Congressional Record, Senate, August 10, 2021, Page S6204
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A page of the Congressional Record, Senate, dated August 10, 2021, at page S6204. It opens with the end of a roll call, with the list of yeas and the heading NAYS—49 naming the Senators voting nay, on the budget resolution S. Con. Res. 14. Mr. Sanders asks unanimous consent for 2 minutes of debate, equally divided, before each vote during consideration of S. Con. Res. 14. He thanks President Biden and Majority Leader Schumer for their leadership, says the legislation begins the process of combating climate change and addressing long neglected needs of working families, and says it will create millions of good-paying jobs.
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S6204 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE August 10, 2021
Coons Leahy Schatz Federal revenue should be changed, are experiencing unprecedented
Cortez Masto Luján Schumer
Duckworth Manchin Shaheen
new budget authority, budget outlays, drought, which will clearly impact food
Durbin Markey Sinema deficits, public debt, and debt held by production, this legislation begins the
Feinstein Menendez Smith the public. process of combating climate change so
Gillibrand Merkley Stabenow The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there that our kids and grandchildren can
Hassan Murphy Tester
Heinrich Murray objection? live in a country and on a planet which
Van Hollen
Hickenlooper Ossoff
Warner
Without objection, it is so ordered. is healthy and habitable. It would be
Hirono Padilla
Warnock Mr. SANDERS. Mr. President, I ask immoral and an absolute dereliction of
Kaine Peters
Kelly Reed
Warren unanimous consent that there be 2 our responsibilities as elected officials
King Rosen Whitehouse minutes for debate, equally divided, to do anything less. We cannot ignore
Wyden prior to each vote during consideration
Klobuchar Sanders climate change any longer. Now is the
NAYS—49 of S. Con. Res. 14. time for our great country to lead the
Barrasso Graham Portman
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there world out of this existential crisis.
Blackburn Grassley Risch objection? And, by the way, as we address the
Blunt Hagerty Romney Without objection, it is so ordered. long neglected needs of working fami-
Boozman Hawley Rubio Mr. SANDERS. Mr. President, let me lies and as we combat climate change,
Braun Hoeven Sasse
Burr Hyde-Smith
begin by thanking President Biden and we are going to create millions of good-
Scott (FL)
Capito Inhofe Scott (SC)
Majority Leader SCHUMER for their paying jobs, many of them union jobs.
Cassidy Johnson Shelby leadership in the arduous process Let me very briefly take this oppor-
Collins Kennedy which has gotten us to where we are
Cornyn Lankford
Sullivan tunity to describe some of what is in
Cotton Lee
Thune right now. this budget proposal. First, we are
Tillis I do understand that many of my Re-
Cramer Lummis going to address the disgrace of the
Toomey
Crapo Marshall
Tuberville
publican colleagues are in a bit of United States having the highest rate
Cruz McConnell
Daines Moran Wicker shock. They are in a bit of shock now. of childhood poverty of almost any
Ernst Murkowski Young They are finding it hard to believe that major country on Earth. This is the
Fischer Paul the President and the Democratic Cau- wealthiest country on Earth, and we
NOT VOTING—1 cus are prepared to go forward in ad- should not have millions of our chil-
The motion
dressing the long, neglected needs of dren living in poverty.
Rounds was agreed to. working families and not just the 1 per- This budget is going to provide the
f cent and wealthy campaign contribu- long-awaited-for help that working
tors. That is not the way things usu- parents all over this country des-
SETTING FORTH THE CONGRES- ally happen around here. perately need, and when we do that, we
SIONAL BUDGET FOR THE Usually, it is the big money inter- will substantially reduce childhood
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT ests, the campaign contributors, and poverty in America. And we are going
FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022 AND SET- the lobbyists who call the tunes. But to do that by extending the child tax
TING FORTH THE APPROPRIATE not today. Today, we move this coun- credit so that families continue to re-
BUDGETARY LEVELS FOR FIS- try in a very different direction. ceive monthly direct payments of up to
CAL YEARS 2023 THROUGH 2031 The American people are sick and $300 per child.
The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. tired of growing income and wealth in- We began that process in the Amer-
PETERS). The clerk will report the reso- equality in our country, where two ican Rescue Plan. It has been enor-
lution by title. people now own more wealth than the mously successful in Vermont and all
The senior assistant legislative clerk bottom 40 percent, where the top 1 per- over this country as parents finally get
read as follows: cent owns more wealth than the bot- the help that they need to raise their
A concurrent resolution (S. Con. Res. 14) tom 92 percent, and where 45 percent of kids, and, in fact, it has helped reduce
setting forth the congressional budget for all new income has gone to the top 1 childhood poverty in our country by 61
the United States Government for fiscal year percent since 2009. percent. And we are going to extend
2022 and setting forth the appropriate budg- In other words, the people on top are those child tax credits.
etary levels for fiscal years 2023 through 2031. doing phenomenally well. Further, we are going to help work-
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- Meanwhile, while the very rich have ing parents by addressing the crisis in
ator from Vermont. become much richer, the gross unfair- childcare by making sure that no
ORDER OF BUSINESS ness of our current tax system has al- working family in our country pays
Mr. SANDERS. Mr. President, I ask lowed, in a given year, some of the more than 7 percent of their income for
unanimous consent that for the dura- wealthiest people in our country and childcare. And all over this country, in
tion of the Senate’s consideration of S. some of the largest and most profitable talking to parents in Vermont and
Con. Res. 14, the budget resolution for corporations to not pay a nickel in a elsewhere, people are paying 20 per-
fiscal year 2021, the majority and the given year in Federal income tax—not cent, 25 percent of their income for
Republican managers of the resolution, one penny. childcare so that they can go to work.
while seated or standing at the man- Well, that is about to change. The That makes no sense at all. Under our
agers’ desks, be permitted to deliver American people want a government proposal, no working family will pay
floor remarks, retrieve, review, and which represents all of us and not just more than 7 percent. And when we do
edit documents, and send email and the few. And this legislation is going to that, when we make childcare more af-
other data communications from text ask the wealthiest people in our coun- fordable and accessible, it will allow
displayed on wireless personal digital try to start paying their fair share of over a million women who are now
assistant devices and tablet devices. taxes so that we can address the needs home with their kids to reenter the
I further ask unanimous consent that of working families, the elderly, the workforce and improve our economy.
the use of calculators be permitted on children, the sick, and the poor. Further, in terms of addressing the
the floor during consideration of the And despite what some of my Repub- needs of our working parents and their
budget resolution; further, that the lican colleagues may be saying, no one kids, we will expand public education
staff be permitted to make technical in America who makes less than by providing universal pre-K to every
and conforming changes to the resolu- $400,000 a year will pay a nickel more 3- and 4-year-old in the country.
