[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 71 (Wednesday, April 22, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1955-S1956]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4841. Mr. HICKENLOOPER submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed by him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 33, setting 
forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for 
fiscal year 2026 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for 
fiscal years 2027 through 2035; 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 THE 
                   OVERSIGHT AND ACCOUNTABILITY OF SENATE-
                   CONFIRMED NATIONAL SECURITY PERSONNEL.

       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 the 
     oversight and accountability of Senate-confirmed personnel of 
     the intelligence community and the Department of Defense, 
     which may include the enhancement of performance standards, 
     the establishment of accountability mechanisms for 
     decisionmaking-readiness, or the strengthening of oversight 
     regarding the professional fitness of senior leadership, by 
     the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, 
     provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit 
     over the

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     period of the total of fiscal years 2026 through 2035.
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