[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 34 (Thursday, February 20, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S1224]
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SA 664. Ms. SLOTKIN (for herself and Ms. Klobuchar) proposed an
amendment 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; as follows:
At the end of title III, add the following:
SEC. 3___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO
PREVENTING REDUCTIONS IN FUNDING AND STAFFING
NECESSARY TO RESPOND TO, CONTROL, AND PREVENT
THE HIGHLY PATHOGENIC AVIAN INFLUENZA.
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
preventing the spread of animal diseases, which may include
prohibiting reductions to funding and staff (including
veterinarians) that monitor, respond to, control, mitigate,
and prevent the spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza,
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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