[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 71 (Wednesday, April 22, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Page S2017]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 5294. Ms. ALSOBROOKS 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 
                   INCREASING FUNDING FOR CHILD CARE FOR FAMILIES.

       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 
     increasing funding for child care for families, which may 
     include making child care free or affordable for working 
     families in the United States or ensuring no family pays more 
     than 7 percent of the family income on child care, 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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