tion, if necessary, consistent with the in Federal taxes. In fact, what we are This budget proposal is going to end
amendments adopted during Senate looking at in this budget proposal is a the international disgrace of the
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consideration, including calculating historic tax cut for working families United States being the only major
the associated change in the net inter- and the middle class. country on Earth not to guarantee paid
est function and incorporating the ef- Further, and importantly, at a time family and medical leave as a right.
fect of such adopted amendments on when California is on fire, when Oregon Somebody who is sick today should not
the budgetary aggregates for Federal is on fire, when Greece is burning, and be forced to go to work and maybe, by
revenues, the amount by which the when countries throughout the world expanding their illness by contagion,
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August 10, 2021 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S6205
make other people sick. Parents should We will bring undocumented people I made it. I think the worst is behind
be able to stay home with their sick out of the shadows and provide them me.
children. When a woman has a baby, with a pathway to citizenship, includ- I want to reinforce a simple message:
she should not be forced back into ing those very brave workers who have If you haven’t been vaccinated regard-
work a week after giving birth simply courageously kept our economy going ing the COVID problem, get vac-
because she has no income to stay in the middle of a deadly pandemic. cinated. I have been vaccinated, and I
home. As I mentioned earlier, we will take got COVID anyway; a couple of really
Yes, in America, we will join every on the existential threat of climate bad days, but I am doing better and I
other major country and guarantee change by transforming our energy feel on the mend. And I am confident
paid family and medical leave. system toward renewable energy and that, if I hadn’t had the vaccine, it
We will begin to address the crisis in energy efficiency. Among many other would have been a lot worse.
higher education by making commu- provisions in terms of climate change, So in my State, about 50 percent of
nity colleges in America tuition-free, we will establish a Civilian Climate the people are still unvaccinated. Just
and this will give millions of young Corps which will give hundreds of thou- for your own good and the good of our
people and working people the oppor- sands of young people good-paying jobs State, I would urge you to consider
tunity to get the education they need and educational benefits as they roll up getting vaccinated. I think the vaccine
to acquire the skills so they can go out their sleeves and get to work to help us is safe, and it works. I am glad I had it.
and get the good-paying jobs that are save the planet. And the sooner we can get to herd im-
out there. It will also give people the This budget proposal will make it munity through vaccinations and other
opportunity to transfer the 2 years of easier, not harder, for workers to join
means, the better off we will be.
credits earned at a community college unions in America. To all my colleagues and people back
to a 4-year school. Now, I hope in years My Republican colleagues are upset
home, thank you for the kind words
to come we will go further, but 2 years that we are using the reconciliation
process and only 50 votes to pass this and inquiries.
of free community college is no small
We are back at work, and I am glad
thing. budget. They are very upset about
that. But let us be clear. This idea of I was able to make this debate. I think
This budget proposal begins the proc-
ess of taking on the greed of the phar- using reconciliation is certainly not a this debate is worth having. We just
maceutical industry and saving tax- new idea. When Republicans controlled passed a $1 trillion infrastructure bill.
payers hundreds of billions of dollars the Senate, they used reconciliation to The Presiding Officer, Senator SINEMA,
by requiring that Medicare negotiate pass trillions of dollars in tax breaks to from Arizona, was one of the architects
prescription drug prices with the phar- the top 1 percent and large corpora- of the bill.
tions. Congratulations.
maceutical industry. It is not accept-
When Republicans controlled the I voted for it because it made sense
able to me and to the American people
Senate, they used reconciliation to to me. We have been talking about in-
that we continue to pay, by far, the
make climate change worse by opening frastructure here for 5 or 10 years. In
highest prices in the world for prescrip-
up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge this $1 trillion package, 550 of new
tion drugs. Medicare must negotiate
for oil drilling. spending, which I believe will be paid
prescription drug prices, and this budg-
When Republicans controlled the for, goes into ports, roads, and bridges,
et sets the stage for that to happen.
And we will use the savings acquired Senate, they tried to use reconciliation and rural broadband; and 19 Repub-
by negotiating prescription drug prices to repeal the Affordable Care Act and licans voted for it.
in Medicare by expanding Medicare. We throw 32 million Americans off of the I am hoping we can make it reality
are going to use those savings to ex- healthcare they had. and get it to President Biden’s desk be-
pand Medicare to cover the dental care, Well, today, it is true we will also use cause I think infrastructure is much-
reconciliation, but we will do it in a needed, and we were finding bipartisan-
the hearing aids, and the eyeglasses
different way. We will use it to help the ship in that space.
that seniors desperately need. This is
working families of our country and Now we are moving on to something
the wealthiest country on Earth, and
not just the wealthy and the powerful. completely different—I dare say rad-
yet we have millions of senior citizens It is no great secret that millions of
who lack teeth in their mouth. They ical. Right after the majority was
Americans are giving up on democracy, seized by the Democratic Party, they
need dentures; they can’t afford to get are moving toward authoritarianism,
them. They need hearing aids in order pushed through a $1.9 trillion package
and are losing faith in their govern- that had a lot of talk about COVID—
to communicate with their grandkids; ment. Many of those people are work-
can’t afford to do that. They need a de- but most of it wasn’t related to COVID
ing longer hours for lower wages; they as we know it—after we had worked to-
cent pair of glasses; can’t afford that. can’t afford healthcare; they can’t af-
And in terms of healthcare, we will gether on $4 trillion of spending.
ford to send their kids to college; and Now, this budget resolution is pro-
also substantially increase the number they worry very much about the future
of doctors, nurses, and dentists who posing $31⁄2 trillion of additional spend-
of their kids and the future of this ing, and we will talk about how that
practice in underserved areas and ex- country.
pand the Community Health Centers affects you, the public, here in a
This legislation will not only provide
Program into new areas as well. minute. But the first thing I want you
enormous support—unprecedented in
This budget proposal will combat to know is it is not $31⁄2 trillion. That
recent American history—to the chil-
homelessness in America and address is not accurate.
dren in our country, to the parents in
the reality that nearly 18 million When you look at the increase in
our country, to the elderly people in
households are paying over 50 percent public debt and the authorization of
our country, to the working families of
of their limited incomes for housing new discretionary spending, it is at
our country, but it will also, I hope, re-
through an unprecedented investment least $4.2 trillion. So it is not $31⁄2 tril-
store the faith of the American people
in affordable housing. We will ensure, lion; it is over $4 trillion. The first
in the belief that we can have a govern-
further, that people in an aging soci- thing you have to do is be honest with
ment that works for all of us and not
ety—we are getting older as a society, the product you are selling. This will
just the few.
and we will ensure that those people Thank you. cost well over $4 trillion if fully imple-
can receive the healthcare they need in The PRESIDING OFFICER (Ms. mented.
their own homes instead of being SINEMA). The Senator from South Caro- What else does this bill do that peo-
forced into expensive and inadequate lina. ple in this body need to know about?
