.
  What is the Biden administration doing about this? They are begging 
Russia and the OPEC oil cartels to pump more oil so that U.S. gasoline 
prices don't rise any more than they already have under his watch. 
Meanwhile, through various Executive actions, such as the Biden ban on 
new oil and gas industry drilling and development and canceling 
pipelines, this President is attacking American workers and American 
energy independence.
  The oil and natural gas industry supports 11.3 million jobs across 
the country and contributes nearly $1.7 trillion to the American 
economy. It makes no sense to send production to other countries when 
we could be doing it here, produced cleaner, more efficiently.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator's time has expired.
  Ms. LUMMIS. I yield back.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from West Virginia.
  Mr. MANCHIN. Madam President, Senator Lummis's amendment targets new 
oil and gas leases that the administration instituted while the 
Department of Interior reviews our Federal and oil gas leasing program. 
I, too, am eager to see the results of that review and was hoping we 
would have received it by now.
  I will continue to be vocal on my advocacy for American energy 
independence and addressing climate change through innovation, not 
elimination. However, drilling continued on existing leases throughout 
the time, and Secretary Haaland testified before the Energy Committee 
that the Department is in compliance with the recent court order, which 
still allows leasing.
  I believe the administration has the responsibility to evaluate these 
programs and to make sure that we are getting a reasonable return for 
the taxpayers, while using our abundant resources in the most 
responsible way. For that reason, I urge my colleagues to reject the 
amendment.


                       Vote on Amendment No. 3104

  Mr. THUNE. I ask for the yeas and nays.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
  There appears to be a sufficient second.
  The clerk will call the roll.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk called the roll.
  Mr. THUNE. The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator 
from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds).
  The result was announced--yeas 49, nays 50, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 320 Leg.]

                                YEAS--49

     Barrasso
     Blackburn
     Blunt
     Boozman
     Braun
     Burr
     Capito
     Cassidy
     Collins
     Cornyn
     Cotton
     Cramer
     Crapo
     Cruz
     Daines
     Ernst
     Fischer
     Graham
     Grassley
     Hagerty
     Hawley
     Hoeven
     Hyde-Smith
     Inhofe
     Johnson
     Kennedy
     Lankford
     Lee
     Lummis
     Marshall
     McConnell
     Moran
     Murkowski
     Paul
     Portman
     Risch
     Romney
     Rubio
     Sasse
     Scott (FL)
     Scott (SC)
     Shelby
     Sullivan
     Thune
     Tillis
     Toomey
     Tuberville
     Wicker
     Young

                                NAYS--50

     Baldwin
     Bennet
     Blumenthal
     Booker
     Brown
     Cantwell
     Cardin
     Carper
     Casey
     Coons
     Cortez Masto
     Duckworth
     Durbin
     Feinstein
     Gillibrand
     Hassan
     Heinrich
     Hickenlooper
     Hirono
     Kaine
     Kelly

[[Page S6211]]


     King
     Klobuchar
     Leahy
     Lujan
     Manchin
     Markey
     Menendez
     Merkley
     Murphy
     Murray
     Ossoff
     Padilla
     Peters
     Reed
     Rosen
     Sanders
     Schatz
     Schumer
     Shaheen
     Sinema
     Smith
     Stabenow
     Tester
     Van Hollen
     Warner
     Warnock
     Warren
     Whitehouse
     Wyden

                             NOT VOTING--1

       
     Rounds
       
  The amendment (No. 3104) was rejected
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from New Hampshire.


                           Amendment No. 3278

  Ms. HASSAN. Madam President, I call up my amendment No. 3278 and ask 
that it be reported by number.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the amendment by number.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from New Hampshire [Ms. Hassan], for herself 
     and Mr. Young, proposes an amendment numbered 3278.

  The amendment is as follows

   (Purpose: To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to 
promoting US competitiveness and innovation by supporting research and 
                              development)

       At the end of title III, add the following:

     SEC. 3___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PROMOTING 
                   US COMPETITIVENESS AND INNOVATION BY SUPPORTING 
                   RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.

       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 
     supporting United States economic competitiveness and 
     innovation, which may include expanding the research and 
     development tax credit for small businesses and preserving 
     full expensing for research and development investments, 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.
  Ms. HASSAN. Madam President, I rise today to offer a bipartisan 
amendment to promote U.S. competitiveness and support American 
innovation.
  The R&D tax credit provides critical support and tax relief to the 
small businesses and startups that power our economy. These businesses 
are job creators, helping spur innovation in New Hampshire and across 
the country.
  This bipartisan amendment with Senator Young would build on efforts 
to expand the R&D tax credit for startups, while protecting the tax 
incentives that allow U.S. companies, startups, and small businesses to 
stay competitive in our global marketplace and out compete China.
  I urge my colleagues to support this amendment and yield my time to 
the Senator from Indiana.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Indiana.
  Mr. YOUNG. Madam President, now more than ever, we must find 
bipartisan solutions wherever possible to stimulate our economy, get 
Americans back to work, and ensure we maintain our position on the 
world stage as the leader in scientific and technological innovation.
  This amendment would preserve funding related to U.S. competitiveness 
and innovation by retaining the full expensing for research and 
development and expanding tax incentives for small businesses. 
Immediate R&D expensing incentivizes long-term investments in 
innovation and technological breakthroughs.
  By passing this amendment, we can make sure that the United States 
continues to be the world leader in this space.
  I understand we are prepared to pass this by voice vote.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Murphy). If there is no further debate, 
the question is on agreeing to the amendment.
  The amendment (No. 3278) was passed.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Idaho.


                           Amendment No. 3099

  Mr. CRAPO. Mr. President, I call up my amendment No. 3099 and ask 
that it be reported by number.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the amendment by number.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Idaho [Mr. Crapo] proposes an amendment 
     numbered 3099.

  The amendment is as follows

   (Purpose: To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to 
preventing the monitoring and reporting of sensitive American taxpayer 
 information to the Internal Revenue Service by financial institutions 
 about deposits and withdrawals made by any individual or business in 
       savings, checking, or other accounts of as little as $600)

       At the end of title III, add the following:

     SEC. 3___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO 
                   PREVENTING MONITORING AND REPORTING OF 
                   SENSITIVE AMERICAN TAXPAYER INFORMATION TO THE 
                   INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE BY FINANCIAL 
                   INSTITUTIONS.

       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 
     strengthening Federal tax administration, which may include 
     prohibiting the Internal Revenue Service from using funds to 
     monitor inflows and outflows of deposits or withdrawals in 
     financial accounts of American taxpayers, as well as other 
     protections to ensure the privacy of taxpayer information, 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.
  Mr. CRAPO. Mr. President, the IRS financial institution reporting 
requirement forces financial institutions to turn over detailed bank 
account information to the IRS based on vague and flexible criteria, 
such as a $600-threshold, and account inflows and outflows would be 
covered--this all to be determined by the IRS.
  Think about that. It subjects every law-abiding American who has a 
bank account or a credit union account in which they transact more than 
$600 worth of transactions to have that information monitored and 
reported to the IRS.
  This is an outrageous violation of the privacy of American citizens, 
and we should reject it.
  The community banks and credit unions support this amendment, and I 
thank the ICBA, CUNA, the ABA, and the NAFCU for their support, as well 
as the Americans for Tax Reform and the Center for a Free Economy.
  My amendment prevents the undue monitoring and reporting of sensitive 
financial information on law-abiding Americans.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Oregon.
  Mr. WYDEN. Colleagues, a decade of Republican budget cuts to the IRS 
has resulted in rampant tax cheating at the top. Tax enforcement is 
going to require new resources and new tools to crack down on the high-
flying tax cheats.
  The Crapo amendment would, for all practical purposes, preserve the 
status quo--the status quo that has contributed to the trillion-dollar 
tax cap mushrooming and growing bigger.
  This amendment would make it harder to root out tax cheating, and it 
is unfair to working Americans who pay their taxes automatically out of 
each paycheck.
  Shortly--and we are going to reject the Crapo amendment--I will offer 
an alternative that will protect the little guy without forfeiting the 
chance to go after the big tax cheats, the wealthiest.
  I urge the vote.


                       Vote on Amendment No. 3099

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the amendment.
  Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, I ask for the yeas and nays.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
  There appears to be a sufficient second.
  The clerk will call the roll.
  The senior assistant bill clerk called the roll.
  Mr. THUNE. The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator 
from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds).
  The result was announced--yeas 49, nays 50, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 321 Leg.]

                                YEAS--49

     Barrasso
     Blackburn
     Blunt
     Boozman
     Braun
     Burr
     Capito
     Cassidy
     Collins

[[Page S6212]]


     Cornyn
     Cotton
     Cramer
     Crapo
     Cruz
     Daines
     Ernst
     Fischer
     Graham
     Grassley
     Hagerty
     Hawley
     Hoeven
     Hyde-Smith
     Inhofe
     Johnson
     Kennedy
     Lankford
     Lee
     Lummis
     Marshall
     McConnell
     Moran
     Murkowski
     Paul
     Portman
     Risch
     Romney
     Rubio
     Sasse
     Scott (FL)
     Scott (SC)
     Shelby
     Sullivan
     Thune
     Tillis
     Toomey
     Tuberville
     Wicker
     Young

                                NAYS--50

     Baldwin
     Bennet
     Blumenthal
     Booker
     Brown
     Cantwell
     Cardin
     Carper
     Casey
     Coons
     Cortez Masto
     Duckworth
     Durbin
     Feinstein
     Gillibrand
     Hassan
     Heinrich
     Hickenlooper
     Hirono
     Kaine
     Kelly
     King
     Klobuchar
     Leahy
     Lujan
     Manchin
     Markey
     Menendez
     Merkley
     Murphy
     Murray
     Ossoff
     Padilla
     Peters
     Reed
     Rosen
     Sanders
     Schatz
     Schumer
     Shaheen
     Sinema
     Smith
     Stabenow
     Tester
     Van Hollen
     Warner
     Warnock
     Warren
     Whitehouse
     Wyden

                             NOT VOTING--1

       
     Rounds
       
  The amendment (No. 3099) was rejected


                           Amendment No. 3365

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Oregon.
  Mr. WYDEN. I call up my amendment No. 3365 and ask that it be 
reported by number.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the amendment.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Oregon [Mr. Wyden] proposes an amendment 
     numbered 3365.

  The amendment is as follows

   (Purpose: To establish a reserve fund relating to protecting the 
 privacy of American taxpayer and small business tax information while 
only reporting large financial account balances to the Internal Revenue 
   Service, to ensure those evading the tax system pay what they owe)

       At the end of title III, add the following:

     SEC. 3___. RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PROTECTING TAXPAYER 
                   PRIVACY WHILE ENSURING THOSE EVADING THE TAX 
                   SYSTEM PAY WHAT THEY OWE.

       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 
     strengthening Federal tax administration, which may include 
     requiring reporting on large financial account balances to 
     ensure those evading the tax system pay what they owe while 
     protecting the privacy of American taxpayer and small 
     business tax information, by the amounts provided in such 
     legislation for those purposes, provided that such 
     legislation would not increase the deficit over the period of 
     the total of fiscal years 2022 through 2031.

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Oregon.
  Mr. WYDEN. Mr. President, the IRS Commissioner told the Senate 
Finance Committee that, in his judgment, the tax gap--the difference 
between taxes paid and taxes owed--is as much as $1 trillion a year. 
Current tax gap estimates likely miss a large number of the high flyers 
who clearly are driving this tax gap up and up.
  Taxpayers acting to conceal this income from tax authorities are 
going to have a much tougher time if the Congress requires that 
financial institutions take practical and reasonable steps to require 
that financial institutions report on financial accounts.
  Our interest on our side is to go after the big guys who generate 
significant inflows and outflows of cash and other assets, and we do it 
in a way that protects privacy and sensitive taxpayer and small 
business tax information. And this privacy issue has been one of the 
most important issues in my time in public service. And we are going to 
make sure that you can get the high flyers, the wealthy tax cheats, 
without forfeiting the rights of the little guy.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator's time has expired.
  The Senator from Idaho.
  Mr. CRAPO. Mr. President, this is one of the biggest violations of 
the privacy of American citizens to come to the floor of the Senate in 
a long time.
  This amendment would require reporting of--and I quote--``large'' 
financial account balances to the IRS. So now, instead of $600, they 
are going to say that whatever the IRS says is large is what they will 
require every single American, whether they are an individual, a small 
business, or a corporation owner. Everyone is going to be subject to 
reporting on whatever the IRS says is ``large.''
  And this comes after another proposal that is coming down the pike to 
double or triple the funding to the IRS, so they can monitor the 
financial transactions of American citizens.
  This amendment should be rejected.


                       Vote on Amendment No. 3365

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the amendment.
  Mr. WYDEN. I ask for the yeas and nays.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
  There appears to be a sufficient second.
  The clerk will call the roll.
  The legislative clerk called the roll.
  Mr. THUNE. The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator 
from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds).
  The result was announced--yeas 50, nays 49, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 322 Leg.]

                                YEAS--50

     Baldwin
     Bennet
     Blumenthal
     Booker
     Brown
     Cantwell
     Cardin
     Carper
     Casey
     Coons
     Cortez Masto
     Duckworth
     Durbin
     Feinstein
     Gillibrand
     Hassan
     Heinrich
     Hickenlooper
     Hirono
     Kaine
     Kelly
     King
     Klobuchar
     Leahy
     Lujan
     Manchin
     Markey
     Menendez
     Merkley
     Murphy
     Murray
     Ossoff
     Padilla
     Peters
     Reed
     Rosen
     Sanders
     Schatz
     Schumer
     Shaheen
     Sinema
     Smith
     Stabenow
     Tester
     Van Hollen
     Warner
     Warnock
     Warren
     Whitehouse
     Wyden

                                NAYS--49

     Barrasso
     Blackburn
     Blunt
     Boozman
     Braun
     Burr
     Capito
     Cassidy
     Collins
     Cornyn
     Cotton
     Cramer
     Crapo
     Cruz
     Daines
     Ernst
     Fischer
     Graham
     Grassley
     Hagerty
     Hawley
     Hoeven
     Hyde-Smith
     Inhofe
     Johnson
     Kennedy
     Lankford
     Lee
     Lummis
     Marshall
     McConnell
     Moran
     Murkowski
     Paul
     Portman
     Risch
     Romney
     Rubio
     Sasse
     Scott (FL)
     Scott (SC)
     Shelby
     Sullivan
     Thune
     Tillis
     Toomey
     Tuberville
     Wicker
     Young

                             NOT VOTING--1

       
     Rounds
       
  The amendment (No. 3365) was agreed to.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from North Dakota.


                           Amendment No. 3105

  Mr. CRAMER. Mr. President, I call up Cramer amendment No. 3105 and 
ask that it be reported by number.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the amendment by number.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from North Dakota [Mr. Cramer], for himself and 
     Mr. Braun, proposes an amendment numbered 3105.

  The amendment is as follows

  (Purpose: To prohibit the Council on Environmental Quality and the 
  Environmental Protection Agency from promulgating rules or guidance 
          that bans hydraulic fracturing in the United States)

       At the end of title III, add the following:

     SEC. 3___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO PROHIBIT THE 
                   COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND 
                   ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY FROM 
                   PROMULGATING RULES OR GUIDANCE THAT BANS 
                   FRACKING IN THE UNITED STATES.

       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 the 
     National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and environmental 
     laws and policies, which may include limiting or prohibiting 
     the Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality and the 
     Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from 
     proposing, finalizing, or implementing a rule or guidance 
     that bans fracking in the United States 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.

  Mr. CRAMER. Mr. President, this amendment would simply prohibit any 
ban on hydraulic fracturing. Such a ban would raise Americans' cost of 
living, weaken our national security, and, of course, actually enhance 
greenhouse gas emissions.
  Thanks to the technology of fracking, since 2007, U.S. oil production

[[Page S6213]]

has doubled, and natural gas production has increased by 60 percent. 
That is helping States like Colorado, New Mexico, Pennsylvania. And it 
rids us of our reliance on nations like Saudi Arabia and Russia.
  And, by the way, banning fracking would lead to triple-digit oil 
prices and possible global economic shock as per the University of 
Chicago.
  Ironically, a ban on fracking would also increase global greenhouse 
gas emissions. Energy Secretary Granholm just recently said that the 
Russian gas is ``the dirtiest form of natural gas on Earth.'' And she 
is right. Emissions from Russian natural gas are over 40 percent higher 
than ours.
  Democrats' fracking ban would be bad for North Dakota and our Nation 
and the environment, and I urge my colleagues to vote yes.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Vermont.
  Mr. SANDERS. Mr. President, I would urge my Republican colleagues to 
read the recent IPCC report. And if they did, they would find that it 
is now unequivocal that climate change is caused by human activity.
  We are seeing what climate change is doing with our own eyes. We can 
no longer be blind to this reality. We are seeing the intensity and the 
increase in forest fires. We are seeing more extreme weather 
disturbances. We are seeing rising sea levels that will soon threaten 
the habitability of great American cities like Miami, New York, and 
Charleston. We are seeing the acidification of the oceans that threaten 
fishing and marine life. And we are seeing an increase in disease.
  We have got to move away from fossil fuel. We have got to end 
fracking.
  I urge a ``no'' vote on this amendment.


                       Vote on Amendment No. 3105

  Mr. THUNE. I ask for the yeas and nays.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the amendment.
  Is there a sufficient second?
  There appears to be a sufficient second.
  The clerk will call the roll.
  The bill clerk called the roll.
  Mr. THUNE. The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator 
from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds).
  The result was announced--yeas 57, nays 42, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 323 Leg.]

                                YEAS--57

     Barrasso
     Bennet
     Blackburn
     Blunt
     Boozman
     Braun
     Burr
     Capito
     Casey
     Cassidy
     Collins
     Cornyn
     Cotton
     Cramer
     Crapo
     Cruz
     Daines
     Ernst
     Fischer
     Graham
     Grassley
     Hagerty
     Hawley
     Heinrich
     Hickenlooper
     Hoeven
     Hyde-Smith
     Inhofe
     Johnson
     Kennedy
     King
     Lankford
     Lee
     Lujan
     Lummis
     Manchin
     Marshall
     McConnell
     Moran
     Murkowski
     Paul
     Portman
     Risch
     Romney
     Rubio
     Sasse
     Scott (FL)
     Scott (SC)
     Shelby
     Sullivan
     Tester
     Thune
     Tillis
     Toomey
     Tuberville
     Wicker
     Young

                                NAYS--42

     Baldwin
     Blumenthal
     Booker
     Brown
     Cantwell
     Cardin
     Carper
     Coons
     Cortez Masto
     Duckworth
     Durbin
     Feinstein
     Gillibrand
     Hassan
     Hirono
     Kaine
     Kelly
     Klobuchar
     Leahy
     Markey
     Menendez
     Merkley
     Murphy
     Murray
     Ossoff
     Padilla
     Peters
     Reed
     Rosen
     Sanders
     Schatz
     Schumer
     Shaheen
     Sinema
     Smith
     Stabenow
     Van Hollen
     Warner
     Warnock
     Warren
     Whitehouse
     Wyden

                             NOT VOTING--1

       
     Rounds
       
  The amendment (No. 3105) was agreed to.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Markey). The Senator from Vermont.
  Mr. SANDERS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that following 
the Rubio amendment, the following amendments be in order; that the 
amendments be reported by number, with no amendments in order prior to 
a vote in relation to the amendment: Shelby, No. 3293; Grassley, No. 
3251; Wyden, No. 3569; Mr. Tuberville, No. 3113; Ms. Klobuchar, No. 
3731.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The Senator from South Carolina.


                           Amendment No. 3073

  Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina. Mr. President, I call up my amendment 
No. 3073 and ask that it be reported by number.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The bill clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from South Carolina [Mr. Scott] proposes an 
     amendment numbered 3073.

  The amendment is as follows

   (Purpose: To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to 
     helping students, particularly students who are low-income or 
    minorities or who have special needs, that suffered from school 
closures pushed by teacher labor organizations that ignored the science 
 and ensuring that all schools should be open for in-person learning 5 
               days a week for the 2021-2022 school year)

       At the end of title III, add the following:

     SEC. 3___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO 
                   ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS.

       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 
     elementary schools and secondary schools, which may include 
     ensuring that all elementary schools and secondary schools 
     are open full-time for in person learning for 100 percent of 
     students, 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.

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from South Carolina.
  Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina. Mr. President, in over a year of 
uncertainty and the pain of living through a pandemic, I have to admit 
I am shocked that I have to come down here to talk about the importance 
of quality, in-person education.
  Today, we are debating a $4 trillion tax-and-spending bill, and that 
is on top of the $2 trillion we spent in March and the $4 trillion we 
spent last year. How insane is it that with all that spending, there is 
still no guarantee that our kids will be back in school this fall?
  The sad reality is, more than 1 million kids did not enroll in their 
local schools during the pandemic. Thanks to labor union bosses and 
their unneeded and damaging school shutdowns, kids have been kept out 
of school, and many--far too many--have suffered psychologically.
  For our children's sake, I urge all my colleagues to vote yes on my 
amendment and to join me in ensuring our children are no longer 
confined to virtual learning.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Washington.
  Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, I urge my colleagues to oppose this 
amendment. We all agree that in-person learning is a top priority this 
school year. Democrats actually passed the American Rescue Plan without 
a single Republican vote so schools have the resources to make safe, 
in-person learning possible. The CDC also updated its guidance on 
reopening, and State school districts and schools are working towards 
that goal.
  But in addition to ensuring in-person learning, we need to encourage 
adherence to public health guidance, especially as this Delta variant 
is surging. We also need to support learning and the mental health 
needs of our students and much more. There is no disagreement on in-
person learning, but the Scott amendment falls short on these very 
important points.
  By the way, we need to stop politicizing this issue.
  So I encourage a ``no'' vote on this amendment.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from South Carolina.
  Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina. I agree with my colleague that we should 
stop politicizing this issue. All we have done for the last several 
months of this year is politicize this issue and every other major 
issue.


                       Vote on Amendment No. 3073

  I would like to ask for the yeas and nays.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
  There appears to be a sufficient second.
  The question is on agreeing to the amendment.
  The clerk will call the roll.
  The legislative clerk called the roll.
  Mr. THUNE. The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator 
from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds).

[[Page S6214]]

  The result was announced--yeas 49, nays 50, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 324 Leg.]

                                YEAS--49

     Barrasso
     Blackburn
     Blunt
     Boozman
     Braun
     Burr
     Capito
     Cassidy
     Collins
     Cornyn
     Cotton
     Cramer
     Crapo
     Cruz
     Daines
     Ernst
     Fischer
     Graham
     Grassley
     Hagerty
     Hawley
     Hoeven
     Hyde-Smith
     Inhofe
     Johnson
     Kennedy
     Lankford
     Lee
     Lummis
     Marshall
     McConnell
     Moran
     Murkowski
     Paul
     Portman
     Risch
     Romney
     Rubio
     Sasse
     Scott (FL)
     Scott (SC)
     Shelby
     Sullivan
     Thune
     Tillis
     Toomey
     Tuberville
     Wicker
     Young

                                NAYS--50

     Baldwin
     Bennet
     Blumenthal
     Booker
     Brown
     Cantwell
     Cardin
     Carper
     Casey
     Coons
     Cortez Masto
     Duckworth
     Durbin
     Feinstein
     Gillibrand
     Hassan
     Heinrich
     Hickenlooper
     Hirono
     Kaine
     Kelly
     King
     Klobuchar
     Leahy
     Lujan
     Manchin
     Markey
     Menendez
     Merkley
     Murphy
     Murray
     Ossoff
     Padilla
     Peters
     Reed
     Rosen
     Sanders
     Schatz
     Schumer
     Shaheen
     Sinema
     Smith
     Stabenow
     Tester
     Van Hollen
     Warner
     Warnock
     Warren
     Whitehouse
     Wyden

                             NOT VOTING--1

       
     Rounds
       
  The amendment (No. 3073) was rejected.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Florida.


                           Amendment No. 3097

  Mr. RUBIO. Mr. President, I call up my amendment No. 3097 and ask 
that it be reported by number.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the amendment by number.
  The bill clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Florida [Mr. Rubio], for himself and the 
     Senator from Florida, Mr. Scott, proposes an amendment 
     numbered 3097.

  The amendment is as follows

   (Purpose: To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to 
facilitating the provision of internet service to the citizens of Cuba, 
     who have been deprived of the free flow of information by the 
                  illegitimate communist Cuban regime)

       At the end of title III, add the following:

     SEC. 3___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO 
                   FACILITATING IMPROVED INTERNET SERVICE FOR 
                   CUBAN CITIZENS.

       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 
     improving the National Telecommunications and Information 
     Administration, which may include ensuring that the internet 
     is an engine for innovation and economic growth for the Cuban 
     people, 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.

  Mr. RUBIO. Mr. President, we witnessed about a month ago historic and 
unprecedented protests in Cuba as the people took to the streets. One 
of the things that has been untold and I think now is a greater 
realization is that one of the reasons that is now possible is because 
Cubans had a limited access to the internet, which allowed them to then 
go on social media, communicate with each other and communicate with 
the world. As a result, they were able also to share with the world the 
true brutality of that regime by posting videos of what was happening. 
It was the first time that people had ever seen it.
  What this amendment does is it creates a reserve fund within the 
National Telecommunications and Information Administration to help 
ensure that we are doing all we can to provide internet access that is 
unfettered, uncontrolled by the regime in Cuba, which actually cuts off 
that access, as it did in the middle of these protests--by the way, 
using Chinese technology.
  So this would allow us to pursue how we can provide unfettered 
internet access to the people of Cuba. It is something that I 
understand has broad support in this Chamber, even in the 
administration, and I hope we can pass this.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from New Jersey.
  Mr. MENENDEZ. Mr. President, I strongly support the gentleman's 
amendment. In fact, the Biden administration is in the midst of trying 
to find out what is the greatest technological ability to create 
internet access for the people of Cuba and limiting the ability of the 
regime to jam that internet access, and I hope that we will see this 
shortly.
  This reserve fund would be in good order and in line with what the 
administration is seeking to do as well.


                       Vote on Amendment No. 3097

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the amendment.
  The amendment (No. 3097) was agreed to.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Alabama.
  Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, I have a unanimous consent request, if I 
might----
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. If the Senator from Alabama would withhold, 
the Senator from Vermont is recognized
  Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, I voted for the Rubio amendment because, 
like others here and in Cuba, I believe the Cuban people have as much 
right to access to the internet as anyone else. No government should 
prevent that access, or access to other sources of information, whether 
in Cuba or any other country. It is a universal right.
  However, we have only the vaguest idea of what this amendment 
envisions, how it would be implemented without violating Cuba's 
territorial sovereignty, or how much it would cost. These are important 
questions that need answers.
  I also note that the ``purpose'' of the amendment refers to the 
``illegitimate communist Cuba regime.'' We are all familiar with that 
kind of rhetoric, and no one who believes in democracy would argue that 
the Cuban Government is legitimate, since its leaders were not elected 
in a free and fair multi-party election. Cuba is a one-party state 
where political opposition is not tolerated. Presumably, that is 
because the Cuban authorities are afraid that if they allowed political 
opposition parties to operate and a free and fair election were held, 
they might be voted out of office. In that sense, it is similar to 
pariah states like Iran and Syria, as well as U.S. allies and partners 
like Egypt and Saudi Arabia, neither of which permits opposition 
parties to operate and both of which engage in repression on a scale 
far larger than in Cuba.
  I mention this because when it comes to principles of freedom of 
speech and association, we should at least try to be consistent. We 
have an economic embargo against Cuba, a tiny impoverished country that 
poses no credible threat to us, while we sell billions of dollars in 
weapons to Saudi Arabia, home to most of the 9/11 terrorists, and the 
perpetrators of the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi and the disastrous 
war in Yemen. Saudi women are routinely discriminated against and 
imprisoned for acts that are protected by international law. The death 
penalty is carried out after sham trials.
  None of this is to excuse or justify the actions of the Cuban 
Government. But it is interesting that many of those who focus their 
wrath on Cuba and support a policy of sweeping sanctions that is 
contributing to the misery of the Cuban people, support a very 
different approach toward other repressive governments when it suits 
them.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Alabama.


                           Amendment No. 3293

  Mr. SHELBY. Mr. President, I call up my amendment No. 3293 and ask 
that it be reported by number. This is an amendment by Shelby, Inhofe, 
Wicker, and others, dealing with defense infrastructure.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the amendment by number.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Alabama [Mr. Shelby], for himself and 
     others, proposes an amendment numbered 3293.

  The amendment is as follows

 (Purpose: To provide funds available to the Department of Defense to 
             implement the 2018 National Defense Strategy)



 =========================== NOTE =========================== 

  
  On page S6214, August 10, 2021, third column, the following 
appears: The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To provide funds 
available to the Department of Defense to implement the 2018 
National Strategy)
  
  The online Record has been corrected to read: The amendment is 
as follows: (Purpose: To provide funds available to the Department 
of Defense to implement the 2018 National Defense Strategy)


 ========================= END NOTE ========================= 


       On page 48, strike line 6 and insert the following:
       (m) Committee on Armed Services.--The Committee on Armed 
     Services of the Senate shall report changes in laws within 
     its jurisdiction that increase the deficit by not more than 
     $50,200,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2022 through 
     2031.

[[Page S6215]]

       (n) Submissions.--In the Senate, not later than

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Alabama.
  Mr. SHELBY. Mr. President, this amendment provides $50.2 billion to 
meet defense infrastructure needs across this Nation. I believe we need 
to modernize our shipyards, our test ranges, our depots, ammunition 
plants, install 5G technology at military bases, support our nuclear 
defense infrastructure, and so much more.
  These infrastructure projects are absolutely critical to our national 
security. They impact millions of jobs across the country, both 
military and civilian. We are talking about projects not just in my 
home State of Alabama but in Arizona, Georgia, Virginia, Rhode Island, 
Connecticut, Maine, California, Hawaii, Maryland, Nevada, New Mexico, 
and many more--actually, all of us.
  My Democratic colleagues inexplicably blocked a vote on a related 
amendment in the infrastructure bill that just passed the Senate. Now 
it is time, I believe, to stand up and be counted for America, for 
national security.
  Will my Democratic colleagues now support this multitrillion-dollar 
social spending binge while continuing to turn a blind eye to the 
military infrastructure needs in their own States? I certainly hope 
not.
  This reflected neglect of our national security and the millions of 
jobs that support it is reckless. It must stop. I urge my colleagues to 
support our military and vote yes on this amendment.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Rhode Island.
  Mr. REED. Mr. President, this is well-intended because there are 
always needs for national defense, but I would like to point out that 
the Armed Services Committee, on a bipartisan basis, raised the top 
line of the Defense bill this year by $25 billion, allowing us to cover 
the unfunded requirements of the Department of Defense. This was not 
only a bipartisan effort; it was overwhelmingly approved by the 
committee. So we are not reneging on a commitment to fully fund the 
Department of Defense.
  I know this amendment originated as an attempt to amend the 
infrastructure bill, but as it is written, this amendment would provide 
over $50 billion in funding for unspecified uses--it could be 
infrastructure; it could be military platforms; it could be a host of 
things--and the fund would extend from 2022 to 2031, which is beyond 
this Congress and beyond the current administration.
  I think we should adhere to the rules, the regular order, which has 
been conducted in the Armed Services Committee. I think we have well-
positioned ourselves for an adequate budget and determination of 
spending this year.
  For that reason, I would urge my colleagues to oppose this amendment.


                       Vote on Amendment No. 3293

  Mr. WICKER. Mr. President, I ask for the yeas and nays.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
  There appears to be a sufficient second.
  The clerk will call the roll.
  The bill clerk called the roll.
  Mr. THUNE. The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator 
from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds).
  The result was announced--yeas 46, nays 53, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 325 Leg.]

                                YEAS--46

     Barrasso
     Blackburn
     Blunt
     Boozman
     Burr
     Capito
     Cassidy
     Collins
     Cornyn
     Cotton
     Cramer
     Crapo
     Cruz
     Daines
     Ernst
     Fischer
     Graham
     Grassley
     Hagerty
     Hawley
     Hoeven
     Hyde-Smith
     Inhofe
     Johnson
     Kennedy
     Lankford
     Lummis
     Marshall
     McConnell
     Moran
     Murkowski
     Portman
     Risch
     Romney
     Rubio
     Sasse
     Scott (FL)
     Scott (SC)
     Shelby
     Sullivan
     Thune
     Tillis
     Toomey
     Tuberville
     Wicker
     Young

                                NAYS--53

     Baldwin
     Bennet
     Blumenthal
     Booker
     Braun
     Brown
     Cantwell
     Cardin
     Carper
     Casey
     Coons
     Cortez Masto
     Duckworth
     Durbin
     Feinstein
     Gillibrand
     Hassan
     Heinrich
     Hickenlooper
     Hirono
     Kaine
     Kelly
     King
     Klobuchar
     Leahy
     Lee
     Lujan
     Manchin
     Markey
     Menendez
     Merkley
     Murphy
     Murray
     Ossoff
     Padilla
     Paul
     Peters
     Reed
     Rosen
     Sanders
     Schatz
     Schumer
     Shaheen
     Sinema
     Smith
     Stabenow
     Tester
     Van Hollen
     Warner
     Warnock
     Warren
     Whitehouse
     Wyden

                             NOT VOTING--1

       
     Rounds
       
  The amendment (No. 3293) was rejected.


                           Amendment No. 3251

  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Peters). The Senator from Iowa.
  Mr. GRASSLEY. I call up amendment No. 3251, and ask that it be 
reported by number.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The bill clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Iowa, [Mr. Grassley] proposes an amendment 
     numbered 3251.

