[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 71 (Wednesday, April 22, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Page S2031]
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SA 5381. Mr. BLUMENTHAL 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
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AUDITS OR INVESTIGATIONS.
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
Department of Justice audits or investigations, which may
include audits by the Office of the Inspector General of the
Department of Justice of the Department's compliance with the
Epstein Files Transparency Act (Public Law 119-38; 139 Stat.
656), 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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