nursing homes and that the workers Good to see you back. It changes the rule regarding emer-
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who provide that important care to the Mr. GRAHAM. It is good to be back. gency spending. Right now, we can
elderly and the disabled are not forced Thank you for the inquiries about my spend, through an emergency, basi-
to exist on starvation wages. This is well-being. cally, unlimited money and not have to
such important work and such emo- To all my colleagues, I appreciate worry about offsets and all that good
tionally draining work; those folks de- the good wishes and the phone calls stuff because there is truly an emer-
serve a decent paycheck. and the food. gency. But you need 60 votes to declare
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something an emergency. This budget A 262-percent increase compared to of the United States, not adequately
resolution will change that rule so that last year. tested; enticing young people to take a
a simple majority of Senators can de- Does any Democrat have any idea very dangerous journey; destroying all
termine anything they would like to be what is happening here? Have any of of the gains we had; stopping a wall
an emergency and spend without any you come to the floor to explain to the that was almost built. That is the vi-
accountability. American people what the hell is going sion being created by the budget reso-
I think that is a bad idea for the body on at the border? lution and then some.
because anything you can do, we can You don’t have a clue; you don’t care. The idea of increasing green cards for
do, and it really is an assault on the The same people who are writing this illegal immigrants already here will
idea of minority rights. I think it is budget resolution to spend $4 trillion make these numbers explode beyond
the biggest blow to the institution yet. on liberal wish lists are the same peo- what they already exploded. Only God
It is buried in this bill, but it elimi- ple in charge of the border. They knows.
nates the 60-vote requirement to de- haven’t asked one Border Patrol pro- Has anyone told you the price at the
clare items emergency spending, re- fessional the effect of this bill on a bro- pump? Has anybody mentioned to you
place it with a simple majority, allow- ken immigration system. on the other side what is the cost of
ing a majority—a single party—to We have had 1.2 million people come this bill when we implement change re-
spend without restriction in the name to the country illegally already. Let’s forms to you as a consumer?
of emergency. compare that to last year—a 262-per- Senator MARKEY, who is a very pas-
So to my friends on the other side, cent increase. sionate believer in climate change, said
you need to look at what is in this bill, Illegal crossings by unaccompanied the Green New Deal is part of the DNA
and I hope you will find that to be an minors have surged 186 percent com- of this bill.
unacceptable change to the U.S. Senate pared to last year. Why? The Biden ad- Senator SANDERS is an avowed social-
because, when it comes to spending, it ministration has kept the COVID de- ist, one of the most honest people in
guts the idea that the minority mat- portation title 42 law in place, but it this building. Senator SANDERS’ vision
ters because all you have to do, if this has made exception by unaccompanied for the last 20 and 30 years is in this
budget resolution is implemented the minors. If you are a certain age, you budget resolution. This budget resolu-
way they have written it, is to declare can stay. Guess what. The human traf- tion is a dream for those who want to
something an emergency, get 50 votes, fickers have found that out, and word socialize America; it is a nightmare for
and spend. Very bad idea. We are going is out all over the Northern Triangle working people.
to try to change that, and we are hop- countries—but, really, the world. How much have gas prices gone up in
ing we can find some bipartisan sup- And we have had a 186-percent in- the last 6 months?
crease in unaccompanied minors be- A dollar.
port.
cause of policy changes made by the Here is what I think: If you imple-
Let me tell you about this bill. I am
Biden administration. Twenty-seven ment the provisions of this budget res-
going to ask some questions. On the
percent of unaccompanied minors re- olution regarding climate change, you
immigration side, Senator SANDERS
cently deported tested positive for are declaring war on the internal com-
said that this bill creates millions of
COVID–19. bustion engine; you are going to shut
new green cards for people here ille-
How many of the unaccompanied mi- out coal-fired plants in rural America.
gally. The question I have for my Demo-
So here is a question: If we told the nors have been released into the coun-
cratic colleagues: How much will gas
world that in the budget reconciliation try? Of the 1.2 million people who have
prices go up if this bill becomes re-
we are going to increase millions of come here illegally: How many of them
ality? How much will your heating bill
green cards for people here illegally, do have been released? How many have
go up because you shut down supply?
you think that would entice more peo- them been tested? How many are posi-
How has there been an increase of a
ple to come here illegally? tive for COVID?
dollar at the pump? Policy matters.
Here is what I think. I think that is Nobody knows these numbers be-
I dare say that, if this bill is ever im-
the dumbest idea I could think of. In cause nobody seems to have a clue of
plemented, you are going to double gas
the middle of an invasion of this coun- what to do about it.
prices.
try by illegal immigrants, the Demo- So what are the trends? I hope you are listening out there,
cratic Party, through budget reconcili- Look at this chart. Look at 2020 com- America. If they implement this rad-
ation, is going to authorize millions of pared to ‘18, ‘19, and ‘20—an explosion ical transformation of our energy econ-
new green cards for people here ille- of illegal immigrants, 1.2 million, al- omy, you are going to have a dramatic
gally. It is in your document. Senator most. Year to date, in 2020, we had increase of gas prices and heating
SANDERS admitted that. 458,000. A 260-percent increase in illegal prices.
Here is what is happening as I speak: crossings at the border because the This is the worst thought-out idea I
These statements are being translated Biden administration did away with have ever seen. They are just throwing
into Spanish and every other language, the ‘‘Remain in Mexico’’ policy. every liberal idea and hope it sticks to
and human traffickers all over the So asylum claims went through the the wall, and their whole reason for
world are going to let the word get out roof. We are allowing unaccompanied being on the left is in this bill.
that, Hey, the Senate is about to in- children to stay as an exception to There is a border-adjusted carbon tax
crease the number of green cards avail- title 42, along with families. And guess proposal floating around out there.
able for illegal immigrants; why don’t what. You have an explosion of illegal What does that mean to you? What the
you go and get in line? immigrant crossings in this country. hell is a border-adjusted carbon tax?
Nobody has asked the Border Patrol: If you pass this budget resolution the The best I can understand is it is
How do you think this would affect our way Senator SANDERS described, you going to be a tax on products coming
illegal immigration problem? are going to throw jet fuel on this. This into the country because the way the
Have you spent 15 minutes talking to number will go through the friggin’ product was made is not sufficiently
anybody at the border about what this roof. green enough. So they are going to
policy change would do to a broken im- Every human trafficker in the world charge for that product, put a tax on it
migration system? is going to get the word out throughout at the border. Guess what. That is
I guarantee you haven’t, because if the world that they are increasing the going to increase the cost of whatever
you talked to anybody with common number of green cards made available good we are talking about.
sense on the border, they would tell to illegal immigrants to America: And where do you think that cost
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you the last thing you need to do right Come now, the time is right. goes?
now is incentivize more illegal immi- What a dangerous idea, but it is part It goes to you.
gration by allocating green cards to of this grand, new vision for America. This is the most inflationary idea I
people who are here already illegally. Let me tell you about this vision for have ever seen. We have had 5.4-percent
What has happened in the last 6 America: open borders; dropping people increase in inflation recently, wiping
months? by the thousands off into the interior out all the gains in the economy.
