Text of Senate Amendment 1514

On 2025-04-03, Senator Angus S. King, Jr. (I-ME) delivered a floor speech titled "Text Of Senate Amendment 1514" in the Senate.

Text of Senate Amendment 1514

Congressional Record, Volume 171 Issue 60 (Thursday, April 3, 2025) [Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 60 (Thursday, April 3, 2025)] [Senate] [Pages S2221-S2222] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] SA 1514. Mr. KING submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by [[Page S2222]] him to the concurrent resolution H. Con. Res. 14, establishing 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 appropriate place, insert the following: SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO BORDER OPERATIONS. 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 border operations, which may include legislation supporting activities conducted by the Coast Guard to support maritime security at the northern border of the United States, such as search and rescue, living marine resources enforcement, law enforcement, or counternarcotics operations, 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. At the appropriate place, insert the following: SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO BORDER OPERATIONS. 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 border operations, which may include legislation supporting activities conducted by the Coast Guard to support maritime security at the northern border of the United States, such as search and rescue, living marine resources enforcement, law enforcement, or counternarcotics operations, 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. ______

Referenced legislation: HCONRES14