Text of Senate Amendment 5385

On 2026-04-22, Senator Tina Smith (D-MN) delivered a floor speech titled "Text Of Senate Amendment 5385" in the Senate. The speech addressed immigration. It referenced legislation: S2032.

Text of Senate Amendment 5385

Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 71 (Wednesday, April 22, 2026) [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 71 (Wednesday, April 22, 2026)] [Senate] [Page S2032] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] SA 5385. Ms. SMITH 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. 3___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PROTECTING THE RIGHTS OF LAWFULLY ADMITTED REFUGEES. 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 protecting the rights of lawfully admitted refugees, which may include prohibiting policies or programs that would re- vet lawfully admitted refugees on the basis of race, ethnicity, or national origin and without individualized suspicion, the mandatory and indefinite detention of lawfully admitted refugees, or the stripping of legal status of lawfully admitted refugees without a particularized basis, 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. ______