[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 34 (Thursday, February 20, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S1191]
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SA 424. Mrs. SHAHEEN 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. 3___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO
PROTECTING MILITARY READINESS BY REQUIRING THE
TRACKING AND REIMBURSEMENT OF NON-TRADITIONAL
DEFENSE EXPENDITURES.
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 military readiness by ensuring military costs and
activities are properly documented and reimbursed, which may
include documenting all costs associated with the use of
military aircraft and aircrew for the purposes of
transporting migrants from the United States to any other
location and reimbursing those costs to the Department of
Defense, documenting all costs associated with the expansion,
construction, and maintenance of the Migrant Operations
Center at Guantanamo Bay and reimbursing those costs to the
Department of Defense, documenting all costs associated with
the use of military personnel to perform functions at the
Migrant Operations Center at Guantanamo Bay and reimbursing
those costs to the Department of Defense, documenting all
costs associated with the deployment of active-duty military
personnel to the Southern Border of the United States, or
documenting all costs associated with the expansion,
construction, and maintenance of a wall or barrier on the
border between the United States and Mexico and reimbursing
those costs to the Department of Defense, 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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