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Text of Senate Amendment 1026

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On Wed Feb 19, Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) delivered a floor speech titled "Text Of Senate Amendment 1026" in the Senate. The speech addressed the environment and also covered agriculture. It referenced legislation: S1274.

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Text of Senate Amendment 1026

Congressional Record, Volume 171 Issue 34 (Thursday, February 20, 2025) [Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 34 (Thursday, February 20, 2025)] [Senate] [Page S1274] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] SA 1026. Mrs. SHAHEEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her 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 PROTECTING AMERICANS AND THE FOOD SUPPLY FROM AVIAN FLU. 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 relating to protecting the people of the United States and the food supply of the United States from avian flu, which may include resuming funding for programs of the United States Agency for International Development to monitor for avian flu outbreaks internationally or supporting staffing at the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service of the Department of Agriculture and reinstating fired probationary employees working on avian flu, 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. ______

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Text of Senate Amendment 1026 Congressional Record, Volume 171 Issue 34 (Thursday, February 20, 2025) [Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 34 (Thursday, February 20, 2025)] [Senate] [Page S1274] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] SA 1026. Mrs. SHAHEEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her 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 PROTECTING AMERICANS AND THE FOOD SUPPLY FROM AVIAN FLU. 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 relating to protecting the people of the United States and the food supply of the United States from avian flu, which may include resuming funding for programs of the United States Agency for International Development to monitor for avian flu outbreaks internationally or supporting staffing at the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service of the Department of Agriculture and reinstating fired probationary employees working on avian flu, 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. ______