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How could that be? carbon tax, will it be inflationary? Mr. SANDERS. I yield the majority’s
You are spending money like drunk- Where does the money go from the tax? remaining time on the resolution.
en sailors. And if this bill ever becomes Who gets it? Little details like this. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen-
law, if it is ever implemented and there All I can say is that everybody has a ator has that right.
is a border-adjusted carbon tax, it is dream in America. There is the Amer- All time on the resolution has been
going to be passed onto the consumer. ican dream and the American socialist yielded back.
If you are on a fixed income, this dream for America. This budget resolu- The Senator from Wyoming.
whole idea is a nightmare for you be- tion sets in motion an assault on free AMENDMENT NO. 3055
cause your gas prices are going to go enterprise, the destruction of energy Mr. BARRASSO. Madam President, I
up, your heating bill is going to go up, independence, incentivizing illegal im- call up my amendment No. 3055 and ask
and all of the things that they are migration at a time we can afford it that it be reported by number.
going to make for free will create an the least. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The
inflationary effect. If you don’t believe these things, clerk will report the amendment by
The size of the government is going then you haven’t read what is in this number.
to increase dramatically. Interest rates blueprint. Have you ever asked your- The legislative clerk read as follows:
will have to go up. So if you own a self the question: What the hell has
The Senator from Wyoming [Mr. BAR-
home, you drive a car, you breathe air, happened in the last 6 months; why are RASSO] proposes an amendment numbered
get ready for more taxes and more we up $1 a gallon at the pump? Because 3055.
spending. they declared a war on fossil fuels
The amendment is as follows:
All I can say is that I believe in cli- made in America.
Why do we have a 262-percent in- (Purpose: To prohibit enactment of the
mate change, and I would like to have Green New Deal)
a rational approach to solving the crease in illegal immigration? Because
they changed all the policies that At the end of title III, add the following:
problem. But this is not rational; this
worked at the border. SEC. 3lll. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND
is partisan. And this $4.2 trillion bill— TO PROHIBIT THE GREEN NEW
it is not three and a half—is going to Why is inflation rising? Because the DEAL.
lead a wave of illegal immigration, the fiscal policies of the Biden administra- The Chairman of the Committee on the
likes of which you have never seen be- tion and our friends on the left are Budget of the Senate may revise the alloca-
fore; a 262-percent increase in the last driving up prices. tions of a committee or committees, aggre-
6 months. If this bill, this idea, ever be- The worst is yet to come. If this gates, and other appropriate levels in this
comes reality, you can double that. If budget resolution becomes a reality, resolution, and make adjustments to the
God help the American middle class. pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or more bills,
this bill ever becomes reality, a dollar joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
increase in gas prices is going to be the We will be less energy independent. Our
money will go not nearly as far. between the Houses, motions, or conference
good old days. reports relating to Federal greenhouse gas
If they shut down all the coal-fired You are going to have to automati-
restrictions, which may include limiting or
plants without any way to replace cally raise taxes if you intend to pay prohibiting legislation or regulations to im-
them, other than a bunch of BS, good for this monstrosity. And some Demo- plement the Green New Deal, to ship United
luck with the heating bill. crats say it has to be paid for. There is States companies and jobs overseas, to im-
They are going to change your coun- no way in hell to pay for this bill un- pose soaring electricity, gasoline, home
try. It is going to be more like Ven- less you fundamentally raise taxes heating oil, and other energy prices on work-
across the board—at a time when we ing class families, or to make the United
ezuela and less like America. States increasingly dependent on foreign
This idea that it is going to be paid are struggling to get back on our feet.
This is why we have elections. In supply chains, by the amounts provided in
for by taxing the rich is a bunch of BS. such legislation for those purposes, provided
If you took the entire wealth of the 1 2022, this idea will be on the ballot. My
that such legislation would not increase the
percent, including their cars and their goal and my Republican colleagues’ is deficit over either the period of the total of
dogs, it is less than half of what we to fight like hell to stop the increase at fiscal years 2022 through 2026 or the period of
need to deal with the entitlement prob- the pump, stop the increase of the the total of fiscal years 2022 through 2031.
lems we already have. heating bills, and to stop an invasion The PRESIDING OFFICER. There
And you are growing exponentially in our country by illegal immigrants will now be 2 minutes of debate equally
the size of government—more govern- all driven by bad policy choices. divided.
But everything they have done in the The Senator from Wyoming.
ment to pay for. Eventually interest
last 6 months pales in comparison with Mr. BARRASSO. Madam President, I
rates are going to have to go up.
You are putting in motion, I think, what they are going to do to this coun- am offering this amendment to spare
the demise of America as we know it. try if this budget resolution ever be- the Country from the so-called Green
You are putting in motion a govern- comes a reality. New Deal. The Green New Deal is not
Yes, sir, we are going to have one
ment that nobody’s grandchild could about protecting the environment. It is
hell of a fight. I don’t know how long
ever afford to pay. You are putting in about making Big Government even
we are going to be here, but as long as
motion the destruction of energy inde- bigger.
it takes. America is worth fighting for.
pendence. You have declared war on This socialist scheme would destroy
And America, we know, is at risk with
the fossil fuel industry in this country, jobs. It will reduce the quality of life
this budget resolution.
and you have not done a damn thing Thank you. for the American people. Millions and
about China, India, Russia, or Iran. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- millions of Americans will suffer. It
The bottom line here is, if you be- ator from Vermont. would worsen already high inflation. It
lieve in energy independence, then you Mr. SANDERS. Madam President, I will drive a stake through the economy
need to vote against this budget resolu- ask unanimous consent that it be in and eventually bankrupt the Nation.
tion because we will lose it. If you be- order to call up the following amend- Senate Democrats have made it clear
lieve that inflation is the death blow to ments, that they be reported by num- that they want to use this reckless tax-
the middle class, you need to vote ber, and that the Senate vote in rela- and-spending spree to implement the
against this budget resolution. If you tion to the amendments in the order Green New Deal. Just last night, Sen-
don’t know how much gas prices are listed with no amendments in order ator MARKEY of Massachusetts made
going to be increased, they owe you an prior to a vote: Barrasso No. 3055, Car- this statement, he said: ‘‘Without ques-
answer. per No. 3330, Thune No. 3106, and Cortez tion, the Green New Deal is in the DNA
So I am going to ask this question Masto No. 3317. of this budget resolution.’’
