[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 34 (Thursday, February 20, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S1167]
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  SA 259. Ms. HIRONO (for herself, Mr. Peters, Mr. Reed, Mr. 
Whitehouse, Mrs. Gillibrand, and Mr. Padilla) submitted an amendment 
intended to be proposed by her 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 FEDERAL 
                   PELL GRANTS.

       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 
     bolstering the Federal Pell Grant program, which may include 
     changes to increase the Federal Pell Grant maximum award, 
     index the Federal Pell Grant maximum award for inflation, or 
     expand Federal Pell Grant program eligibility, 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 2025 through 
     2034.
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