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Text of Senate Amendment 5302

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On 2026-04-22, Senator Gary C. Peters (D-MI) delivered a floor speech titled "Text Of Senate Amendment 5302" in the Senate. It referenced legislation including S2018, S2019.

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Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 71 (Wednesday, April 22, 2026) [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 71 (Wednesday, April 22, 2026)] [Senate] [Pages S2018-S2019] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] SA 5302. Mr. PETERS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 33, setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2026 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2027 through 2035; 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 PROVIDING COMPENSATION TO THE KEEWENAW BAY INDIAN COMMUNITY FOR THE TAKING OF CERTAIN LAND BY THE UNITED STATES. 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 [[Page S2019]] between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to providing compensation in the amount of $33,900,000 to the Keewenaw Bay Indian Community for the taking, without just compensation, of land by the United States inside the exterior boundaries of the L'Anse Indian Reservation that was guaranteed to the Keewenaw Bay Indian Community under a treaty signed in 1854 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 2026 through 2035. ______

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Text of Senate Amendment 5302 Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 71 (Wednesday, April 22, 2026) [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 71 (Wednesday, April 22, 2026)] [Senate] [Pages S2018-S2019] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] SA 5302. Mr. PETERS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 33, setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2026 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2027 through 2035; 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 PROVIDING COMPENSATION TO THE KEEWENAW BAY INDIAN COMMUNITY FOR THE TAKING OF CERTAIN LAND BY THE UNITED STATES. 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 [[Page S2019]] between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to providing compensation in the amount of $33,900,000 to the Keewenaw Bay Indian Community for the taking, without just compensation, of land by the United States inside the exterior boundaries of the L'Anse Indian Reservation that was guaranteed to the Keewenaw Bay Indian Community under a treaty signed in 1854 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 2026 through 2035. ______