[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 34 (Thursday, February 20, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S1205]
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  SA 519. Mr. DURBIN (for himself and Mr. Bennet) 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 FOOD AND FARM LABORERS FROM REMOVAL 
                   TO AVOID UNNECESSARY INCREASES TO THE COST OF 
                   GROCERIES FOR AMERICANS.

       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 the 
     cost of groceries, which may include the protection from 
     arrest, detention, or removal for noncitizen food and farm 
     laborers who do not present a threat to public safety or 
     national security, and whose removal would create an 
     immediate labor shortage, resulting in increases in household 
     grocery prices, such as eggs, milk, cheese, meat, fruits, and 
     vegetables, for United States citizens and lawful permanent 
     residents, 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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