[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 34 (Thursday, February 20, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S1262]
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SA 940. Mr. HICKENLOOPER 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
IMPOUNDMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING FOR RURAL
COMMUNITIES.
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
supporting the economic development needs of rural
communities and agricultural producers, who are harmed by
unnecessary cuts, pauses, or rescissions to Federal funding,
including under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
(Public Law 117-58; 135 Stat. 429) or Public Law 117-169 (136
Stat. 1818) (commonly known as the ``Inflation Reduction Act
of 2022''), which may be in violation of the Impoundment
Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 681 et seq.), 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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