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Text of Senate Amendment 5229

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On 2026-04-22, Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) delivered a floor speech titled "Text Of Senate Amendment 5229" in the Senate. The speech addressed immigration. It referenced legislation: S2008.

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Text of Senate Amendment 5229

Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 71 (Wednesday, April 22, 2026) [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 71 (Wednesday, April 22, 2026)] [Senate] [Page S2008] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] SA 5229. Ms. BALDWIN 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 ELECTION SECURITY. 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 election security, which may include a prohibition on making funds available for agents or officers of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement or U.S. Customs and Border Protection who are on duty or in uniform, during any voting period, from entering any location within \1/4\ mile of an active polling place, setting up a checkpoint along any route to an active polling place, or interfering in any way with the ability of any eligible voter to access his or her assigned polling place, 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. ______

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Text of Senate Amendment 5229 Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 71 (Wednesday, April 22, 2026) [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 71 (Wednesday, April 22, 2026)] [Senate] [Page S2008] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] SA 5229. Ms. BALDWIN 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 ELECTION SECURITY. 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 election security, which may include a prohibition on making funds available for agents or officers of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement or U.S. Customs and Border Protection who are on duty or in uniform, during any voting period, from entering any location within \1/4\ mile of an active polling place, setting up a checkpoint along any route to an active polling place, or interfering in any way with the ability of any eligible voter to access his or her assigned polling place, 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. ______