[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 145 (Tuesday, August 10, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6379-S6380]
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SA 3570. Mr. SCOTT of Florida 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:
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SEC. 3004. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO
RECOGNIZING THAT THE PRESIDENT'S FISCAL YEAR
2022 BUDGET FOR DEFENSE FUNDING FOR THE UNITED
STATES MILITARY IS INADEQUATE TO MEET THE LONG-
TERM STRATEGIC NEEDS TO DEFEAT OUR ADVERSARIES
LIKE CHINA AND IRAN AND TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE
RESOURCES TO DETER OR DEFEAT UNITED STATES
ENEMIES.
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
recognizing that the President's fiscal year 2022 budget for
defense funding for the United States military is inadequate
to meet the long-term strategic needs to defeat our
adversaries like China and Iran and to provide adequate
resources to deter or defeat United States enemies, 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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