[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 71 (Wednesday, April 22, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Page S1975]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4981. Mr. PADILLA (for himself and Mr. Bennet) 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 
                   PROTECTING FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS.

       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 
     protecting free and fair elections, which may include 
     prohibiting unlawful interference by Federal law enforcement 
     at polling locations and election administration sites that 
     could prevent qualified voters from exercising their right to 
     vote or interfere with elections officers in their duties, 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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