[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 34 (Thursday, February 20, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S1212]
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SA 575. Mr. MERKLEY 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 THE
APPLICATION OF THE FLORES SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT.
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
welfare of noncitizen children interacting with the
immigration system of the United States, which may include
maintaining the legal obligations of the stipulated
settlement agreement in Reno v. Flores, as filed in the
United States District Court for the Central District of
California on January 17, 1997 (CV-85-4544-RJK), including
all subsequent court decisions, orders, agreements, and
stipulations (commonly known as the ``Flores Settlement
Agreement''), 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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