Text of Senate Amendment 1556

On 2025-04-03, Senator Angus S. King Jr. (I-ME) delivered a floor speech titled "Text Of Senate Amendment 1556" in the Senate.

Text of Senate Amendment 1556

Congressional Record, Volume 171 Issue 60 (Thursday, April 3, 2025) [Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 60 (Thursday, April 3, 2025)] [Senate] [Pages S2227-S2228] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] SA 1556. Mr. KING submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 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 NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH EMPLOYEE TERMINATIONS. 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 [[Page S2228]] 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 basic research, which may include prohibiting the National Institutes of Health from terminating, reassigning, or otherwise removing employees or contractors unless such action is based on documented cause or performance justification, and not for reasons that undermine the mission of the National Institutes of Health, 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. ______