  The amendment is as follows

    (Purpose: To prevent changes to the State and local tax (SALT) 
               deduction that mainly benefit the wealthy)

       On page 52, strike lines 2 through 12 and insert the 
     following:

     SEC. 3001. RESERVE FUND FOR LEGISLATION THAT WON'T RAISE 
                   TAXES ON PEOPLE MAKING LESS THAN $400,000 AND 
                   WON'T MAKE CHANGES TO THE STATE AND LOCAL TAX 
                   DEDUCTION THAT MAINLY BENEFIT THE WEALTHY IN 
                   THE SENATE.

       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 
     changes in revenues, without raising taxes on people making 
     less than $400,000 or making changes to the Federal tax 
     deduction for State and local taxes which results in a tax 
     cut for those earning over $1,000,000, by the

  Mr. GRASSLEY. Now hear me. You will be shocked what the Democrats 
want to do in their budget. They want to use reconciliation to provide 
a $120 billion tax cut to the wealthy through SALT relief. The 
nonpartisan Joint Committee on Taxation estimates 51 percent of the 
benefit from that repeal would go to those making over $1 million, 
while those with incomes under $50,000 wouldn't see any benefit.
  The liberal Tax Policy Center says the top one-tenth of 1 percent of 
households would receive an average tax cut of $144,000 a year.
  Democrats cry the wealthy are not paying their fair share, at the 
same time proposing to give billionaires six-figure tax cuts. If my 
Democratic colleagues are genuine in their concern about the wealthy 
paying too little taxes, their budget is not the way to do it.
  So vote to support my amendment to impose restrictions on repealing 
and modifying the SALT cap that would result in tax cuts for the 
wealthy.
  I reserve my time.
  Mr. WYDEN. Mr. President.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Oregon.
  Mr. WYDEN. Mr. President, colleagues, our tax bill will be 
progressive, even though my friend from Iowa told you just the 
opposite.
  Now, the 2017 Trump tax laws specifically targeted families in the 
middle with tax hikes to pay for some of the handouts that Republican 
colleagues wanted to give corporations and the megawealthy.
  Over here, on our side, we want to fix that mistake, but my friend 
from Iowa is offering an amendment to lock in those tax hikes on 
families in the middle.
  Democrats are proposing very substantial tax cuts for working-class 
folks, for the middle class, and what we are going to be doing in our 
tax bill is working to make the Tax Code more progressive by ensuring 
that the megawealthy pay their fair share.
  I mean, we have all seen--and this has been documented for quite some 
time--and my colleague from Iowa knows that we have exposed these mega-
IRAs that billionaires have.
  So I just hope my colleagues will reject the Grassley amendment, and 
when we do, I will offer what is truly a progressive alternative.
  Mr. GRASSLEY. Do I have any time left?
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. There is no time remaining.


                       Vote on Amendment No. 3251

  Mr. THUNE. I ask for the yeas and nays.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?

[[Page S6216]]

  There appears to be a sufficient second.
  The clerk will call the roll.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk called the roll.
  Mr. THUNE. The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator 
from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds).
  The result was announced--yeas 48, nays 51, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 326 Leg.]

                                YEAS--48

     Barrasso
     Blackburn
     Blunt
     Boozman
     Braun
     Burr
     Capito
     Cassidy
     Collins
     Cornyn
     Cotton
     Cramer
     Crapo
     Cruz
     Daines
     Ernst
     Fischer
     Graham
     Grassley
     Hagerty
     Hawley
     Hoeven
     Hyde-Smith
     Inhofe
     Johnson
     Kennedy
     Lankford
     Lee
     Lummis
     Marshall
     McConnell
     Moran
     Murkowski
     Portman
     Risch
     Romney
     Rubio
     Sasse
     Scott (FL)
     Scott (SC)
     Shelby
     Sullivan
     Thune
     Tillis
     Toomey
     Tuberville
     Wicker
     Young

                                NAYS--51

     Baldwin
     Bennet
     Blumenthal
     Booker
     Brown
     Cantwell
     Cardin
     Carper
     Casey
     Coons
     Cortez Masto
     Duckworth
     Durbin
     Feinstein
     Gillibrand
     Hassan
     Heinrich
     Hickenlooper
     Hirono
     Kaine
     Kelly
     King
     Klobuchar
     Leahy
     Lujan
     Manchin
     Markey
     Menendez
     Merkley
     Murphy
     Murray
     Ossoff
     Padilla
     Paul
     Peters
     Reed
     Rosen
     Sanders
     Schatz
     Schumer
     Shaheen
     Sinema
     Smith
     Stabenow
     Tester
     Van Hollen
     Warner
     Warnock
     Warren
     Whitehouse
     Wyden

                             NOT VOTING--1

       
     Rounds
       
  The amendment (No. 3251) was rejected
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Oregon.


                           Amendment No. 3569

  Mr. WYDEN. Mr. President, I call up my amendment No. 3569 and ask it 
be reported by number.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Oregon [Mr. Wyden] proposes an amendment 
     numbered 3569.

  The amendment is as follows

   (Purpose: To establish a reserve fund relating to increasing the 
                     progressivity of the tax code)

       At the end of title III, add the following:

     SEC. 3___. RESERVE FUND RELATING TO INCREASING THE 
                   PROGRESSIVITY OF THE TAX CODE.

       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 
     changes in Federal tax law, which may include raising taxes 
     on the wealthiest 0.1 percent of taxpayers while reducing 
     taxes on low- and middle-income taxpayers, by the amounts 
     provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided 
     that such legislation would not increase the deficit over the 
     period of the total of fiscal years 2022 through 2031.

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Oregon.
  Mr. WYDEN. Mr. President, it takes extraordinary chutzpah for Senate 
Republicans to claim the Democrats want to make the Federal Tax Code 
less progressive. The Trump 2017 tax law was a huge giveaway to the 
biggest corporations and the wealthiest individuals.
  Senate Democrats are going to fix that in our tax bill. We are going 
to have tax cuts for working people. For example, we are going to have 
tax cuts for middle-income people with kids, and we are going to make 
sure that those at the top, those multinational corporations and the 
wealthiest individuals, are going to pay their fair share.
  That is going to make the Tax Code more progressive and fairer. To 
vote for a progressive fair tax system, you have got to support our 
amendment 3569.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Iowa.
  Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, the Senator from Oregon should have read 
the 2017 tax bill, and he wouldn't give a speech like that. The Wyden 
amendment is an example of Democrats on the one hand complaining the 
wealthy pay too little tax while supporting massive tax cuts for the 
rich.
  Nothing in my amendment prevents changes to the Tax Code that would 
make it more progressive. Capping the SALT deduction as part of the 
2017 tax bill increases the progressivity of the Tax Code and allowed 
for larger tax cuts to the middle class. Undoing the SALT cap would 
make the Tax Code less progressive and jeopardize middle-class tax cuts 
that it helped enable.
  Anyone who supports the wealthy paying their fair share should have 
supported my amendment and vote no on the Wyden amendment.


                       Vote on Amendment No. 3569

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the amendment.
  Mr. WYDEN. I ask for the yeas and nays.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
  There appears to be a sufficient second.
  The clerk will call the roll.
  The senior assistant bill clerk called the roll.
  Mr. THUNE. The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator 
from North Dakota (Mr. Cramer) and the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. 
Rounds).
  The result was announced--yeas 47, nays 51, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 327 Leg.]

                                YEAS--47

     Baldwin
     Bennet
     Blumenthal
     Booker
     Brown
     Cantwell
     Cardin
     Carper
     Casey
     Coons
     Cortez Masto
     Duckworth
     Durbin
     Feinstein
     Gillibrand
     Heinrich
     Hickenlooper
     Hirono
     Kaine
     Kelly
     King
     Klobuchar
     Leahy
     Lujan
     Manchin
     Markey
     Menendez
     Merkley
     Murphy
     Murray
     Ossoff
     Padilla
     Peters
     Reed
     Rosen
     Sanders
     Schatz
     Schumer
     Smith
     Stabenow
     Tester
     Van Hollen
     Warner
     Warnock
     Warren
     Whitehouse
     Wyden

                                NAYS--51

     Barrasso
     Blackburn
     Blunt
     Boozman
     Braun
     Burr
     Capito
     Cassidy
     Collins
     Cornyn
     Cotton
     Crapo
     Cruz
     Daines
     Ernst
     Fischer
     Graham
     Grassley
     Hagerty
     Hassan
     Hawley
     Hoeven
     Hyde-Smith
     Inhofe
     Johnson
     Kennedy
     Lankford
     Lee
     Lummis
     Marshall
     McConnell
     Moran
     Murkowski
     Paul
     Portman
     Risch
     Romney
     Rubio
     Sasse
     Scott (FL)
     Scott (SC)
     Shaheen
     Shelby
     Sinema
     Sullivan
     Thune
     Tillis
     Toomey
     Tuberville
     Wicker
     Young

                             NOT VOTING--2

     Cramer
     Rounds
       
  The amendment (No. 3569) was rejected
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Ms. Hassan). The Senator from Illinois.
  Mr. DURBIN. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that following 
the Klobuchar amendment, the following amendments be in order and that 
the amendments be reported by number, with no amendments in order prior 
to a vote in relation to the amendment: Capito, No. 3284; Boozman, No. 
3103; and Braun, No. 3114.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The Senator from Alabama.


                           Amendment No. 3113

  Mr. TUBERVILLE. Madam President, I call up my amendment, No. 3113, 
and ask that it be reported by number.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the amendment by number.
  The senior assistant bill clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Alabama [Mr. Tuberville] proposes an 
     amendment numbered 3113.

  The amendment is as follows

   (Purpose: To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to 
  decreasing Federal funding for local jurisdictions that defund the 
                                police)

       At the end of title III, add the following:

     SEC. 3___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO ADJUSTING 
                   FEDERAL FUNDING FOR LOCAL JURISDICTIONS.

       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 
     adjustments to Federal funds for local governments within the 
     jurisdiction of the committees receiving reconciliation 
     instructions under section 2001 of this resolution, which may 
     include limiting or eliminating Federal payments, other than 
     grants under subpart 1 of part E of title I of the Omnibus 
     Crime Control and Safe Streets

[[Page S6217]]

     Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10151 et seq.) (commonly known as the 
     ``Byrne JAG grant program'') or section 1701 of title I of 
     such Act (34 U.S.C. 10381) (commonly known as the ``COPS 
     grant program''), to local governments that defund the 
     police, 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.

  Mr. TUBERVILLE. Madam President, believe it or not, people back home 
actually listen sometimes to what we say here.
  To some local leaders across the country, the far-left rally cry of 
``defund the police'' is not just DC rhetoric; they are actually acting 
on it.
  More than 80 percent of law enforcement in America is conducted by 
State and local police departments--80 percent. These men and women are 
community heroes. We should invest in all of them. But local leaders 
across the country have decided the ``woke'' thing to do is cancel 
their city's police force.
  My amendment is pretty simple. If your city council wants to defund 
their police, don't expect the Federal Government to make up the 
difference.
  The American taxpayers in Alabama shouldn't have to pick up the tab 
for local leaders in Oregon and Minnesota who value the ``woke'' 
``defund the police'' movement over their own community's safety.
  I call on my colleagues to support our law enforcement by voting yes 
for this amendment. Opposing my amendment is a vote in support of 
defunding the police and against the men and women in blue.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The gentleman's time has expired.
  The Senator from New Jersey.
  Mr. BOOKER. Madam President, I am so excited. This is perhaps the 
highlight of this long and painful and tortuous night.
  Again, if it wasn't complete abdication of Senate procedures and 
esteem, I would walk over there and hug my colleague from Alabama.
  And I will tell you right now--thank God--because there are some 
people who have said that there are Members of this deliberative body 
that want to defund the police, to my horror. And now this Member has 
given us the gift that finally--once and for all--we can put to bed 
this scurrilous accusation that somebody in this great, esteemed body 
would want to defund the police.
  So let's all of us--100 people--not walk but sashay down there and 
vote for this amendment and put to rest the lies. I am sure I will see 
no political ads attacking anybody here over ``defund the police.''
  And I would ask unanimous consent to add something else to this 
obvious bill. Can we add also that every Senator here wants to fund the 
police, believes in God, country, and apple pie. Thank you.
  (Applause.)
  Mr. BENNET. Here, here.
  Mr. BOOKER. Voice vote. Voice vote.


                       Vote on Amendment No. 3113

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the amendment.
  Mr. TUBERVILLE. I ask for the yeas and nays.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
  There appears to be a sufficient second.
  The clerk will call the roll.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk called the roll.
  Mr. THUNE. The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator 
from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds).
  The result was announced--yeas 99, nays 0, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 328 Leg.]

                                YEAS--99

     Baldwin
     Barrasso
     Bennet
     Blackburn
     Blumenthal
     Blunt
     Booker
     Boozman
     Braun
     Brown
     Burr
     Cantwell
     Capito
     Cardin
     Carper
     Casey
     Cassidy
     Collins
     Coons
     Cornyn
     Cortez Masto
     Cotton
     Cramer
     Crapo
     Cruz
     Daines
     Duckworth
     Durbin
     Ernst
     Feinstein
     Fischer
     Gillibrand
     Graham
     Grassley
     Hagerty
     Hassan
     Hawley
     Heinrich
     Hickenlooper
     Hirono
     Hoeven
     Hyde-Smith
     Inhofe
     Johnson
     Kaine
     Kelly
     Kennedy
     King
     Klobuchar
     Lankford
     Leahy
     Lee
     Lujan
     Lummis
     Manchin
     Markey
     Marshall
     McConnell
     Menendez
     Merkley
     Moran
     Murkowski
     Murphy
     Murray
     Ossoff
     Padilla
     Paul
     Peters
     Portman
     Reed
     Risch
     Romney
     Rosen
     Rubio
     Sanders
     Sasse
     Schatz
     Schumer
     Scott (FL)
     Scott (SC)
     Shaheen
     Shelby
     Sinema
     Smith
     Stabenow
     Sullivan
     Tester
     Thune
     Tillis
     Toomey
     Tuberville
     Van Hollen
     Warner
     Warnock
     Warren
     Whitehouse
     Wicker
     Wyden
     Young

                             NOT VOTING--1

       
     Rounds
       
  The amendment (No. 3113) was agreed to.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Minnesota.


                           Amendment No. 3731

  Ms. KLOBUCHAR. Madam President, I call up my amendment No. 3731 and 
ask that it be reported by number.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

  The Senator from Minnesota, [Ms. Klobuchar], for herself and others, 
proposes an amendment numbered 3731.

  The amendment is as follows

 (Purpose: To establish a reserve fund relating to honoring the United 
 States Capitol Police, the District of Columbia Metropolitan Police, 
and all other first responders, who fought and died protecting Congress 
           and the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021)

       At the end of title III, add the following:

     SEC. 3___. RESERVE FUND RELATING TO HONORING THE CAPITOL 
                   POLICE, DC METROPOLITAN POLICE, AND FIRST 
                   RESPONDERS.

       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 
     honoring the United States Capitol Police, the District of 
     Columbia Metropolitan Police, and all other first responders, 
     who fought and died protecting Congress and the United States 
     Capitol from the mob of insurrectionists on January 6th, 
     2021, by the amounts provided in such legislation for those 
     purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase 
     the deficit over the period of the total of fiscal years 2022 
     through 2031.

  Ms. KLOBUCHAR. Madam President, this amendment, which I am 
introducing with Senators Booker, Warnock, and Schatz, would allow the 
Budget Committee to reallocate funding for the Capitol Police; 
Washington, DC; and Metropolitan Police and all first responders who 
defended the Capitol on January 6.
  The insurrection at the Capitol was more than an assault on 
democracy; it was an actual life-or-death situation for the many brave 
law enforcement officers who show up here to work every single day.
  Last week, we unanimously passed legislation, which Senator Blunt and 
I led, to award the Congressional Gold Medal to honor these officers. I 
was proud to stand with President Biden when he signed it into law.
  This amendment shows our continued commitment to remembering the 
heroism and the sacrifice of the first responders who risk their lives 
to protect this Capitol.
  Before I came to the Senate, I saw firsthand the vital role that law 
enforcement officers play in keeping our citizens safe. That is why I 
am not surprised by the last vote and the nature of the last vote.
  I thank Senator Booker for his response to Senator Tuberville's 
amendment. We also must ensure that the officers in this place have the 
resources they need to do their jobs.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator's time is expired.
  Ms. KLOBUCHAR. And we took an important path forward in passing the 
funding for the police.
  I want to thank my colleagues who join me in introducing this 
amendment. I ask all my colleagues to join us in voting for it.


                       Vote on Amendment No. 3731

  I ask for the yeas and nays.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
  There appears to be a sufficient second.
  The yeas and nays are ordered.
  Who yields time in opposition?
  Mr. TILLIS. I yield back.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the amendment.
  The yeas and nays are ordered.
  The clerk will call the roll.
  The senior assistant bill clerk called the roll.

[[Page S6218]]

  

  Mr. THUNE. The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator 
from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds).
  The result was announced--yeas 99, nays 0, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 329 Leg.]

                                YEAS--99

     Baldwin
     Barrasso
     Bennet
     Blackburn
     Blumenthal
     Blunt
     Booker
     Boozman
     Braun
     Brown
     Burr
     Cantwell
     Capito
     Cardin
     Carper
     Casey
     Cassidy
     Collins
     Coons
     Cornyn
     Cortez Masto
     Cotton
     Cramer
     Crapo
     Cruz
     Daines
     Duckworth
     Durbin
     Ernst
     Feinstein
     Fischer
     Gillibrand
     Graham
     Grassley
     Hagerty
     Hassan
     Hawley
     Heinrich
     Hickenlooper
     Hirono
     Hoeven
     Hyde-Smith
     Inhofe
     Johnson
     Kaine
     Kelly
     Kennedy
     King
     Klobuchar
     Lankford
     Leahy
     Lee
     Lujan
     Lummis
     Manchin
     Markey
     Marshall
     McConnell
     Menendez
     Merkley
     Moran
     Murkowski
     Murphy
     Murray
     Ossoff
     Padilla
     Paul
     Peters
     Portman
     Reed
     Risch
     Romney
     Rosen
     Rubio
     Sanders
     Sasse
     Schatz
     Schumer
     Scott (FL)
     Scott (SC)
     Shaheen
     Shelby
     Sinema
     Smith
     Stabenow
     Sullivan
     Tester
     Thune
     Tillis
     Toomey
     Tuberville
     Van Hollen
     Warner
     Warnock
     Warren
     Whitehouse
     Wicker
     Wyden
     Young

                             NOT VOTING--1

       
     Rounds
       
  The amendment (No. 3731) was agreed to.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Vermont.
  Mr. SANDERS. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that, following 
the Braun amendment, the following amendments be in order, that the 
amendments be reported by number, with no amendments in order, prior to 
a vote in relation to the amendment: Fischer 3128, Ernst 3115, Scott of 
Florida 3383, Young 3444, and Lankford 3792.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
  Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The Senator from West Virginia.


                           Amendment No. 3284

  Mrs. CAPITO. Madam President, I call up my amendment No. 3284 and ask 
that it be reported by number.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the amendment by number.
  The senior assistant bill clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from West Virginia [Mrs. Capito] proposes an 
     amendment numbered 3284.

  The amendment is as follows

   (Purpose: To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to 
supporting or expediting the deployment of carbon capture, utilization, 
                    and sequestration technologies)

       At the end of title III, add the following:

     SEC. 3___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO 
                   SUPPORTING OR EXPEDITING THE DEPLOYMENT OF 
                   CARBON CAPTURE, UTILIZATION, AND SEQUESTRATION 
                   TECHNOLOGIES.

       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 
     Federal environmental and energy policies, which may include 
     supporting or expediting the deployment of carbon capture, 
     utilization, and sequestration technologies (including 
     technologies that may be used on coal- and natural gas-fired 
     power plants) in the United States to lower emissions and to 
     increase the use of captured carbon dioxide for valuable 
     products and enhanced oil recovery, 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.

  Mrs. CAPITO. Madam President, I am a strong supporter of carbon 
capture, utilization, and sequestration, otherwise known as CCUS.
  This technology allows us to turn carbon dioxide into a valuable 
product. Some anti-fossil fuel, ``keep it in the ground'' advocates 
only support CCUS when it has nothing to do with fossil fuels, and I 
believe that is a misguided approach.
  If we are serious about supporting and increasing the number of CCUS 
projects, which I am and many of us are, we need to support projects of 
all types of facilities, including on our coal- and gas-fired 
powerplants. We also need to support the use of carbon dioxide to 
produce oil through a process called enhanced oil recovery.
  I encourage my colleagues to vote yes on amendment No. 3284 and 
recognize that smart CCUS policies and fossil fuel use can go hand in 
hand.
  I yield the floor.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from West Virginia.
  Mr. MANCHIN. Madam President, I rise also in support of my 
colleague's amendment.
  Climate change is a global issue. We need to deploy all the climate 
solutions that we can if we are going to meet our global climate goals. 
That includes coupling the use of our abundant resources with 
technologies like CCUS that will ensure that we can use them in the 
cleanest way possible. We need to continue to do more to bring down the 
cost of these critical technologies and expedite the wide-scale 
deployment both domestically and abroad, including in countries like 
China and India, that are aggressively expanding their fossil fuel 
fleets as we speak.
  If the United States of America gets out of fossil fuels, I will 
guarantee you there won't be another country to step up to the plate to 
do the research and development it takes to combat climate change. So I 
urge all my colleagues to support this legislation.
  (Chorus of ``voice vote.'')


                       Vote on Amendment No. 3284

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the amendment.
  The amendment (No. 3284) was agreed to.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Vermont.
  Mr. LEAHY. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
following rollcall votes be 10-minute rollcalls.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
  Without objection, it is so ordered.
  (Applause.)
  The Senator from Arkansas.


                           Amendment No. 3103

  Mr. BOOZMAN. Madam President, I call up my amendment No. 3103 and ask 
that it be reported by number.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the amendment by number.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Arkansas [Mr. Boozman] proposes an 
     amendment numbered 3103.

  The amendment is as follows

   (Purpose: To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to 
policies or legislation to prohibit the Department of Agriculture from 
   making ineligible for financing fossil fuel-burning power plants)

       At the end of title III, add the following:

     SEC. 3___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO POLICIES 
                   OR LEGISLATION TO PROHIBIT THE DEPARTMENT OF 
                   AGRICULTURE FROM MAKING INELIGIBLE FOR 
                   FINANCING FOSSIL FUEL-BURNING POWER PLANTS.

       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 
     agriculture policy, which may include prohibiting or limiting 
     the Department of Agriculture from making ineligible for 
     financing the construction, maintenance, or improvement of 
     fossil fuel-burning power plants 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.

  Mr. BOOZMAN. Madam President, my amendment will establish a deficit-
neutral reserve fund to ensure rural electric cooperatives remain 
eligible for USDA financing for the construction, maintenance, or 
improvement of fossil fuel burning plants.
  I ask my colleagues to support this commonsense approach to ensure 
that the electricity needs of rural America continue to be met and, in 
the future, are affordable and reliable.
  The amendment ensures that rural Americans continue to have 
accessible, affordable, reliable energy to power their farms, their 
businesses, and broadband networks in the 21st-century economy.
  In order to achieve net zero emissions by 2050, the Department of 
Agriculture has proposed the retirement of fossil fuel-burning 
powerplants in rural America.
  So this amendment would protect rural America and make sure they have 
reliable and affordable energy.

[[Page S6219]]

  I ask my colleagues for a ``yea'' vote.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Michigan.
  Ms. STABENOW. Madam President, unfortunately, I cannot support the 
amendment offered by my good friend and ranking member.
  This amendment would restrict the USDA's ability to support a 
transition to clean fuel economies. Rural communities, especially rural 
utilities and rural electric co-ops, can help lead the transition to 
clean energy and create good-paying, clean energy jobs at the same 
time. We know that. We need to provide the USDA with the tools and the 
resources and the flexibility to make that happen.
  It is important to know that our rural partners are asking to be a 
part of this transition. They don't want an amendment that locks them 
from being able to do that.
  We all know that tackling the climate crisis is imperative. Just 
yesterday, the U.N. put out another report showing that the climate 
crisis is spiraling out of control.
  Our budget will ensure that the United States will not only compete 
but lead the world's race toward a clean energy future, and certainly 
rural America is an important part of that.
  So I would urge a ``no'' vote.


                       Vote on Amendment No. 3103

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the amendment.
  Mr. DAINES. Madam President, I ask for the yeas and nays.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
  There appears to be a sufficient second.
  The clerk will call the roll.
  The legislative clerk called the roll.
  Mr. THUNE. The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator 
from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds).
  The result was announced--yeas 53, nays 46, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 330 Leg.]

                                YEAS--53

     Barrasso
     Blackburn
     Blunt
     Boozman
     Braun
     Burr
     Capito
     Cassidy
     Collins
     Cornyn
     Cotton
     Cramer
     Crapo
     Cruz
     Daines
     Ernst
     Fischer
     Graham
     Grassley
     Hagerty
     Hawley
     Hoeven
     Hyde-Smith
     Inhofe
     Johnson
     Kelly
     Kennedy
     Lankford
     Lee
     Lummis
     Manchin
     Marshall
     McConnell
     Moran
     Murkowski
     Paul
     Portman
     Risch
     Romney
     Rubio
     Sasse
     Scott (FL)
     Scott (SC)
     Shelby
     Sinema
     Sullivan
     Tester
     Thune
     Tillis
     Toomey
     Tuberville
     Wicker
     Young

                                NAYS--46

     Baldwin
     Bennet
     Blumenthal
     Booker
     Brown
     Cantwell
     Cardin
     Carper
     Casey
     Coons
     Cortez Masto
     Duckworth
     Durbin
     Feinstein
     Gillibrand
     Hassan
     Heinrich
     Hickenlooper
     Hirono
     Kaine
     King
     Klobuchar
     Leahy
     Lujan
     Markey
     Menendez
     Merkley
     Murphy
     Murray
     Ossoff
     Padilla
     Peters
     Reed
     Rosen
     Sanders
     Schatz
     Schumer
     Shaheen
     Smith
     Stabenow
     Van Hollen
     Warner
     Warnock
     Warren
     Whitehouse
     Wyden

                             NOT VOTING--1

       
     Rounds
       
  The amendment (No. 3103) was agreed to
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Bennet). The Senator from Indiana.


                           Amendment No. 3114

  Mr. BRAUN. I call up my amendment No. 3114 and ask that it be 
reported by number.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The bill clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Indiana [Mr. Braun] proposes an amendment 
     numbered 3114.

  The amendment is as follows:

   (Purpose: To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to 
  removing the prohibition on States and territories against lowering 
                              their taxes)

       At the end of title III, add the following:

     SEC. 3___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO THE 
                   PROVISIONS OF THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT.

       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 
     limitations on Federal relief funds for State or local 
     governments, which may include lifting or prohibiting 
     restrictions related to modifications to a State's or 
     territory's tax revenue source, 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.

  Mr. BRAUN. Mr. President, in the 11th hour, Democrats added a 
provision in the American Rescue Plan that this body did not have time 
to vet. Under this provision, if States took the money, they cannot 
lower their taxes in any way through 2024.
  Six Federal lawsuits have already been filed, including States like 
Louisiana, Ohio, and Arizona. West Virginia is leading a lawsuit with 
an additional 13 States, including New Hampshire and Montana.
  States are not happy with this overreach. We can fix this mistake 
now. States have the right to cut their own taxes, and we have no right 
to get in their way.
  I introduced the Let States Cut Taxes Act with  Dan Bishop, of North 
Carolina, to repeal this overstep in the American Rescue Plan. A vote 
for this amendment is a vote to protect States' power to impose or cut 
their own taxes.
  Please join me on this bill across the board, and I ask for the yeas 
and the nays.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
  There appears to be a sufficient second.
  The yeas and nays are ordered.
  The Senator from Oregon.
  Mr. WYDEN. Mr. President, I will be very brief.
  Democratic and Republican Governors want this. Certainly, on the 
Democratic side, they have expressed an interest in expanding tax cuts 
for working families and vulnerable people who are still feeling the 
economic pain. Some are interested in expanding low-income housing. 
This helps accomplish the goals.
  I support this, and if it is acceptable, maybe we can even do it by 
voice vote.
  (Chorus of ``No''.)
  Mr. BRAUN. No. It is a rollcall vote.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The yeas and nays were previously ordered.
  Mr. MANCHIN. Mr. President.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from West Virginia.
  Mr. MANCHIN. Mr. President, I rise in opposition.
  This makes no sense whatsoever. First of all, our friends--no one 
voted on that side for the ARP. Next of all, this was done to help 
people with the programs that were going, who needed help. It was not 
intended to use people's tax dollars to regive them to the States so 
the States could look like they were reducing the taxes by not using 
the money. That's ridiculous. We should not be supporting this 
whatsoever. It makes no sense at all.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. All time has expired.


                       Vote on Amendment No. 3114

  The question is on agreeing to the amendment.
  The clerk will call the roll.
  The legislative clerk called the roll.
  Mr. THUNE. The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator 
from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds).
  The result was announced--yeas 86, nays 13, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 331 Leg.]

                                YEAS--86

     Baldwin
     Barrasso
     Blackburn
     Blumenthal
     Blunt
     Booker
     Boozman
     Braun
     Brown
     Burr
     Cantwell
     Capito
     Casey
     Cassidy
     Collins
     Coons
     Cornyn
     Cortez Masto
     Cotton
     Cramer
     Crapo
     Cruz
     Daines
     Duckworth
     Durbin
     Ernst
     Feinstein
     Fischer
     Gillibrand
     Graham
     Grassley
     Hagerty
     Hassan
     Hawley
     Hickenlooper
     Hirono
     Hoeven
     Hyde-Smith
     Inhofe
     Johnson
     Kaine
     Kelly
     Kennedy
     Klobuchar
     Lankford
     Leahy
     Lee
     Lujan
     Lummis
     Marshall
     McConnell
     Menendez
     Merkley
     Moran
     Murkowski
     Murphy
     Murray
     Ossoff
     Padilla
     Paul
     Peters
     Portman
     Risch
     Romney
     Rosen
     Rubio
     Sasse
     Schumer
     Scott (FL)
     Scott (SC)
     Shaheen
     Shelby
     Sinema
     Smith
     Stabenow
     Sullivan
     Tester
     Thune
     Tillis
     Toomey
     Tuberville
     Warner
     Warnock
     Wicker
     Wyden
     Young

                                NAYS--13

     Bennet
     Cardin
     Carper
     Heinrich
     King
     Manchin
     Markey

[[Page S6220]]


     Reed
     Sanders
     Schatz
     Van Hollen
     Warren
     Whitehouse

                             NOT VOTING--1

       
     Rounds
       
  The amendment (No. 3114) was agreed to.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Nebraska.


                           Amendment No. 3128

  Mrs. FISCHER. Mr. President, I call up my amendment No. 3128, and I 
ask that it be reported by number.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Nebraska [Mrs. Fischer] proposes an 
     amendment numbered 3128.

  The amendment is as follows

 (Purpose: To means-test electric vechicle tax credits to ensure high-
  income individuals do not get government subsidies to buy expensive 
                              luxury cars)

       At the end of title III, add the following:

     SEC. 3___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO MEANS-
                   TESTING ELECTRIC VEHICLE TAX CREDITS.

       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 means-
     testing electric vehicle tax credits, which may include 
     limiting eligibility of individuals with an adjusted gross 
     income of greater than $100,000 or setting maximum car values 
     allowed for eligible purchases at $40,000, 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.

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Nebraska.
  Mrs. FISCHER. Mr. President, Americans making over $100,000 a year 
claimed nearly 80 percent of electric vehicle tax credits in 2016.
  According to the National Resource Defense Council, a leftwing 
environmental advocacy group, EVs cost $19,000 more than gas-powered 
vehicles.
  My colleagues on the other side of the aisle like to say wealthy 
Americans should pay their fair share in taxes. Yet they want to expand 
the tax credit to disproportionately benefit even more people with six-
figure salaries.
  Everyday Americans are living paycheck to paycheck because of the 
sharp rise in costs due to inflation, but my colleagues on the other 
side want to subsidize luxury vehicles only the rich can afford using 
money from hard-working taxpayers, and my amendment would put a stop to 
that.
  It simply prohibits individuals from claiming the tax credit if they 
make over $100,000 a year or if the car they are buying costs over 
$40,000. There is nothing wrong with the well-off buying fancy cars. I 
just don't think America's hard-earned taxpayer dollars should help to 
pay for it.
  While I question why we are subsidizing this industry at all, the 
least we can do is to show bipartisan support for denying taxpayer 
subsidies for the rich.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Oregon.
  Mr. WYDEN. Mr. President, we are strongly opposed. Senator Stabenow 
will speak for us.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Michigan.
  Ms. STABENOW. Mr. President, first, this amendment is just plain 
anti-pickup trucks. Let's start there. When our farmers and small 
businesses and families are buying their next pickup truck or SUV, we 
want them to have the incentive to purchase a new all-electric truck 
like we have seen now being produced by the companies.
  With the price ceiling in this amendment--there is a price ceiling--
they would not be allowed to receive the incentive that consumers 
buying small cars would receive.
  The fact is, more people buy pickup trucks and large vehicles than 
people who buy small vehicles. So we eliminate more carbon pollution 
when people who drive trucks and SUVs choose all-electric vehicles like 
the great ones that are now coming out into the marketplace.
  So I would ask you to vote no and stand with pickup truck owners 
across the country.
  (Applause.)
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Nebraska.
  Mrs. FISCHER. Mr. President, we have a pickup truck.


                       Vote on Amendment No. 3128

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the amendment.
  Mrs. FISCHER. I ask for the yeas and nays.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
  There appears to be a sufficient second.
  The clerk will call the roll.
  The legislative clerk called the roll.
  Mr. THUNE. The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator 
from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds).
  The result was announced--yeas 51, nays 48, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 332 Leg.]

