[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 71 (Wednesday, April 22, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Page S2025]
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  SA 5346. Mr. BENNET (for himself and Mr. Hickenlooper) 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 
                   REINSTATING CERTAIN DISCRETIONARY COMPETITIVE 
                   GRANTS FOR THE STATE OF COLORADO THAT HAVE BEEN 
                   WITHDRAWN, CANCELLED, OR TERMINATED ON OR AFTER 
                   JANUARY 20, 2025.

         (a) In General.--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 requiring the Secretary of 
     Transportation to reinstate the transportation grants 
     described in subsection (b) 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.
         (b) Transportation Grants Described.--The transportation 
     grants referred to in subsection (a) are all discretionary 
     competitive grants for the State of Colorado that have been 
     withdrawn, cancelled, or terminated by the Department of 
     Transportation on or after January 20, 2025, including the 
     following:
         (1) $66,400,000 for the Colorado Department of 
     Transportation for the Modernizing Rail on the Front Range: 
     PTC Installation, Siding, and Grade Crossing Safety and 
     Operational Improvements project.
         (2) $11,700,284 for the City of Fort Collins for the 
     SMART Stage 2-SPARC-FLEET 2030 Smart Power and Resilient 
     Charging for Fleet Electrification and Emissions Targets 
     project.
         (3) $11,671,781 for Colorado State University Pueblo for 
     the Safety Assessment, Testing and Workforce Development for 
     Hydrogen/Natural Gas Motive Power project.
         (4) $8,340,000 for the Colorado Department of 
     Transportation.
         (5) $10,700,000 for the City of Fort Collins to build a 
     transit station and roundabout at the intersection of West 
     Elizabeth Street and South Overland Trail as part of a bus-
     rapid-transit initiative.
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