[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 145 (Tuesday, August 10, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S6358]
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SA 3440. Mr. MARSHALL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 14, setting forth the
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year
2022 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal
years 2023 through 2031; which was ordered to lie on the table; as
follows:
At the end of title III, add the following:
SEC. 3___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO
ESTABLISHING A PERMANENT INTERAGENCY TASK FORCE
CONSISTING OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE DEPARTMENT
OF STATE, THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY, AND THE
GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE TO INVESTIGATE
THE ORIGINS OF 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
establishing a permanent interagency task force consisting of
representatives of the Department of State, the intelligence
community, and the Government Accountability Office to
investigate the origins of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-
19) by the amounts provided in such legislation for those
purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase
the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal
years 2022 through 2026 or the period of the total of fiscal
years 2022 through 2031.
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