                                YEAS--51

     Barrasso
     Blunt
     Boozman
     Braun
     Burr
     Capito
     Cassidy
     Collins
     Cornyn
     Cotton
     Cramer
     Crapo
     Cruz
     Daines
     Ernst
     Fischer
     Graham
     Grassley
     Hagerty
     Hawley
     Hoeven
     Hyde-Smith
     Inhofe
     Johnson
     Kelly
     Kennedy
     Lankford
     Lee
     Lummis
     Manchin
     Marshall
     McConnell
     Moran
     Murkowski
     Paul
     Portman
     Risch
     Romney
     Rubio
     Sasse
     Scott (FL)
     Scott (SC)
     Shelby
     Sinema
     Sullivan
     Thune
     Tillis
     Toomey
     Tuberville
     Wicker
     Young

                                NAYS--48

     Baldwin
     Bennet
     Blackburn
     Blumenthal
     Booker
     Brown
     Cantwell
     Cardin
     Carper
     Casey
     Coons
     Cortez Masto
     Duckworth
     Durbin
     Feinstein
     Gillibrand
     Hassan
     Heinrich
     Hickenlooper
     Hirono
     Kaine
     King
     Klobuchar
     Leahy
     Lujan
     Markey
     Menendez
     Merkley
     Murphy
     Murray
     Ossoff
     Padilla
     Peters
     Reed
     Rosen
     Sanders
     Schatz
     Schumer
     Shaheen
     Smith
     Stabenow
     Tester
     Van Hollen
     Warner
     Warnock
     Warren
     Whitehouse
     Wyden

                             NOT VOTING--1

       
     Rounds
       
  The amendment (No. 3128) was agreed to.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Ms. Klobuchar). The Senator from Iowa.


                           Amendment No. 3115

  Ms. ERNST. Madam President, I call up my amendment, No. 3115, and ask 
that it be reported by number.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the amendment by number.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Iowa [Ms. Ernst], for herself and Mr. 
     Thune, proposes an amendment numbered 3115.

  The amendment is as follows

   (Purpose: To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to 
  prohibiting or limiting the issuance of costly Clean Air Act permit 
   requirements on farmers and ranchers in the United States or the 
      imposition of new Federal methane requirements on livestock)

       At the end of title III, add the following:

     SEC. 3___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO 
                   PROHIBITING OR LIMITING THE ISSUANCE OF COSTLY 
                   CLEAN AIR ACT PERMIT REQUIREMENTS ON FARMERS 
                   AND RANCHERS IN THE UNITED STATES OR THE 
                   IMPOSITION OF NEW FEDERAL METHANE REQUIREMENTS 
                   ON LIVESTOCK.

       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 
     Federal environmental policies under the Clean Air Act (42 
     U.S.C. 7401 et seq.), which may include prohibiting or 
     limiting the issuance of costly permit requirements under 
     that Act on farmers and ranchers in the United States or the 
     imposition of any new Federal methane requirements on 
     livestock that would have the effect of increasing the cost 
     of beef and other critical products, 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.

  Ms. ERNST. Madam President, I grew up on a farm in Southwest Iowa, 
where we took extraordinary pride in the work we did and the livestock 
and crops we raised.
  Our hard-working livestock producers should not have to worry about 
being subject to onerous regulations and increased production costs due 
to Federal permits or regulations.
  My amendment would prohibit or limit any new Federal methane 
requirements on livestock that would increase the cost of beef or other 
critical

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products. This ``cow tax'' will just result in higher food costs for 
Americans at the grocery store at a time when inflation has already 
caused prices to skyrocket.
  This ``cow tax'' could put our local farms out of business. They 
could devastate our rural communities, which are continuing to feed and 
fuel the world.
  I won't stand by while the Democrats force Iowa farmers and ranchers 
and American consumers to pay for their over-the-top regulations.
  I urge my colleagues to support my amendment and keep America's 
farming and ranching operations going and food prices affordable for 
our hard-working families.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Delaware.
  Mr. CARPER. Madam President, I would like to speak in opposition to 
the amendment. Let me be clear. Colleagues, let me be clear. Let me be 
clear.
  The EPA is not acting to regulate methane from cows or any other farm 
animals. This amendment is designed as a messaging amendment to suggest 
that the Agency is undertaking actions that it is not considering.
  Democrats are working to advance policies that assist farmers and 
ranchers in participating in efforts to address greenhouse gas 
emissions in ways that inure to their bottom line.
  Methane is a super climate pollutant. It is at least 80 times more 
powerful than carbon dioxide in terms of global warming. In order to 
stem the tide of climate change, we must reduce methane emissions.
  The Biden administration and my Democratic colleagues are laser-
focused on making sure our Nation's largest source of methane--the oil 
and gas sector--is doing all it can to reduce or eliminate methane 
emissions.
  The American people should rest assured that no one is focused on 
regulating cow emissions, as this amendment would suggest.
  I recommend a ``no'' vote. Thank you.


                       Vote on Amendment No. 3115

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the amendment.
  Mr. THUNE. I ask for the yeas and nays.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
  There appears to be a sufficient second.
  The clerk will call the roll.
  Mr. THUNE. The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator 
from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds).
  The result was announced--yeas 66, nays 33, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 333 Leg.]

                                YEAS--66

     Baldwin
     Barrasso
     Bennet
     Blackburn
     Blunt
     Boozman
     Braun
     Brown
     Burr
     Capito
     Cassidy
     Collins
     Cornyn
     Cortez Masto
     Cotton
     Cramer
     Crapo
     Cruz
     Daines
     Ernst
     Fischer
     Graham
     Grassley
     Hagerty
     Hassan
     Hawley
     Hoeven
     Hyde-Smith
     Inhofe
     Johnson
     Kelly
     Kennedy
     Klobuchar
     Lankford
     Lee
     Lujan
     Lummis
     Marshall
     McConnell
     Moran
     Murkowski
     Paul
     Peters
     Portman
     Risch
     Romney
     Rosen
     Rubio
     Sasse
     Schatz
     Scott (FL)
     Scott (SC)
     Shaheen
     Shelby
     Sinema
     Smith
     Stabenow
     Sullivan
     Tester
     Thune
     Tillis
     Toomey
     Tuberville
     Warnock
     Wicker
     Young

                                NAYS--33

     Blumenthal
     Booker
     Cantwell
     Cardin
     Carper
     Casey
     Coons
     Duckworth
     Durbin
     Feinstein
     Gillibrand
     Heinrich
     Hickenlooper
     Hirono
     Kaine
     King
     Leahy
     Manchin
     Markey
     Menendez
     Merkley
     Murphy
     Murray
     Ossoff
     Padilla
     Reed
     Sanders
     Schumer
     Van Hollen
     Warner
     Warren
     Whitehouse
     Wyden

                             NOT VOTING--1

       
     Rounds
       
  The amendment (No. 3115) was agreed to.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Florida.


                           Amendment No. 3383

  Mr. SCOTT of Florida. Madam President, I call up amendment No. 3383 
and ask that it be reported by number.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Florida [Mr. Scott] proposes an amendment 
     numbered 3383.

  The amendment is as follows

   (Purpose: To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to 
preventing terrorist actions against the United States and its allies, 
 and to ensure that United States tax dollars do not benefit terrorist 
     organizations such as Hamas or the Palestinian Islamic Jihad)

       At the end of title III, add the following:

     SEC. 3004. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO FUNDING 
                   OF THE OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL.

       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 
     funding of the Office of Foreign Assets Control, which may 
     include additional resources for enforcement activities or 
     additional sanctions against terrorist organizations, 
     including those in the Gaza Strip and their members, 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.

  Mr. SCOTT of Florida. Madam President, earlier this year, we saw 
Hamas rockets rain down on Israel for 11 straight days. Children, like 
5-year-old Ido Avigal, died in these attacks.
  Following these attacks on Israel, President Biden's State Department 
said it couldn't guarantee that funding wouldn't go to Hamas. That is 
unacceptable.
  We have seen horrible anti-Israel sentiment permeate the Halls of 
Congress. But we cannot, and I will not, accept the ignorance of some 
of my colleagues to the evil and devastation Hamas terrorists bring to 
Israel.
  My amendment will ensure that any money authorized to the territory 
of Gaza will not end up in the hands of Hamas terrorists and allows for 
further sanctions against these terrorist groups.
  This amendment is a commonsense way to protect American tax dollars, 
stand with our great ally Israel, and to continue our fight against the 
evils of Hamas terrorism.
  I hope all of my colleagues will vote for this amendment.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from New Jersey is recognized.
  Mr. MENENDEZ. Mr. President, the U.S. Government already has laws in 
place to prevent U.S. taxpayer dollars from going to terrorist 
organizations and laws that specifically prevent funds from going to 
Hamas and Palestinian Jihad.
  So this is purely a messaging amendment that does absolutely nothing 
in practice, but it is a message we can all get behind. And because 
Democrats stand against terrorist organizations that threaten innocent 
civilians in Israel and anywhere else in the world, we support the 
amendment, and we would urge the Senator to take a voice vote.


                       Vote on Amendment No. 3383

  Mr. SCOTT of Florida. I ask for the yeas and nays.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
  There appears to be a sufficient second.
  The question is on agreeing to the amendment.
  The clerk will call the roll.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk called the roll.
  Mr. THUNE. The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator 
from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds).
  The result was announced--yeas 99, nays 0, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 334 Leg.]

                                YEAS--99

     Baldwin
     Barrasso
     Bennet
     Blackburn
     Blumenthal
     Blunt
     Booker
     Boozman
     Braun
     Brown
     Burr
     Cantwell
     Capito
     Cardin
     Carper
     Casey
     Cassidy
     Collins
     Coons
     Cornyn
     Cortez Masto
     Cotton
     Cramer
     Crapo
     Cruz
     Daines
     Duckworth
     Durbin
     Ernst
     Feinstein
     Fischer
     Gillibrand
     Graham
     Grassley
     Hagerty
     Hassan
     Hawley
     Heinrich
     Hickenlooper
     Hirono
     Hoeven
     Hyde-Smith
     Inhofe
     Johnson
     Kaine
     Kelly
     Kennedy
     King
     Klobuchar
     Lankford
     Leahy
     Lee
     Lujan
     Lummis
     Manchin
     Markey
     Marshall
     McConnell
     Menendez
     Merkley
     Moran
     Murkowski
     Murphy

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     Murray
     Ossoff
     Padilla
     Paul
     Peters
     Portman
     Reed
     Risch
     Romney
     Rosen
     Rubio
     Sanders
     Sasse
     Schatz
     Schumer
     Scott (FL)
     Scott (SC)
     Shaheen
     Shelby
     Sinema
     Smith
     Stabenow
     Sullivan
     Tester
     Thune
     Tillis
     Toomey
     Tuberville
     Van Hollen
     Warner
     Warnock
     Warren
     Whitehouse
     Wicker
     Wyden
     Young

                             NOT VOTING--1

       
       
     Rounds
       
  The amendment (No. 3383) was agreed to.
    
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Indiana.


                           Amendment No. 3444

  Mr. YOUNG. Madam President, I call up Young amendment No. 3444 and 
ask that it be reported by number.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the amendment by number.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Indiana [Mr. Young] proposes an amendment 
     numbered 3444.

  The amendment is as follows

(Purpose: To prevent tax increases that would violate President Biden's 
   repeated promise to not impose a single penny in tax increases on 
               people making less than $400,000 per year)

       On page 53, line 8, strike the period and insert ``, except 
     that no adjustment shall be made pursuant to this subsection 
     if such legislation raises taxes on people making less than 
     $400,000.''.

  Mr. YOUNG. Madam President, over 60 times during their campaign and 
since taking office, President Biden and Vice President Harris have 
pledged not to raise one single penny in taxes--not one single penny--
on anyone making less than $400,000 a year.
  Today, my Democratic colleagues are using this budget to try to pull 
a fast one on the American taxpayers by giving lip service to this 
pledge while proposing tax hikes that will largely be borne by middle- 
and working-class Americans. For example, it is well-understood that a 
significant portion of corporate tax hikes are borne by American 
workers in the form of fewer job opportunities and reduced wage growth.
  Now, while my colleagues included a nominal mention of the tax pledge 
in the underlying budget, importantly, the budget's reserve fund for 
the upcoming $3\1/2\ trillion reckless tax-and-spend bill is not 
conditioned on that pledge. So this amendment will prevent Congress 
from breaking the Biden-Harris tax promise to pay for reconciliation.
  As President Biden said:

       Not one penny. It's a guarantee.

  I urge my colleagues to support this amendment.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Oregon.
  Mr. WYDEN. Madam President, President Biden did, in fact, make it 
clear there would be no tax increase for anybody who makes up to 
$400,000 a year, and Democrats are going to stand by that commitment. 
In fact, Democrats are proposing tax cuts for working-class and middle-
class families, along with changes to make sure that corporations and 
the very wealthy finally pay their fair share. This amendment is in 
line with that approach.
  I am voting aye.
  (Chorus of ``voice vote.'')


                       Vote on Amendment No. 3444

  Mr. YOUNG. Madam President, I ask for the yeas and nays.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
  There appears to be a sufficient second.
  The clerk will call the roll.
  The senior assistant bill clerk called the roll.
  Mr. THUNE. The following Senator is necessarily absent: The Senator 
from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds).
  The result was announced--yeas 98, nays 1, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 335 Leg.]

                                YEAS--98

     Baldwin
     Barrasso
     Bennet
     Blackburn
     Blumenthal
     Blunt
     Booker
     Boozman
     Braun
     Brown
     Burr
     Cantwell
     Capito
     Cardin
     Casey
     Cassidy
     Collins
     Coons
     Cornyn
     Cortez Masto
     Cotton
     Cramer
     Crapo
     Cruz
     Daines
     Duckworth
     Durbin
     Ernst
     Feinstein
     Fischer
     Gillibrand
     Graham
     Grassley
     Hagerty
     Hassan
     Hawley
     Heinrich
     Hickenlooper
     Hirono
     Hoeven
     Hyde-Smith
     Inhofe
     Johnson
     Kaine
     Kelly
     Kennedy
     King
     Klobuchar
     Lankford
     Leahy
     Lee
     Lujan
     Lummis
     Manchin
     Markey
     Marshall
     McConnell
     Menendez
     Merkley
     Moran
     Murkowski
     Murphy
     Murray
     Ossoff
     Padilla
     Paul
     Peters
     Portman
     Reed
     Risch
     Romney
     Rosen
     Rubio
     Sanders
     Sasse
     Schatz
     Schumer
     Scott (FL)
     Scott (SC)
     Shaheen
     Shelby
     Sinema
     Smith
     Stabenow
     Sullivan
     Tester
     Thune
     Tillis
     Toomey
     Tuberville
     Van Hollen
     Warner
     Warnock
     Warren
     Whitehouse
     Wicker
     Wyden
     Young

                                NAYS--1

       
     Carper
       

                             NOT VOTING--1

       
     Rounds
       
  The amendment (No. 3444) was agreed to
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. King). The Senator from Vermont.
  Mr. SANDERS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that following 
the Lankford amendment, the following amendments be in order; that the 
amendments be reported by number, with no amendments in order prior to 
a vote in relation to the amendment: Sullivan, No. 3627; Paul, No. 
3150.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The Senator from Oklahoma.


                           Amendment No. 3792

  Mr. LANKFORD. Mr. President, I call up my amendment No. 3792 and ask 
it be reported by number.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the amendment by number.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Oklahoma [Mr. Lankford], for himself and 
     others, proposes an amendment numbered 3792.

  The amendment is as follows

   (Purpose: To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to 
                           abortion funding)

       At the end of title III, add the following:

     SEC. 3___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO ABORTION 
                   FUNDING.

       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 
     improving health programs, which may include prohibiting 
     funding for abortions consistent with the Hyde amendment or 
     limitations on Federal funding to State or local governments 
     that discriminate against entities who refuse to participate 
     in abortion consistent with the Weldon amendment, 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.

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Oklahoma.
  Mr. LANKFORD. Mr. President, this amendment would add language to 
prohibit funding for abortions consistent with the longstanding Hyde 
amendment, which has been the law of the land since 1976.
  The Hyde amendment has enjoyed decades of bipartisan support, 
including from then-Senator Joe Biden, and it has been signed into law 
by Democratic and Republican Presidents alike.
  The Hyde amendment reflects a decades-long consensus that millions of 
Americans who are profoundly opposed to abortion should not be forced 
to pay for the taking of human lives of children or incentivize it with 
their taxpayer dollars. A 2020 Marist poll found that 60 percent of 
Americans, including 37 percent of people who identify as pro-choice, 
oppose the use of their taxpayer dollars to pay for abortions.
  Similarly, the Weldon amendment has been in law since 2004. It 
protects individuals from being forced to participate in abortion if it 
would violate their conscience.
  Millions of Americans of faith and of no faith know that the only 
difference between a child in the womb and outside the womb is time. 
Just because they are smaller people doesn't mean they should be any 
less protected by law.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Washington.
  Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, this amendment is a serious threat to 
women's safety that would allow someone else's personal beliefs rather 
than a patient's best interests determine a patient's care.

[[Page S6223]]

  No healthcare provider should be able to refuse to give lifesaving 
information about where to get care to someone who is miscarrying. No 
healthcare provider should be able to refuse to transfer a patient who 
needs an abortion. No healthcare provider should be able to turn 
patients away in an emergency situation for purely ideological reasons. 
Everyone should be able to make their own choices about pregnancy and 
parenting and exercise their constitutionally protected right to an 
abortion.
  This amendment would vastly expand abortion restrictions on Federal 
funding.
  I urge my colleagues to oppose this amendment.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Oklahoma.


                       Vote on Amendment No. 3792

  Mr. LANKFORD. Mr. President, I would ask for the yeas and nays and 
remind everyone these amendments have been in place since 1976 and 
2004. It doesn't expand anything.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
  There appears to be a sufficient second.
  The clerk will call the roll.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk called the roll.
  Mr. THUNE. The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator 
from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds).
  The result was announced--yeas 50, nays 49, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 336 Leg.]

                                YEAS--50

     Barrasso
     Blackburn
     Blunt
     Boozman
     Braun
     Burr
     Capito
     Cassidy
     Collins
     Cornyn
     Cotton
     Cramer
     Crapo
     Cruz
     Daines
     Ernst
     Fischer
     Graham
     Grassley
     Hagerty
     Hawley
     Hoeven
     Hyde-Smith
     Inhofe
     Johnson
     Kennedy
     Lankford
     Lee
     Lummis
     Manchin
     Marshall
     McConnell
     Moran
     Murkowski
     Paul
     Portman
     Risch
     Romney
     Rubio
     Sasse
     Scott (FL)
     Scott (SC)
     Shelby
     Sullivan
     Thune
     Tillis
     Toomey
     Tuberville
     Wicker
     Young

                                NAYS--49

     Baldwin
     Bennet
     Blumenthal
     Booker
     Brown
     Cantwell
     Cardin
     Carper
     Casey
     Coons
     Cortez Masto
     Duckworth
     Durbin
     Feinstein
     Gillibrand
     Hassan
     Heinrich
     Hickenlooper
     Hirono
     Kaine
     Kelly
     King
     Klobuchar
     Leahy
     Lujan
     Markey
     Menendez
     Merkley
     Murphy
     Murray
     Ossoff
     Padilla
     Peters
     Reed
     Rosen
     Sanders
     Schatz
     Schumer
     Shaheen
     Sinema
     Smith
     Stabenow
     Tester
     Van Hollen
     Warner
     Warnock
     Warren
     Whitehouse
     Wyden

                             NOT VOTING--1

       
     Rounds
       
  The amendment (No. 3792) was agreed to
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Vermont.
  Mr. SANDERS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that following 
the Sullivan amendment, the following amendments be in order; that the 
amendments be reported by number, with no amendments in order prior to 
a vote in relation to the amendments: Wyden, No. 3805; Paul, No. 3150.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
  Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. SULLIVAN. Mr. President.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Alaska.


                           Amendment No. 3627

  Mr. SULLIVAN. Mr. President, I call up my amendment No. 3627 and ask 
that it be reported by number.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Alaska [Mr. Sullivan] proposes an 
     amendment numbered 3627.

  The amendment is as follows

   (Purpose: To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to 
   prohibiting renewable energy projects receiving Federal funds and 
subsidies from purchasing materials, technology, and critical minerals 
                           produced in China)

       At the end of title III, add the following:

     SEC. 3___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO ENSURING 
                   ROBUST, SECURE, AND HUMANE SUPPLY CHAINS, 
                   SOURCED BY THE UNITED STATES AND ALLIES OF THE 
                   UNITED STATES, FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY MATERIALS, 
                   TECHNOLOGY, AND CRITICAL MINERALS.

       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 
     Federal energy policy, which may include ensuring robust, 
     secure, and humane supply chains for renewable energy 
     products and critical minerals and prohibiting or limiting 
     renewable energy projects funded or subsidized by Federal 
     funds from purchasing materials, technology, and critical 
     minerals produced in China, 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.

  Mr. SULLIVAN. Mr. President, my amendment would ensure that Federal 
funds used toward the technology and materials we need to advance our 
renewable energy sector is made and mined in the United States and by 
our allies, not by the Chinese Communists.
  We are currently dangerously reliant on China for roughly 80 percent 
of materials and minerals vital to the U.S. renewable energy sector and 
to our national security.
  It is not only dangerous to our national security to be so reliant on 
China, but it is also inhumane. China is using Uyghur forced labor to 
source many of America's alternative energy imports.
  We have these resources right here in the United States, and by 
developing our national supply chains, we can create thousands of good-
paying jobs, protect our national interests, and deny support to the 
Chinese Communist Party.
  However, far too often, extreme environmental groups seek to block 
domestic critical mineral production right here at home.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator's time has expired.
  Mr. SULLIVAN. We need to produce these materials here, not in China, 
and I ask my colleagues to vote yes for this amendment.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Oregon.
  Mr. WYDEN. Mr. President, this is a challenging amendment that deals 
with unfair competition from China.
  I am going to vote yes, and when we are done with this amendment, I 
will offer a more targeted approach to restrict the purchase with 
Federal funds from any country of products produced with forced labor.


                       Vote on Amendment No. 3627

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the amendment.
  Mr. SULLIVAN. I ask for the yeas and nays.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
  There appears to be a sufficient second.
  The clerk will call the roll.
  The senior assistant bill clerk called the roll.
  Mr. THUNE. The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator 
from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds).
  The result was announced--yeas 90, nays 9, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 337 Leg.]

                                YEAS--90

     Baldwin
     Barrasso
     Bennet
     Blackburn
     Blunt
     Boozman
     Braun
     Brown
     Burr
     Cantwell
     Capito
     Cardin
     Casey
     Cassidy
     Collins
     Coons
     Cornyn
     Cortez Masto
     Cotton
     Cramer
     Crapo
     Cruz
     Daines
     Duckworth
     Durbin
     Ernst
     Feinstein
     Fischer
     Graham
     Grassley
     Hagerty
     Hassan
     Hawley
     Heinrich
     Hickenlooper
     Hirono
     Hoeven
     Hyde-Smith
     Inhofe
     Johnson
     Kaine
     Kelly
     Kennedy
     King
     Klobuchar
     Lankford
     Leahy
     Lee
     Lujan
     Lummis
     Manchin
     Marshall
     McConnell
     Menendez
     Merkley
     Moran
     Murkowski
     Murray
     Ossoff
     Padilla
     Paul
     Peters
     Portman
     Reed
     Risch
     Romney
     Rosen
     Rubio
     Sasse
     Schatz
     Schumer
     Scott (FL)
     Scott (SC)
     Shaheen
     Shelby
     Sinema
     Smith
     Stabenow
     Sullivan
     Tester
     Thune
     Tillis
     Tuberville
     Van Hollen
     Warner
     Warnock
     Warren
     Wicker
     Wyden
     Young

                                NAYS--9

     Blumenthal
     Booker
     Carper
     Gillibrand
     Markey
     Murphy
     Sanders
     Toomey
     Whitehouse

                             NOT VOTING--1

       
     Rounds
       
  The amendment (No. 3627) was agreed to
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Vermont.

[[Page S6224]]

  

  Mr. SANDERS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that following 
the Paul amendment, the following amendments be in order, the 
amendments be reported by number with no amendments in order prior to a 
vote in relation to the amendment: Baldwin 3648, Romney 3652, Moran 
3795.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
  Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Oregon.


                           Amendment No. 3805

  Mr. WYDEN. Mr. President, I call up my amendment No. 3805 and ask 
that it be reported by number.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Oregon [Mr. Wyden] proposes an amendment 
     numbered 3805.

  The amendment is as follows:

  (Purpose: To establish a reserve fund relating to ensuring robust, 
  secure, and humane supply chains by prohibiting the use of Federal 
    funds to purchase materials, technology, and critical minerals 
          produced, manufactured, or mined with forced labor)

       At the end of title III, add the following:

     SEC. 3___. RESERVE FUND RELATING TO ENSURING ROBUST, SECURE, 
                   AND HUMANE SUPPLY CHAINS BY PROHIBITING THE USE 
                   OF FEDERAL FUNDS TO PURCHASE MATERIALS, 
                   TECHNOLOGY, AND CRITICAL MINERALS PRODUCED, 
                   MANUFACTURED, OR MINED WITH FORCED LABOR.

       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 
     ensuring robust, secure, and humane supply chains by 
     prohibiting the use of Federal funds to purchase materials, 
     technology, and critical minerals produced, manufactured, or 
     mined with forced labor by the amounts provided in such 
     legislation for those purposes, provided that such 
     legislation would not increase the deficit over the period of 
     the total of fiscal years 2022 through 2031.

  Mr. WYDEN. Colleagues, I am going to be very brief.
  This amendment prohibits the use of Federal funds to purchase 
materials, technology, and critical minerals produced, manufactured, or 
mined with forced labor from any country.
  All supply chains need to be robust, secure, and free from these 
horrendous labor practices, like the genocidal forced labor practices 
in the Uighur region of China.
  It is not enough, colleagues, to ban China alone, while forced labor 
continues to be a problem in many nations around the world. For this 
reason, I urge the support of this amendment to ensure that our supply 
chains align with these American values.
  And I am willing to do a voice vote, Mr. President.
  Mr. SULLIVAN. Mr. President.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Alaska.
  Mr. SULLIVAN. Mr. President, I also urge adoption of the Wyden 
amendment, when he is talking about forced labor. But I want to point 
out one important issue.
  The amendment that we just voted on, my amendment, which bans the use 
of Federal funds on renewable projects, critical minerals from all of 
China, was opposed by the vast majority of the far-left environmental 
groups in America.
  They want to be able to import these products from China, even though 
we have them and we have the minerals. So there is a difference between 
the Wyden amendment and the Sullivan amendment. I urge its adoption, 
but let's not be fooled here. The far-left, green agenda is to import 
products from China and not allow mining and critical mineral 
production in America. That is wrong.
  I am glad my amendment just passed, but I urge adoption of the Wyden 
amendment as well.


                       Vote on Amendment No. 3805

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The sponsor of the amendment has asked for a 
voice vote.
  The question is on agreeing to the amendment.
  The amendment (No. 3805) was agreed to.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Kentucky.


                           Amendment No. 3150

  (Purpose: In the nature of a substitute.)
  Mr. PAUL. Mr. President, I call up my amendment 3150 and ask that it 
be reported by number.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the amendment by number.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Kentucky [Mr. Paul] proposes an amendment 
     numbered 3150.

  (The amendment is printed in today's Record under ``Text of 
Amendments.''
  Mr. PAUL. Isn't it ironic that during today's long debate, we have 
not heard a word of the actual subject at hand: the budget?
  The budget presented by the Democrats has been entirely ignored by 
both parties. But if you read it, the Democrat budget before us is a 
blueprint for bankruptcy. The Democrat budget never balances and spends 
and borrows $15 trillion over 10 years. Already, our national debt 
exceeds $28 trillion. We borrow $2 million a minute.
  Now, Republicans have largely been united in believing in a 
constitutional amendment to balance our amendment in 5 years. In fact, 
many of the Members have voted for that.
  What I have presented today is an alternative to the Democrat budget. 
This is a budget that balances in 5 years, and I recommend a ``yes'' 
vote.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Vermont.
  Mr. SANDERS. Mr. President, Senator Paul's amendment would slash 
Federal spending by trillions of dollars. It would mean massive cuts to 
Medicare, to Medicaid, to food stamps, to virtually every Federal 
program that impacts working people and low-income people. It would 
cause massive suffering.
  I urge a ``no'' vote.


                       Vote on Amendment No. 3150

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the amendment.
  Mr. PAUL. I ask for the yeas and nays.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
  There appears to be a sufficient second.
  The clerk will call the roll.
  The legislative clerk called the roll.
  Mr. THUNE. The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator 
from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds).
  The result was announced--yeas 28, nays 71, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 338 Leg.]

                                YEAS--28

     Barrasso
     Blackburn
     Braun
     Cassidy
     Cornyn
     Crapo
     Cruz
     Daines
     Ernst
     Fischer
     Grassley
     Hagerty
     Hyde-Smith
     Johnson
     Kennedy
     Lankford
     Lee
     Lummis
     Marshall
     Moran
     Paul
     Portman
     Risch
     Rubio
     Scott (SC)
     Thune
     Toomey
     Tuberville

                                NAYS--71

     Baldwin
     Bennet
     Blumenthal
     Blunt
     Booker
     Boozman
     Brown
     Burr
     Cantwell
     Capito
     Cardin
     Carper
     Casey
     Collins
     Coons
     Cortez Masto
     Cotton
     Cramer
     Duckworth
     Durbin
     Feinstein
     Gillibrand
     Graham
     Hassan
     Hawley
     Heinrich
     Hickenlooper
     Hirono
     Hoeven
     Inhofe
     Kaine
     Kelly
     King
     Klobuchar
     Leahy
     Lujan
     Manchin
     Markey
     McConnell
     Menendez
     Merkley
     Murkowski
     Murphy
     Murray
     Ossoff
     Padilla
     Peters
     Reed
     Romney
     Rosen
     Sanders
     Sasse
     Schatz
     Schumer
     Scott (FL)
     Shaheen
     Shelby
     Sinema
     Smith
     Stabenow
     Sullivan
     Tester
     Tillis
     Van Hollen
     Warner
     Warnock
     Warren
     Whitehouse
     Wicker
     Wyden
     Young

                             NOT VOTING--1

       
     Rounds
       
  The amendment (No. 3150) was rejected
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Wisconsin.


                           Amendment No. 3648

  Ms. BALDWIN. Mr. President, I call up my amendment No. 3648 and ask 
that it be reported by number.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the amendment by number.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Wisconsin [Ms. Baldwin], for herself and 
     others, proposes an amendment numbered 3648.

  The amendment is as follows

   (Purpose: To establish a reserve fund relating to Great Lakes ice 
                   breaking operational improvements)

       At the end of title III, add the following:

[[Page S6225]]

  


     SEC. 3004. RESERVE FUND RELATING TO GREAT LAKES ICE BREAKING 
                   OPERATIONAL IMPROVEMENTS.

       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 
     improving Coast Guard operations, which may include funding 
     for the acquisition, design, and construction of a Great 
     Lakes heavy icebreaker, by the amounts provided in such 
     legislation for those purposes, provided that such 
     legislation would not increase the deficit over the period of 
     the total of fiscal years 2022 through 2031.

  Ms. BALDWIN. Mr. President, I rise to speak in support of the 
Baldwin, Smith, Gillibrand, Peters, and Durbin amendment that will help 
support good-paying union jobs, address the impacts of climate change 
on the Great Lakes, and support billions of dollars in revenue and 
wages.
  The U.S. Great Lakes waterborne commerce supports more than 147,000 
jobs in eight Great Lakes States. This is made possible by the Coast 
Guard's Great Lakes icebreakers that ensure ships can safely transit in 
and out of our ports in the winter. Unfortunately, the number of 
icebreaking vessels on the Great Lakes has declined, resulting in 
economic loss, including an estimated 5,400 jobs in the 2018-2019 
winter season.
  Additionally, climate change is resulting in more heavy-ice winters 
and increasing intensity and frequency of extreme storms that are 
impacting ice cover thickness and unpredictable ice floes.
  My amendment would ensure that the Great Lakes has sufficient 
icebreaking capacity and keep our Nation's economy moving forward. 
Chair Cantwell supports the Great Lakes icebreaker, and I urge my 
colleagues to vote in favor of this amendment and ask for the yeas and 
nays.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
  The Senator from Mississippi.
  Mr. WICKER. Mr. President, I rise in support of the Baldwin 
amendment. I appreciate Senator Baldwin's interest in making sure that 
the Coast Guard has adequate icebreaking in the Great Lakes.
  I will note that there is currently no funding for the Coast Guard in 
the Democrats' budget resolution, and I hope that the vote we are about 
to have will show support for icebreakers. And perhaps Democrats will 
regret their decision to exclude the Coast Guard from the Commerce 
Committee's allocation of over $80 billion.
  But I do support the amendment. The ranking member of the Budget 
Committee also supports the amendment.


                       Vote on Amendment No. 3648

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the amendment.
  The sponsor of the amendment?
  Ms. BALDWIN. I ask for the yeas and nays.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
  There appears to be a sufficient second.
  The clerk will call the roll.
  The bill clerk called the roll.
  Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. 
Shaheen) is necessarily absent.
  Mr. THUNE. The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator 
from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds).
  The result was announced--yeas 85, nays 13, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 339 Leg.]

