[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 112 (Saturday, June 28, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S4001]
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  SA 2519. Mr. KAINE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 2360 proposed by Mr. Thune (for Mr. Graham) to the bill 
H.R. 1, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. 
Res. 14; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. LIMITATIONS.

       (a) In General.--No amounts made available under this Act, 
     or an amendment made by this Act, may be obligated or 
     expended until after the date on which the head of each 
     agency to which amounts are made available under this Act has 
     certified to Congress that the agency--
       (1) has ceased any mass layoff;
       (2) is not executing a reduction in force plan; and
       (3) is not in violation of the Impoundment Control Act of 
     1974 (2 U.S.C. 681 et seq.) or sections 1341, 1342, or 1517 
     of title 31, United States Code (commonly known as ``the 
     Antideficiency Act'').
       (b) Reporting.--The Comptroller General of the United 
     States shall submit to Congress a report that, for each 
     agency to which amounts are made available under this Act, or 
     an amendment made by this Act, addresses the legal authority 
     of, and impacts on the mission of the agency resulting from, 
     any reduction in force by the agency, any mass termination by 
     the agency, any coerced resignations of employees of the 
     agency, or any firing or placing on administrative leave of 
     employees of the agency for the cause of alleged 
     insubordination on or after January 20, 2025.
       (c) Definition.--In this section, the term ``mass layoff'' 
     means the termination of more than 1 percent of the employees 
     of an agency.
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