Text of Senate Amendment 343

Text of Senate Amendment 343

Congressional Record, Volume 171 Issue 34 (Thursday, February 20, 2025) [Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 34 (Thursday, February 20, 2025)] [Senate] [Pages S1179-S1180] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] SA 343. Mr. KING (for himself, Mr. Booker, and Ms. Smith) 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: [[Page S1180]] SEC. 3___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PROHIBITING INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION CUTS AT THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION. 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 public health, which may include prohibiting the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from cutting funding or programs relating to infectious disease control and prevention, 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. ______