[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 61 (Friday, April 4, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2425-S2426]
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SA 2076. Mr. VAN HOLLEN (for himself and Mr. Kaine) 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:
[[Page S2426]]
SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO REQUIRING
A COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS BE SUBMITTED TO
CONGRESS TO ENSURE THAT ANY EFFORTS TO RELOCATE
FEDERAL AGENCIES ARE THOROUGHLY EVALUATED,
CONFIRMING THAT SUCH MOVES ARE IN THE BEST
INTEREST OF TAXPAYERS AND ALIGN WITH THE
MISSION OF THE FEDERAL AGENCY.
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
requiring a cost-benefit analysis be submitted to Congress to
ensure that any efforts to relocate Federal agencies are
thoroughly evaluated, confirming that such moves are in the
best interest of taxpayers and align with the mission of the
Federal agency, 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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