[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 71 (Wednesday, April 22, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Page S1978]
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  SA 5006. 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 
                   PREVENTING ACTIONS TO BLOCK THE SCHEDULED 
                   RETIREMENT OF ELECTRIC GENERATORS IN CASES IN 
                   WHICH CONTINUED OPERATION WOULD RESULT IN 
                   INCREASED ELECTRICITY COSTS FOR RATEPAYERS.

       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 
     preventing any actions that would block the scheduled 
     retirement of electric generators in cases in which continued 
     operation would result in increased electricity costs for 
     ratepayers, except in cases in which the relevant grid 
     operator has made, through established procedures at the 
     Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, a formal finding that 
     continued operation is necessary to address a specific and 
     acute reliability risk that cannot be addressed through 
     lower-cost alternatives, 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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