Text of Senate Amendment 989

Text of Senate Amendment 989

Congressional Record, Volume 171 Issue 34 (Thursday, February 20, 2025) [Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 34 (Thursday, February 20, 2025)] [Senate] [Pages S1268-S1269] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] SA 989. Mrs. SHAHEEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 7, setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2025 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2026 through 2034; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows: At the end of title III, add the following: [[Page S1269]] SEC. 3___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PROTECTING UNITED STATES FARMERS FROM THE ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF A TERMINATION OR PAUSE OF UNITED STATES FOREIGN ASSISTANCE. 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 supporting farmers and agricultural sector workers in the United States, which may include legislation that would ensure that any pause or freeze in United States foreign assistance does not have negative economic consequences on United States farmers, including those who provide commodities or specialty crops for foreign assistance or international food aid, 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 2025 through 2034. ______