[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 60 (Thursday, April 3, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S2236]
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SA 1617. Mr. REED (for himself, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Durbin, Mr. King,
Mr. Markey, Mr. Welch, Mr. Van Hollen, and Mr. Booker) 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 appropriate place, insert the following:
SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO ENSURING
HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE FOR LOW-INCOME
HOUSEHOLDS.
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
ensuring the access of low-income households to energy
assistance to account for high energy costs or the impact of
any new tariffs on the cost of heating oil, delivered fuels,
or other energy forms, such as home energy assistance through
the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program, 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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