[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 71 (Wednesday, April 22, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Page S2032]
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  SA 5385. Ms. SMITH 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 
                   PROTECTING THE RIGHTS OF LAWFULLY ADMITTED 
                   REFUGEES.

       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 
     protecting the rights of lawfully admitted refugees, which 
     may include prohibiting policies or programs that would re-
     vet lawfully admitted refugees on the basis of race, 
     ethnicity, or national origin and without individualized 
     suspicion, the mandatory and indefinite detention of lawfully 
     admitted refugees, or the stripping of legal status of 
     lawfully admitted refugees without a particularized basis, 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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