                                YEAS--85

     Baldwin
     Barrasso
     Bennet
     Blackburn
     Blumenthal
     Blunt
     Booker
     Boozman
     Braun
     Brown
     Burr
     Cantwell
     Capito
     Cardin
     Carper
     Casey
     Cassidy
     Collins
     Coons
     Cornyn
     Cortez Masto
     Cotton
     Cramer
     Cruz
     Duckworth
     Durbin
     Ernst
     Feinstein
     Fischer
     Gillibrand
     Graham
     Grassley
     Hagerty
     Hassan
     Heinrich
     Hickenlooper
     Hirono
     Hoeven
     Hyde-Smith
     Inhofe
     Johnson
     Kaine
     Kelly
     King
     Klobuchar
     Leahy
     Lujan
     Manchin
     Markey
     McConnell
     Menendez
     Merkley
     Moran
     Murphy
     Murray
     Ossoff
     Padilla
     Peters
     Portman
     Reed
     Romney
     Rosen
     Rubio
     Sanders
     Sasse
     Schatz
     Schumer
     Scott (FL)
     Shelby
     Sinema
     Smith
     Stabenow
     Sullivan
     Tester
     Thune
     Tillis
     Toomey
     Van Hollen
     Warner
     Warnock
     Warren
     Whitehouse
     Wicker
     Wyden
     Young

                                NAYS--13

     Crapo
     Daines
     Hawley
     Kennedy
     Lankford
     Lee
     Lummis
     Marshall
     Murkowski
     Paul
     Risch
     Scott (SC)
     Tuberville

                             NOT VOTING--2

     Rounds
     Shaheen
       
  The amendment (No. 3648) was agreed to
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Ossoff). The Senator from Utah.


                           Amendment No. 3652

  Mr. ROMNEY. Mr. President, I call up amendment No. 3652 and ask that 
it be reported by number.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Utah [Mr. Romney] proposes an amendment 
     numbered 3652.

  The amendment is as follows

    (Purpose: To prevent reconciliation legislation from including 
             trillions of dollars in job-killing tax hikes)

       On page 46, strike lines 17 through 21.

  Mr. ROMNEY. Mr. President, my amendment is very simple. It eliminates 
the instruction to the Senate Finance Committee whereupon people would 
be able to have their taxes increased.
  If you want to have taxes go up in this country on corporations or 
people, vote against my amendment. If, instead, you want to make sure 
taxes are not raised on corporations or people, vote for my amendment. 
Simple as that.
  I ask people in this audience who want to keep taxes down, vote yes.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Oregon.
  Mr. WYDEN. This amendment strikes the Finance Committee's entire 
reconciliation instructions from the budget resolution.
  Colleagues, this would prevent the Senate from lowering the cost of 
prescription medicine for all Americans. It would prevent fighting the 
climate crisis with clean energy tax cuts, providing home and 
community-based services for the elderly and disabled, prevent us from 
creating a national paid leave program, and cutting taxes for working 
families. It would also make it impossible for the subsequent 
reconciliation bill to be paid for.
  I will just wrap up. I urge strongly that we oppose this measure 
because it would stop cold the effort to support policies crucial to 
the American family, and I urge its rejection.


                       Vote on Amendment No. 3652

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the amendment.
  Mr. ROMNEY. I ask for the yeas and nays.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
  There appears to be a sufficient second.
  The clerk will call the roll.
  The legislative clerk called the roll.
  Mr. THUNE. The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator 
from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds).
  The result was announced--yeas 49, nays 50, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 340 Leg.]

                                YEAS--49

     Barrasso
     Blackburn
     Blunt
     Boozman
     Braun
     Burr
     Capito
     Cassidy
     Collins
     Cornyn
     Cotton
     Cramer
     Crapo
     Cruz
     Daines
     Ernst
     Fischer
     Graham
     Grassley
     Hagerty
     Hawley
     Hoeven
     Hyde-Smith
     Inhofe
     Johnson
     Kennedy
     Lankford
     Lee
     Lummis
     Marshall
     McConnell
     Moran
     Murkowski
     Paul
     Portman
     Risch
     Romney
     Rubio
     Sasse
     Scott (FL)
     Scott (SC)
     Shelby
     Sullivan
     Thune
     Tillis
     Toomey
     Tuberville
     Wicker
     Young

                                NAYS--50

     Baldwin
     Bennet
     Blumenthal
     Booker
     Brown
     Cantwell
     Cardin
     Carper
     Casey
     Coons
     Cortez Masto
     Duckworth
     Durbin
     Feinstein
     Gillibrand
     Hassan
     Heinrich
     Hickenlooper
     Hirono
     Kaine
     Kelly
     King
     Klobuchar
     Leahy
     Lujan
     Manchin
     Markey
     Menendez
     Merkley
     Murphy
     Murray
     Ossoff
     Padilla
     Peters
     Reed
     Rosen
     Sanders
     Schatz
     Schumer
     Shaheen
     Sinema
     Smith
     Stabenow
     Tester
     Van Hollen
     Warner
     Warnock
     Warren
     Whitehouse
     Wyden

[[Page S6226]]


  


                             NOT VOTING--1

       
     Rounds
       
  The amendment (No. 3652) was rejected.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Kansas.


                           Amendment No. 3795

  Mr. MORAN. Mr. President, I call up my amendment No. 3795, and I ask 
that it be reported by number.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the amendment by number.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Kansas [Mr. Moran] proposes an amendment 
     numbered 3795.

  The amendment is as follows

   (Purpose: To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to 
 immigration enforcement and addressing the humanitarian crisis at the 
                            southern border)

         At the end of title III, add the following:

     SEC. 3___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO 
                   IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT AND ADDRESSING THE 
                   HUMANITARIAN CRISIS AT THE SOUTHERN BORDER.

       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 
     immigration enforcement, which may include strengthening 
     enforcement of immigration laws to address the humanitarian 
     crisis at the southern border, dramatically increasing 
     funding for smart and effective border security measures, 
     improving asylum processing, and reducing immigration court 
     backlogs, 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.

  Mr. MORAN. Mr. President, there is no denying that we have a 
humanitarian crisis at the southern border. I have witnessed this 
personally. Just last month, Customs encountered 200,000 individuals 
attempting the dangerous and deadly trek across the southern border. At 
least tens of thousands of these individuals have been released into 
our country without an official court date.
  The Biden administration's rollback of immigration laws has not only 
magnified the humanitarian crisis, but it has left our law enforcement 
with the impossible task of trying to slow the flow of illegal 
crossings while also attempting to stop drugs, weapons, and human 
trafficking entering our country.
  My amendment simply states that we must enforce our existing 
immigration laws to address the humanitarian crisis and to increase 
resources for smart and effective border security, improve asylum 
processing, and reduce immigration court backlogs.
  Voting no on this amendment signals a refusal to acknowledge we have 
a humanitarian crisis on our southern border and an unwillingness to 
support our existing immigration laws.
  I urge my colleagues to vote yes on this straightforward amendment.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Illinois.
  Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, at my request this amendment incorporates 
language reflecting Democratic priorities funded by the budget 
resolution, including smart and effective border security measures like 
nonintrusive inspection systems, hiring additional Customs officers for 
screening at lawful ports of entry, hiring additional immigration 
judges and asylum officers to reduce backlogs and enhance the 
efficiency and fairness of the asylum system.
  I thank the Senator from Kansas for accepting these changes, and I 
support his amendment.


                       Vote on Amendment No. 3795

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the amendment.
  Mr. MORAN. Mr. President, I ask for the yeas and nays.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
  There is a sufficient second.
  The clerk will call the roll.
  The bill clerk called the roll.
  Mr. THUNE. The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator 
from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds).
  The result was announced--yeas 76, nays 23, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 341 Leg.]

                                YEAS--76

     Barrasso
     Blackburn
     Blunt
     Boozman
     Braun
     Brown
     Burr
     Capito
     Cardin
     Carper
     Casey
     Cassidy
     Collins
     Coons
     Cornyn
     Cortez Masto
     Cotton
     Cramer
     Crapo
     Cruz
     Daines
     Duckworth
     Durbin
     Ernst
     Feinstein
     Fischer
     Graham
     Grassley
     Hagerty
     Hassan
     Hawley
     Hickenlooper
     Hoeven
     Hyde-Smith
     Inhofe
     Johnson
     Kaine
     Kelly
     Kennedy
     King
     Klobuchar
     Lankford
     Lee
     Lummis
     Manchin
     Marshall
     McConnell
     Moran
     Murkowski
     Murphy
     Ossoff
     Paul
     Peters
     Portman
     Risch
     Romney
     Rosen
     Rubio
     Sasse
     Scott (FL)
     Scott (SC)
     Shaheen
     Shelby
     Sinema
     Stabenow
     Sullivan
     Tester
     Thune
     Tillis
     Toomey
     Tuberville
     Van Hollen
     Warner
     Warnock
     Wicker
     Young

                                NAYS--23

     Baldwin
     Bennet
     Blumenthal
     Booker
     Cantwell
     Gillibrand
     Heinrich
     Hirono
     Leahy
     Lujan
     Markey
     Menendez
     Merkley
     Murray
     Padilla
     Reed
     Sanders
     Schatz
     Schumer
     Smith
     Warren
     Whitehouse
     Wyden

                             NOT VOTING--1

       
     Rounds
       
  The amendment (No. 3795) was agreed to.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Padilla). The Senator from Vermont.
  Mr. SANDERS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
following amendments be in order; that the amendments be reported by 
number, with no amendments in order prior to a vote in relation to the 
amendment: Cotton, No. 3680; Blackburn, No. 3062; Cruz, No. 3781.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
  Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The Senator from Arkansas.


                           Amendment No. 3680

  Mr. COTTON. Mr. President, I call up my amendment No. 3680 and ask 
that it be reported by number.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the amendment by number.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Arkansas [Mr. Cotton] proposes an 
     amendment numbered 3680.

  The amendment is as follows:

   (Purpose: To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to 
  prohibiting the teaching of critical race theory in prekindergarten 
             programs and elementary and secondary schools)

       At the end of title III, add the following:

     SEC. 3___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PROVIDING 
                   QUALITY EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN.

       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 
     providing quality education for the children of the United 
     States, which may include prohibiting or limiting Federal 
     funding from being used to promote critical race theory or 
     compel teachers or students to affirm critical race theory in 
     prekindergarten programs, elementary schools, and secondary 
     schools, 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.

  Mr. COTTON. Mr. President, growing up I was taught, as I suspect most 
of you were, that America is a great, noble nation, in large part 
because, as Lincoln put it, it is ``dedicated to the proposition that 
all men are created equal.''
  In America, our rights have no color, our law and society should be 
colorblind, and as Dr. Martin Luther King said, we should not be judged 
by the color of our skin, but by the content of our character.
  Sadly, today, some want to replace our founding principles with an 
un-American ideology called critical race theory. They want to teach 
our children that America is not a good nation but a racist nation. 
Those teachings are wrong, and our tax dollars should not support them.
  My amendment will ensure that Federal funds are not used to 
indoctrinate kids as young as pre-K to hate America. Our future depends 
on the next generation of kids loving America and loving each other as 
fellow citizens, no matter their race.
  I urge my colleagues to vote yes on the amendment.

[[Page S6227]]

  

  Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Washington.
  Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, you know, this amendment is simply an 
attempt to force the Federal Government to interfere with local school 
district decisions about curriculum and academic instruction.
  There are several longstanding provisions in Federal education law 
that prohibit the Federal Government from mandating or directing school 
curriculum. This amendment would contradict that bipartisan consensus 
and allow the Federal Government to have a say over what schools can 
and cannot teach our children.
  I oppose this amendment because I believe States, local school 
districts, and educators should be in the driver's seat when making 
decisions about curriculum, and I urge my colleagues to vote no.
  Mr. COTTON. Mr. President.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Arkansas.


                       Vote on Amendment No. 3680

  Mr. COTTON. Let's vote.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the amendment.
  Mr. COTTON. I ask for the yeas and nays.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
  There appears to be a sufficient second.
  The clerk will call the roll.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk called the roll.
  Mr. THUNE. The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator 
from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds).
  The result was announced--yeas 50, nays 49, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 342 Leg.]

                                YEAS--50

     Barrasso
     Blackburn
     Blunt
     Boozman
     Braun
     Burr
     Capito
     Cassidy
     Collins
     Cornyn
     Cotton
     Cramer
     Crapo
     Cruz
     Daines
     Ernst
     Fischer
     Graham
     Grassley
     Hagerty
     Hawley
     Hoeven
     Hyde-Smith
     Inhofe
     Johnson
     Kennedy
     Lankford
     Lee
     Lummis
     Manchin
     Marshall
     McConnell
     Moran
     Murkowski
     Paul
     Portman
     Risch
     Romney
     Rubio
     Sasse
     Scott (FL)
     Scott (SC)
     Shelby
     Sullivan
     Thune
     Tillis
     Toomey
     Tuberville
     Wicker
     Young

                                NAYS--49

     Baldwin
     Bennet
     Blumenthal
     Booker
     Brown
     Cantwell
     Cardin
     Carper
     Casey
     Coons
     Cortez Masto
     Duckworth
     Durbin
     Feinstein
     Gillibrand
     Hassan
     Heinrich
     Hickenlooper
     Hirono
     Kaine
     Kelly
     King
     Klobuchar
     Leahy
     Lujan
     Markey
     Menendez
     Merkley
     Murphy
     Murray
     Ossoff
     Padilla
     Peters
     Reed
     Rosen
     Sanders
     Schatz
     Schumer
     Shaheen
     Sinema
     Smith
     Stabenow
     Tester
     Van Hollen
     Warner
     Warnock
     Warren
     Whitehouse
     Wyden

                             NOT VOTING--1

       
     Rounds
       
  The amendment (No. 3680) was agreed to
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Vermont.
  Mr. SANDERS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that following 
the Cruz amendment, the following amendments be in order, that the 
amendments be reported by number with no amendments in order prior to a 
vote in relation to the amendment: Hawley 2734; Booker 3823; Hoeven 
3243; Marshall 3797; Kennedy 3758.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
  Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Tennessee.


                           Amendment No. 3062

  Mrs. BLACKBURN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that my 
amendment No. 3062 be called up and reported by number.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Tennessee [Mrs. Blackburn] proposes an 
     amendment numbered 3062.

  The amendment is as follows

    (Purpose: To strike the Senate emergency legislation provision)

       On page 55, strike line 24 and all that follows through 
     page 58, line 13.

  Mrs. BLACKBURN. Mr. President, this amendment maintains what has been 
the existing right of any Senator to weigh in on the special treatment 
we give to designated funds.
  As it stands, this current budget resolution would destroy that right 
and allow a simple majority of Senators free rein to declare anything 
and everything an emergency. Without this amendment, fiscal discipline 
will go out the window, along with the rules laid out in the Budget Act 
and any chance of countering the Biden administration's reckless 
socialist agenda.
  The existing rule worked for bipartisan COVID relief, and it will 
continue to work for this body. There is nothing broken here to fix.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Vermont.
  Mr. SANDERS. Mr. President, I rise in opposition to this amendment 
that makes it more difficult for Congress to respond to an emergency 
when one occurs.
  Let us be clear. There is no reason to hold up Federal dollars to 
help people recover from a natural disaster while Congress searches for 
revenue or spending cuts to pay for emergency assistance.
  This amendment would create a supermajority hurdle for the Senate to 
declare something an emergency. When people are suffering after a 
hurricane or a wildfire, we should not be creating additional barriers 
to them getting the help they need.
  Congress has provided exemptions for emergency spending ever since 
the budget process started a pay-as-you-go system. This helps Federal 
dollars respond to emergencies in a more timely manner.
  Importantly, the 60-vote threshold still exists for emergency 
legislation, meaning any bill that includes emergency spending will 
still face a 60-vote hurdle. There is simply no need to make getting 
urgently needed money out of the door one step harder. I urge my 
colleagues to vote no on this amendment.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Tennessee.


                       Vote on Amendment No. 3062

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the amendment.
  Mrs. BLACKBURN. Mr. President, I urge a ``yes'' vote on the 
amendment, and I ask for the yeas and nays.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
  There appears to be a sufficient second.
  The clerk will call the roll.
  The senior assistant bill clerk called the roll.
  Mr. THUNE. The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator 
from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds).
  The result was announced--yeas 49, nays 50, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 343 Leg.]

                                YEAS--49

     Barrasso
     Blackburn
     Blunt
     Boozman
     Braun
     Burr
     Capito
     Cassidy
     Collins
     Cornyn
     Cotton
     Cramer
     Crapo
     Cruz
     Daines
     Ernst
     Fischer
     Graham
     Grassley
     Hagerty
     Hawley
     Hoeven
     Hyde-Smith
     Inhofe
     Johnson
     Kennedy
     Lankford
     Lee
     Lummis
     Marshall
     McConnell
     Moran
     Murkowski
     Paul
     Portman
     Risch
     Romney
     Rubio
     Sasse
     Scott (FL)
     Scott (SC)
     Shelby
     Sullivan
     Thune
     Tillis
     Toomey
     Tuberville
     Wicker
     Young

                                NAYS--50

     Baldwin
     Bennet
     Blumenthal
     Booker
     Brown
     Cantwell
     Cardin
     Carper
     Casey
     Coons
     Cortez Masto
     Duckworth
     Durbin
     Feinstein
     Gillibrand
     Hassan
     Heinrich
     Hickenlooper
     Hirono
     Kaine
     Kelly
     King
     Klobuchar
     Leahy
     Lujan
     Manchin
     Markey
     Menendez
     Merkley
     Murphy
     Murray
     Ossoff
     Padilla
     Peters
     Reed
     Rosen
     Sanders
     Schatz
     Schumer
     Shaheen
     Sinema
     Smith
     Stabenow
     Tester
     Van Hollen
     Warner
     Warnock
     Warren
     Whitehouse
     Wyden

                             NOT VOTING--1

       
     Rounds
       
  The amendment (No. 3062) was rejected.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Texas.


                           Amendment No. 3781

  Mr. CRUZ. Mr. President, I call up my amendment No. 3781 and ask that 
it be reported by number.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the amendment.

[[Page S6228]]

  The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Texas [Mr. Cruz] proposes an amendment 
     numbered 3781.

  The amendment is as follows

   (Purpose: To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to 
 ensuring that the Department of Homeland Security, pursuant to title 
 42, United States Code, conducts expulsions of illegal immigrants who 
    may contribute to the spread of COVID-19, including any of the 
dangerous variants originating overseas, in order to protect the public 
   health of the American people, save American lives, and assist in 
        eradicating the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States)

       At the end of title III, add the following:

     SEC. 3004__.DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO SECURING 
                   THE BORDER, INCLUDING BY PREVENTING OR LIMITING 
                   THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY FROM 
                   DEPARTING FROM THE MARCH 20, 2020, ORDER ISSUED 
                   BY THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL.

       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 
     securing the border and public health, which may include 
     preventing or limiting the Department of Homeland Security 
     from departing from the March 20, 2020, order issued by the 
     Centers for Disease Control under sections 362 and 365 of the 
     Public Health Service Act, 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.

  Mr. CRUZ. Mr. President, I rise today to urge my colleagues to 
support my amendment ensuring that the Department of Homeland Security 
continues to have the legal authority to expel illegal immigrants who 
may have COVID-19 under title 42 of the U.S. Code to protect Americans 
from the spread of this deadly pandemic.
  There is a crisis at our border caused by this administration's 
policies, and the fact is that our open borders and unlimited illegal 
immigration coming into this country are contributing to the spread of 
COVID-19 and to the dangerous Delta variant. For example, McAllen, TX, 
one city in the Rio Grande Valley, has a population of 141,000 people. 
But this year alone, the Biden administration has released more than 
7,000 illegal aliens who have been positive for COVID-19. In fact, this 
week alone, 1,315 illegal aliens were released positive with COVID-19.
  This is a serious public health crisis. Title 42 gives the 
administration the authority to protect public health against this 
pandemic.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Michigan.
  Mr. PETERS. Mr. President, the Biden administration inherited both 
the COVID-19 public health crisis and the dismantling of the 
immigration system from the previous administration.
  This amendment would tie the Biden administration's hands in 
addressing arrivals at our southern border. It would prevent adapting 
to changes in public health needs and making security-based decisions 
related to protecting our homeland.
  Forcing the indefinite preservation of title 42 authorities raises 
both security and humanitarian concerns. This would prevent the 
imposition of the consequence-delivery system that cracks down on 
individuals who attempt to cross the border repeatedly. We should not 
have to expel the same person for illegally crossing the border six or 
seven times. We need to expel them once and use tools like removal and 
prosecution to limit their ability to keep crossing the border 
illegally.
  This amendment also reduces the administration's ability to 
appropriately care for unaccompanied minors.
  We need to ensure that the administration has every tool at their 
disposal as they work to tackle the pandemic and keep our Nation 
secure.
  I urge my colleagues to reject this amendment.


                       Vote on Amendment No. 3781

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the amendment.
  Mr. CRUZ. I ask for the yeas and nays.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
  There appears to be a sufficient second.
  The clerk will call the roll.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk called the roll.
  Mr. THUNE. The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator 
from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds).
  The result was announced--yeas 49, nays 50, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 344 Leg.]

                                YEAS--49

     Barrasso
     Blackburn
     Blunt
     Boozman
     Braun
     Burr
     Capito
     Cassidy
     Collins
     Cornyn
     Cotton
     Cramer
     Crapo
     Cruz
     Daines
     Ernst
     Fischer
     Graham
     Grassley
     Hagerty
     Hawley
     Hoeven
     Hyde-Smith
     Inhofe
     Johnson
     Kennedy
     Lankford
     Lee
     Lummis
     Marshall
     McConnell
     Moran
     Murkowski
     Paul
     Portman
     Risch
     Romney
     Rubio
     Sasse
     Scott (FL)
     Scott (SC)
     Shelby
     Sullivan
     Thune
     Tillis
     Toomey
     Tuberville
     Wicker
     Young

                                NAYS--50

     Baldwin
     Bennet
     Blumenthal
     Booker
     Brown
     Cantwell
     Cardin
     Carper
     Casey
     Coons
     Cortez Masto
     Duckworth
     Durbin
     Feinstein
     Gillibrand
     Hassan
     Heinrich
     Hickenlooper
     Hirono
     Kaine
     Kelly
     King
     Klobuchar
     Leahy
     Lujan
     Manchin
     Markey
     Menendez
     Merkley
     Murphy
     Murray
     Ossoff
     Padilla
     Peters
     Reed
     Rosen
     Sanders
     Schatz
     Schumer
     Shaheen
     Sinema
     Smith
     Stabenow
     Tester
     Van Hollen
     Warner
     Warnock
     Warren
     Whitehouse
     Wyden

                             NOT VOTING--1

       
     Rounds
       
  The amendment (No. 3781) was rejected.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Markey). The Senator from Missouri.


                           Amendment No. 2734

  Mr. HAWLEY. Mr. President, I ask that my amendment be called up, No. 
2734, and that it be reported by number.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the amendment by number.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Missouri [Mr. Hawley] proposes an 
     amendment numbered 2734.

  The amendment is as follows

   (Purpose: To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to 
hiring 100,000 new police officers nationwide to combat the crime wave 
                         in the United States)

       At the end of title III, add the following:

     SEC. 3___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO HIRING 
                   100,000 NEW POLICE OFFICERS.

       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 public 
     safety, which may include funding the hiring of 100,000 new 
     police officers nationwide, 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.

  Mr. HAWLEY. Mr. President, I rise today in support of hiring more law 
enforcement officers across this country--100,000 more, to be precise. 
And here is why. We are in the midst of an unprecedented crime wave in 
this country, a crime wave of violent crime, and our families and our 
children are in the crosshairs.
  This past year, the murder rate in this country rose, year over year, 
higher than anytime in six decades. This past year, the FBI reports 
that fatal felony attacks on law enforcement officers spiked by over 50 
percent. In St. Louis, MO, my home State, 262 residents were killed in 
2020. That is the highest number in over half a century.
  Cops are being targeted. Families are being targeted. Children aren't 
safe on the streets. We need to take action now to put more law 
enforcement officers on our streets to protect our families.
  Now, I recognize that my friends across the aisle say they don't want 
to defund the police. That is outstanding. Let's go a step further. 
Let's fund them. Let's put 100,000 new cops on the streets right now to 
protect our families, to protect our children.
  I urge a ``yes'' vote on this amendment, and I ask for the yeas and 
nays.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?

[[Page S6229]]

  There appears to be a sufficient second.
  The yeas and nays are ordered.
  The Senator from Illinois.
  Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, this has been a historic day in the U.S. 
Senate. We started by passing a bipartisan infrastructure bill that 
made history, and now the Senator from Missouri is finally coming 
around to supporting the COPS Hiring Program that was created by 
Senator Joe Biden in 1994.
  Since its creation, the COPS Program--listen to this--has helped over 
13,000 local police departments hire over 134,000 officers. We believe 
in it on the Democratic side. We are glad you have come around.
  We sent a letter to the Appropriations Committee, signed by 37 
Democrats, for the COPS Program. Do you know how many Republicans 
signed the letter? None. But with your amendment tonight, clearly you 
have come around. The Republicans are joining the Democrats in 
supporting Joe Biden's COPS Program. You are right: We need 100,000 
more police. And we stand with Joe Biden's program and are glad that 
you have joined us.


                       Vote on Amendment No. 2734

  Mr. HAWLEY. I ask for the yeas and nays.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the amendment.
  The yeas and nays have been ordered.
  The clerk will call the roll.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk called the roll.
  Mr. THUNE. The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator 
from Kentucky (Mr. Paul) and the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. 
Rounds).
  The result was announced--yeas 95, nays 3, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 345 Leg.]

                                YEAS--95

     Baldwin
     Barrasso
     Bennet
     Blackburn
     Blumenthal
     Blunt
     Booker
     Boozman
     Braun
     Brown
     Burr
     Cantwell
     Capito
     Cardin
     Carper
     Casey
     Cassidy
     Collins
     Coons
     Cornyn
     Cortez Masto
     Cotton
     Cramer
     Crapo
     Cruz
     Daines
     Duckworth
     Durbin
     Ernst
     Feinstein
     Fischer
     Gillibrand
     Graham
     Grassley
     Hagerty
     Hassan
     Hawley
     Heinrich
     Hickenlooper
     Hirono
     Hoeven
     Hyde-Smith
     Inhofe
     Johnson
     Kaine
     Kelly
     Kennedy
     King
     Klobuchar
     Lankford
     Leahy
     Lujan
     Lummis
     Manchin
     Markey
     Marshall
     McConnell
     Menendez
     Merkley
     Moran
     Murkowski
     Murphy
     Murray
     Ossoff
     Padilla
     Peters
     Portman
     Reed
     Risch
     Romney
     Rosen
     Rubio
     Sasse
     Schatz
     Schumer
     Scott (FL)
     Scott (SC)
     Shaheen
     Shelby
     Sinema
     Smith
     Stabenow
     Sullivan
     Tester
     Thune
     Tillis
     Tuberville
     Van Hollen
     Warner
     Warnock
     Warren
     Whitehouse
     Wicker
     Wyden
     Young

                                NAYS--3

     Lee
     Sanders
     Toomey

                             NOT VOTING--2

     Paul
     Rounds
       
  The amendment (No. 2734) was agreed to
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from North Dakota.


                           Amendment No. 3243

  Mr. HOEVEN. I call up my amendment No. 3243 and ask that it be 
reported by number.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from North Dakota [Mr. Hoeven] proposes an 
     amendment numbered 3243.

  The amendment is as follows

   (Purpose: To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to 
preventing electricity blackouts and improving electricity reliability)

       At the end of title III, add the following:

     SEC. 3___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO 
                   PREVENTING ELECTRICITY BLACKOUTS AND IMPROVING 
                   ELECTRICITY RELIABILITY.

       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 
     Federal environmental and energy policies, which may include 
     promoting the increased deployment and use of, or supporting 
     the expansion of, baseload power resources in the United 
     States, including coal-fired and natural gas-fired power 
     plants with carbon capture, utilization, and sequestration 
     technologies and nuclear power to prevent blackouts and 
     improve electric reliability, 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.

  Mr. HOEVEN. This amendment ensures we continue to support policies 
that make our country an economic powerhouse, as well as keeping 
heating and cooling costs low for Americans, and that means protecting 
access to reliable, affordable energy.
  The North American Electric Reliability Corporation recently warned 
that numerous areas of the country are at an elevated or high risk of 
experiencing blackouts or brownouts. This warning is not limited only 
to California and Texas; it also included most of the West, New 
England, and the upper Midwest.
  My amendment promotes more baseload power, specifically from coal-
fired and natural gas power plants with carbon capture, as well as 
nuclear power.
  Instead of new taxes or the Green New Deal, we should be expanding 
access to power generation from resources available 24/7, regardless of 
weather conditions.
  We are the world's leading economy with vast energy resources, and 
blackouts and brownouts are simply not acceptable.
  I urge my colleagues to vote yes on this amendment to keep the lights 
on, energy costs low, and harness our abundant baseload resources with 
improved environmental stewardship.
  I urge a ``yes'' vote.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Rhode Island.
  Mr. WHITEHOUSE. Mr. President, just yesterday, the world's scientists 
offered an unequivocal warning to us about the condition of our planet. 
Every single one of us has a home State university that teaches climate 
science, and if we ask them, they will confirm that warning; and yet we 
relentlessly subsidize the fossil fuel industry, which floats already 
on a $600 billion annual subsidy in this country, according to the 
International Monetary Fund.
  Enough is enough. Our grid operators almost everywhere do a good job 
with reliability, and we have just added billions of dollars to improve 
grid reliability.
  There is no reason whatsoever to put another thumb on the scales for 
this already heavily subsidized industry when most of these blackouts 
and brownouts are driven by extreme weather caused by the climate 
change from their pollution.
  I urge a ``no'' vote.
  Mr. HOEVEN. Mr. President, I would note that I referenced carbon 
capture, as well as other environmental practices that we are taking, 
to lead the world in producing not only abundant, affordable baseload 
energy, but also with the latest, greatest technology in an 
environmentally friendly way. I would note the good Senator has joined 
with me on legislation to do that.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator's time is expired.
  Mr. HOEVEN. I urge a ``yes'' vote on the amendment.


                       Vote on Amendment No. 3243

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the amendment.
  Mr. HOEVEN. Mr. President, I ask for the yeas and nays.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
  There appears to be a sufficient second.
  The clerk will call the roll.
  The legislative clerk called the roll.
  Mr. THUNE. The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator 
from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds).
  The result was announced--yeas 52, nays 47, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 346 Leg.]

                                YEAS--52

     Barrasso
     Blackburn
     Blunt
     Boozman
     Braun
     Burr
     Capito
     Cassidy
     Collins
     Cornyn
     Cotton
     Cramer
     Crapo
     Cruz
     Daines
     Ernst
     Fischer
     Graham
     Grassley
     Hagerty
     Hawley
     Hoeven
     Hyde-Smith
     Inhofe
     Johnson
     Kelly
     Kennedy
     Lankford
     Lee
     Lummis
     Manchin
     Marshall
     McConnell
     Moran
     Murkowski
     Paul
     Portman
     Risch
     Romney
     Rubio
     Sasse
     Scott (FL)
     Scott (SC)
     Shelby
     Sinema

[[Page S6230]]


     Sullivan
     Thune
     Tillis
     Toomey
     Tuberville
     Wicker
     Young

                                NAYS--47

     Baldwin
     Bennet
     Blumenthal
     Booker
     Brown
     Cantwell
     Cardin
     Carper
     Casey
     Coons
     Cortez Masto
     Duckworth
     Durbin
     Feinstein
     Gillibrand
     Hassan
     Heinrich
     Hickenlooper
     Hirono
     Kaine
     King
     Klobuchar
     Leahy
     Lujan
     Markey
     Menendez
     Merkley
     Murphy
     Murray
     Ossoff
     Padilla
     Peters
     Reed
     Rosen
     Sanders
     Schatz
     Schumer
     Shaheen
     Smith
     Stabenow
     Tester
     Van Hollen
     Warner
     Warnock
     Warren
     Whitehouse
     Wyden

                             NOT VOTING--1

       
     Rounds
       
  The amendment (No. 3243) was agreed to
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Kansas.


                           Amendment No. 3797

  Mr. MARSHALL. Mr. President, I call up my amendment No. 3797 and ask 
that it be reported by number.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the amendment by number.
  The bill clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Kansas [Mr. Marshall], for himself and 
     others, proposes an amendment numbered 3797.

  The amendment is as follows

   (Purpose: To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to 
      protecting migrants and local communities against COVID-19)

       At the end of title III, add the following:

     SEC. 3___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO 
                   PROTECTING MIGRANTS AND LOCAL COMMUNITIES 
                   AGAINST COVID-19.

       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 
     protecting migrants and local communities against COVID-19, 
     which may include resources for testing and treatment of 
     migrants at the United States border, resources for 
     quarantining migrants who test positive, or prohibiting 
     migrants who have not received a negative COVID-19 test from 
     being transported elsewhere, 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.

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Kansas.
  Mr. MARSHALL. Mr. President, as we all work to address vaccine 
hesitancy and anxiously await full approval of the COVID-19 vaccines, 
open border policies undermine these efforts. Americans can travel to 
Mexico City but not return to America without a COVID test, while an 
illegal immigrant has no test requirements, and in just a few days, it 
will be easier to illegally cross our southern border than go to a 
restaurant or a bar in New York City.
  Some estimates would suggest hundreds or, perhaps, even thousands of 
COVID-positive illegal immigrants enter our Republic every day. That 
means we have a superspreader event at our southern border every single 
day, and Americans are watching this public healthcare crisis. In 
McAllen, TX, almost 1,500 new infected migrants were released into 
their communities this past week alone.
  There is a healthcare crisis at our southern border, and it is 
unacceptable for the government to be transporting illegal migrants who 
pose a grave risk of transmitting COVID across our Nation.
  My amendment would ensure resources are provided for testing and 
treatment of migrants at the border and for quarantining those who test 
positive for COVID as well as prohibiting the transportation of 
migrants who have not received a negative test.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator's time has expired.
  The Senator from Illinois.
  Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, imagine it is 3 in the morning, in a 
desert, on our border, and the Border Patrol is out there and finds a 
family--a mother and a father and two small children.
  What do they do when they are 50 miles away from a port of entry?
  They obviously take them to that port of entry, but according to the 
Marshall amendment, they can't do it.
  Listen to his language: ``[p]rohibiting migrants who have not 
received a negative COVID-19 test from being transported.''
  They can't be transported out of the desert because they don't have a 
negative COVID-19 test? And what if they show up at the detention 
center--and I have mentioned this to Dr. Marshall already--and there is 
a new person walking in who happens to be a mother who is in labor and 
needs to go to a hospital immediately?
  According to your language, they cannot be transported unless they 
have a negative COVID-19 test.
  I would say to you, Doctor, that is not good medicine; that is not 
humane. I asked you to change those provisions. I gave you language to 
do that. I am sorry you didn't.


