Text of Senate Amendment 940

Text of Senate Amendment 940

Congressional Record, Volume 171 Issue 34 (Thursday, February 20, 2025) [Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 34 (Thursday, February 20, 2025)] [Senate] [Page S1262] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] SA 940. Mr. HICKENLOOPER 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 IMPOUNDMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING FOR RURAL COMMUNITIES. 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 the economic development needs of rural communities and agricultural producers, who are harmed by unnecessary cuts, pauses, or rescissions to Federal funding, including under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117-58; 135 Stat. 429) or Public Law 117-169 (136 Stat. 1818) (commonly known as the ``Inflation Reduction Act of 2022''), which may be in violation of the Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 681 et seq.), 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. ______