[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 34 (Thursday, February 20, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1237-S1238]
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SA 763. 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 FUNDING FOR WATER CONSERVATION IN
STATES EXPERIENCING LONG-TERM DROUGHT.
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,
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joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses,
motions, or conference reports relating to protecting funding
for water conservation in States experiencing long-term
drought, which may include prohibiting provisions that
restrict the distribution of funds in the Colorado River
Basin or Rio Grande River Basin, 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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