[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 71 (Wednesday, April 22, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Page S2016]
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  SA 5285. Mrs. MURRAY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by her 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 ENSURING 
                   NO PRESIDENT, REGARDLESS OF PARTY, MAY 
                   UNILATERALLY IMPOUND, DELAY, OR WITHHOLD 
                   CONGRESSIONALLY APPROPRIATED FUNDS IN VIOLATION 
                   OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OR THE 
                   IMPOUNDMENT CONTROL ACT OF 1974.

         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 
     ensuring the faithful execution of appropriations and other 
     laws by the President and other officials in the executive 
     branch of the Federal Government, which may include 
     prohibiting actions to unilaterally impound, delay, or 
     withhold congressionally appropriated funds in violation of 
     the Constitution of the United States or the Impoundment 
     Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 681 et seq.), 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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