[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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