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for the next 15 hours: Do you have any The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Let me repeat. He said: ‘‘Without
idea, if all this becomes reality, how objection, it is so ordered. question, the Green New Deal is in the
much increase at the pump will be af- Mr. GRAHAM. I yield the remaining DNA of this budget resolution.’’
fected by the average consumer the Republican time on the resolution. Instead of raising the costs of energy,
next year? How much will our heating The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- we should be working to lower the
bills go up? As to the border-adjusted ator has that right. costs of alternative technologies and
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fuels through innovation, not taxation Thune Van Hollen Whitehouse dress climate change does not mean
Tillis Warner Wicker
and resolution. Toomey Warnock Wyden
every policy that you propose is a good
I would encourage a ‘‘yes’’ vote on Tuberville Warren Young idea. There can be disagreement. And I
the Barrasso amendment and reject the NOT VOTING—1
disagree strongly with the Green New
job-killing Green New Deal. Deal policies in this $4.2 trillion bill
Rounds
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- that wastes taxpayer dollars. It costs
ator from Vermont. The amendment (No. 3055) was agreed hundreds of jobs, and it hurts our econ-
Mr. SANDERS. Madam President, to. omy.
Mr. BARRASSO’s amendment is inter- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- Our economy should be a priority
esting, when he talks about the Green ator from Delaware. here. It should be the priority. We can
New Deal. The only problem is what he AMENDMENT NO. 3330 protect the environment without pun-
is talking about has nothing to do with Mr. CARPER. Madam President, I ishing the economy, and this bill and
the Green New Deal. call up my amendment No. 3330 and ask amendment fail that test.
Despite what Senator BARRASSO says, that it be reported by number. I yield the floor.
the Green New Deal would not ship The PRESIDING OFFICER. The VOTE ON AMENDMENT NO. 3330
jobs overseas. In fact, it will create clerk will report the amendment by The PRESIDING OFFICER. If there
millions of good-paying jobs in the number. is no further debate, the question is on
United States of America. It will not The legislative clerk read as follows: agreeing to the amendment.
raise electricity prices. It will not The Senator from Delaware [Mr. CARPER] Mr. CARPER. Madam President, I
make the United States dependent on proposes an amendment numbered 3330. ask for the yeas and nays.
dirty sources of energy from other The amendment is as follows: The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a
countries. (Purpose: To establish a reserve fund relat- sufficient second?
In case the Senator from Wyoming ing to addressing the crisis of climate There appears to be a sufficient sec-
has missed it, Oregon is burning, Cali- change) ond.
At the end of title III, add the following: The clerk will call the roll.
fornia is burning, Greece is burning. The bill clerk called the roll.
There is a drought hitting virtually SEC. 3lll. RESERVE FUND RELATING TO AD-
DRESSING THE CRISIS OF CLIMATE Mr. THUNE. The following Senator is
every country on Earth. News flash: CHANGE. necessarily absent: the Senator from
Climate change is real and the United The Chairman of the Committee on the South Dakota (Mr. ROUNDS).
States and other countries have got to Budget of the Senate may revise the alloca- The result was announced—yeas 51,
address it. tions of a committee or committees, aggre- nays 48, as follows:
Madam President, as a supporter of gates, and other appropriate levels in this [Rollcall Vote No. 317 Leg.]
the Green New Deal, I have no problem resolution, and make adjustments to the
YEAS—51
voting for this amendment because it pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or more bills,
joint resolutions, amendments, amendments Baldwin Heinrich Peters
has nothing to do with the Green New Bennet Hickenlooper Reed
between the Houses, motions, or conference
Deal. Blumenthal Hirono Rosen
reports relating to addressing the crisis of Booker Kaine Sanders
VOTE ON AMENDMENT NO. 3055 climate change through new policies that Brown Kelly Schatz
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The create jobs, reduce pollution, and strengthen Cantwell King Schumer
question is on agreeing to the amend- the economy of the United States by the Cardin Klobuchar Shaheen
amounts provided in such legislation for Carper Leahy Sinema
ment. Casey Luján Smith
Mr. BARRASSO. I ask for the yeas those purposes, provided that such legisla-
Collins Manchin Stabenow
tion would not increase the deficit over the
and nays. period of the total of fiscal years 2022
Coons Markey Tester
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a Cortez Masto Menendez Van Hollen
through 2031. Duckworth Merkley Warner
sufficient second? Durbin Murphy Warnock
The PRESIDING OFFICER. There
There appears to be a sufficient sec- Feinstein Murray Warren
are now 2 minutes of debate equally di- Gillibrand Ossoff Whitehouse
ond.
vided. Hassan Padilla Wyden
The clerk will call the roll. The Senator from Delaware.
The legislative clerk called the roll. NAYS—48
Mr. CARPER. Madam President, the
Mr. THUNE. The following Senator is amendment that I have called up is Barrasso Graham Paul
necessarily absent: the Senator from Blackburn Grassley Portman
clear, it is simple, and it is straight- Blunt Hagerty Risch
South Dakota (Mr. ROUNDS). forward. It makes clear that we are Boozman Hawley Romney
The result was announced—yeas 99, going to address the climate crisis. We Braun Hoeven Rubio
nays 0, as follows: Burr Hyde-Smith Sasse
are going to do it through policies that Capito Inhofe Scott (FL)
[Rollcall Vote No. 316 Leg.] do several things: one, create jobs; two, Cassidy Johnson Scott (SC)
YEAS—99 create jobs here in the United States; Cornyn Kennedy Shelby
Cotton Lankford Sullivan
Baldwin Feinstein Menendez policies that strengthen our economy— Cramer Lee Thune
Barrasso Fischer Merkley all while reducing the pollution that Crapo Lummis Tillis
Bennet Gillibrand Moran
Blackburn Graham Murkowski hurts our health and our environment. Cruz Marshall Toomey
We are in a code red situation. This Daines McConnell Tuberville
Blumenthal Grassley Murphy
Ernst Moran Wicker
Blunt Hagerty Murray is all hands on deck when it comes to Fischer Murkowski Young
Booker Hassan Ossoff the climate crisis. We don’t have a mo-
Boozman Hawley Padilla NOT VOTING—1
Braun Heinrich Paul ment to waste. We need to put politics
Rounds
Brown Hickenlooper Peters aside and act now on climate change.
Burr Hirono Portman The budget resolution should allow The amendment (No. 3330) was agreed
Cantwell Hoeven Reed to.
Capito Hyde-Smith Risch
us to develop legislation that can re-
Cardin Inhofe Romney spond to the urgent challenge of cli- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen-
Carper Johnson Rosen mate change. ator from South Dakota.
Casey Kaine Rubio I ask my colleagues to join me in AMENDMENT NO. 3106
Cassidy Kelly Sanders
Collins Kennedy Sasse supporting this amendment. Mr. THUNE. Madam President, I rise
Coons King Schatz I yield the floor. in support of amendment No. 3106,
Cornyn Klobuchar Schumer The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- which would preserve the longstanding
Cortez Masto Lankford Scott (FL) ator from Wyoming. step-up in basis for family-owned busi-
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Cotton Leahy Scott (SC)
Cramer Lee Shaheen Mr. BARRASSO. Madam President, I nesses, farms, and ranches.
