[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 34 (Thursday, February 20, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1200-S1201]
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SA 491. Mr. WELCH (for himself and Mrs. Shaheen) 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
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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
PROHIBITING TARIFFS ON IMPORTED ENERGY PRODUCTS
THAT WILL RAISE ENERGY COSTS FOR UNITED STATES
HOUSEHOLDS AND SMALL BUSINESSES.
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
prohibiting tariffs on imported energy products that will
raise energy costs for households and small businesses in the
United States, which may include prohibiting tariffs on
energy products imported from Canada or Mexico, 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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