[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 9 (Wednesday, January 17, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Pages S173-S174]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1385. Mr. PAUL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 1381 proposed by Mrs. Murray to the bill H.R. 2872, of 
2013 to allow the Secretary of the Interior to issue electronic stamps 
under such Act, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the 
table; as follows:

       On page 4, between lines 13 and 14, insert the following:

     SEC. 102. TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT REDUCTION IN CONTINUING FUNDING 
                   EXCEPT FOR DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, MILITARY 
                   CONSTRUCTION, AND DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 
                   AFFAIRS AND RESCISSION OF IRS ENFORCEMENT 
                   FUNDS.

       Division A of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2024 and 
     Other Extensions Act (Public Law 118-15), as amended by 
     section 101 of this division, is further amended by adding 
     after section 148 the following:
       ``Sec. 149. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the 
     rate for operations provided by section 101 of this division 
     is hereby reduced by 25.0 percent.
       ``(b) The rate for operations shall not be reduced under 
     subsection (a) with respect to the appropriation Act 
     described in section 101(3) (relating to the Department of 
     Defense Appropriations Act, 2023) or the appropriation Act 
     described in section 101(10) (relating to the Military 
     Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies 
     Appropriations Act, 2023).
       ``Sec. 150.  Of the unobligated balances of amounts 
     appropriated or otherwise made available for enforcement 
     activities of the

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     Internal Revenue Service by section 10301(1)(A)(ii) of Public 
     Law 117-169 (commonly known as the ``Inflation Reduction Act 
     of 2022'') as of the date of enactment of this Act, 
     $30,000,000,000 are hereby rescinded.''.

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