[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 34 (Thursday, February 20, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S1241]
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  SA 789. Mr. BOOKER 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 
                   ESTABLISHING CRIMINAL PENALTIES FOR DOWNLOADING 
                   OF SENSITIVE GOVERNMENT DATA TO EXTERNAL HARD 
                   DRIVES OR DATABASES BY ANY GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE.

       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 
     protecting sensitive Government data, which may include 
     establishing criminal penalties for the downloading of 
     sensitive Government data to external hard drives or 
     databases by any Government employee, 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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