Crapo Luján Shelby rise to oppose the Carper amendment. For decades, the Tax Code has al-
Cruz Lummis Sinema Let’s be clear. We all want to address lowed family-run businesses to be
Daines Manchin Smith climate change, period. Now, this handed down without imposing capital
Duckworth Markey Stabenow
Durbin Marshall Sullivan amendment does much more than that. gains taxes on the appreciation in
Ernst McConnell Tester Just because you say you want to ad- value from the prior generation.
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Changing this would hit genera- the total of fiscal years 2022 through 2026 or NOT VOTING—1
tionally owned enterprises hard, par- the period of the total of fiscal years 2022 Rounds
ticularly in rural communities. And it through 2031.
The amendment (No. 3106) was agreed
could force families to sell off part of The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- to.
the farm or business just to pay the ator from Oregon. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Ms.
new tax. Mr. WYDEN. Madam President, Sen- SINEMA). The Senator from Vermont.
Congress tried something similar be- ate Democrats take a backseat to no Mr. SANDERS. Madam President, I
fore and had to repeal the tax before it one in standing up for family farmers, ask unanimous consent that following
took effect because it was unworkable. ranchers, and small businesses. In fact, the Cortez Masto amendment the fol-
Unlike amendment No. 3317, which is President Biden has made it clear that lowing amendments be in order and
a side-by-side the Democrats will be of- any changes to stepped-up basis will that the amendments be reported by
fering here temporarily, which would provide durable protection for family number with no amendments in order
simply delay the tax, my amendment farmers, ranchers, and small busi- prior to a vote in relation to the
would provide permanent relief by pre- nesses. amendment: Lummis, No. 3104; Hassan-
serving step-up in basis for all family- Speaking for myself, Senator CORTEZ Young, No. 3278, Crapo, No. 3099;
owned businesses, farms, and ranches. MASTO and Senator TESTER, we are fol- Wyden, No. 3365; Cramer, No. 3105;
I encourage my colleagues to support lowing through on that Biden pledge Scott, No. 3073; and Rubio, No. 3097
it and would add that I have letters of because it is both fair and common The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without
support from the National Association sense. objection, it is so ordered.
of Manufacturers, NFIB, Family Busi- Now, capital gains reform is about The Senator from Nevada.
ness Estate Tax Coalition, Taxpayers ensuring that the wealthiest pay their AMENDMENT NO. 3317
Protection Alliance, Council for Citi- fair share. On our watch, multibillion- Ms. CORTEZ MASTO. Madam Presi-
zens Against Government Waste, aires cannot plant a few tomatoes and dent, I call up my amendment, No.
Americans for Tax Reform, National call themselves a family farmer. 3317, and ask that it be reported by
Taxpayers Union, Center for a Free number.
I will vote for the Thune amendment
Economy, Family Business Coalition, The PRESIDING OFFICER. The
as well as the important Cortez Masto-
Small Business and Entrepreneurship clerk will report the amendment by
Tester-Wyden amendment that will be
Council, and CASE. number.
taken up next.
Madam President, I urge the adop- The senior assistant legislative clerk
tion of this amendment. VOTE ON AMENDMENT NO. 3106
read as follows:
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Does the The PRESIDING OFFICER. The The Senator from Nevada [Ms. CORTEZ
Senator wish to call up his amend- question now occurs on agreeing to MASTO], for herself and others, proposes an
ment? amendment No. 3106. amendment numbered 3317.
Mr. THUNE. I call up amendment No. Mr. THUNE. I ask for the yeas and The amendment is as follows:
3106 and ask unanimous consent it be nays. (Purpose: To establish a reserve fund relat-
reported by number. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a ing to protecting family farms, ranches,
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The sufficient second? and small businesses while ensuring the
clerk will report the amendment by There appears to be a sufficient sec- wealthy pay their fair share)
number. ond. At the end of title III, add the following:
The senior assistant legislative clerk The clerk will call the roll. SEC. 3lll. RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PRO-
read as follows: The senior assistant legislative clerk
TECTING FAMILY FARMS, RANCHES,
AND SMALL BUSINESSES.
The Senator from South Dakota [Mr.
called the roll. The Chairman of the Committee on the
THUNE] proposes an amendment numbered
3106. (Mrs. GILLIBRAND assumed the Budget of the Senate may revise the alloca-
Chair.) tions of a committee or committees, aggre-
The amendment is as follows: gates, and other appropriate levels in this
Mr. THUNE. The following Senator is
(Purpose: To protect owners of resolution, and make adjustments to the
generationally-owned businesses, farms, necessarily absent: the Senator from
pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or more bills,
and ranches so that they may continue to South Dakota (Mr. ROUNDS). joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
transfer ownership or operations to family The result was announced—yeas 99, between the Houses, motions, or conference
members or others based upon the same nays 0, as follows: reports relating to protecting family farms,
tax principles that existed when they [Rollcall Vote No. 318 Leg.] ranches, and small businesses while ensuring
began operations and under which they the wealthy pay their fair share, by the
currently operate, including the full ben- YEAS—99
amounts provided in such legislation for
efit of the step-up in basis) Baldwin Grassley Paul those purposes, provided that such legisla-
Barrasso Hagerty Peters tion would not increase the deficit over the
At the end of title III, add the following:
Bennet Hassan Portman
SEC. 3lll. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND Blackburn
period of the total of fiscal years 2022
Hawley Reed
RELATING TO SUPPORTING PRI- Blumenthal Heinrich Risch through 2031.
VATELY-HELD BUSINESSES, FARMS,
AND RANCHES.
Blunt Hickenlooper Romney Ms. CORTEZ MASTO. Madam Presi-
Booker Hirono Rosen dent, I am joined on this amendment
The Chairman of the Committee on the Boozman Hoeven Rubio
Budget of the Senate may revise the alloca- Braun Hyde-Smith Sanders by Senators TESTER, WYDEN, and
tions of a committee or committees, aggre- Brown Inhofe Sasse WARNOCK.
gates, and other appropriate levels in this Burr Johnson Schatz Our amendment will protect family
Cantwell Kaine Schumer
resolution, and make adjustments to the
Capito Kelly Scott (FL)
farms, ranches, and small businesses
pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or more bills, Cardin Kennedy Scott (SC) while ensuring that the wealthy pay
joint resolutions, amendments, amendments Carper King Shaheen their fair share. Family-owned busi-
between the Houses, motions, or conference Casey Klobuchar Shelby nesses, farms, and ranches are the
reports relating to protecting privately-held Cassidy Lankford Sinema
businesses, farms, and ranches, which may Collins Leahy Smith backbone of the American economy.