                       Vote on Amendment No. 3797

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the amendment.
  Mr. MARSHALL. Mr. President, I ask for the yeas and nays.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
  There appears to be a sufficient second.
  The clerk will call the roll.
  The bill clerk called the roll.
  Mr. THUNE. The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator 
from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds).
  The result was announced--yeas 88, nays 11, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 347 Leg.]

                                YEAS--88

     Baldwin
     Barrasso
     Bennet
     Blackburn
     Blumenthal
     Blunt
     Boozman
     Braun
     Brown
     Burr
     Cantwell
     Capito
     Cardin
     Carper
     Casey
     Cassidy
     Collins
     Coons
     Cornyn
     Cortez Masto
     Cotton
     Cramer
     Crapo
     Cruz
     Daines
     Duckworth
     Durbin
     Ernst
     Feinstein
     Fischer
     Gillibrand
     Graham
     Grassley
     Hagerty
     Hassan
     Hawley
     Hickenlooper
     Hoeven
     Hyde-Smith
     Inhofe
     Johnson
     Kaine
     Kelly
     Kennedy
     King
     Klobuchar
     Lankford
     Leahy
     Lee
     Lummis
     Manchin
     Marshall
     McConnell
     Merkley
     Moran
     Murkowski
     Murray
     Padilla
     Paul
     Peters
     Portman
     Reed
     Risch
     Romney
     Rosen
     Rubio
     Sasse
     Schatz
     Schumer
     Scott (FL)
     Scott (SC)
     Shaheen
     Shelby
     Sinema
     Stabenow
     Sullivan
     Tester
     Thune
     Tillis
     Toomey
     Tuberville
     Van Hollen
     Warner
     Warnock
     Whitehouse
     Wicker
     Wyden
     Young

                                NAYS--11

     Booker
     Heinrich
     Hirono
     Lujan
     Markey
     Menendez
     Murphy
     Ossoff
     Sanders
     Smith
     Warren

                             NOT VOTING--1

       
     Rounds
       
  The amendment (No. 3797) was agreed to
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Murphy). The majority leader.
  Mr. SCHUMER. Now, Mr. President, we have come to an agreement here. I 
am going to read it in a minute, and I just want to say that we are 
going to try to have everyone sit in their seat. There are 1, 2, 3, 4, 
5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 amendments. If we all sit in our seats and try to 
stick to the 10 minutes or as close as we can get to it, we can finish 
in 10 minutes. We can get this done quickly. If we all finish voting by 
5, he can bang the gavel and get us to do it quicker than 10. OK?
  (Applause.)
  Mr. SCHUMER. Thank you. That is the most Republican applause I have 
gotten in a little while. OK.
  I ask unanimous consent that following the Kennedy amendment, the 
following amendments be the only amendments remaining in order; that 
the amendments be reported by number and the Senate vote in relation to 
the amendments in the order listed: Lee, 3141--Lee, the clerk; Inhofe, 
3331; Daines, 3292; Hagerty, 3742; Hyde-Smith, 3568; Grassley, 3650; 
Sullivan, 3626; Cruz, 3681; Lee, 3815; Kennedy, 3753; further, that on 
the disposition of the Kennedy amendment, the last Kennedy amendment, 
the Senate vote on the adoption of S. Con. Res. 14, as amended, with no 
further intervening action or debate.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
  Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. SCHUMER. Thank you, Mr. President.
  Thank you, my colleagues. Let's cooperate and finish this up.

[[Page S6231]]

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Does the Senator from Louisiana seek 
recognition?


                           Amendment No. 3758

  Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President, I call up my amendment 3758 and ask that 
it be reported by number.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the amendment by number.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Louisiana [Mr. Kennedy], for himself and 
     others, proposes an amendment numbered 3758.

  The amendment is as follows

   (Purpose: To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to 
     improving health care by establishing penalties for providers 
 performing elective abortions when the post-fertilization age of the 
                  unborn child is 20 weeks or greater)

       At the end of title III, add the following:

     SEC. 3___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO IMPROVING 
                   HEALTH PROGRAMS.

       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 
     improving health programs, which may include establishing 
     penalties for providers who perform elective abortions on an 
     unborn child at 20 weeks gestation or greater, 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.

  Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President, after 20 weeks of gestation, medical 
science has determined that children in their mother's womb feel pain. 
To channel my good friend and the distinguished Senator from Rhode 
Island, you can go to the appropriate professor at any of the 
universities in your State, and they will tell you that is so.
  This amendment will allow for penalties for those who perform 
elective--elective--abortions on unborn children who are at least 20 
weeks in gestation. This amendment would not apply to abortions in the 
case of rape, of incest, or when the life of the mother is in danger.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Washington.
  Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, even in the midst of a pandemic, a 
climate crisis, a childcare crisis, so many issues facing our working 
families, it is so disappointing but not surprising that Republicans 
continue to focus on restricting access to abortion care.
  Let's be perfectly clear about this amendment. It is a clear attempt 
to undermine Roe v. Wade. It would impose a 20-week abortion ban with 
no exception for rape or incest, and it would harm women and families 
across the country.
  In fact, leading medical groups like the American Medical Association 
and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists oppose 
policies like this because they interfere with doctors' and patients' 
ability to make decisions based on science and based on what is best 
for their patients' healthcare.
  Everyone has the right to make their own decisions about their own 
reproductive healthcare.
  I urge a ``no'' vote on the amendment.
  Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President.


                       Vote on Amendment No. 3758

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the amendment.
  Mr. KENNEDY. Do I have additional time, Mr. President?
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. No, you do not. No time remains.
  Mr. SCHUMER. Question.
  Mr. KENNEDY. I ask for the yeas and nays, Mr. President.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
  There appears to be a sufficient second.
  The clerk will call the roll.
  The legislative clerk called the roll.
  Mr. THUNE. The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator 
from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds).
  The result was announced--yeas 48, nays 51, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 348 Leg.]

                                YEAS--48

     Barrasso
     Blackburn
     Blunt
     Boozman
     Braun
     Burr
     Capito
     Cassidy
     Cornyn
     Cotton
     Cramer
     Crapo
     Cruz
     Daines
     Ernst
     Fischer
     Graham
     Grassley
     Hagerty
     Hawley
     Hoeven
     Hyde-Smith
     Inhofe
     Johnson
     Kennedy
     Lankford
     Lee
     Lummis
     Manchin
     Marshall
     McConnell
     Moran
     Paul
     Portman
     Risch
     Romney
     Rubio
     Sasse
     Scott (FL)
     Scott (SC)
     Shelby
     Sullivan
     Thune
     Tillis
     Toomey
     Tuberville
     Wicker
     Young

                                NAYS--51

     Baldwin
     Bennet
     Blumenthal
     Booker
     Brown
     Cantwell
     Cardin
     Carper
     Casey
     Collins
     Coons
     Cortez Masto
     Duckworth
     Durbin
     Feinstein
     Gillibrand
     Hassan
     Heinrich
     Hickenlooper
     Hirono
     Kaine
     Kelly
     King
     Klobuchar
     Leahy
     Lujan
     Markey
     Menendez
     Merkley
     Murkowski
     Murphy
     Murray
     Ossoff
     Padilla
     Peters
     Reed
     Rosen
     Sanders
     Schatz
     Schumer
     Shaheen
     Sinema
     Smith
     Stabenow
     Tester
     Van Hollen
     Warner
     Warnock
     Warren
     Whitehouse
     Wyden

                             NOT VOTING--1

       
     Rounds
       
  The amendment (No. 3758) was rejected
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Utah.


                           Amendment No. 3141

  Mr. LEE. Mr. President, I call up my amendment No. 3141 and ask that 
it be reported by number.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the amendment by number.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Utah [Mr. Lee] proposes an amendment 
     numbered 3141.

  The amendment is as follows

   (Purpose: To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to 
 studying and providing for tax equivalency under the payments in lieu 
                           of taxes program)

       At the end of title III, add the following:

     SEC. 3___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO STUDYING 
                   AND PROVIDING FOR TAX EQUIVALENCY UNDER THE 
                   PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF TAXES PROGRAM.

       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 
     studying and providing for tax equivalency under the payments 
     in lieu of taxes program established under chapter 69 of 
     title 31, United States Code, 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.

  Mr. LEE. Mr. President, States and localities are not allowed to tax 
land held by the Federal Government. As a result of this, Congress 
created the PILT Program to reimburse States for that lost revenue.
  Now, PILT payments are determined by a complex formula, a formula 
that unfortunately is far lower than it would be under a tax 
equivalency. Twenty-one years ago, the USDA concluded that PILT 
payments needed to be increased by 3\1/2\ times. On certain Federal 
lands, the number is much larger. A Utah study showed that for lands 
held in Utah cities, it needed to be 262 times larger.
  My amendment would help correct this inaccuracy. It would direct the 
Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study on the true taxable value 
of PILT land and treat it as if it were owned by anyone else other than 
the Federal Government and therefore subject to taxation. It would 
reform the program to more accurately compensate States for the revenue 
that they lose simply by virtue of the fact that they have Federal land 
in them.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Who yields time?
  The Senator from West Virginia.
  Mr. MANCHIN. Mr. President, Senator Lee's amendment sets up a 
deficit-neutral reserve fund to change the payment formula for the 
Payments in Lieu of Taxes Program.
  While I share a desire to revisit the PILT formula and to ensure that 
payments to counties are fair, I have concerns with this amendment.
  The administration has testified that trying to incorporate a system 
into the PILT formula that involves appraising every parcel of Federal 
land and tracking every local tax rate would prove nearly impossible to 
administer.
  I urge my colleagues to vote no on this amendment.

[[Page S6232]]

  



                       Vote on AmendmentNo. 3141

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question now occurs on agreeing to 
amendment No. 3141.
  Mr. LEE. I call for the yeas and nays.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
  There appears to be a sufficient second.
  The clerk will call the roll.
  The bill clerk called the roll.
  Mr. THUNE. The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator 
from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds).
  The result was announced--yeas 51, nays 48, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 349 Leg.]

                                YEAS--51

     Barrasso
     Blackburn
     Blunt
     Boozman
     Braun
     Burr
     Capito
     Cassidy
     Collins
     Cornyn
     Cortez Masto
     Cotton
     Cramer
     Crapo
     Cruz
     Daines
     Ernst
     Fischer
     Graham
     Grassley
     Hagerty
     Hawley
     Hoeven
     Hyde-Smith
     Inhofe
     Johnson
     Kennedy
     Lankford
     Lee
     Lummis
     Marshall
     McConnell
     Moran
     Murkowski
     Paul
     Portman
     Risch
     Romney
     Rosen
     Rubio
     Sasse
     Scott (FL)
     Scott (SC)
     Shelby
     Sullivan
     Thune
     Tillis
     Toomey
     Tuberville
     Wicker
     Young

                                NAYS--48

     Baldwin
     Bennet
     Blumenthal
     Booker
     Brown
     Cantwell
     Cardin
     Carper
     Casey
     Coons
     Duckworth
     Durbin
     Feinstein
     Gillibrand
     Hassan
     Heinrich
     Hickenlooper
     Hirono
     Kaine
     Kelly
     King
     Klobuchar
     Leahy
     Lujan
     Manchin
     Markey
     Menendez
     Merkley
     Murphy
     Murray
     Ossoff
     Padilla
     Peters
     Reed
     Sanders
     Schatz
     Schumer
     Shaheen
     Sinema
     Smith
     Stabenow
     Tester
     Van Hollen
     Warner
     Warnock
     Warren
     Whitehouse
     Wyden

                             NOT VOTING--1

       
     Rounds
       
  The amendment (No. 3141) was agreed to.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Oklahoma.


                           Amendment No. 3331

  Mr. INHOFE. Mr. President, I call up my amendment No. 3331 and ask 
that it be reported by number.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the amendment by number.
  The bill clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Oklahoma [Mr. Inhofe], for himself and 
     others, proposes an amendment numbered 3331.

  The amendment is as follows

   (Purpose: To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to 
 relating to improving health programs, which may include prohibiting 
 funding for abortions of unborn children with Down syndrome or other 
                        chromosomal conditions)

       At the end of title III, add the following:

     SEC. 3___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO 
                   PROTECTING UNBORN CHILDREN FROM ABORTION ON THE 
                   BASIS OF DOWN SYNDROME.

       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 
     improving health programs, which may include prohibiting 
     funding for abortions of unborn children with Down syndrome 
     or other chromosomal conditions, 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.

  Mr. INHOFE. My friends, the amendment--my amendment--is designed to 
protect a very small population but a very significant population: the 
babies with Down syndrome.
  Over two-thirds of the unborn babies diagnosed with Down syndrome in 
the United States are aborted. Some countries, like Iceland, are 
eradicating their entire population of individuals with Down syndrome 
through abortion.
  Now, I think we agree that an individual should not be discriminated 
against due to his or her chromosome count.
  This is not partisan. It is not extreme. Seventy percent of 
Americans, including 56 percent of pro-choice Americans, oppose 
abortion on the basis of a Down syndrome diagnosis.
  This amendment uses the budget mechanism to help protect the most 
vulnerable among us and who are being systematically targeted through 
abortion.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The gentleman's time is expired.
  Mr. INHOFE. I urge my colleagues to lay aside their party differences 
and think about the lives and the lives--
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator's time has expired.
  Who seeks time?
  Mr. BLUMENTHAL. Mr. President.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Connecticut.
  Mr. BLUMENTHAL. Mr. President, the stated purpose of this amendment 
is a pretext. It is a pretext for restricting reproductive rights and 
interfering with women's decisions about whether to have an abortion.
  For all of us who care about people with Down syndrome, we ought to 
listen to the National Down Syndrome Society and devote more resources 
to research at NIH, to funding better settings and care for people with 
Down syndrome, and better opportunities for their employment. There are 
ways to serve that community without this pretextual restriction of 
reproductive rights.
  I urge my colleagues to oppose the amendment.


                       Vote on Amendment No. 3331

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the amendment.
  Mr. INHOFE. I ask for the yeas and nays.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
  There appears to be a sufficient second.
  The clerk will call the roll.
  The legislative clerk called the roll
  Mr. THUNE. The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator 
from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds).
  The result was announced--yeas 49, nays 50, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 350 Leg.]

                                YEAS--49

     Barrasso
     Blackburn
     Blunt
     Boozman
     Braun
     Burr
     Capito
     Cassidy
     Cornyn
     Cotton
     Cramer
     Crapo
     Cruz
     Daines
     Ernst
     Fischer
     Graham
     Grassley
     Hagerty
     Hawley
     Hoeven
     Hyde-Smith
     Inhofe
     Johnson
     Kennedy
     Lankford
     Lee
     Lummis
     Manchin
     Marshall
     McConnell
     Moran
     Murkowski
     Paul
     Portman
     Risch
     Romney
     Rubio
     Sasse
     Scott (FL)
     Scott (SC)
     Shelby
     Sullivan
     Thune
     Tillis
     Toomey
     Tuberville
     Wicker
     Young

                                NAYS--50

     Baldwin
     Bennet
     Blumenthal
     Booker
     Brown
     Cantwell
     Cardin
     Carper
     Casey
     Collins
     Coons
     Cortez Masto
     Duckworth
     Durbin
     Feinstein
     Gillibrand
     Hassan
     Heinrich
     Hickenlooper
     Hirono
     Kaine
     Kelly
     King
     Klobuchar
     Leahy
     Lujan
     Markey
     Menendez
     Merkley
     Murphy
     Murray
     Ossoff
     Padilla
     Peters
     Reed
     Rosen
     Sanders
     Schatz
     Schumer
     Shaheen
     Sinema
     Smith
     Stabenow
     Tester
     Van Hollen
     Warner
     Warnock
     Warren
     Whitehouse
     Wyden

                             NOT VOTING--1

       
     Rounds
       
  The amendment (No. 3331) was rejected.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Montana.


                           Amendment No. 3292

  Mr. DAINES. Mr. President, I call up my amendment No. 3292 and ask 
that it be called up by number.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the amendment by number.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Montana [Mr. Daines] proposes an amendment 
     numbered 3292.

  The amendment is as follows

   (Purpose: To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to 
prohibiting tax increases on small businesses, as defined by the Small 
      Business Administration but generally 500 employees or less)

       At the end of title III, add the following:

     SEC. 3___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO 
                   PREVENTING TAX INCREASES ON SMALL BUSINESSES.

       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 tax increases on small businesses 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

[[Page S6233]]

     the period of the total of fiscal years 2022 through 2031.

  Mr. DAINES. Mr. President, Montana small businesses are critically 
important for our jobs; for local economies; and, really, to bring our 
communities together. And through no fault of their own, many were hit 
very hard by the pandemic.
  Unfortunately, some Members on the other side of the aisle have put 
forth some very misguided efforts to raise taxes on these small 
businesses, attempting to redefine what constitutes a small business.
  Thankfully, we already have an agreed-upon definition that was set by 
the Small Business Administration, which defines a small business as 
one with fewer than 500 employees.
  Efforts to end tax relief, such as to limit the 20-percent small 
business tax deduction passed in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act based on 
arbitrary income thresholds, should be called out for what they are: 
These are small business tax hikes.
  For this reason, I am offering an amendment to create a deficit-
neutral reserve against prohibiting tax increases on small businesses, 
as defined by the Small Business Administration.
  I urge my colleagues who believe in the importance of small 
businesses--
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator's time is expired.
  Mr. DAINES.--to join me in voting for this amendment.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Oregon.
  Mr. WYDEN. Mr. President, our core belief is that taxes should not be 
raised on small businesses and that the wealthiest and the biggest 
corporations should pay their fair share.
  This amendment is consistent with that. I am going to support it.
  I hope we can do this on a voice vote.


                       Vote on Amendment No. 3292

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the amendment.
  The amendment (No. 3292) was agreed to.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Ms. Baldwin). The majority leader.
  Mr. SCHUMER. Madam President, for my colleagues, the clerk is no 
longer going to recount, to save us a little time. I just urge my 
colleagues to please stay in your seats so we can move this along. Oh, 
and speak up when you are called. Is that what you mean? I have no 
trouble speaking loudly, as everyone knows here.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The junior Senator from Tennessee.


                           Amendment No. 3742

  Mr. HAGERTY. Madam President, I call up my amendment No. 3742 and ask 
that it be reported by number.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the amendment by number.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Tennessee [Mr. Hagerty] proposes an 
     amendment numbered 3742.

  The amendment is as follows

   (Purpose: To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to 
providing sufficient resources to detain and deport a higher number of 
           illegal aliens who have been convicted of a crime)

       At the end of title III, add the following:

     SEC. 3___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PROVIDING 
                   SUFFICIENT RESOURCES TO DETAIN AND DEPORT A 
                   HIGHER NUMBER OF ALIENS WHO HAVE BEEN CONVICTED 
                   OF A CRIME.

       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 
     ensuring that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has 
     sufficient resources to detain and deport a higher number of 
     illegal aliens who have been convicted of a criminal offense 
     in the United States, 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.

  Mr. HAGERTY. Madam President, my amendment provides for ensuring that 
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which is charged by Congress 
with enforcing immigration laws in the United States, has sufficient 
resources to deport illegal aliens who have been convicted of crimes in 
the United States.
  According to ICE's website, 92 percent of the illegal aliens that ICE 
deports have been convicted or charged with crimes. Yet despite the 
border crisis and record border crossings, the Biden administration has 
drastically reduced deportations to roughly one-quarter of what they 
were last fiscal year, reaching the lowest levels on record this 
spring, from over 28,000 in October of 2019 to less than 3,000 in April 
of 2021.
  That means the administration is allowing thousands of criminal 
illegal aliens per month to remain in American communities and 
potentially commit more crimes.
  I ask for your support for enforcing our immigration laws and 
deterring illegal immigration and criminal activity by providing the 
resources necessary to remove criminal illegal aliens from our streets.
  Thank you, and I ask for the yeas and nays.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
  There appears to be a sufficient second.
  The yeas and nays are ordered.
  The Democratic whip.
  Mr. DURBIN. Madam President, we all agree on one basic thing: No one 
who is dangerous to the United States should be allowed to come to this 
country. And those who are here and not citizens who are guilty of a 
serious crime should be removed from this country.
  That is the highest law enforcement priority not only of those 
gathered here but also of the Biden administration.
  The Hagerty amendment, though, makes it clear that he is seeking to 
increase funding for detention and deportation of more undocumented 
immigrants who have been convicted of any crime in the United States--
not a serious crime, not a violent crime, any crime--including 
nonviolent misdemeanors.
  The ICE Agency has sufficient funds to carry out its law enforcement 
function, with a total budget of over $8 billion. This overly broad 
amendment does not distinguish between the crimes committed by 
individuals, the serious ones versus those that are not.
  It would divert ICE from focusing its resources on the truly serious 
public safety and national security threats. I urge my colleagues to 
vote against this amendment.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator's time has expired.


                       Vote on Amendment No. 3742

  The question is on agreeing to the amendment.
  The yeas and nays were previously ordered.
  The clerk will call the roll.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk called the roll
  Mr. THUNE. The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator 
from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds).
  The result was announced--yeas 53, nays 46, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 351 Leg.]

                                YEAS--53

     Barrasso
     Blackburn
     Blunt
     Boozman
     Braun
     Burr
     Capito
     Cassidy
     Collins
     Cornyn
     Cortez Masto
     Cotton
     Cramer
     Crapo
     Cruz
     Daines
     Ernst
     Fischer
     Graham
     Grassley
     Hagerty
     Hassan
     Hawley
     Hoeven
     Hyde-Smith
     Inhofe
     Johnson
     Kelly
     Kennedy
     Lankford
     Lee
     Lummis
     Marshall
     McConnell
     Moran
     Murkowski
     Paul
     Portman
     Risch
     Romney
     Rosen
     Rubio
     Sasse
     Scott (FL)
     Scott (SC)
     Shelby
     Sullivan
     Thune
     Tillis
     Toomey
     Tuberville
     Wicker
     Young

                                NAYS--46

     Baldwin
     Bennet
     Blumenthal
     Booker
     Brown
     Cantwell
     Cardin
     Carper
     Casey
     Coons
     Duckworth
     Durbin
     Feinstein
     Gillibrand
     Heinrich
     Hickenlooper
     Hirono
     Kaine
     King
     Klobuchar
     Leahy
     Lujan
     Manchin
     Markey
     Menendez
     Merkley
     Murphy
     Murray
     Ossoff
     Padilla
     Peters
     Reed
     Sanders
     Schatz
     Schumer
     Shaheen
     Sinema
     Smith
     Stabenow
     Tester
     Van Hollen
     Warner
     Warnock
     Warren
     Whitehouse
     Wyden

                             NOT VOTING--1

       
     Rounds
       
  The amendment (No. 3742) was agreed to.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The junior Senator from Mississippi


                           Amendment No. 3568

  Mrs. HYDE-SMITH. Madam President, I call up my amendment No. 3568 and 
ask that it be reported by number.

[[Page S6234]]

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the amendment by number.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Mississippi [Mrs. Hyde-Smith] proposes an 
     amendment numbered 3568.

  The amendment is as follows:

   (Purpose: To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to 
     adjustments to Federal funds for certain local jurisdictions)

       At the end of title III, add the following:

     SEC. 3___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO 
                   ADJUSTMENTS TO FEDERAL FUNDS FOR CERTAIN LOCAL 
                   JURISDICTIONS.

       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 
     adjustments to Federal funds for local governments within the 
     jurisdiction of the committees receiving reconciliation 
     instructions under section 2001, which may include limiting 
     or eliminating Federal payments, other than funding under 
     subpart 1 of part E of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control 
     and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10151 et seq.) 
     (commonly known as the ``Byrne JAG grant program'') or 
     section 1701 of title I of such Act (34 U.S.C. 10381) 
     (commonly known as the ``COPS grant program''), to a local 
     government whose district attorney directs its prosecutors to 
     not prosecute certain violent offenses or serious offenses 
     that result in damage or injury to the property of any other 
     person, 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.

  Mrs. HYDE-SMITH. Madam President, our Nation's communities and small 
businesses have had it rough these past 18 months as they struggle with 
the lasting effects of the pandemic. Today, they are also being 
victimized amid surging violent crime rates and progressive prosecutors 
who adopt nonprosecution policies. And, as a result, small businesses 
are left vulnerable and unassisted as they are burglarized, defaced, 
and destroyed.
  It is understandable for victimized small businesses, law 
enforcement, and the public to be dispirited as they are left to pick 
up the pieces while rogue prosecutors ignore their constitutional duty 
by refusing to prosecute violent crimes that affect the health, safety, 
or economy of our communities.
  Defying the rule of law and endangering the public has Mississippians 
and Americans across the country saying enough is enough.
  My amendment is simple and straightforward. Any city that purposely 
obstructs the rule of law by refusing to prosecute--
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator's time has expired.
  Mrs. HYDE-SMITH.--certain violent crimes will not be subsidized by 
the American taxpayers.
  I urge my colleagues to vote yes.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Democratic whip.
  Mr. DURBIN. Madam President, the Senator from Mississippi has stated 
her case explicitly: If a prosecutor fails to prosecute a case, the 
town or community that he represents as prosecutor--the town or 
community--will be denied Federal funds. Think about this. Under the 
Senator's amendment, if a district attorney decides not to charge a 
certain property offense, even in just one case, the whole town will 
lose its eligibility for Federal funding under programs like the 
Violence Against Women Act--we know what that is; it is certainly a 
refuge for many people who are victims of domestic violence--or the 
Bulletproof Vest Grant Act to protect law enforcement in that same 
community. They would lose their opportunity for Federal grants under 
the Senator's amendment that she is offering.
  I think we ought to think carefully about this. Prosecutors decide 
whether to proceed with a case or not proceed based on the amount of 
evidence, the likelihood of conviction, the possibility of securing a 
plea bargain for a lesser offense. To deny a community Federal funds--
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator's time has expired.
  Mr. DURBIN.--or the police--I hope all of my colleagues would oppose 
this amendment.


                       Vote on Amendment No. 3568

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the amendment.
  Mrs. HYDE-SMITH. I ask for the yeas and nays.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
  There appears to be a sufficient second.
  The clerk will call the roll.
  The legislative clerk called the roll.
  Mr. THUNE. The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator 
from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds).
  The result was announced--yeas 47, nays 52, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 352 Leg.]

                                YEAS--47

     Barrasso
     Blackburn
     Blunt
     Boozman
     Braun
     Burr
     Capito
     Cassidy
     Cornyn
     Cotton
     Cramer
     Crapo
     Cruz
     Daines
     Ernst
     Fischer
     Graham
     Grassley
     Hagerty
     Hawley
     Hoeven
     Hyde-Smith
     Inhofe
     Johnson
     Kennedy
     Lankford
     Lee
     Lummis
     Marshall
     McConnell
     Moran
     Murkowski
     Paul
     Portman
     Risch
     Rubio
     Sasse
     Scott (FL)
     Scott (SC)
     Shelby
     Sullivan
     Thune
     Tillis
     Toomey
     Tuberville
     Wicker
     Young

                                NAYS--52

     Baldwin
     Bennet
     Blumenthal
     Booker
     Brown
     Cantwell
     Cardin
     Carper
     Casey
     Collins
     Coons
     Cortez Masto
     Duckworth
     Durbin
     Feinstein
     Gillibrand
     Hassan
     Heinrich
     Hickenlooper
     Hirono
     Kaine
     Kelly
     King
     Klobuchar
     Leahy
     Lujan
     Manchin
     Markey
     Menendez
     Merkley
     Murphy
     Murray
     Ossoff
     Padilla
     Peters
     Reed
     Romney
     Rosen
     Sanders
     Schatz
     Schumer
     Shaheen
     Sinema
     Smith
     Stabenow
     Tester
     Van Hollen
     Warner
     Warnock
     Warren
     Whitehouse
     Wyden

                             NOT VOTING--1

       
     Rounds
       
  The amendment (No. 3568) was rejected.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The senior Senator from Iowa.


                           Amendment No. 3650

  Mr. GRASSLEY. Madam President, I call up my amendment No. 3650 and 
ask that it be reported by number.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Iowa [Mr. Grassley] proposes an amendment 
     numbered 3650.

  The amendment is as follows:

   (Purpose: To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to 
    prohibiting illegal aliens with criminal records from receiving 
 conditional or lawful permanent resident status in the United States)

       At the end of title III, add the following:

     SEC. 3___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO THE 
                   ENFORCEMENT OF IMMIGRATION LAWS.

       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 
     enforcing immigration laws, which may include preventing 
     aliens who are unlawfully present in the United States and 
     have been convicted of a crime or have pending criminal 
     charges from being granted conditional or lawful permanent 
     resident status in the United States, 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.

  Mr. GRASSLEY. This amendment creates a deficit-neutral reserve fund 
for legislation that would prevent illegal immigrants with criminal 
records from obtaining lawful permanent resident status in our country. 
It is pretty simple. Prohibiting illegal immigrants with criminal 
convictions or pending criminal charges from receiving legal status in 
the United States should be a very easy call and shouldn't be very 
controversial. I urge my colleagues to support it.
  I reserve my time.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Democratic whip.
  Mr. DURBIN. Madam President, the Grassley amendment would exclude 
from a path to citizenship any undocumented immigrant who has been 
convicted of any crime or who has been merely charged with a crime. 
This is a broad exclusion, applies to any criminal conviction no matter 
how long ago it took place, how minor the crime, and to any criminal 
charge even if the individual is ultimately exonerated.

[[Page S6235]]

  This exclusion is also unnecessary because every legalization bill 
pending in the Senate requires a criminal background check and excludes 
individuals convicted of a serious crime. For example, the bipartisan 
House-passed Dream and Promise Act would bar an immigrant from 
receiving legal status if they have been convicted of any felony, any 
drug offense, or any crime of domestic violence.
  Also, we have to accept the obvious: Crossing the border illegally 
can be a crime, if one wants to be charged with that. This amendment is 
inconsistent with due process and does nothing to increase public 
safety.
  I urge my colleagues to vote no.


                       Vote on Amendment No. 3650

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the amendment.
  Mr. GRASSLEY. I ask for the yeas and nays.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
  There appears to be a sufficient second.
  The clerk will call the roll.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk called the roll
  Mr. THUNE. The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator 
from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds).
  The result was announced--yeas 49, nays 50, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 353 Leg.]

                                YEAS--49

     Barrasso
     Blackburn
     Blunt
     Boozman
     Braun
     Burr
     Capito
     Cassidy
     Collins
     Cornyn
     Cotton
     Cramer
     Crapo
     Cruz
     Daines
     Ernst
     Fischer
     Graham
     Grassley
     Hagerty
     Hawley
     Hoeven
     Hyde-Smith
     Inhofe
     Johnson
     Kennedy
     Lankford
     Lee
     Lummis
     Marshall
     McConnell
     Moran
     Murkowski
     Paul
     Portman
     Risch
     Romney
     Rubio
     Sasse
     Scott (FL)
     Scott (SC)
     Shelby
     Sullivan
     Thune
     Tillis
     Toomey
     Tuberville
     Wicker
     Young

                                NAYS--50

     Baldwin
     Bennet
     Blumenthal
     Booker
     Brown
     Cantwell
     Cardin
     Carper
     Casey
     Coons
     Cortez Masto
     Duckworth
     Durbin
     Feinstein
     Gillibrand
     Hassan
     Heinrich
     Hickenlooper
     Hirono
     Kaine
     Kelly
     King
     Klobuchar
     Leahy
     Lujan
     Manchin
     Markey
     Menendez
     Merkley
     Murphy
     Murray
     Ossoff
     Padilla
     Peters
     Reed
     Rosen
     Sanders
     Schatz
     Schumer
     Shaheen
     Sinema
     Smith
     Stabenow
     Tester
     Van Hollen
     Warner
     Warnock
     Warren
     Whitehouse
     Wyden

                             NOT VOTING--1

       
     Rounds
       
  The amendment (No. 3650) was rejected.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Alaska.


                           Amendment No. 3626

  Mr. SULLIVAN. Madam President, I call up my amendment 3626 and ask 
that it be reported by number.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Alaska [Mr. Sullivan] proposes an 
     amendment numbered 3626.

  The amendment is as follows:

   (Purpose: To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to 
restricting United States funding to international organizations, such 
  as the United Nations Human Rights Council, until the Department of 
State certifies that no members of the organization are state sponsors 
  of terrorism, which may include a report from the Department of the 
 Treasury on the prevalence of sanctioned entities in the organization)

       At the end of title III, add the following:

     SEC. 3004. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO 
                   RESTRICTING UNITED STATES FUNDING TO 
                   INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, SUCH AS THE UNITED 
                   NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL, UNTIL THE 
                   DEPARTMENT OF STATE CERTIFIES THAT NO MEMBERS 
                   OF THE ORGANIZATION ARE STATE SPONSORS OF 
                   TERRORISM, WHICH MAY INCLUDE A REPORT FROM THE 
                   DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY ON THE PREVALENCE OF 
                   SANCTIONED ENTITIES IN THE ORGANIZATION.

