[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 33 (Wednesday, February 19, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1051-S1052]
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SA 152. Mr. REED 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. 3___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO REVERSING
THE DECLINE IN LITERACY SKILLS FOR CHILDREN AND
ADULTS OF THE UNITED STATES.
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
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pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or more bills, joint
resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses,
motions, or conference reports relating to reversing the
decline in literacy skills for children and adults of the
United States, which may include increasing funding for adult
education or evidence-based literacy instruction in public
schools, 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.
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