[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 34 (Thursday, February 20, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S1282]
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SA 1083. Mr. PADILLA (for himself and 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
PROTECTING COMMUNITIES FROM FENTANYL BY
PROHIBITING THE DIVERSION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT
RESOURCES FROM FENTANYL-RELATED INVESTIGATIONS
AND PROSECUTIONS.
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 communities from fentanyl, which may include
prohibiting the diversion of law enforcement resources from
fentanyl-related investigations and prosecutions, by the
amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes,
provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit
over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2025
through 2029 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2025
through 2034.
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