[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 34 (Thursday, February 20, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S1283]
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SA 1091. 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
PRESERVING FINANCIAL AID OPPORTUNITIES FOR
WORKING-CLASS PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES,
SPECIFICALLY BY PROTECTING ACCESS TO GRADUATE
FEDERAL DIRECT PLUS LOANS.
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
preserving financial aid opportunities for working-class
people of the United States, specifically by protecting
access to graduate Federal Direct PLUS Loans under part D of
title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087a
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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