[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 34 (Thursday, February 20, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S1291]
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SA 1145. 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:
On page 49, strike lines 16 through 23 and insert the
following:
(j) Submissions.--
(1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), in the Senate,
not later than March 7, 2025, the committees named in the
subsections of this section shall submit their
recommendations to the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
to carry out this section.
(2) Exception.--Notwithstanding paragraph (1), it shall not
be in order for the Committee on Finance or the Committee on
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate to submit
their recommendations to the Committee on the Budget of the
Senate to carry out this section before the Director of the
Congressional Budget Office has submitted a statement to the
Committee on the Budget certifying--
(A) that collectively the recommendations of such
committees would reduce the public debt to not greater than
95 percent of gross domestic product by 2034; or
(B) a law has been enacted that reduces the debt burden
placed on future generations without jeopardizing the health
of the people of the United States.
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