[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 145 (Tuesday, August 10, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S6407]
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SA 3756. Mr. RISCH (for himself, Mr. Cruz, and Mr. Toomey) 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. 3004. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO
NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND
OTHER COUNTRIES REGARDING MALIGN RUSSIAN
GEOPOLITICAL ENERGY PROJECTS.
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
negotiations between the United States and any other country
regarding malign Russian geopolitical energy projects, which
may include efforts to ensure that the United States does not
enter into any agreement or arrangement with another country
regarding such a project that does not include concrete and
specific provisions that address the security threats posed
by such project to allies and partners in Central and Eastern
Europe, as well as their concerns over such threats, 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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