[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 71 (Wednesday, April 22, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Page S1970]
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SA 4945. Mr. VAN HOLLEN 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 COMBATING
CORPORATE MONOPOLIES RAISING CONSUMER PRICES.
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
combating corporate monopolies raising consumer prices, which
may include providing resources to the Federal Trade
Commission to take action against unlawful corporate
monopolies driving up consumer prices, 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 2026 through 2035.
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