[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 34 (Thursday, February 20, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S1268]
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SA 987. Mr. COONS (for himself, Mr. Kaine, Mr. Hickenlooper, and 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 IMPROVING
RELATIONS BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA.
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
improving relations between the United States and Canada,
which may include legislation honoring or strengthening the
terms of the Agreement between the United States of America,
the United Mexican States, and Canada approved by Congress
under section 101(a) of the United States-Mexico-Canada
Agreement Implementation Act (19 U.S.C. 4511(a)), 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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