       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 
     restricting United States funding to international 
     organizations, such as the United Nations Human Rights 
     Council, until the Department of State certifies that no 
     members of the organization are state sponsors of terrorism, 
     which may include a report from the Department of the 
     Treasury on the prevalence of sanctioned entities in the 
     organization, 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.

  Mr. SULLIVAN. Madam President, my amendment would withhold American 
taxpayers' support to the United Nations Human Rights Council until the 
Department of State certifies that no members of the organization are 
state sponsors of terrorism and the Treasury Department reports on the 
prevalence of American sanctioned countries within the organization.
  Right now, Cuba, which is designated by the State Department as a 
state sponsor of terrorism, serves on the U.N. Human Rights Council 
alongside authoritarian regimes and human rights abusers, Russia, and 
Communist China.
  Recently, the Biden administration asked this very flawed 
international organization to investigate our own country's record on 
human rights. This is an outrage, and the Congress should respond by 
defunding the Human Rights Council until all of its member countries 
actually respect human rights.
  I urge my colleagues to support my amendment.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The senior Senator from New Jersey.
  Mr. MENENDEZ. Madam President, it is past 3 a.m., and we are dealing 
with another messaging amendment. Like the junior Senator from Alaska, 
we all oppose terrorism; we condemn state sponsors of it. But this 
amendment goes well beyond that and is drafted so broadly, whether 
intentionally or not, that it signals a cutoff of funding to every 
international organization--every single one--including the United 
Nations because some members are bad actors.
  Now, our Republican colleagues are well aware that adversaries such 
as China are expanding their influence at some of the most important 
international organizations. They are calling the shots because we are 
not there. This amendment would cede the field to the Chinese so we can 
sit on the sidelines and watch them make the rules.
  When Israel is wrongly signaled out at the U.N. Human Rights 
Commission, we will not be there to defend her. And when international 
standards are being created for high-tech issues, we will not lead the 
world, as we should. That is why this amendment should be defeated.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator's time has expired.
  Mr. SULLIVAN. Mr. President, do I have any time to respond?
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. There is no time remaining.


                       Vote on Amendment No. 3626

  The question is on agreeing to the amendment.
  Mr. SULLIVAN. I ask for the yeas and nays.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
  There appears to be a sufficient second.
  The clerk will call the roll.
  The legislative clerk called the roll.
  Mr. THUNE. The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator 
from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds).
  The result was announced--yeas 49, nays 50, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 354 Leg.]

                                YEAS--49

     Barrasso
     Blackburn
     Blunt
     Boozman
     Braun
     Burr
     Capito
     Cassidy
     Collins
     Cornyn
     Cotton
     Cramer
     Crapo
     Cruz
     Daines
     Ernst
     Fischer
     Graham
     Grassley
     Hagerty
     Hawley
     Hoeven
     Hyde-Smith
     Inhofe
     Johnson
     Kennedy
     Lankford
     Lee
     Lummis
     Marshall
     McConnell
     Moran
     Murkowski
     Paul
     Portman
     Risch
     Romney
     Rubio
     Sasse
     Scott (FL)
     Scott (SC)
     Shelby
     Sullivan
     Thune
     Tillis
     Toomey
     Tuberville
     Wicker
     Young

                                NAYS--50

     Baldwin
     Bennet
     Blumenthal
     Booker
     Brown
     Cantwell
     Cardin
     Carper
     Casey
     Coons
     Cortez Masto
     Duckworth
     Durbin
     Feinstein
     Gillibrand
     Hassan
     Heinrich
     Hickenlooper
     Hirono
     Kaine
     Kelly
     King
     Klobuchar
     Leahy

[[Page S6236]]


     Lujan
     Manchin
     Markey
     Menendez
     Merkley
     Murphy
     Murray
     Ossoff
     Padilla
     Peters
     Reed
     Rosen
     Sanders
     Schatz
     Schumer
     Shaheen
     Sinema
     Smith
     Stabenow
     Tester
     Van Hollen
     Warner
     Warnock
     Warren
     Whitehouse
     Wyden

                             NOT VOTING--1

       
     Rounds
       
  The amendment (No. 3626) as rejected
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Texas.


                           Amendment No. 3681

  Mr. CRUZ. Madam President, I call up my amendment No. 3681 and ask 
that it be reported by number.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Texas [Mr. Cruz] proposes an amendment 
     numbered 3681.

  The amendment is as follows:

  (Purpose: To create a point of order against legislation that would 
   provide funding or subsidize the import from the Xinjiang Uyghur 
 Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China of items relating 
                           to electric cars)

       At the appropriate place in title IV, add the following:

     SEC. 4___. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST PROVIDING FUNDING OR 
                   SUBSIDIZING THE IMPORT FROM THE XINJIANG UYGHUR 
                   AUTONOMOUS REGION OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF 
                   CHINA OF ITEMS RELATING TO ELECTRIC CARS.

       (a) Point of Order.--It shall not be in order in the Senate 
     to consider any bill, joint resolution, motion, amendment, 
     amendment between the Houses, or conference report that would 
     provide funding to or subsidize the import of--
       (1) significant goods, wares, articles, or merchandise 
     mined, produced, or manufactured wholly, or in part, in the 
     Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of 
     China to be used for the production of electric vehicles; and
       (2) electric vehicles that incorporate or are otherwise 
     produced using goods, wares, articles, or merchandise 
     described in paragraph (1).
       (b) Waiver and Appeal.--Subsection (a) may be waived or 
     suspended in the Senate only by an affirmative vote of three-
     fifths of the Members, duly chosen and sworn. An affirmative 
     vote of three-fifths of the Members of the Senate, duly 
     chosen and sworn, shall be required to sustain an appeal of 
     the ruling of the Chair on a point of order raised under 
     subsection (a).

  Mr. CRUZ. Madam President, I rise today to urge my colleagues to 
support this amendment to create a point of order against any 
legislation that would fund or subsidize the import of electric 
vehicles with supply lines that run through Xinjiang.
  Right now, the Chinese Communist Party is committing genocide against 
millions of Uighurs in Xinjiang. They are being tortured, murdered, and 
forced into slave labor. The CCP has exploited that slave labor to 
ensure that much of the world's EVs are made in Xinjiang and have parts 
produced in Xinjiang.
  Our Nation is in perilous risk of becoming complicit in these 
atrocities as part of the massive rush to import EVs. This amendment 
would prohibit our bringing in EVs that are made with slave labor. We 
cannot and should not fund slave labor in communist China.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The senior Senator from Oregon.
  Mr. WYDEN. Madam President, I have been advised that inclusion of 
this amendment in the budget resolution would be corrosive to the 
privileged status of the resolution. Since this amendment contains 
material inappropriate for inclusion in the budget resolution, its 
adoption could jeopardize the privilege of this resolution, which would 
completely halt our efforts to consider a reconciliation bill later 
this year.
  Additionally, this amendment is not germane as required by law. 
Accordingly, I raise a point of order that the pending amendment 
violates section 305(b)(2) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, and 
I would urge a vote against a motion to waive.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The junior Senator from Texas.


                            Motion to Waive

  Mr. CRUZ. Pursuant to section 904 of the Congressional Budget Act, I 
move to waive, and I ask for the yeas and nays.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
  There appears to be a sufficient second.
  The clerk will call the roll.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk called the roll
  Mr. THUNE. The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator 
from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds).
  The result was announced--yeas 50, nays 49, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 355 Leg.]

                                YEAS--50

     Barrasso
     Blackburn
     Blunt
     Boozman
     Braun
     Burr
     Capito
     Cassidy
     Collins
     Cornyn
     Cotton
     Cramer
     Crapo
     Cruz
     Daines
     Ernst
     Fischer
     Graham
     Grassley
     Hagerty
     Hawley
     Hoeven
     Hyde-Smith
     Inhofe
     Johnson
     Kennedy
     Lankford
     Lee
     Lummis
     Manchin
     Marshall
     McConnell
     Moran
     Murkowski
     Paul
     Portman
     Risch
     Romney
     Rubio
     Sasse
     Scott (FL)
     Scott (SC)
     Shelby
     Sullivan
     Thune
     Tillis
     Toomey
     Tuberville
     Wicker
     Young

                                NAYS--49

     Baldwin
     Bennet
     Blumenthal
     Booker
     Brown
     Cantwell
     Cardin
     Carper
     Casey
     Coons
     Cortez Masto
     Duckworth
     Durbin
     Feinstein
     Gillibrand
     Hassan
     Heinrich
     Hickenlooper
     Hirono
     Kaine
     Kelly
     King
     Klobuchar
     Leahy
     Lujan
     Markey
     Menendez
     Merkley
     Murphy
     Murray
     Ossoff
     Padilla
     Peters
     Reed
     Rosen
     Sanders
     Schatz
     Schumer
     Shaheen
     Sinema
     Smith
     Stabenow
     Tester
     Van Hollen
     Warner
     Warnock
     Warren
     Whitehouse
     Wyden

                             NOT VOTING--1

       
     Rounds
       
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. On this vote, the yeas are 50, the nays are 
49.
  Three-fifths of the Senators duly chosen and sworn not having voted 
in the affirmative, the motion is rejected and the amendment falls.
  The motion was rejected.
  The senior Senator from Utah.


                           Amendment No. 3815

  Mr. LEE. Madam President, I call up my amendment No. 3815 and ask it 
be reported by number.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the amendment.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Utah [Mr. Lee] proposes an amendment 
     numbered 3815.

  The amendment is as follows:

  (Purpose: To create a point of order against legislation that would 
      cause a net increase in outlays unless the Director of the 
    Congressional Budget Office certifies that inflation is below 3 
                                percent)

       At the appropriate place in title IV, add the following:

     SEC. 4___. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST LEGISLATION THAT WOULD 
                   CAUSE A NET INCREASE IN OUTLAYS UNLESS THE 
                   DIRECTOR OF THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE 
                   CERTIFIES THAT INFLATION IS BELOW 3 PERCENT.

       (a) Point of Order.--It shall not be in order in the Senate 
     to consider any bill, joint resolution, motion, amendment, 
     amendment between the Houses, or conference report that would 
     cause a net increase in outlays relative to the most recently 
     published Congressional Budget Office baseline unless the 
     Director of the Congressional Budget Office certifies (based 
     on the most recent data available to the Director) that 
     inflation, as measured in either the average of the 
     annualized changes in the 3 most recently published monthly 
     reports on the consumer price index for all-urban consumers 
     published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department 
     of Labor, or the previous year's unadjusted annual change in 
     that index, is below 3 percent.
       (b) Waiver and Appeal.--Subsection (a) may be waived or 
     suspended in the Senate only by an affirmative vote of three-
     fifths of the Members, duly chosen and sworn. An affirmative 
     vote of three-fifths of the Members of the Senate, duly 
     chosen and sworn, shall be required to sustain an appeal of 
     the ruling of the Chair on a point of order raised under 
     subsection (a).

  Mr. LEE. Madam President, inflation is out of control. Very few seem 
to be willing to talk about it, much less address it.
  Now, look, it hasn't been this bad since the great recession. Even 
then, only two of the months out of that entire crisis were as bad or 
worse than inflation is right now, and it is showing up in every 
consumer product Americans buy. Everything from groceries to gasoline, 
to housing, to healthcare is getting more expensive. Every dollar that 
we churn into the economy, that we print out when we don't have it, 
makes these and all other products more expensive.
  Let's be clear. The spending is facilitated by this budget 
resolution, and that same spending will exacerbate inflation. It will 
worsen the pain that

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Americans are feeling as they are filling their gas tanks and stocking 
their pantries and refrigerators.
  When inflation is surging, we can't be piling onto the problem. We 
are not elected to make life worse. We need to get inflation back under 
our control.
  This simple amendment would empower Congress to do that by making it 
harder for Congress to increase spending whenever inflation is above 3 
percent.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The junior Senator from Vermont.
  Mr. SANDERS. Madam President, this amendment is a poison pill that 
would defeat everything that many of us are trying to accomplish 
tonight in this historic budget: no reduction in childhood poverty; no 
expansion in childcare, pre-K, or Medicare; no investment in affordable 
housing or home healthcare; no paid family and medical leave; no effort 
to combat the existential threat of climate change; no creation of 
millions of good-paying jobs. Using an arbitrary inflation number, it 
would end all of that. This amendment must be defeated.


                       Vote on Amendment No. 3815

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the amendment.
  Mr. LEE. Madam President, I ask for the yeas and nays.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
  There is a sufficient second.
  The clerk will call the roll.
  The legislative clerk called the roll.
  Mr. THUNE. The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator 
from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds).
  The result was announced--yeas 49, nays 50, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 356 Leg.]

                                YEAS--49

     Barrasso
     Blackburn
     Blunt
     Boozman
     Braun
     Burr
     Capito
     Cassidy
     Collins
     Cornyn
     Cotton
     Cramer
     Crapo
     Cruz
     Daines
     Ernst
     Fischer
     Graham
     Grassley
     Hagerty
     Hawley
     Hoeven
     Hyde-Smith
     Inhofe
     Johnson
     Kennedy
     Lankford
     Lee
     Lummis
     Marshall
     McConnell
     Moran
     Murkowski
     Paul
     Portman
     Risch
     Romney
     Rubio
     Sasse
     Scott (FL)
     Scott (SC)
     Shelby
     Sullivan
     Thune
     Tillis
     Toomey
     Tuberville
     Wicker
     Young

                                NAYS--50

     Baldwin
     Bennet
     Blumenthal
     Booker
     Brown
     Cantwell
     Cardin
     Carper
     Casey
     Coons
     Cortez Masto
     Duckworth
     Durbin
     Feinstein
     Gillibrand
     Hassan
     Heinrich
     Hickenlooper
     Hirono
     Kaine
     Kelly
     King
     Klobuchar
     Leahy
     Lujan
     Manchin
     Markey
     Menendez
     Merkley
     Murphy
     Murray
     Ossoff
     Padilla
     Peters
     Reed
     Rosen
     Sanders
     Schatz
     Schumer
     Shaheen
     Sinema
     Smith
     Stabenow
     Tester
     Van Hollen
     Warner
     Warnock
     Warren
     Whitehouse
     Wyden

                             NOT VOTING--1

       
     Rounds
       
  The amendment (No. 3815) was rejected.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The junior Senator from Louisiana.


                           Amendment No. 3753

  Mr. KENNEDY. Madam President, I call up my amendment No. 3753 and ask 
that it be reported by number and, while they are doing that, for 
someone to check on Senator Tillis.
  (Laughter.)
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the amendment by number.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Louisiana [Mr. Kennedy] proposes an 
     amendment numbered 3753.

  The amendment is as follows:

   (Purpose: To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to 
   maintaining the current law tax treatment of like kind exchanges)

       At the end of title III, add the following:

     SEC. 3___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO 
                   MAINTAINING THE CURRENT LAW TAX TREATMENT OF 
                   LIKE KIND EXCHANGES.

       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 
     maintaining the current law tax treatment of like kind 
     exchanges under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 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.

  Mr. KENNEDY. Madam President, this amendment will prohibit any 
changes to the tax treatment of like-kind exchanges.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The senior Senator from Oregon.
  Mr. WYDEN. Madam President, it is my understanding that, after 15 
hours or so, this is the last amendment of the night, and I recommend 
we do it by voice vote.
  (Chorus of ``ayes.'')


                       Vote on Amendment No. 3753

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the amendment.
  The amendment (No. 3753) was agreed to.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The majority leader.


                           Order of Procedure

  Mr. SCHUMER. Madam President, we are about to vote on the budget 
resolution.
  I remind my colleagues that we will have a vote very shortly 
thereafter on voting rights.
  I thank the Presiding Officer.


                  Vote on S. Con. Res. 14, as Amended

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to S. Con. Res. 
14, as amended.
  Mrs. GILLIBRAND. Madam President, I ask for the yeas and nays.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
  There is a sufficient second.
  The clerk will call the roll.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk called the roll
  Mr. THUNE. The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator 
from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds).
  The result was announced--yeas 50, nays 49, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 357 Leg.]

                                YEAS--50

     Baldwin
     Bennet
     Blumenthal
     Booker
     Brown
     Cantwell
     Cardin
     Carper
     Casey
     Coons
     Cortez Masto
     Duckworth
     Durbin
     Feinstein
     Gillibrand
     Hassan
     Heinrich
     Hickenlooper
     Hirono
     Kaine
     Kelly
     King
     Klobuchar
     Leahy
     Lujan
     Manchin
     Markey
     Menendez
     Merkley
     Murphy
     Murray
     Ossoff
     Padilla
     Peters
     Reed
     Rosen
     Sanders
     Schatz
     Schumer
     Shaheen
     Sinema
     Smith
     Stabenow
     Tester
     Van Hollen
     Warner
     Warnock
     Warren
     Whitehouse
     Wyden

                                NAYS--49

     Barrasso
     Blackburn
     Blunt
     Boozman
     Braun
     Burr
     Capito
     Cassidy
     Collins
     Cornyn
     Cotton
     Cramer
     Crapo
     Cruz
     Daines
     Ernst
     Fischer
     Graham
     Grassley
     Hagerty
     Hawley
     Hoeven
     Hyde-Smith
     Inhofe
     Johnson
     Kennedy
     Lankford
     Lee
     Lummis
     Marshall
     McConnell
     Moran
     Murkowski
     Paul
     Portman
     Risch
     Romney
     Rubio
     Sasse
     Scott (FL)
     Scott (SC)
     Shelby
     Sullivan
     Thune
     Tillis
     Toomey
     Tuberville
     Wicker
     Young

                             NOT VOTING--1

       
     Rounds
       
  The concurrent resolution (S. Con. Res. 14), as amended, was agreed 
to, as follows:

                            S. Con. Res. 14

     SECTION 1. CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL 
                   YEAR 2022.

       (a) Declaration.--Congress declares that this resolution is 
     the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2022 
     and that this resolution sets forth the appropriate budgetary 
     levels for fiscal years 2023 through 2031.
       (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this 
     concurrent resolution is as follows:

Sec. 1. Concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2022.

                TITLE I--RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS

              Subtitle A--Budgetary Levels in Both Houses

Sec. 1101. Recommended levels and amounts.
Sec. 1102. Major functional categories.

              Subtitle B--Levels and Amounts in the Senate

Sec. 1201. Social Security in the Senate.
Sec. 1202. Postal Service discretionary administrative expenses in the 
              Senate.

                        TITLE II--RECONCILIATION

Sec. 2001. Reconciliation in the Senate.
Sec. 2002. Reconciliation in the House of Representatives.

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                        TITLE III--RESERVE FUNDS

Sec. 3001. Reserve fund for legislation that won't raise taxes on 
              people making less than $400,000 in the Senate.
Sec. 3002. Reserve fund for reconciliation legislation.
Sec. 3003. Reserve fund.
Sec. 3004. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to prohibit the Green New Deal.
Sec. 3005. Reserve fund relating to addressing the crisis of climate 
              change.
Sec. 3006. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to supporting 
              privately-held businesses, farms, and ranches.
Sec. 3007. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to promoting US 
              competitiveness and innovation by supporting research and 
              development.
Sec. 3008. Reserve fund relating to protecting taxpayer privacy while 
              ensuring those evading the tax system pay what they owe.
Sec. 3009. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to prohibit the Council on 
              Environmental Quality and Environmental Protection Agency 
              from promulgating rules or guidance that bans fracking in 
              the United States.
Sec. 3010. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to facilitating 
              improved internet service for Cuban citizens.
Sec. 3011. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to adjusting Federal 
              funding for local jurisdictions.
Sec. 3012. Reserve fund relating to honoring the Capitol Police, DC 
              Metropolitan Police, and first responders.
Sec. 3013. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to supporting or 
              expediting the deployment of carbon capture, utilization, 
              and sequestration technologies.
Sec. 3014. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to policies or 
              legislation to prohibit the Department of Agriculture 
              from making ineligible for financing fossil fuel-burning 
              power plants.
Sec. 3015. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to the provisions of 
              the American Rescue Plan Act.
Sec. 3016. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to means-testing 
              electric vehicle tax credits.
Sec. 3017. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to prohibiting or 
              limiting the issuance of costly Clean Air Act permit 
              requirements on farmers and ranchers in the United States 
              or the imposition of new Federal methane requirements on 
              livestock.
Sec. 3018. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to funding of the 
              Office of Foreign Assets Control.
Sec. 3019. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to abortion funding.
Sec. 3020. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to ensuring robust, 
              secure, and humane supply chains, sourced by the United 
              States and allies of the United States, for renewable 
              energy materials, technology, and critical minerals.
Sec. 3021. Reserve fund relating to ensuring robust, secure, and humane 
              supply chains by prohibiting the use of Federal funds to 
              purchase materials, technology, and critical minerals 
              produced, manufactured, or mined with forced labor.
Sec. 3022. Reserve fund relating to Great Lakes ice breaking 
              operational improvements.
Sec. 3023. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to immigration 
              enforcement and addressing the humanitarian crisis at the 
              southern border.
Sec. 3024. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to providing quality 
              education for children.
Sec. 3025. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to hiring 100,000 new 
              police officers.
Sec. 3026. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to preventing 
              electricity blackouts and improving electricity 
              reliability.
Sec. 3027. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to protecting migrants 
              and local communities against COVID-19.
Sec. 3028. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to studying and 
              providing for tax equivalency under the payments in lieu 
              of taxes program.
Sec. 3029. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to preventing tax 
              increases on small businesses.
Sec. 3030. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to providing 
              sufficient resources to detain and deport a higher number 
              of aliens who have been convicted of a crime.
Sec. 3031. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to maintaining the 
              current law tax treatment of like kind exchanges.

                        TITLE IV--OTHER MATTERS

Sec. 4001. Emergency legislation.
Sec. 4002. Point of order against advance appropriations in the Senate.
Sec. 4003. Point of order against advance appropriations in the House 
              of Representatives.
Sec. 4004. Program integrity initiatives and other adjustments in the 
              Senate.
Sec. 4005. Program integrity initiatives and other adjustments in the 
              House of Representatives.
Sec. 4006. Enforcement filing.
Sec. 4007. Application and effect of changes in allocations, 
              aggregates, and other budgetary levels.
Sec. 4008. Adjustments to reflect changes in concepts and definitions.
Sec. 4009. Adjustment for bipartisan infrastructure legislation in the 
              Senate.
Sec. 4010. Adjustment for infrastructure legislation in the House of 
              Representatives.
Sec. 4011. Applicability of adjustments to discretionary spending 
              limits.
Sec. 4012. Budgetary treatment of administrative expenses.
Sec. 4013. Appropriate budgetary adjustments in the House of 
              Representatives.
Sec. 4014. Adjustment for changes in the baseline in the House of 
              Representatives.
Sec. 4015. Scoring rule in the Senate for child care and pre-
              kindergarten legislation.
Sec. 4016. Exercise of rulemaking powers.

                TITLE I--RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS

              Subtitle A--Budgetary Levels in Both Houses

     SEC. 1101. RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS.

       The following budgetary levels are appropriate for each of 
     fiscal years 2022 through 2031:
       (1) Federal revenues.--For purposes of the enforcement of 
     this resolution:
       (A) The recommended levels of Federal revenues are as 
     follows:
       Fiscal year 2022: $3,401,380,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2023: $3,512,947,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2024: $3,542,298,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2025: $3,565,871,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2026: $3,773,174,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2027: $3,995,160,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2028: $4,090,582,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2029: $4,218,130,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2030: $4,352,218,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2031: $4,505,614,000,000.
       (B) The amounts by which the aggregate levels of Federal 
     revenues should be changed are as follows:
       Fiscal year 2022: $0.
       Fiscal year 2023: $0.
       Fiscal year 2024: $0.
       Fiscal year 2025: $0.
       Fiscal year 2026: $0.
       Fiscal year 2027: $0.
       Fiscal year 2028: $0.
       Fiscal year 2029: $0.
       Fiscal year 2030: $0.
       Fiscal year 2031: $0.
       (2) New budget authority.--For purposes of the enforcement 
     of this resolution, the appropriate levels of total new 
     budget authority are as follows:
       Fiscal year 2022: $4,417,362,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2023: $4,579,359,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2024: $4,699,353,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2025: $4,940,084,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2026: $5,107,577,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2027: $5,311,640,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2028: $5,633,086,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2029: $5,722,075,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2030: $6,064,522,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2031: $6,365,907,000,000.
       (3) Budget outlays.--For purposes of the enforcement of 
     this resolution, the appropriate levels of total budget 
     outlays are as follows:
       Fiscal year 2022: $4,698,391,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2023: $4,671,457,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2024: $4,714,709,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2025: $4,936,110,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2026: $5,087,789,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2027: $5,288,850,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2028: $5,635,713,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2029: $5,667,301,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2030: $6,024,068,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2031: $6,322,190,000,000.
       (4) Deficits.--For purposes of the enforcement of this 
     resolution, the amounts of the deficits are as follows:
       Fiscal year 2022: $1,297,011,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2023: $1,158,510,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2024: $1,172,411,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2025: $1,370,239,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2026: $1,314,615,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2027: $1,293,690,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2028: $1,545,131,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2029: $1,449,171,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2030: $1,671,850,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2031: $1,816,576,000,000.
       (5) Public debt.--Pursuant to section 301(a)(5) of the 
     Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 632(a)(5)), the 
     appropriate levels of the public debt are as follows:
       Fiscal year 2022: $30,789,000,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2023: $32,141,000,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2024: $33,526,000,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2025: $35,059,000,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2026: $36,570,000,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2027: $37,952,000,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2028: $39,733,000,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2029: $41,296,000,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2030: $43,188,000,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2031: $45,150,000,000,000.
       (6) Debt held by the public.--The appropriate levels of 
     debt held by the public are as follows:
       Fiscal year 2022: $24,622,000,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2023: $25,826,000,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2024: $27,153,000,000,000.

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       Fiscal year 2025: $28,678,000,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2026: $30,219,000,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2027: $31,776,000,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2028: $33,737,000,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2029: $35,521,000,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2030: $37,692,000,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2031: $39,987,000,000,000.

     SEC. 1102. MAJOR FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES.

       Congress determines and declares that the appropriate 
     levels of new budget authority and outlays for fiscal years 
     2022 through 2031 for each major functional category are:
       (1) National Defense (050):
       Fiscal year 2022:
       (A) New budget authority, $765,704,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $763,985,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2023:
       (A) New budget authority, $782,245,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $770,192,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2024:
       (A) New budget authority, $799,520,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $776,297,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2025:
       (A) New budget authority, $817,214,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $794,946,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2026:
       (A) New budget authority, $835,351,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $810,367,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2027:
       (A) New budget authority, $843,873,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $821,610,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2028:
       (A) New budget authority, $852,499,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $836,561,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2029:
       (A) New budget authority, $861,191,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $834,592,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2030:
       (A) New budget authority, $870,003,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $848,928,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2031:
       (A) New budget authority, $880,156,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $858,990,000,000.
       (2) International Affairs (150):
       Fiscal year 2022:
       (A) New budget authority, $68,740,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $68,368,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2023:
       (A) New budget authority, $66,170,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $64,121,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2024:
       (A) New budget authority, $67,128,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $65,429,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2025:
       (A) New budget authority, $68,621,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $66,231,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2026:
       (A) New budget authority, $70,182,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $67,113,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2027:
       (A) New budget authority, $71,840,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $68,304,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2028:
       (A) New budget authority, $73,526,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $69,474,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2029:
       (A) New budget authority, $75,221,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $71,071,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2030:
       (A) New budget authority, $76,918,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $72,602,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2031:
       (A) New budget authority, $78,648,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $74,169,000,000.
       (3) General Science, Space, and Technology (250):
       Fiscal year 2022:
       (A) New budget authority, $43,582,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $39,492,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2023:
       (A) New budget authority, $46,345,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $43,900,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2024:
       (A) New budget authority, $48,435,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $46,597,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2025:
       (A) New budget authority, $50,286,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $48,830,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2026:
       (A) New budget authority, $51,492,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $50,050,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2027:
       (A) New budget authority, $51,839,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $50,449,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2028:
       (A) New budget authority, $51,169,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $49,783,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2029:
       (A) New budget authority, $50,735,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $49,415,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2030:
       (A) New budget authority, $50,898,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $49,548,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2031:
       (A) New budget authority, $51,324,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $49,936,000,000.
       (4) Energy (270):
       Fiscal year 2022:
       (A) New budget authority, $14,240,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $10,032,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2023:
       (A) New budget authority, $59,665,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $57,248,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2024:
       (A) New budget authority, $55,348,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $53,858,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2025:
       (A) New budget authority, $67,729,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $66,867,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2026:
       (A) New budget authority, $78,038,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $77,647,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2027:
       (A) New budget authority, $79,617,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $79,511,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2028:
       (A) New budget authority, $74,543,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $74,164,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2029:
       (A) New budget authority, $68,781,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $68,174,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2030:
       (A) New budget authority, $63,620,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $62,932,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2031:
       (A) New budget authority, $55,974,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $55,198,000,000.
       (5) Natural Resources and Environment (300):
       Fiscal year 2022:
       (A) New budget authority, $60,969,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $54,889,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2023:
       (A) New budget authority, $70,319,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $67,072,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2024:
       (A) New budget authority, $78,314,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $75,927,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2025:
       (A) New budget authority, $85,585,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $84,140,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2026:
       (A) New budget authority, $88,203,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $89,292,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2027:
       (A) New budget authority, $85,995,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $88,010,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2028:
       (A) New budget authority, $79,575,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $81,370,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2029:
       (A) New budget authority, $72,930,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $74,272,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2030:
       (A) New budget authority, $68,352,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $69,251,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2031:
       (A) New budget authority, $68,666,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $68,676,000,000.
       (6) Agriculture (350):
       Fiscal year 2022:
       (A) New budget authority, $23,063,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $25,334,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2023:
       (A) New budget authority, $21,368,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $22,442,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2024:
       (A) New budget authority, $19,240,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $23,187,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2025:
       (A) New budget authority, $21,860,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $24,614,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2026:
       (A) New budget authority, $23,761,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $25,151,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2027:
       (A) New budget authority, $25,501,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $26,471,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2028:
       (A) New budget authority, $26,186,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $26,499,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2029:
       (A) New budget authority, $25,629,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $25,874,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2030:
       (A) New budget authority, $25,159,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $25,989,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2031:
       (A) New budget authority, $28,515,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $26,284,000,000.
       (7) Commerce and Housing Credit (370):
       Fiscal year 2022:
       (A) New budget authority, $18,105,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $42,495,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2023:
       (A) New budget authority, $19,284,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $29,411,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2024:
       (A) New budget authority, $25,017,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $22,592,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2025:
       (A) New budget authority, $24,785,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $19,146,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2026:
       (A) New budget authority, $23,609,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $15,045,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2027:
       (A) New budget authority, $21,752,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $12,248,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2028:
       (A) New budget authority, $21,992,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $12,894,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2029:
       (A) New budget authority, $23,789,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $13,250,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2030:
       (A) New budget authority, $22,410,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $10,462,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2031:
       (A) New budget authority, $17,548,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $6,105,000,000.
       (8) Transportation (400):
       Fiscal year 2022:
       (A) New budget authority, $112,406,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $133,738,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2023:
       (A) New budget authority, $113,887,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $118,957,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2024:
       (A) New budget authority, $115,061,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $112,082,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2025:
       (A) New budget authority, $115,757,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $114,226,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2026:
       (A) New budget authority, $116,887,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $116,667,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2027:
       (A) New budget authority, $109,698,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $119,447,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2028:
       (A) New budget authority, $110,385,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $121,240,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2029:
       (A) New budget authority, $110,874,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $122,515,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2030:
       (A) New budget authority, $106,173,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $117,702,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2031:
       (A) New budget authority, $107,256,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $118,633,000,000.

