[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 34 (Thursday, February 20, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S1181]
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  SA 352. Mr. WELCH 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 
                   PROTECTING THE PERSONAL DATA OF TAXPAYERS OF 
                   THE UNITED STATES AND PROMOTING TRANSPARENCY 
                   WITHIN GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY EFFORTS.

       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 
     protecting the personal data of taxpayers of the United 
     States and promoting transparency within Government 
     efficiency efforts, which may include efforts relating to the 
     U.S. Department of Government Efficiency Service Temporary 
     Organization (referred to in this section as ``DOGE''), such 
     as requiring the President to appoint a head of DOGE, by and 
     with the advice and consent of the Senate, requiring each 
     employee of DOGE to qualify for a security clearance prior to 
     taking office in that position, requiring each employee of 
     DOGE to have a publicly available biography on a Federal 
     Government-sponsored website, prohibiting DOGE from entering 
     into any contract with an external contractor for the 
     provision of labor or consulting services or from using the 
     services of any volunteer, prohibiting the Federal Government 
     from entering into contracts with any DOGE-associated 
     employees or officials, and requiring DOGE to publish all 
     findings relating to Government efficiency and spending on a 
     Federal Government-sponsored website prior to the release of 
     the information on any private social media platform, 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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