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Text of Senate Amendment 4793

Agriculture

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On 2026-04-21, Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) delivered a floor speech titled "Text Of Senate Amendment 4793" in the Senate. The speech addressed agriculture. It referenced legislation including S1864, S1865.

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Text of Senate Amendment 4793

Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 70 (Tuesday, April 21, 2026) [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 70 (Tuesday, April 21, 2026)] [Senate] [Pages S1864-S1865] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] SA 4793. Mrs. SHAHEEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her 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. 3003. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO INTERNATIONAL FOOD ASSISTANCE AND NUTRITION PROGRAMS. 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 international food assistance and nutrition programs, which may include legislation that would prevent funding cuts for international food assistance and nutrition programs or ensure that all viable food and nutrition commodities, including from United States producers and farmers, are made available to food insecure beneficiaries, 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. [[Page S1865]] ____________________

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Text of Senate Amendment 4793 Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 70 (Tuesday, April 21, 2026) [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 70 (Tuesday, April 21, 2026)] [Senate] [Pages S1864-S1865] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] SA 4793. Mrs. SHAHEEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her 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. 3003. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO INTERNATIONAL FOOD ASSISTANCE AND NUTRITION PROGRAMS. 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 international food assistance and nutrition programs, which may include legislation that would prevent funding cuts for international food assistance and nutrition programs or ensure that all viable food and nutrition commodities, including from United States producers and farmers, are made available to food insecure beneficiaries, 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. [[Page S1865]] ____________________