[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 145 (Tuesday, August 10, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S6379]
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SA 3564. 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:
SEC. 3___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO
ESTABLISHING THAT INCREASES TO THE FEDERAL
TAXES ON GASOLINE WOULD HAVE A NEGATIVE EFFECT
ON WORKING CLASS AND FIXED-INCOME POPULATIONS
IN THE UNITED STATES AND THERE SHOULD BE NO
INCREASE IN ANY FEDERAL GASOLINE TAX.
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 that increases to the Federal taxes on gasoline
would have a negative effect on working class and fixed-
income populations in the United States and there should be
no increase in any Federal gasoline tax 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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