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       (9) Community and Regional Development (450):
       Fiscal year 2022:
       (A) New budget authority, $43,543,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $47,318,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2023:
       (A) New budget authority, $27,007,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $33,380,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2024:
       (A) New budget authority, $28,430,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $34,603,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2025:
       (A) New budget authority, $27,461,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $34,658,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2026:
       (A) New budget authority, $27,839,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $35,338,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2027:
       (A) New budget authority, $27,744,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $35,238,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2028:
       (A) New budget authority, $28,136,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $35,738,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2029:
       (A) New budget authority, $28,524,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $36,097,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2030:
       (A) New budget authority, $28,943,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $36,452,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2031:
       (A) New budget authority, $33,429,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $38,014,000,000.
       (10) Education, Training, Employment, and Social Services 
     (500):
       Fiscal year 2022:
       (A) New budget authority, $159,805,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $208,172,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2023:
       (A) New budget authority, $180,462,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $225,204,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2024:
       (A) New budget authority, $200,600,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $249,029,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2025:
       (A) New budget authority, $211,940,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $243,908,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2026:
       (A) New budget authority, $212,123,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $226,623,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2027:
       (A) New budget authority, $214,568,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $218,916,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2028:
       (A) New budget authority, $217,422,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $218,221,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2029:
       (A) New budget authority, $220,255,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $219,079,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2030:
       (A) New budget authority, $229,691,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $228,404,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2031:
       (A) New budget authority, $244,488,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $242,537,000,000.
       (11) Health (550):
       Fiscal year 2022:
       (A) New budget authority, $853,696,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $952,919,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2023:
       (A) New budget authority, $804,345,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $827,269,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2024:
       (A) New budget authority, $800,361,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $809,731,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2025:
       (A) New budget authority, $830,330,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $830,449,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2026:
       (A) New budget authority, $855,834,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $849,147,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2027:
       (A) New budget authority, $876,704,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $869,791,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2028:
       (A) New budget authority, $908,063,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $906,081,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2029:
       (A) New budget authority, $940,898,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $939,318,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2030:
       (A) New budget authority, $982,028,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $970,863,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2031:
       (A) New budget authority, $1,018,845,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $1,017,586,000,000.
       (12) Medicare (570):
       Fiscal year 2022:
       (A) New budget authority, $772,277,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $771,930,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2023:
       (A) New budget authority, $882,348,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $882,065,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2024:
       (A) New budget authority, $902,102,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $901,899,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2025:
       (A) New budget authority, $1,018,540,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $1,018,302,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2026:
       (A) New budget authority, $1,091,095,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $1,090,814,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2027:
       (A) New budget authority, $1,168,909,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $1,168,581,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2028:
       (A) New budget authority, $1,326,565,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $1,326,191,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2029:
       (A) New budget authority, $1,262,774,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $1,262,367,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2030:
       (A) New budget authority, $1,425,734,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $1,425,284,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2031:
       (A) New budget authority, $1,509,905,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $1,509,433,000,000.
       (13) Income Security (600):
       Fiscal year 2022:
       (A) New budget authority, $830,063,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $867,038,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2023:
       (A) New budget authority, $820,620,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $836,905,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2024:
       (A) New budget authority, $821,754,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $811,159,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2025:
       (A) New budget authority, $792,146,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $780,347,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2026:
       (A) New budget authority, $730,424,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $725,612,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2027:
       (A) New budget authority, $733,601,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $724,726,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2028:
       (A) New budget authority, $752,515,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $749,719,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2029:
       (A) New budget authority, $764,277,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $749,137,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2030:
       (A) New budget authority, $781,991,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $772,369,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2031:
       (A) New budget authority, $802,900,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $792,858,000,000.
       (14) Social Security (650):
       Fiscal year 2022:
       (A) New budget authority, $47,020,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $47,020,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2023:
       (A) New budget authority, $50,129,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $50,129,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2024:
       (A) New budget authority, $53,591,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $53,591,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2025:
       (A) New budget authority, $57,355,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $57,355,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2026:
       (A) New budget authority, $67,932,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $67,932,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2027:
       (A) New budget authority, $74,299,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $74,299,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2028:
       (A) New budget authority, $79,053,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $79,053,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2029:
       (A) New budget authority, $84,197,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $84,197,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2030:
       (A) New budget authority, $89,406,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $89,406,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2031:
       (A) New budget authority, $93,932,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $93,932,000,000.
       (15) Veterans Benefits and Services (700):
       Fiscal year 2022:
       (A) New budget authority, $274,340,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $282,071,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2023:
       (A) New budget authority, $279,810,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $279,868,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2024:
       (A) New budget authority, $288,676,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $276,026,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2025:
       (A) New budget authority, $297,105,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $299,907,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2026:
       (A) New budget authority, $305,075,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $307,739,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2027:
       (A) New budget authority, $313,512,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $316,417,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2028:
       (A) New budget authority, $322,020,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $336,852,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2029:
       (A) New budget authority, $331,220,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $315,456,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2030:
       (A) New budget authority, $340,439,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $338,867,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2031:
       (A) New budget authority, $350,829,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $349,032,000,000.
       (16) Administration of Justice (750):
       Fiscal year 2022:
       (A) New budget authority, $80,614,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $78,094,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2023:
       (A) New budget authority, $77,444,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $77,431,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2024:
       (A) New budget authority, $78,904,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $78,533,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2025:
       (A) New budget authority, $79,626,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $78,861,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2026:
       (A) New budget authority, $81,223,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $80,382,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2027:
       (A) New budget authority, $82,849,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $81,809,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2028:
       (A) New budget authority, $84,495,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $83,423,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2029:
       (A) New budget authority, $86,184,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $85,004,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2030:
       (A) New budget authority, $87,881,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $86,642,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2031:
       (A) New budget authority, $96,549,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $94,529,000,000.
       (17) General Government (800):
       Fiscal year 2022:
       (A) New budget authority, $48,565,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $111,629,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2023:
       (A) New budget authority, $29,912,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $33,642,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2024:
       (A) New budget authority, $30,382,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $32,557,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2025:
       (A) New budget authority, $30,935,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $33,585,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2026:

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       (A) New budget authority, $31,538,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $33,016,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2027:
       (A) New budget authority, $32,168,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $33,540,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2028:
       (A) New budget authority, $32,798,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $33,807,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2029:
       (A) New budget authority, $33,432,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $33,024,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2030:
       (A) New budget authority, $34,103,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $33,539,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2031:
       (A) New budget authority, $35,123,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $34,544,000,000.
       (18) Net Interest (900):
       Fiscal year 2022:
       (A) New budget authority, $373,011,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $373,011,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2023:
       (A) New budget authority, $378,542,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $378,542,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2024:
       (A) New budget authority, $407,539,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $407,539,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2025:
       (A) New budget authority, $464,069,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $464,069,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2026:
       (A) New budget authority, $541,134,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $541,134,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2027:
       (A) New budget authority, $623,392,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $623,392,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2028:
       (A) New budget authority, $719,805,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $719,805,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2029:
       (A) New budget authority, $813,280,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $813,280,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2030:
       (A) New budget authority, $918,333,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $918,333,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2031:
       (A) New budget authority, $1,025,810,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $1,025,810,000,000.
       (19) Allowances (920):
       Fiscal year 2022:
       (A) New budget authority, $11,507,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $17,129,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2023:
       (A) New budget authority, -$14,188,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, -$2,706,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2024:
       (A) New budget authority, -$11,538,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, -$6,811,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2025:
       (A) New budget authority, -$9,499,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, -$7,389,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2026:
       (A) New budget authority, -$8,979,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, -$7,646,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2027:
       (A) New budget authority, -$7,240,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, -$6,478,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2028:
       (A) New budget authority, -$5,238,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, -$4,559,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2029:
       (A) New budget authority, -$5,126,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, -$3,651,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2030:
       (A) New budget authority, -$5,898,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, -$3,393,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2031:
       (A) New budget authority, $2,530,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $1,034,000,000.
       (20) Undistributed Offsetting Receipts (950):
       Fiscal year 2022:
       (A) New budget authority, -$183,888,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, -$191,273,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2023:
       (A) New budget authority, -$116,355,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, -$123,615,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2024:
       (A) New budget authority, -$109,511,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, -$109,116,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2025:
       (A) New budget authority, -$111,761,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, -$116,941,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2026:
       (A) New budget authority, -$115,184,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, -$113,634,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2027:
       (A) New budget authority, -$118,981,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, -$117,431,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2028:
       (A) New budget authority, -$122,423,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, -$120,603,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2029:
       (A) New budget authority, -$126,990,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, -$125,170,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2030:
       (A) New budget authority, -$131,662,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, -$130,112,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2031:
       (A) New budget authority, -$136,520,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, -$135,110,000,000.

              Subtitle B--Levels and Amounts in the Senate

     SEC. 1201. SOCIAL SECURITY IN THE SENATE.

       (a) Social Security Revenues.--For purposes of Senate 
     enforcement under sections 302 and 311 of the Congressional 
     Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 633 and 642), the amounts of 
     revenues of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust 
     Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund are as 
     follows:
       Fiscal year 2022: $989,019,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2023: $1,084,547,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2024: $1,128,287,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2025: $1,167,700,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2026: $1,211,081,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2027: $1,257,670,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2028: $1,305,822,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2029: $1,354,109,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2030: $1,401,701,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2031: $1,451,146,000,000.
       (b) Social Security Outlays.--For purposes of Senate 
     enforcement under sections 302 and 311 of the Congressional 
     Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 633 and 642), the amounts of 
     outlays of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust 
     Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund are as 
     follows:
       Fiscal year 2022: $1,073,387,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2023: $1,153,424,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2024: $1,231,164,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2025: $1,311,894,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2026: $1,389,018,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2027: $1,472,602,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2028: $1,566,258,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2029: $1,662,981,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2030: $1,764,408,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2031: $1,868,859,000,000.
       (c) Social Security Administrative Expenses.--In the 
     Senate, the amounts of new budget authority and budget 
     outlays of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust 
     Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund for 
     administrative expenses are as follows:
       Fiscal year 2022:
       (A) New budget authority, $6,339,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $6,311,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2023:
       (A) New budget authority, $6,541,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $6,490,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2024:
       (A) New budget authority, $6,757,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $6,700,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2025:
       (A) New budget authority, $6,969,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $6,912,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2026:
       (A) New budget authority, $7,185,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $7,128,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2027:
       (A) New budget authority, $7,405,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $7,347,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2028:
       (A) New budget authority, $7,631,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $7,571,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2029:
       (A) New budget authority, $7,862,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $7,800,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2030:
       (A) New budget authority, $8,098,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $8,035,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2031:
       (A) New budget authority, $8,343,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $8,278,000,000.

     SEC. 1202. POSTAL SERVICE DISCRETIONARY ADMINISTRATIVE 
                   EXPENSES IN THE SENATE.

       In the Senate, the amounts of new budget authority and 
     budget outlays of the Postal Service for discretionary 
     administrative expenses are as follows:
       Fiscal year 2022:
       (A) New budget authority, $278,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $278,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2023:
       (A) New budget authority, $287,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $287,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2024:
       (A) New budget authority, $299,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $298,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2025:
       (A) New budget authority, $310,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $310,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2026:
       (A) New budget authority, $321,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $320,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2027:
       (A) New budget authority, $332,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $332,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2028:
       (A) New budget authority, $344,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $343,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2029:
       (A) New budget authority, $356,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $355,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2030:
       (A) New budget authority, $368,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $367,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2031:
       (A) New budget authority, $381,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $380,000,000.

                        TITLE II--RECONCILIATION

     SEC. 2001. RECONCILIATION IN THE SENATE.

       (a) Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.--The 
     Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the 
     Senate shall report changes in laws within its jurisdiction 
     that increase the deficit by not more than $135,000,000,000 
     for the period of fiscal years 2022 through 2031.
       (b) Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.--The 
     Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the 
     Senate shall report changes in laws within its jurisdiction 
     that increase the deficit by not more than $332,000,000,000 
     for the period of fiscal years 2022 through 2031.
       (c) Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.--
     The Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the 
     Senate shall report changes in laws within its jurisdiction 
     that increase the deficit by not more than $83,076,000,000 
     for the period of fiscal years 2022 through 2031.
       (d) Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.--The 
     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate shall 
     report changes in laws within its jurisdiction that increase 
     the deficit by not more than $198,000,000,000 for the period 
     of fiscal years 2022 through 2031.

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       (e) Committee on Environment and Public Works.--The 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate shall 
     report changes in laws within its jurisdiction that increase 
     the deficit by not more than $67,264,000,000 for the period 
     of fiscal years 2022 through 2031.
       (f) Committee on Finance.--The Committee on Finance of the 
     Senate shall report changes in laws within its jurisdiction 
     that reduce the deficit by not less than $1,000,000,000 for 
     the period of fiscal years 2022 through 2031.
       (g) Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.--
     The Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of 
     the Senate shall report changes in laws within its 
     jurisdiction that increase the deficit by not more than 
     $726,380,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2022 through 
     2031.
       (h) Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
     Affairs.--The Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
     Affairs of the Senate shall report changes in laws within its 
     jurisdiction that increase the deficit by not more than 
     $37,000,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2022 through 
     2031.
       (i) Committee on Indian Affairs.--The Committee on Indian 
     Affairs of the Senate shall report changes in laws within its 
     jurisdiction that increase the deficit by not more than 
     $20,500,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2022 through 
     2031.
       (j) Committee on the Judiciary.--The Committee on the 
     Judiciary of the Senate shall report changes in laws within 
     its jurisdiction that increase the deficit by not more than 
     $107,500,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2022 through 
     2031.
       (k) Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.--The 
     Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship of the 
     Senate shall report changes in laws within its jurisdiction 
     that increase the deficit by not more than $25,000,000,000 
     for the period of fiscal years 2022 through 2031.
       (l) Committee on Veterans' Affairs.--The Committee on 
     Veterans' Affairs of the Senate shall report changes in laws 
     within its jurisdiction that increase the deficit by not more 
     than $18,000,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2022 
     through 2031.
       (m) Submissions.--In the Senate, not later than September 
     15, 2021, the Committees named in the subsections of this 
     section shall submit their recommendations to the Committee 
     on the Budget of the Senate. Upon receiving all such 
     recommendations, the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 
     shall report to the Senate a reconciliation bill carrying out 
     all such recommendations without any substantive revision.

     SEC. 2002. RECONCILIATION IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

       (a) Committee on Agriculture.--The Committee on Agriculture 
     of the House of Representatives shall report changes in laws 
     within its jurisdiction that increase the deficit by not more 
     than $89,100,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2022 
     through 2031.
       (b) Committee on Education and Labor.--The Committee on 
     Education and Labor of the House of Representatives shall 
     report changes in laws within its jurisdiction that increase 
     the deficit by not more than $779,500,000,000 for the period 
     of fiscal years 2022 through 2031.
       (c) Committee on Energy and Commerce.--The Committee on 
     Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives shall 
     report changes in laws within its jurisdiction that increase 
     the deficit by not more than $486,500,000,000 for the period 
     of fiscal years 2022 through 2031.
       (d) Committee on Financial Services.--The Committee on 
     Financial Services of the House of Representatives shall 
     report changes in laws within its jurisdiction that increase 
     the deficit by not more than $339,000,000,000 for the period 
     of fiscal years 2022 through 2031.
       (e) Committee on Homeland Security.--The Committee on 
     Homeland Security of the House of Representatives shall 
     report changes in laws within its jurisdiction that increase 
     the deficit by not more than $500,000,000 for the period of 
     fiscal years 2022 through 2031.
       (f) Committee on the Judiciary.--The Committee on the 
     Judiciary of the House of Representatives shall report 
     changes in laws within its jurisdiction that increase the 
     deficit by not more than $107,500,000,000 for the period of 
     fiscal years 2022 through 2031.
       (g) Committee on Natural Resources.--The Committee on 
     Natural Resources of the House of Representatives shall 
     report changes in laws within its jurisdiction that increase 
     the deficit by not more than $25,600,000,000 for the period 
     of fiscal years 2022 through 2031.
       (h) Committee on Oversight and Reform.--The Committee on 
     Oversight and Reform of the House of Representatives shall 
     report changes in laws within its jurisdiction that increase 
     the deficit by not more than $7,500,000,000 for the period of 
     fiscal years 2022 through 2031.
       (i) Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.--The 
     Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of 
     Representatives shall report changes in laws within its 
     jurisdiction that increase the deficit by not more than 
     $45,510,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2022 through 
     2031.
       (j) Committee on Small Business.--The Committee on Small 
     Business of the House of Representatives shall report changes 
     in laws within its jurisdiction that increase the deficit by 
     not more than $17,500,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 
     2022 through 2031.
       (k) Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.--The 
     Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House 
     of Representatives shall report changes in laws within its 
     jurisdiction that increase the deficit by not more than 
     $60,000,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2022 through 
     2031.
       (l) Committee on Veterans' Affairs.--The Committee on 
     Veterans' Affairs of the House of Representatives shall 
     report changes in laws within its jurisdiction that increase 
     the deficit by not more than $18,000,000,000 for the period 
     of fiscal years 2022 through 2031.
       (m) Committee on Ways and Means.--The Committee on Ways and 
     Means of the House of Representatives shall report changes in 
     laws within its jurisdiction that reduce the deficit by not 
     less than $1,000,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2022 
     through 2031.
       (n) Submissions.--In the House of Representatives, not 
     later than September 15, 2021, the committees named in the 
     subsections of this section shall submit their 
     recommendations to the Committee on the Budget of the House 
     of Representatives to carry out this section.

                        TITLE III--RESERVE FUNDS

     SEC. 3001. RESERVE FUND FOR LEGISLATION THAT WON'T RAISE 
                   TAXES ON PEOPLE MAKING LESS THAN $400,000 IN 
                   THE SENATE.

       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 
     changes in revenues, without raising taxes on people making 
     less than $400,000, by the amounts in such legislation for 
     those purposes, provided that such legislation would not 
     increase the deficit for the time period of fiscal year 2022 
     to fiscal year 2031.

     SEC. 3002. RESERVE FUND FOR RECONCILIATION LEGISLATION.

       (a) Senate.--
       (1) In general.--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 any bill or joint resolution considered 
     pursuant to section 2001 containing the recommendations of 
     one or more committees, or for one or more amendments to, a 
     conference report on, or an amendment between the Houses in 
     relation to such a bill or joint resolution, by the amounts 
     necessary to accommodate the budgetary effects of the 
     legislation, if the budgetary effects of the legislation 
     comply with the reconciliation instructions under this 
     concurrent resolution, except that no adjustment shall be 
     made pursuant to this subsection if such legislation raises 
     taxes on people making less than $400,000.
       (2) Determination of compliance.--For purposes of this 
     subsection, compliance with the reconciliation instructions 
     under this concurrent resolution shall be determined by the 
     Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate.
       (3) Exceptions for legislation.--
       (A) Short-term.--Section 404 of S. Con. Res. 13 (111th 
     Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal 
     year 2010, as amended by section 3201(b)(2) of S. Con. Res. 
     11 (114th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget 
     for fiscal year 2016, shall not apply to legislation for 
     which the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the 
     Senate has exercised the authority under paragraph (1).
       (B) Long-term.--Section 3101 of S. Con. Res. 11 (114th 
     Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal 
     year 2016, shall not apply to legislation for which the 
     Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate has 
     exercised the authority under paragraph (1).
       (b) House of Representatives.--
       (1) In general.--In the House of the Representatives, the 
     chair of the Committee on the Budget may revise the 
     allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and 
     other appropriate levels in this concurrent resolution for 
     any bill or joint resolution considered pursuant to this 
     concurrent resolution containing the recommendations of one 
     or more committees, or for one or more amendments to, a 
     conference report on, or an amendment between the Houses in 
     relation to such a bill or joint resolution, by the amounts 
     necessary to accommodate the budgetary effects of the 
     legislation.
       (2) Exception for legislation.--The point of order set 
     forth in clause 10 of rule XXI of the House of 
     Representatives shall not apply to reconciliation legislation 
     reported by the Committee on the Budget pursuant to 
     submissions under this concurrent resolution.

     SEC. 3003. RESERVE FUND.

       (a) Senate.--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 
     by the amounts provided in such legislation, provided that 
     such legislation would not increase the deficit for the time 
     period of fiscal year 2022 to fiscal year 2031.
       (b) House of Representatives.--The chair of the Committee 
     on the Budget of the House

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     of Representatives may revise the allocations of a committee 
     or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 
     this concurrent resolution for one or more bills, joint 
     resolutions, amendments, or conference reports by the amounts 
     provided in such legislation, provided that such legislation 
     would not increase the deficit for the following time 
     periods: fiscal year 2022 to fiscal year 2026 and fiscal year 
     2022 to fiscal year 2031.

     SEC. 3004. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO PROHIBIT THE GREEN 
                   NEW DEAL.

       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 
     Federal greenhouse gas restrictions, which may include 
     limiting or prohibiting legislation or regulations to 
     implement the Green New Deal, to ship United States companies 
     and jobs overseas, to impose soaring electricity, gasoline, 
     home heating oil, and other energy prices on working class 
     families, or to make the United States increasingly dependent 
     on foreign supply chains, 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.

     SEC. 3005. RESERVE FUND RELATING TO ADDRESSING THE CRISIS OF 
                   CLIMATE CHANGE.

       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 
     addressing the crisis of climate change through new policies 
     that create jobs, reduce pollution, and strengthen the 
     economy of the United States by the amounts provided in such 
     legislation for those purposes, provided that such 
     legislation would not increase the deficit over the period of 
     the total of fiscal years 2022 through 2031.

     SEC. 3006. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO 
                   SUPPORTING PRIVATELY-HELD BUSINESSES, FARMS, 
                   AND RANCHES.

       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 
     protecting privately-held businesses, farms, and ranches, 
     which may include--
       (1) preserving the tax principles in effect as of the date 
     of the adoption of this resolution which are applicable to 
     owning, operating, or transferring such businesses, farms, 
     and ranches,
       (2) preserving the full benefit of the step-up in basis for 
     assets acquired from a decedent, or
       (3) extending tax relief for such businesses, farms or 
     ranches,

     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.

     SEC. 3007. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PROMOTING 
                   US COMPETITIVENESS AND INNOVATION BY SUPPORTING 
                   RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.

       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 
     supporting United States economic competitiveness and 
     innovation, which may include expanding the research and 
     development tax credit for small businesses and preserving 
     full expensing for research and development investments, 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.

     SEC. 3008. RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PROTECTING TAXPAYER 
                   PRIVACY WHILE ENSURING THOSE EVADING THE TAX 
                   SYSTEM PAY WHAT THEY OWE.

       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 
     strengthening Federal tax administration, which may include 
     requiring reporting on large financial account balances to 
     ensure those evading the tax system pay what they owe while 
     protecting the privacy of American taxpayer and small 
     business tax information, by the amounts provided in such 
     legislation for those purposes, provided that such 
     legislation would not increase the deficit over the period of 
     the total of fiscal years 2022 through 2031.

     SEC. 3009. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO PROHIBIT THE 
                   COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND 
                   ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY FROM 
                   PROMULGATING RULES OR GUIDANCE THAT BANS 
                   FRACKING IN THE UNITED STATES.

       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 the 
     National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and environmental 
     laws and policies, which may include limiting or prohibiting 
     the Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality and the 
     Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from 
     proposing, finalizing, or implementing a rule or guidance 
     that bans fracking in the United States 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.

     SEC. 3010. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO 
                   FACILITATING IMPROVED INTERNET SERVICE FOR 
                   CUBAN CITIZENS.

       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 
     improving the National Telecommunications and Information 
     Administration, which may include ensuring that the internet 
     is an engine for innovation and economic growth for the Cuban 
     people, 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.

     SEC. 3011. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO ADJUSTING 
                   FEDERAL FUNDING FOR LOCAL JURISDICTIONS.

       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 
     adjustments to Federal funds for local governments within the 
     jurisdiction of the committees receiving reconciliation 
     instructions under section 2001 of this resolution, which may 
     include limiting or eliminating Federal payments, other than 
     grants under subpart 1 of part E of title I of the Omnibus 
     Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10151 
     et seq.) (commonly known as the ``Byrne JAG grant program'') 
     or section 1701 of title I of such Act (34 U.S.C. 10381) 
     (commonly known as the ``COPS grant program''), to local 
     governments that defund the police, 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.

     SEC. 3012. RESERVE FUND RELATING TO HONORING THE CAPITOL 
                   POLICE, DC METROPOLITAN POLICE, AND FIRST 
                   RESPONDERS.

       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 
     honoring the United States Capitol Police, the District of 
     Columbia Metropolitan Police, and all other first responders, 
     who fought and died protecting Congress and the United States 
     Capitol from the mob of insurrectionists on January 6th, 
     2021, by the amounts provided in such legislation for those 
     purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase 
     the deficit over the period of the total of fiscal years 2022 
     through 2031.

     SEC. 3013. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO 
                   SUPPORTING OR EXPEDITING THE DEPLOYMENT OF 
                   CARBON CAPTURE, UTILIZATION, AND SEQUESTRATION 
                   TECHNOLOGIES.

       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 
     Federal environmental and energy policies, which may include 
     supporting or expediting the deployment of carbon capture, 
     utilization, and sequestration technologies (including 
     technologies that may be used on coal- and natural gas-fired 
     power plants) in the United States to lower emissions and to 
     increase the use of captured

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     carbon dioxide for valuable products and enhanced oil 
     recovery, 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.

     SEC. 3014. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO POLICIES 
                   OR LEGISLATION TO PROHIBIT THE DEPARTMENT OF 
                   AGRICULTURE FROM MAKING INELIGIBLE FOR 
                   FINANCING FOSSIL FUEL-BURNING POWER PLANTS.

       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 
     agriculture policy, which may include prohibiting or limiting 
     the Department of Agriculture from making ineligible for 
     financing the construction, maintenance, or improvement of 
     fossil fuel-burning power plants 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.

     SEC. 3015. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO THE 
                   PROVISIONS OF THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT.

       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 
     limitations on Federal relief funds for State or local 
     governments, which may include lifting or prohibiting 
     restrictions related to modifications to a State's or 
     territory's tax revenue source, 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.

     SEC. 3016. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO MEANS-
                   TESTING ELECTRIC VEHICLE TAX CREDITS.

       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 means-
     testing electric vehicle tax credits, which may include 
     limiting eligibility of individuals with an adjusted gross 
     income of greater than $100,000 or setting maximum car values 
     allowed for eligible purchases at $40,000, 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.

     SEC. 3017. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO 
                   PROHIBITING OR LIMITING THE ISSUANCE OF COSTLY 
                   CLEAN AIR ACT PERMIT REQUIREMENTS ON FARMERS 
                   AND RANCHERS IN THE UNITED STATES OR THE 
                   IMPOSITION OF NEW FEDERAL METHANE REQUIREMENTS 
                   ON LIVESTOCK.

       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 
     Federal environmental policies under the Clean Air Act (42 
     U.S.C. 7401 et seq.), which may include prohibiting or 
     limiting the issuance of costly permit requirements under 
     that Act on farmers and ranchers in the United States or the 
     imposition of any new Federal methane requirements on 
     livestock that would have the effect of increasing the cost 
     of beef and other critical products, 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.

     SEC. 3018. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO FUNDING 
                   OF THE OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL.

       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 
     funding of the Office of Foreign Assets Control, which may 
     include additional resources for enforcement activities or 
     additional sanctions against terrorist organizations, 
     including those in the Gaza Strip and their members, 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.

     SEC. 3019. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO ABORTION 
                   FUNDING.

       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 
     improving health programs, which may include prohibiting 
     funding for abortions consistent with the Hyde amendment or 
     limitations on Federal funding to State or local governments 
     that discriminate against entities who refuse to participate 
     in abortion consistent with the Weldon amendment, 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.

     SEC. 3020. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO ENSURING 
                   ROBUST, SECURE, AND HUMANE SUPPLY CHAINS, 
                   SOURCED BY THE UNITED STATES AND ALLIES OF THE 
                   UNITED STATES, FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY MATERIALS, 
                   TECHNOLOGY, AND CRITICAL MINERALS.

       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 
     Federal energy policy, which may include ensuring robust, 
     secure, and humane supply chains for renewable energy 
     products and critical minerals and prohibiting or limiting 
     renewable energy projects funded or subsidized by Federal 
     funds from purchasing materials, technology, and critical 
     minerals produced in China, 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.

     SEC. 3021. RESERVE FUND RELATING TO ENSURING ROBUST, SECURE, 
                   AND HUMANE SUPPLY CHAINS BY PROHIBITING THE USE 
                   OF FEDERAL FUNDS TO PURCHASE MATERIALS, 
                   TECHNOLOGY, AND CRITICAL MINERALS PRODUCED, 
                   MANUFACTURED, OR MINED WITH FORCED LABOR.

       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 
     ensuring robust, secure, and humane supply chains by 
     prohibiting the use of Federal funds to purchase materials, 
     technology, and critical minerals produced, manufactured, or 
     mined with forced labor by the amounts provided in such 
     legislation for those purposes, provided that such 
     legislation would not increase the deficit over the period of 
     the total of fiscal years 2022 through 2031.

     SEC. 3022. RESERVE FUND RELATING TO GREAT LAKES ICE BREAKING 
                   OPERATIONAL IMPROVEMENTS.

       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 
     improving Coast Guard operations, which may include funding 
     for the acquisition, design, and construction of a Great 
     Lakes heavy icebreaker, by the amounts provided in such 
     legislation for those purposes, provided that such 
     legislation would not increase the deficit over the period of 
     the total of fiscal years 2022 through 2031.

     SEC. 3023. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO 
                   IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT AND ADDRESSING THE 
                   HUMANITARIAN CRISIS AT THE SOUTHERN BORDER.

       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 
     immigration enforcement, which may include strengthening 
     enforcement of immigration laws to address the humanitarian 
     crisis at the southern border, dramatically increasing 
     funding for smart and effective border security measures, 
     improving asylum processing, and reducing immigration court 
     backlogs, 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.

     SEC. 3024. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PROVIDING 
                   QUALITY EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN.

       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

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     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 providing quality education for the children of 
     the United States, which may include prohibiting or limiting 
     Federal funding from being used to promote critical race 
     theory or compel teachers or students to affirm critical race 
     theory in prekindergarten programs, elementary schools, and 
     secondary schools, 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.

     SEC. 3025. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO HIRING 
                   100,000 NEW POLICE OFFICERS.

       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 public 
     safety, which may include funding the hiring of 100,000 new 
     police officers nationwide, 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.

     SEC. 3026. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO 
                   PREVENTING ELECTRICITY BLACKOUTS AND IMPROVING 
                   ELECTRICITY RELIABILITY.

       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 
     Federal environmental and energy policies, which may include 
     promoting the increased deployment and use of, or supporting 
     the expansion of, baseload power resources in the United 
     States, including coal-fired and natural gas-fired power 
     plants with carbon capture, utilization, and sequestration 
     technologies and nuclear power to prevent blackouts and 
     improve electric reliability, 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.

     SEC. 3027. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO 
                   PROTECTING MIGRANTS AND LOCAL COMMUNITIES 
                   AGAINST COVID-19.

       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 
     protecting migrants and local communities against COVID-19, 
     which may include resources for testing and treatment of 
     migrants at the United States border, resources for 
     quarantining migrants who test positive, or prohibiting 
     migrants who have not received a negative COVID-19 test from 
     being transported elsewhere, 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.

     SEC. 3028. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO STUDYING 
                   AND PROVIDING FOR TAX EQUIVALENCY UNDER THE 
                   PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF TAXES PROGRAM.

       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 
     studying and providing for tax equivalency under the payments 
     in lieu of taxes program established under chapter 69 of 
     title 31, United States Code, 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.

     SEC. 3029. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO 
                   PREVENTING TAX INCREASES ON SMALL BUSINESSES.

       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 tax increases on small businesses 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.

     SEC. 3030. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PROVIDING 
                   SUFFICIENT RESOURCES TO DETAIN AND DEPORT A 
                   HIGHER NUMBER OF ALIENS WHO HAVE BEEN CONVICTED 
                   OF A CRIME.

       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 
     ensuring that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has 
     sufficient resources to detain and deport a higher number of 
     illegal aliens who have been convicted of a criminal offense 
     in the United States, 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.

     SEC. 3031. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO 
                   MAINTAINING THE CURRENT LAW TAX TREATMENT OF 
                   LIKE KIND EXCHANGES.

       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 
     maintaining the current law tax treatment of like kind 
     exchanges under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 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.

                        TITLE IV--OTHER MATTERS

     SEC. 4001. EMERGENCY LEGISLATION.

       (a) Senate.--
       (1) Authority to designate.--In the Senate, with respect to 
     a provision of direct spending or receipts legislation or 
     appropriations for discretionary accounts that Congress 
     designates as an emergency requirement in such measure, the 
     amounts of new budget authority, outlays, and receipts in all 
     fiscal years resulting from that provision shall be treated 
     as an emergency requirement for the purpose of this 
     subsection.
       (2) Exemption of emergency provisions.--Any new budget 
     authority, outlays, and receipts resulting from any provision 
     designated as an emergency requirement, pursuant to this 
     subsection, in any bill, joint resolution, amendment, 
     amendment between the Houses, or conference report shall not 
     count for purposes of sections 302 and 311 of the 
     Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 633, 642), section 
     404(a) of S. Con. Res. 13 (111th Congress), the concurrent 
     resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2010, section 3101 
     of S. Con. Res. 11 (114th Congress), the concurrent 
     resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2016, and section 
     4106 of H. Con. Res. 71 (115th Congress), the concurrent 
     resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2018.
       (3) Designations.--If a provision of legislation is 
     designated as an emergency requirement under this subsection, 
     the committee report and any statement of managers 
     accompanying that legislation shall include an explanation of 
     the manner in which the provision meets the criteria in 
     paragraph (5).
       (4) Definitions.--In this subsection, the terms ``direct 
     spending'', ``receipts'', and ``appropriations for 
     discretionary accounts'' mean any provision of a bill, joint 
     resolution, amendment, motion, amendment between the Houses, 
     or conference report that affects direct spending, receipts, 
     or appropriations as those terms have been defined and 
     interpreted for purposes of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
     Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 900 et seq.).
       (5) Criteria.--
       (A) In general.--For purposes of this subsection, any 
     provision is an emergency requirement if the situation 
     addressed by such provision is--
       (i) necessary, essential, or vital (not merely useful or 
     beneficial);
       (ii) sudden, quickly coming into being, and not building up 
     over time;
       (iii) an urgent, pressing, and compelling need requiring 
     immediate action;
       (iv) subject to subparagraph (B), unforeseen, 
     unpredictable, and unanticipated; and
       (v) not permanent, temporary in nature.
       (B) Unforeseen.--An emergency that is part of an aggregate 
     level of anticipated emergencies, particularly when normally 
     estimated in advance, is not unforeseen.
       (6) Repeal.--In the Senate, section 4112 of H. Con. Res. 71 
     (115th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for 
     fiscal year 2018, shall no longer apply.
       (b) House of Representatives.--
       (1) In general.--In the House of Representatives, if a 
     bill, joint resolution, amendment, or conference report 
     contains a provision providing new budget authority and 
     outlays or reducing revenue, and a designation of such 
     provision as emergency requirement, the chair of the 
     Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives shall 
     not count the budgetary effects of such provision for any 
     purpose in the House of Representatives.
       (2) Proposal to strike.--A proposal to strike a designation 
     under paragraph (1)

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     shall be excluded from an evaluation of budgetary effects for 
     any purpose in the House of Representatives.
       (3) Amendment to reduce amounts.--An amendment offered 
     under paragraph (2) that also proposes to reduce each amount 
     appropriated or otherwise made available by the pending 
     measure that is not required to be appropriated or otherwise 
     made available shall be in order at any point in the reading 
     of the pending measure.
       (4) References.--
       (A) In general.--All references to section 1(f) of H. Res. 
     467 (117th Congress) in any bill or joint resolution, or an 
     amendment thereto or conference report thereon, shall be 
     treated for all purposes in the House of Representatives as 
     references to this subsection of this concurrent resolution.
       (B) BBEDCA.--All references to a designation by the 
     Congress for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
     251(b) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
     Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)) for amounts for fiscal year 
     2022 or succeeding fiscal years in any legislation 
     implementing a bipartisan infrastructure agreement shall be 
     treated for all purposes in the House of Representatives as 
     references to this subsection of this concurrent resolution.

