    [Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 33 (Wednesday, February 19, 2025)]
    [Senate]
    [Page S1045]
    From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

      SA 105. Mr. COONS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
    him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 7, setting forth the
    congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year
    2025 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal
    years 2026 through 2034; which was ordered to lie on the table; as
    follows:

           At the end of title III, add the following:

         SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO
                       AFFORDABLE, CLEAN ENERGY FOR AMERICAN FARMERS
                       AND RURAL SMALL BUSINESSES.

           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
         requiring Executive Branch agencies to disburse funds to
         grantees that have signed legal obligations with the Federal
         Government to obtain funds that have been legally
         appropriated by Congress to deploy cheap, clean energy for
         American farmers and rural small businesses, which may
         include funds made available under Public Law 117-169 (136
         Stat. 1818) (commonly known as the ``Inflation Reduction Act
         of 2022''), by the amounts provided in such legislation for
         those purposes, provided that such legislation would not
         increase the deficit over the period of the total of fiscal
         years 2025 through 2034.

         SEC. ___. SENSE OF THE SENATE.

           It is the sense of the Senate that--
           (1) funds described in the immediately preceding section
         should be released to farmers, agriculture producers, and
         rural small businesses to reimburse costs already incurred on
         projects that have been constructed;
           (2) continuing to hold those funds risks putting
         significant financial strain on those farmers, agriculture
         producers, and rural small businesses because of their
         inability to recoup funding to which they are legally
         entitled; and
           (3) at a time when the rural economy of the United States
         needs financial certainty, the Federal Government should not
         be sending more shockwaves through the rural economy and food
         producers.
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