[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 60 (Thursday, April 3, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2204-S2205]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1391. Mr. BENNET submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the concurrent resolution H. Con. Res. 14, establishing 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 ACCESS TO VOLUNTARY PROGRAMS THAT 
                   HELP FARMERS STEWARD THEIR LAND AND ADDRESS 
                   NATURAL RESOURCE CHALLENGES IN A RESPONSIBLE 
                   AND ECONOMICALLY VIABLE WAY.

       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

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     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 access to voluntary programs that help 
     farmers steward their land and address natural resource 
     challenges in a responsible and economically viable way, 
     which may include prohibiting provisions that decrease 
     funding for existing conservation programs or programs that 
     address drought and persistent water challenges, 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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