include— Coons Lee Stabenow Many of these family-owned businesses
Cornyn Luján Sullivan have held their assets for generations
(1) preserving the tax principles in effect as
Cortez Masto Lummis Tester
of the date of the adoption of this resolution Cotton Manchin Thune
and have a deep connection to the land
which are applicable to owning, operating, or Cramer Markey Tillis they inherit. They are essential for
transferring such businesses, farms, and Crapo Marshall Toomey feeding America.
ranches, Cruz McConnell Tuberville Congress should protect these
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(2) preserving the full benefit of the step-up Daines Menendez Van Hollen
Duckworth Merkley Warner
multigenerational, hard-working fami-
in basis for assets acquired from a decedent,
Durbin Moran Warnock lies who have spent a lifetime creating
or
(3) extending tax relief for such businesses,
Ernst Murkowski Warren jobs, building businesses, and serving
Feinstein Murphy Whitehouse their communities. We are committed
farms or ranches, Fischer Murray Wicker
provided that such legislation would not in- Gillibrand Ossoff Wyden to protecting these family-owned busi-
crease the deficit over either the period of Graham Padilla Young nesses while ensuring that the top 1
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percent of corporations pay their fair Capito Hoeven Romney The oil and natural gas industry sup-
Cassidy Hyde-Smith Rubio
share. Collins Inhofe Sasse
ports 11.3 million jobs across the coun-
Madam President, I ask for the yeas Cornyn Johnson Scott (FL) try and contributes nearly $1.7 trillion
and nays. Cotton Kennedy Scott (SC) to the American economy. It makes no
Cramer Lankford sense to send production to other coun-
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a Crapo Lee
Shelby
sufficient second? Sinema tries when we could be doing it here,
Cruz Lummis Sullivan
There appears to be a sufficient sec- Daines Marshall
Thune
produced cleaner, more efficiently.
ond. Ernst McConnell The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen-
Tillis
Fischer Moran
The yeas and nays are ordered. Graham Murkowski
Toomey ator’s time has expired.
The Senator from South Dakota. Grassley Paul Tuberville Ms. LUMMIS. I yield back.
Hagerty Portman Wicker
Mr. THUNE. Madam President, I ap- Young
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen-
Hawley Risch
preciate the support of my colleagues ator from West Virginia.
in acknowledging the full benefit of NOT VOTING—1 Mr. MANCHIN. Madam President,
step-up in basis for all businesses. Rounds Senator LUMMIS’s amendment targets
This amendment proposed by the The amendment (No. 3317) was re- new oil and gas leases that the admin-
Senator from Nevada dilutes that sup- jected. istration instituted while the Depart-
port. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- ment of Interior reviews our Federal
As I previously described, the admin- ator from Wyoming. and oil gas leasing program. I, too, am
istration’s proposal would end the ex- AMENDMENT NO. 3104 eager to see the results of that review
isting step-up in basis tax treatment Ms. LUMMIS. Madam President, I and was hoping we would have received
that protects generationally owned call up my amendment No. 3104 and ask it by now.
businesses from tax liability when a that it be reported by number. I will continue to be vocal on my ad-
business is passed on to the next gen- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The vocacy for American energy independ-
eration. clerk will report. ence and addressing climate change
And I might add—I said this earlier— The senior assistant bill clerk read as through innovation, not elimination.
this was tried once in the 1970s. CHUCK follows: However, drilling continued on existing
GRASSLEY was here, and he was the guy The Senator from Wyoming [Ms. LUMMIS] leases throughout the time, and Sec-
who helped end this because it was un- proposes an amendment numbered 3104. retary Haaland testified before the En-
workable. So here we are trying to do The amendment is as follows: ergy Committee that the Department
this all over again. (Purpose: To cancel the Biden Administra- is in compliance with the recent court
The administration suggested it tion’s ban on oil and gas leasing on Federal order, which still allows leasing.
might include arbitrary exemptions to land to help lower gasoline prices and re- I believe the administration has the
this ill-advised idea, which I think is duce energy dependence on the Organiza- responsibility to evaluate these pro-
tion of Petroleum Exporting Countries)
what the Cortez Masto amendment grams and to make sure that we are
SEC. 3lll. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND
speaks to. But, unfortunately, these so- RELATING TO OIL AND GAS LEASING
getting a reasonable return for the tax-
called protections for family-owned op- ON FEDERAL LAND. payers, while using our abundant re-
erations would not provide sustained The Chairman of the Committee on the sources in the most responsible way.
relief and, in practice, would be incred- Budget of the Senate may revise the alloca- For that reason, I urge my colleagues
ibly difficult to implement—the reason tions of a committee or committees, aggre- to reject the amendment.
they didn’t do it in the 1970s. gates, and other appropriate levels in this
VOTE ON AMENDMENT NO. 3104
resolution, and make adjustments to the
We have never taxed unrealized gains Mr. THUNE. I ask for the yeas and
pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or more bills,
in this country. This proposal is a half joint resolutions, amendments, amendments nays.
measure that would still punish hard- between the Houses, motions, or conference The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a
working families and businesses in this reports relating to Federal environmental sufficient second?
country, and I urge my colleagues to and energy policy, which may include pro- There appears to be a sufficient sec-
oppose it. hibiting any Federal environmental permit- ond.
VOTE ON AMENDMENT NO. 3317 ting or regulatory action that would prohibit
or substantially delay new oil and gas, coal,
The clerk will call the roll.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The hard rock, or critical mineral development The senior assistant legislative clerk
question is on agreeing to the amend- or requiring the Secretary of the Interior to called the roll.
ment. make additional areas of Federal land avail- Mr. THUNE. The following Senator is
The clerk will call the roll. able for oil and gas leasing to help lower gas- necessarily absent: the Senator from
The senior assistant bill clerk called oline prices for consumers and to reduce South Dakota (Mr. ROUNDS).
the roll. United States energy dependence on the Or- The result was announced—yeas 49,
Mr. THUNE. The following Senator is ganization of Petroleum Exporting Coun-
nays 50, as follows:
tries, by the amounts provided in such legis-
necessarily absent: the Senator from lation for those purposes, provided that such [Rollcall Vote No. 320 Leg.]