     SEC. 4002. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST ADVANCE APPROPRIATIONS IN 
                   THE SENATE.

       (a) In General.--
       (1) Point of order.--Except as provided in subsection (b), 
     it shall not be in order in the Senate to consider any bill, 
     joint resolution, motion, amendment, amendment between the 
     Houses, or conference report that would provide an advance 
     appropriation for a discretionary account.
       (2) Definition.--In this section, the term ``advance 
     appropriation'' means any new budget authority provided in a 
     bill or joint resolution making appropriations for fiscal 
     year 2022 that first becomes available for any fiscal year 
     after 2022, or any new budget authority provided in a bill or 
     joint resolution making appropriations for fiscal year 2023, 
     that first becomes available for any fiscal year after 2023.
       (b) Exceptions.--Advance appropriations may be provided--
       (1) for fiscal years 2023 and 2024 for programs, projects, 
     activities, or accounts identified in the joint explanatory 
     statement of managers accompanying this resolution under the 
     heading ``Accounts Identified for Advance Appropriations'' in 
     an aggregate amount not to exceed $28,852,000,000 in new 
     budget authority in each fiscal year;
       (2) for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting;
       (3) for the Department of Veterans Affairs for the Medical 
     Services, Medical Community Care, Medical Support and 
     Compliance, and Medical Facilities accounts of the Veterans 
     Health Administration;
       (4) for legislation implementing a bipartisan 
     infrastructure agreement, as determined by the Chairman of 
     the Committee on the Budget of the Senate; and
       (5) for the Department of Health and Human Services for the 
     Indian Health Services and Indian Health Facilities 
     accounts--
       (A) in an amount that is not more than the amount provided 
     for fiscal year 2022 in a bill or joint resolution making 
     appropriations for fiscal year 2022; and
       (B) in an amount that is not more than the amount provided 
     for fiscal year 2023 in a bill or joint resolution making 
     appropriations for fiscal year 2023.
       (c) Supermajority Waiver and Appeal.--
       (1) Waiver.--In the Senate, subsection (a) may be waived or 
     suspended only by an affirmative vote of three-fifths of the 
     Members, duly chosen and sworn.
       (2) Appeal.--An affirmative vote of three-fifths of the 
     Members of the Senate, duly chosen and sworn, shall be 
     required to sustain an appeal of the ruling of the Chair on a 
     point of order raised under subsection (a).
       (d) Form of Point of Order.--A point of order under 
     subsection (a) may be raised by a Senator as provided in 
     section 313(e) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 
     U.S.C. 644(e)).
       (e) Conference Reports.--When the Senate is considering a 
     conference report on, or an amendment between the Houses in 
     relation to, a bill or joint resolution, upon a point of 
     order being made by any Senator pursuant to this section, and 
     such point of order being sustained, such material contained 
     in such conference report or House amendment shall be 
     stricken, and the Senate shall proceed to consider the 
     question of whether the Senate shall recede from its 
     amendment and concur with a further amendment, or concur in 
     the House amendment with a further amendment, as the case may 
     be, which further amendment shall consist of only that 
     portion of the conference report or House amendment, as the 
     case may be, not so stricken. Any such motion in the Senate 
     shall be debatable. In any case in which such point of order 
     is sustained against a conference report (or Senate amendment 
     derived from such conference report by operation of this 
     subsection), no further amendment shall be in order.

     SEC. 4003. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST ADVANCE APPROPRIATIONS IN 
                   THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

       (a) In General.--In the House of Representatives, except as 
     provided in subsection (b), any general appropriation bill or 
     bill or joint resolution continuing appropriations, or an 
     amendment thereto or conference report thereon, may not 
     provide an advance appropriation.
       (b) Exceptions.--An advance appropriation may be provided 
     for programs, activities, or accounts identified in lists 
     submitted for printing in the Congressional Record by the 
     chair of the Committee on the Budget--
       (1) for fiscal year 2023, under the heading ``Accounts 
     Identified for Advance Appropriations'' in an aggregate 
     amount not to exceed $28,852,000,000 in new budget authority, 
     and for fiscal year 2024, accounts separately identified 
     under the same heading; and
       (2) for fiscal year 2023, under the heading ``Veterans 
     Accounts Identified for Advance Appropriations''.
       (c) Definition.--In this section, the term ``advance 
     appropriation'' means any new discretionary budget authority 
     provided in a general appropriation bill or bill or joint 
     resolution continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2022, or 
     an amendment thereto or conference report thereon, that first 
     becomes available following fiscal year 2022.

     SEC. 4004. PROGRAM INTEGRITY INITIATIVES AND OTHER 
                   ADJUSTMENTS IN THE SENATE.

       (a) In General.--In the Senate, after the reporting of a 
     bill or joint resolution relating to any matter described in 
     subsection (b) or the adoption of a motion to proceed to, the 
     offering of an amendment to, the laying before the Senate of 
     an amendment between the Houses to, or the submission of a 
     conference report on such a bill or joint resolution--
       (1) the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the 
     Senate may adjust the budgetary aggregates and allocations 
     pursuant to section 302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 
     1974 (2 U.S.C. 633(a)) by the amount of new budget authority 
     in that measure for that purpose and the outlays flowing 
     therefrom; and
       (2) following any adjustment under paragraph (1), the 
     Committee on Appropriations of the Senate may report 
     appropriately revised suballocations pursuant to section 
     302(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 
     633(b)) to carry out this section.
       (b) Matters Described.--Matters referred to in subsection 
     (a) are as follows:
       (1) Continuing disability reviews and redeterminations.--
       (A) In general.--If a bill, joint resolution, amendment, 
     amendment between the Houses, or conference report making 
     discretionary appropriations for fiscal year 2022 specifies 
     an amount for continuing disability reviews under titles II 
     and XVI of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 401 et seq., 
     1381 et seq.), for the cost associated with conducting 
     redeterminations of eligibility under title XVI of the Social 
     Security Act, for the cost of co-operative disability 
     investigation units, and for the cost associated with the 
     prosecution of fraud in the programs and operations of the 
     Social Security Administration by Special Assistant United 
     States Attorneys, then the adjustment shall be the additional 
     new budget authority specified in such measure for such costs 
     for fiscal year 2022, but shall not exceed $1,435,000,000.
       (B) Definitions.--As used in this paragraph--
       (i) the term ``additional new budget authority'' means the 
     amount provided for fiscal year 2022, in excess of 
     $273,000,000, in a bill, joint resolution, amendment, 
     amendment between the Houses, or conference report making 
     discretionary appropriations and specified to pay for the 
     costs of continuing disability reviews, redeterminations, 
     cooperative disability investigation units, and the 
     prosecution of fraud in the programs and operations of the 
     Social Security Administration by Special Assistant United 
     States Attorneys under the heading ``Limitation on 
     Administrative Expenses'' for the Social Security 
     Administration;
       (ii) the term ``continuing disability reviews'' means 
     continuing disability reviews under sections 221(i) and 
     1614(a)(4) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 421(i), 
     1382c(a)(4)), including work-related continuing disability 
     reviews to determine whether earnings derived from services 
     demonstrate an individual's ability to engage in substantial 
     gainful activity; and
       (iii) the term ``redetermination'' means redetermination of 
     eligibility under sections 1611(c)(1) and 1614(a)(3)(H) of 
     the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1382(c)(1), 
     1382c(a)(3)(H)).
       (2) Internal revenue service enforcement.--
       (A) In general.--If a bill, joint resolution, amendment, 
     amendment between the Houses, or conference report making 
     discretionary appropriations for fiscal year 2022 specifies 
     an amount for tax enforcement activities, including tax 
     compliance to address the Federal tax gap (including an 
     amount for Internal Revenue Service Enforcement (account 020-
     0913), for Internal Revenue Service Operations Support 
     (account 020-0919), for Internal Revenue Service Business 
     Systems Modernization (account 020-0921), or for Internal 
     Revenue Service Taxpayer Services (account 020-0912)), then 
     the adjustment shall be the additional new budget authority 
     specified in such measure for fiscal year 2022, but shall not 
     exceed $417,000,000.
       (B) Definition.--In this paragraph, the term ``additional 
     new budget authority'' means the amount provided for fiscal 
     year 2022, in excess of $11,919,000,000, in a bill, joint 
     resolution, amendment, amendment between the Houses, or 
     conference report making discretionary appropriations and 
     specified to pay for tax enforcement activities, including 
     tax compliance to address the Federal tax gap, for Internal 
     Revenue Service Enforcement (account 020-0913), Internal

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     Revenue Service Operations Support (account 020-0919), 
     Internal Revenue Service Business Systems Modernization 
     (account 020-0921), or Internal Revenue Service Taxpayer 
     Services (account 020-0912).
       (3) Health care fraud and abuse control.--
       (A) In general.--If a bill, joint resolution, amendment, 
     amendment between the Houses, or conference report making 
     discretionary appropriations for fiscal year 2022 specifies 
     an amount for the health care fraud abuse control program at 
     the Department of Health and Human Services (75-8393-0-7-
     571), then the adjustment shall be the additional new budget 
     authority specified in such measure for such program for 
     fiscal year 2022, but shall not exceed $556,000,000.
       (B) Definition.--As used in this paragraph, the term 
     ``additional new budget authority'' means the amount provided 
     for fiscal year 2022, in excess of $317,000,000, in a bill, 
     joint resolution, amendment, amendment between the Houses, or 
     conference report making discretionary appropriations and 
     specified to pay for the health care fraud abuse control 
     program at the Department of Health and Human Services (75-
     8393-0-7-571).
       (4) Reemployment services and eligibility assessments.--
       (A) In general.--If a bill, joint resolution, amendment, 
     amendment between the Houses, or conference report making 
     discretionary appropriations for fiscal year 2022 specifies 
     an amount for grants to States under section 306 of the 
     Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 506) for claimants of regular 
     compensation, as defined in such section, including those who 
     are profiled as most likely to exhaust their benefits, then 
     the adjustment shall be the additional new budget authority 
     specified in such measure for such grants for fiscal year 
     2022, but shall not exceed $133,000,000.
       (B) Definition.--As used in this paragraph, the term 
     ``additional new budget authority'' means the amount provided 
     for fiscal year 2022, in excess of $117,000,000, in a bill, 
     joint resolution, amendment, amendment between the Houses, or 
     conference report making discretionary appropriations and 
     specified to pay for grants to States under section 306 of 
     the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 506) for claimants of 
     regular compensation, as defined in such section, including 
     those who are profiled as most likely to exhaust their 
     benefits.
       (5) Wildfire suppression.--
       (A) Additional new budget authority.--If, for any of fiscal 
     years 2022 through 2027, a bill, joint resolution, amendment, 
     amendment between the Houses, or conference report making 
     discretionary appropriations for such a fiscal year provides 
     an amount for wildfire suppression operations in the Wildland 
     Fire Management accounts at the Department of Agriculture or 
     the Department of the Interior, then the adjustments for that 
     fiscal year shall be the amount of additional new budget 
     authority provided in that measure for wildfire suppression 
     operations for that fiscal year, but shall not exceed the 
     amount for that fiscal year specified in section 
     251(b)(2)(F)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
     Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(F)(i)).
       (B) Definitions.--As used in this paragraph, the terms 
     ``additional new budget authority'' and ``wildfire 
     suppression operations'' have the meanings given those terms 
     in section 251(b)(2)(F)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and 
     Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 
     901(b)(2)(F)(ii)).
       (6) Disaster relief.--
       (A) Additional new budget authority.--If a bill, joint 
     resolution, amendment, amendment between the Houses, or 
     conference report making discretionary appropriations for 
     fiscal year 2022 provides an amount for disaster relief, the 
     adjustment for fiscal year 2022 shall be the total of such 
     appropriations for fiscal year 2022 designated as being for 
     disaster relief, but not to exceed the amount equal to the 
     total amount calculated for fiscal year 2022 in accordance 
     with the formula in section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced 
     Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 
     901(b)(2)(D)(i)), except that such formula shall be applied 
     by substituting ``fiscal years 2012 through 2022'' for 
     ``fiscal years 2012 through 2021''.
       (B) Definition.--As used in this paragraph, the term 
     ``disaster relief'' means activities carried out pursuant to 
     a determination under section 102(2) of the Robert T. 
     Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 
     U.S.C. 5122(2)).
       (7) Veterans medical care.--
       (A) In general.--If a bill, joint resolution, amendment, 
     amendment between the Houses, or conference report making 
     discretionary appropriations for fiscal year 2022 specifies 
     an amount for veterans medical care (in the Medical Services, 
     Medical Community Care, Medical Support and Compliance, and 
     Medical Facilities accounts of the Veterans Health 
     Administration), then the adjustment shall be the additional 
     new budget authority specified in such measure for such 
     medical care for fiscal year 2022, but shall not exceed 
     $7,602,000,000.
       (B) Definition.--As used in this paragraph, the term 
     ``additional new budget authority'' means the amount provided 
     for fiscal year 2022, in excess of $89,849,000,000, in a 
     bill, joint resolution, amendment, amendment between the 
     Houses, or conference report making discretionary 
     appropriations and specified to pay for veterans medical 
     care.
       (c) Application of Adjustments.--The adjustments made 
     pursuant to subsection (a) for legislation shall--
       (1) apply while that legislation is under consideration;
       (2) take effect upon the enactment of that legislation; and
       (3) be published in the Congressional Record as soon as 
     practicable.

     SEC. 4005. PROGRAM INTEGRITY INITIATIVES AND OTHER 
                   ADJUSTMENTS IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

       (a) Adjustment for Continuing Disability Reviews and 
     Redeterminations.--In the House of Representatives, the chair 
     of the Committee on the Budget may adjust the allocations, 
     aggregates, and other budgetary levels included in this 
     concurrent resolution to reflect changes as follows:
       (1) In general.--If a bill, joint resolution, amendment, or 
     conference report making discretionary appropriations for 
     fiscal year 2022 specifies an amount for continuing 
     disability reviews under titles II and XVI of the Social 
     Security Act (42 U.S.C. 401 et seq., 1381 et seq.), for the 
     cost associated with conducting redeterminations of 
     eligibility under title XVI of the Social Security Act, for 
     the cost of co-operative disability investigation units, and 
     for the cost associated with the prosecution of fraud in the 
     programs and operations of the Social Security Administration 
     by Special Assistant United States Attorneys, then the 
     adjustment shall be the additional new budget authority 
     specified in such measure for such purpose, but shall not 
     exceed $1,435,000,000.
       (2) Definitions.--As used in this subsection--
       (A) the term ``additional new budget authority'' means the 
     amount provided for fiscal year 2022, in excess of 
     $273,000,000, in a bill, joint resolution, amendment, or 
     conference report and specified to pay for the costs of 
     continuing disability reviews, redeterminations, co-operative 
     disability investigation units, and fraud prosecutions under 
     the heading ``Limitation on Administrative Expenses'' for the 
     Social Security Administration;
       (B) the term ``continuing disability reviews'' means 
     continuing disability reviews under sections 221(i) and 
     1614(a)(4) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 421(i), 
     1382c(a)(4)), including work related continuing disability 
     reviews to determine whether earnings derived from services 
     demonstrate an individual's ability to engage in substantial 
     gainful activity; and
       (C) the term ``redetermination'' means redetermination of 
     eligibility under sections 1611(c)(1) and 1614(a)(3)(H) of 
     the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1382(c)(1), 
     1382c(a)(3)(H)).
       (3) References.--All references to section 1(k) of H. Res. 
     467 (117th Congress) in any bill or joint resolution, or 
     amendment thereto or conference report thereon shall be 
     treated for all purposes in the House of Representatives as 
     references to this subsection of this concurrent resolution.
       (b) Adjustment for Internal Revenue Service Tax 
     Enforcement.--In the House of Representatives, the chair of 
     the Committee on the Budget may adjust the allocations, 
     aggregates, and other budgetary levels included in this 
     concurrent resolution to reflect changes as follows:
       (1) In general.--If a bill, joint resolution, amendment, or 
     conference report making discretionary appropriations for 
     fiscal year 2022 specifies an amount for tax enforcement 
     activities, including tax compliance to address the Federal 
     tax gap, in the Enforcement account and the Operations 
     Support account of the Internal Revenue Service of the 
     Department of the Treasury, then the adjustment shall be the 
     additional new budget authority provided in such measure for 
     such purpose, but shall not exceed $417,000,000.
       (2) Definition.--As used in this subsection, the term 
     ``additional new budget authority'' means the amount provided 
     for fiscal year 2022, in excess of $9,141,000,000, in a bill, 
     joint resolution, amendment, or conference report and 
     specified for tax enforcement activities, including tax 
     compliance to address the Federal tax gap, of the Internal 
     Revenue Service.
       (3) References.--All references to section 1(i) of H. Res. 
     467 (117th Congress) in any bill or joint resolution, or 
     amendment thereto or conference report thereon shall be 
     treated for all purposes in the House of Representatives as 
     references to this subsection of this concurrent resolution.
       (c) Adjustment for Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control.--In 
     the House of Representatives, the chair of the Committee on 
     the Budget may adjust the allocations, aggregates, and other 
     budgetary levels included in this concurrent resolution to 
     reflect changes as follows:
       (1) In general.--If a bill, joint resolution, amendment, or 
     conference report making discretionary appropriations for 
     fiscal year 2022 specifies an amount for the health care 
     fraud abuse control program at the Department of Health and 
     Human Services (75-8393-0-7-571), then the adjustment shall 
     be the additional new budget authority specified in such 
     measure for such purpose for fiscal year 2022, but shall not 
     exceed $556,000,000.
       (2) Definition.--As used in this subsection the term 
     ``additional new budget authority'' means the amount provided 
     fiscal year 2022, in excess of $317,000,000, in a bill, joint 
     resolution, amendment, or conference report and specified to 
     pay for the costs of the health care fraud and abuse control 
     program.
       (3) References.--All references to section 1(j) of H. Res. 
     467 (117th Congress) in any bill or joint resolution, or 
     amendment thereto or conference report thereon shall be 
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     for all purposes in the House of Representatives as 
     references to this subsection of this concurrent resolution.
       (d) Reemployment Services and Eligibility Assessments.--In 
     the House of Representatives, the chair of the Committee on 
     the Budget may adjust the allocations, aggregates, and other 
     budgetary levels included in this concurrent resolution to 
     reflect changes as follows:
       (1) In general.--If a bill, joint resolution, amendment, or 
     conference report making discretionary appropriations for 
     fiscal year 2022 specifies an amount for grants to States 
     under section 306 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 506) 
     for claimants of regular compensation, as defined in such 
     section, including those who are profiled as most likely to 
     exhaust their benefits, then the adjustment shall be the 
     additional new budget authority specified in such measure for 
     such grants for fiscal year 2022, but shall not exceed 
     $133,000,000.
       (2) Definition.--As used in this subsection, the term 
     ``additional new budget authority'' means the amount provided 
     for fiscal year 2022, in excess of $117,000,000, in a bill, 
     joint resolution, amendment, or conference report making 
     discretionary appropriations and specified to pay for grants 
     to States under section 306 of the Social Security Act (42 
     U.S.C. 506) for claimants of regular compensation, as defined 
     in such section, including those who are profiled as most 
     likely to exhaust their benefits.
       (e) Adjustment for Wildfire Suppression.--In the House of 
     Representatives, the chair of the Committee on the Budget may 
     adjust the allocations, aggregates, and other budgetary 
     levels in this concurrent resolution to reflect changes as 
     follows:
       (1) In general.--If a bill, joint resolution, amendment, or 
     conference report making discretionary appropriations for 
     fiscal year 2022 specifies an amount for wildfire suppression 
     operations in the Wildland Fire Management accounts at the 
     Department of Agriculture or the Department of the Interior, 
     then the adjustment shall be the amount of additional new 
     budget authority specified in such measure as being for 
     wildfire suppression operations for fiscal year 2022, but 
     shall not exceed $2,450,000,000.
       (2) Definitions.--As used in this subsection--
       (A) the term ``additional new budget authority'' means the 
     amount provided for a fiscal year in an appropriation Act 
     that is in excess of the average costs for wildfire 
     suppression operations as reported in the budget of the 
     President submitted under section 1105(a) of title 31, United 
     States Code, for fiscal year 2015 and are specified to pay 
     for the costs of wildfire suppression operations; and
       (B) the term ``wildfire suppression operations'' means the 
     emergency and unpredictable aspects of wildland firefighting, 
     including--
       (i) support, response, and emergency stabilization 
     activities;
       (ii) other emergency management activities; and
       (iii) the funds necessary to repay any transfers needed for 
     the costs of wildfire suppression operations.
       (3) References.--All references to section 1(h) of H. Res. 
     467 (117th Congress) in any bill or joint resolution, or 
     amendment thereto or conference report thereon shall be 
     treated for all purposes in the House of Representatives as 
     references to this subsection of this concurrent resolution.
       (f) Adjustment for Disaster Relief.--In the House of 
     Representatives, the chair of the Committee on the Budget may 
     adjust the allocations, aggregates, and other budgetary 
     levels included in this concurrent resolution to reflect 
     changes as follows:
       (1) In general.--If a bill, joint resolution, amendment, or 
     conference report making discretionary appropriations 
     specifies an amount that Congress designates as being for 
     disaster relief, the adjustment for fiscal year 2022 shall be 
     the total of such appropriations for fiscal year 2022 
     designated as being for disaster relief, but not to exceed 
     the total of--
       (A) the average over the previous 10 fiscal years 
     (excluding the highest and lowest fiscal years) of the sum of 
     the funding provided for disaster relief (as that term is 
     defined on the date immediately before March 23, 2018);
       (B) 5 percent of the total appropriations provided in the 
     previous 10 fiscal years, net of any rescissions of budget 
     authority enacted in the same period, with respect to amounts 
     provided for major disasters declared pursuant to the Robert 
     T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 
     U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) and designated by the Congress as an 
     emergency; and
       (C) the cumulative net total of the unused carryover for 
     fiscal year 2018 and all subsequent fiscal years, where the 
     unused carryover for each fiscal year is calculated as the 
     sum of the amounts in subparagraphs (A) and (B) less the 
     enacted appropriations for that fiscal year that have been 
     designated as being for disaster relief.
       (2) Definition.--As used in this subsection, the term 
     ``disaster relief'' means activities carried out pursuant to 
     a determination under section 102(2) of the Robert T. 
     Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 
     U.S.C. 5122(2)).
       (3) References.--All references to section 1(g) of H. Res. 
     467 (117th Congress) in any bill or joint resolution, or 
     amendment thereto or conference report thereon shall be 
     treated for all purposes in the House of Representatives as 
     references to this subsection of this concurrent resolution.
       (g) Veterans Medical Care.--In the House of 
     Representatives, the chair of the Committee on the Budget may 
     adjust the allocations, aggregates, and other budgetary 
     levels included in this concurrent resolution to reflect 
     changes as follows:
       (1) In general.--If a bill, joint resolution, amendment, or 
     conference report making discretionary appropriations for 
     fiscal year 2022 specifies an amount for veterans medical 
     care (in the Medical Services, Medical Community Care, 
     Medical Support and Compliance, and Medical Facilities 
     accounts of the Veterans Health Administration), then the 
     adjustment shall be the additional new budget authority 
     specified in such measure for such medical care for fiscal 
     year 2022, but shall not exceed $7,602,000,000.
       (2) Definition.--As used in this subsection, the term 
     ``additional new budget authority'' means the amount provided 
     for fiscal year 2022, in excess of $89,849,000,000, in a 
     bill, joint resolution, amendment, or conference report 
     making discretionary appropriations and specified to pay for 
     veterans medical care.

     SEC. 4006. ENFORCEMENT FILING.

       (a) Senate.--In the Senate, if this concurrent resolution 
     on the budget is agreed to by the Senate and House of 
     Representatives without the appointment of a committee of 
     conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses, the 
     Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may 
     submit a statement for publication in the Congressional 
     Record containing--
       (1) for the Committee on Appropriations, committee 
     allocations for fiscal year 2022 consistent with the levels 
     in title I for the purpose of enforcing section 302 of the 
     Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 633); and
       (2) for all committees other than the Committee on 
     Appropriations, committee allocations for fiscal years 2022, 
     2022 through 2026, and 2022 through 2031 consistent with the 
     levels in title I for the purpose of enforcing section 302 of 
     the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 633).
       (b) House of Representatives.--In the House of 
     Representatives, if a concurrent resolution on the budget for 
     fiscal year 2022 is adopted without the appointment of a 
     committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two 
     Houses with respect to this concurrent resolution on the 
     budget, for the purpose of enforcing the Congressional Budget 
     Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 621 et seq.) and applicable rules and 
     requirements set forth in the concurrent resolution on the 
     budget, the allocations provided for in this subsection shall 
     apply in the House of Representatives in the same manner as 
     if such allocations were in a joint explanatory statement 
     accompanying a conference report on the budget for fiscal 
     year 2022. The chair of the Committee on the Budget of the 
     House of Representatives shall submit a statement for 
     publication in the Congressional Record containing--
       (1) for the Committee on Appropriations, committee 
     allocations for fiscal year 2022 consistent with title I for 
     the purpose of enforcing section 302 of the Congressional 
     Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 633); and
       (2) for all committees other than the Committee on 
     Appropriations, committee allocations consistent with title I 
     for fiscal year 2022 and for the period of fiscal years 2022 
     through 2031 for the purpose of enforcing 302 of the 
     Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 633).

     SEC. 4007. APPLICATION AND EFFECT OF CHANGES IN ALLOCATIONS, 
                   AGGREGATES, AND OTHER BUDGETARY LEVELS.

       (a) Application.--Any adjustments of allocations, 
     aggregates, and other budgetary levels made pursuant to this 
     concurrent resolution shall--
       (1) apply while that measure is under consideration;
       (2) take effect upon the enactment of that measure; and
       (3) be published in the Congressional Record as soon as 
     practicable.
       (b) Effect of Changed Allocations, Aggregates, and Other 
     Budgetary Levels.--Revised allocations, aggregates, and other 
     budgetary levels resulting from these adjustments shall be 
     considered for the purposes of the Congressional Budget Act 
     of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 621 et seq.) as the allocations, 
     aggregates, and other budgetary levels contained in this 
     concurrent resolution.
       (c) Budget Committee Determinations.--For purposes of this 
     concurrent resolution, the levels of new budget authority, 
     outlays, direct spending, new entitlement authority, 
     revenues, deficits, and surpluses for a fiscal year or period 
     of fiscal years shall be determined on the basis of estimates 
     made by the chair of the Committee on the Budget of the 
     applicable House of Congress.

     SEC. 4008. ADJUSTMENTS TO REFLECT CHANGES IN CONCEPTS AND 
                   DEFINITIONS.

       (a) Senate.--In the Senate, upon the enactment of a bill or 
     joint resolution providing for a change in concepts or 
     definitions, the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 
     the Senate may make adjustments to the levels and allocations 
     in this resolution in accordance with section 251(b) of the 
     Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 
     U.S.C. 901(b)).
       (b) House of Representatives.--In the House of 
     Representatives, upon the enactment of a bill or joint 
     resolution providing for a change in concepts or definitions, 
     the chair of the Committee on the Budget of the House of 
     Representatives may adjust the allocations, aggregates, and 
     other budgetary

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     levels in this concurrent resolution accordingly.

     SEC. 4009. ADJUSTMENT FOR BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE 
                   LEGISLATION IN THE SENATE.

       (a) Adjustments.--In the Senate, upon the enactment of an 
     infrastructure bill or joint resolution, including 
     legislation implementing a bipartisan infrastructure 
     agreement, the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the 
     Senate may make adjustments to the levels and allocations in 
     this resolution to reflect changes resulting from the 
     enactment of such bill or joint resolution.
       (b) Determinations.--For purposes of this section, the 
     levels of budget authority and outlays shall be determined on 
     the basis of estimates submitted by the Chairman of the 
     Committee on the Budget of the Senate.

     SEC. 4010. ADJUSTMENT FOR INFRASTRUCTURE LEGISLATION IN THE 
                   HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

       In the House of Representatives, the chair of the Committee 
     on the Budget may adjust the allocations, aggregates, and 
     other budgetary levels included in this concurrent resolution 
     to reflect changes resulting from the enactment of an 
     infrastructure bill or joint resolution, including 
     legislation implementing the INVEST in America Act or a 
     bipartisan infrastructure agreement.

     SEC. 4011. APPLICABILITY OF ADJUSTMENTS TO DISCRETIONARY 
                   SPENDING LIMITS.

       Except as expressly provided otherwise, the adjustments 
     provided by section 251(b) of the Balanced Budget and 
     Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)) shall 
     not apply to allocations, aggregates, or other budgetary 
     levels established pursuant to this concurrent resolution.

     SEC. 4012. BUDGETARY TREATMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.

       (a) Senate.--
       (1) In general.--In the Senate, notwithstanding section 
     302(a)(1) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 
     633(a)(1)), section 13301 of the Budget Enforcement Act of 
     1990 (2 U.S.C. 632 note), and section 2009a of title 39, 
     United States Code, the report or the joint explanatory 
     statement accompanying this concurrent resolution on the 
     budget or the statement filed pursuant to section 4006(a), as 
     applicable, shall include in an allocation under section 
     302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 
     633(a)) to the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate of 
     amounts for the discretionary administrative expenses of the 
     Social Security Administration and the United States Postal 
     Service.
       (2) Special rule.--In the Senate, for purposes of enforcing 
     section 302(f) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 
     U.S.C. 633(f)), estimates of the level of total new budget 
     authority and total outlays provided by a measure shall 
     include any discretionary amounts described in paragraph (1).
       (b) House of Representatives.--
       (1) In general.--In the House of Representatives, 
     notwithstanding section 302(a)(1) of the Congressional Budget 
     Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 633(a)(1)), section 13301 of the Budget 
     Enforcement Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 632 note), and section 
     2009a of title 39, United States Code, the report or the 
     joint explanatory statement accompanying this concurrent 
     resolution on the budget or the statement filed pursuant to 
     section 4006(b), as applicable, shall include in an 
     allocation under section 302(a) of the Congressional Budget 
     Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 633(a)) to the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives of amounts for 
     the discretionary administrative expenses of the Social 
     Security Administration and the United States Postal Service.
       (2) Special rule.--In the House of Representatives, for 
     purposes of enforcing section 302(f) of the Congressional 
     Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 633(f)), estimates of the level 
     of total new budget authority and total outlays provided by a 
     measure shall include any discretionary amounts described in 
     paragraph (1).

     SEC. 4013. APPROPRIATE BUDGETARY ADJUSTMENTS IN THE HOUSE OF 
                   REPRESENTATIVES.

       In the House of Representatives, the chair of the Committee 
     on the Budget of the House of Representatives may make 
     appropriate budgetary adjustments of new budget authority and 
     the outlays flowing therefrom pursuant to the adjustment 
     authorities provided by this concurrent resolution.

     SEC. 4014. ADJUSTMENT FOR CHANGES IN THE BASELINE IN THE 
                   HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

       In the House of Representatives, the chair of the Committee 
     on the Budget of the House of Representatives may adjust the 
     allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate budgetary 
     levels in this concurrent resolution to reflect changes 
     resulting from the Congressional Budget Office's updates to 
     its baseline for fiscal years 2022 through 2031.

     SEC. 4015. SCORING RULE IN THE SENATE FOR CHILD CARE AND PRE-
                   KINDERGARTEN LEGISLATION.

       (a) In General.--In the Senate, for the purposes of 
     estimates with respect to any child care or pre-kindergarten 
     legislation during the 117th Congress, the Congressional 
     Budget Office shall consider funding for programs under the 
     Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9831 et seq.) to continue at 
     baseline levels.
       (b) Exception.--This section shall not apply to any bill or 
     joint resolution making appropriations for discretionary 
     accounts.

     SEC. 4016. EXERCISE OF RULEMAKING POWERS.

       Congress adopts the provisions of this title--
       (1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the Senate 
     and the House of Representatives, and as such they shall be 
     considered as part of the rules of each House or of that 
     House to which they specifically apply, and such rules shall 
     supersede other rules only to the extent that they are 
     inconsistent with such other rules; and
       (2) with full recognition of the constitutional right of 
     either the Senate or the House of Representatives to change 
     those rules (insofar as they relate to that House) at any 
     time, in the same manner, and to the same extent as is the 
     case of any other rule of the Senate or House of 
     Representatives.

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The majority leader.
  Mr. SCHUMER. Madam President, now, Senate Democrats have just taken a 
massive step toward restoring the middle class in the 21st century, 
giving more Americans the chance to get there.
  Teddy Roosevelt said:

       Nothing in [the] world is . . . worth doing unless it means 
     effort, pain, [and] difficulty.

  What we are doing here is not easy. Democrats have labored for months 
to reach this point, and there are many labors to come, but I can say 
with absolute certainty that it will be worth doing.
  The Democratic budget will bring a generational transformation to how 
our economy works for average Americans. It will cut taxes for American 
families; it will lower costs for everyone; it will create good-paying 
jobs while tackling climate change; and it will be paid for by making 
our Tax Code more progressive and more fair: asking corporations and 
the wealthy to pay their fair share; it will help middle-class 
Americans stay in the middle class; and it will build ladders into the 
middle class.
  It will restore the basic social contract in America: If you work 
hard, you can do better and pass on even greater opportunities for your 
children.
  And, in doing so, my friends, it will restore something in the 
American character that we have nearly lost: that hopeful optimism; 
that can-do attitude; that frontier spirit--eyes fixed on the horizons; 
the kindness and decency and faith in the future that is fundamental 
not only to the American spirit but to American democracy. I can think 
of no more worthy pursuit.

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