[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 3]
[Senate]
[Page 3467]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           TEXT OF AMENDMENTS

  SA 158. Mr. NELSON of Nebraska submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed by him to the bill H.R. 1, making appropriations for the 
Department of Defense and the other departments and agencies of the 
Government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2011, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page _, between lines _ and _, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. SENSE OF THE SENATE.

       (a) Findings.--The Senate finds that--
       (1) the debt of the United States exceeds 
     $14,000,000,000,000;
       (2) it is important for Congress to use all tools at its 
     disposal to address the national debt crisis;
       (3) Congress will not earmark funds for projects requested 
     by Members of Congress; and
       (4) the earmark ban should be utilized to realize actual 
     savings.
       (b) Sense of the Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate 
     that Congress should reduce spending by the amount resulting 
     from the recently announced earmark moratorium.

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