Text of Senate Amendment 199

Text of Senate Amendment 199

Congressional Record, Volume 171 Issue 34 (Thursday, February 20, 2025) [Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 34 (Thursday, February 20, 2025)] [Senate] [Page S1159] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] SA 199. Mr. COONS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him 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: SEC. 3___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO STRENGTHENING UNITED STATES DETERRENCE. 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 strengthening American deterrence, which may include legislation that would reiterate continued United States commitment to Article 5 of the NATO Treaty or stipulate that an attack against one is an attack against all, a provision that has only been invoked on one occasion when NATO allies stood with the United States following the 9/11 attacks, 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. ______