[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 34 (Thursday, February 20, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S1189]
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SA 409. Mr. BENNET (for himself, Mr. Blumenthal, and Ms. Warren)
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 ENSURING
THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE DOES NOT CONDUCT
OPERATIONS AT THE UNITED STATES SOUTHERN BORDER
THAT WOULD INCREASE THE DEPARTMENT'S BUDGET
EXPENDITURE WITHOUT PROVIDING A DETAILED COST
ESTIMATE TO THE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEES.
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
ensuring that the Department of Defense does not conduct
operations at the United States southern border that would
increase the Department's budget expenditure without
providing a detailed cost estimate to the Armed Services
committees, including budget offsets by program, 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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