Floor SpeechNeutral2025-04-03
Text of Senate Amendment 1743
Mark Kelly
DAZ · Senator
Context
On 2025-04-03, Senator Mark Kelly (D-AZ) delivered a floor speech titled "Text Of Senate Amendment 1743" in the Senate.
Full Text
Text of Senate Amendment 1743 Congressional Record, Volume 171 Issue 60 (Thursday, April 3, 2025) [Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 60 (Thursday, April 3, 2025)] [Senate] [Page S2260] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] SA 1743. Mr. KELLY 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 BOLSTERING AIR TRAVEL SAFETY AND SUPPORTING AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS. 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 bolstering air travel safety, including legislation that would prohibit the deferred resignation, termination, or laying off of personnel at the Federal Aviation Administration responsible for air traffic safety, or prohibit reductions in force actions for any agency with a mission that includes ensuring air travel safety, or increase funding for the Federal Aviation Administration for safety and air traffic control personnel hiring and training, 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. ______