[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 34 (Thursday, February 20, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S1241]
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SA 791. 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 ALLOWING
FEDERAL AGENCIES TO OBSERVE AND PERMIT
CELEBRATIONS FOR CERTAIN HOLIDAYS.
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
allowing Federal holiday celebrations, which may include
allowing Federal employees to observe and permit celebrations
for certain holidays, such as Martin Luther King Jr. Day,
Black History Month, Women's History Month, Holocaust
Remembrance Day, Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage
Month, LGBTQ Pride Month, Juneteenth, Women's Equality Day,
National Hispanic Heritage Month, National Disability
Employment Awareness Day, or National American Indian
Heritage Month, 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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