South Dakota (Mr. ROUNDS). legislation would not increase the deficit YEAS—49
The result was announced—yeas 49, over either the period of the total of fiscal Barrasso Graham Portman
nays 50, as follows: years 2022 through 2026 or the period of the Blackburn Grassley Risch
[Rollcall Vote No. 319 Leg.] total of fiscal years 2022 through 2031. Blunt Hagerty Romney
Ms. LUMMIS. Madam President, as Boozman Hawley Rubio
YEAS—49 Braun Hoeven Sasse
Baldwin Hickenlooper Reed Americans are trying to enjoy their Burr Hyde-Smith Scott (FL)
Bennet Hirono Rosen last month of summer vacation before Capito Inhofe Scott (SC)
Blumenthal Kaine Sanders the kids go back to school, they are Cassidy Johnson Shelby
Booker Kelly Schatz Collins Kennedy
Brown King
facing gasoline prices at a near 7-year Cornyn Lankford
Sullivan
Schumer Thune
Cantwell Klobuchar Shaheen
high. Cotton Lee
Tillis
Cardin Leahy Smith What is the Biden administration Cramer Lummis
Carper Luján Crapo Marshall Toomey
Stabenow doing about this? They are begging Tuberville
Casey Manchin Cruz McConnell
Coons Markey
Tester Russia and the OPEC oil cartels to Daines Moran Wicker
Van Hollen pump more oil so that U.S. gasoline Young
Cortez Masto Menendez Ernst Murkowski
Warner
Duckworth Merkley
Warnock
prices don’t rise any more than they Fischer Paul
Durbin Murphy
Warren already have under his watch. Mean- NAYS—50
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Feinstein Murray
Gillibrand Ossoff Whitehouse while, through various Executive ac- Baldwin Carper Gillibrand
Hassan Padilla Wyden tions, such as the Biden ban on new oil Bennet Casey Hassan
Heinrich Peters and gas industry drilling and develop- Blumenthal Coons Heinrich
ment and canceling pipelines, this Booker Cortez Masto Hickenlooper
NAYS—50 Brown Duckworth Hirono
Barrasso Blunt Braun President is attacking American work- Cantwell Durbin Kaine
Blackburn Boozman Burr ers and American energy independence. Cardin Feinstein Kelly
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King Ossoff Smith Mr. YOUNG. Madam President, now Mr. CRAPO. Mr. President, the IRS
Klobuchar Padilla Stabenow
Leahy Peters Tester
more than ever, we must find bipar- financial institution reporting require-
Luján Reed Van Hollen tisan solutions wherever possible to ment forces financial institutions to
Manchin Rosen Warner stimulate our economy, get Americans turn over detailed bank account infor-
Markey Sanders Warnock back to work, and ensure we maintain mation to the IRS based on vague and
Menendez Schatz Warren
Merkley Schumer our position on the world stage as the flexible criteria, such as a $600-thresh-
Whitehouse
Murphy Shaheen
Wyden
leader in scientific and technological old, and account inflows and outflows
Murray Sinema innovation. would be covered—this all to be deter-
NOT VOTING—1 This amendment would preserve mined by the IRS.
Rounds funding related to U.S. competitiveness Think about that. It subjects every
and innovation by retaining the full ex- law-abiding American who has a bank
The amendment (No. 3104) was re-
pensing for research and development account or a credit union account in
jected.
and expanding tax incentives for small which they transact more than $600
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen-
businesses. Immediate R&D expensing worth of transactions to have that in-
ator from New Hampshire.
incentivizes long-term investments in formation monitored and reported to
AMENDMENT NO. 3278
innovation and technological break- the IRS.
Ms. HASSAN. Madam President, I throughs. This is an outrageous violation of the
call up my amendment No. 3278 and ask By passing this amendment, we can privacy of American citizens, and we
that it be reported by number. make sure that the United States con- should reject it.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The tinues to be the world leader in this The community banks and credit
clerk will report the amendment by space. unions support this amendment, and I
number. I understand we are prepared to pass thank the ICBA, CUNA, the ABA, and
The senior assistant legislative clerk this by voice vote. the NAFCU for their support, as well as
read as follows: The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. MUR- the Americans for Tax Reform and the
The Senator from New Hampshire [Ms. PHY). If there is no further debate, the Center for a Free Economy.
HASSAN], for herself and Mr. YOUNG, proposes question is on agreeing to the amend- My amendment prevents the undue
an amendment numbered 3278. ment. monitoring and reporting of sensitive
The amendment is as follows: The amendment (No. 3278) was financial information on law-abiding
(Purpose: To establish a deficit-neutral re- passed. Americans.
serve fund relating to promoting US com- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen-
petitiveness and innovation by supporting ator from Idaho.
research and development)
ator from Oregon.
AMENDMENT NO. 3099 Mr. WYDEN. Colleagues, a decade of
At the end of title III, add the following: Mr. CRAPO. Mr. President, I call up Republican budget cuts to the IRS has
SEC. 3lll. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND my amendment No. 3099 and ask that it
RELATING TO PROMOTING US COM- resulted in rampant tax cheating at
PETITIVENESS AND INNOVATION BY be reported by number. the top. Tax enforcement is going to
SUPPORTING RESEARCH AND DE- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The require new resources and new tools to
VELOPMENT. clerk will report the amendment by crack down on the high-flying tax
The Chairman of the Committee on the number. cheats.
Budget of the Senate may revise the alloca- The senior assistant legislative clerk
tions of a committee or committees, aggre- The Crapo amendment would, for all
read as follows: practical purposes, preserve the status
gates, and other appropriate levels in this
resolution, and make adjustments to the The Senator from Idaho [Mr. CRAPO] pro- quo—the status quo that has contrib-
pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or more bills, poses an amendment numbered 3099. uted to the trillion-dollar tax cap
joint resolutions, amendments, amendments The amendment is as follows: mushrooming and growing bigger.
between the Houses, motions, or conference (Purpose: To establish a deficit-neutral re- This amendment would make it hard-
reports relating to supporting United States serve fund relating to preventing the moni- er to root out tax cheating, and it is
economic competitiveness and innovation, toring and reporting of sensitive American
which may include expanding the research
unfair to working Americans who pay
taxpayer information to the Internal Rev-
and development tax credit for small busi- their taxes automatically out of each
enue Service by financial institutions
nesses and preserving full expensing for re- about deposits and withdrawals made by paycheck.
search and development investments, by the any individual or business in savings, Shortly—and we are going to reject
amounts provided in such legislation for checking, or other accounts of as little as the Crapo amendment—I will offer an
those purposes, provided that such legisla- $600) alternative that will protect the little
tion would not increase the deficit over ei- At the end of title III, add the following: guy without forfeiting the chance to go
ther the period of the total of fiscal years after the big tax cheats, the wealthiest.
SEC. 3lll. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND
2022 through 2026 or the period of the total of RELATING TO PREVENTING MONI-
fiscal years 2022 through 2031.
I urge the vote.
TORING AND REPORTING OF SEN-
Ms. HASSAN. Madam President, I SITIVE AMERICAN TAXPAYER INFOR- VOTE ON AMENDMENT NO. 3099
rise today to offer a bipartisan amend- MATION TO THE INTERNAL REV- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The
ENUE SERVICE BY FINANCIAL INSTI-
ment to promote U.S. competitiveness TUTIONS.
question is on agreeing to the amend-
and support American innovation. The Chairman of the Committee on the
ment.
The R&D tax credit provides critical Budget of the Senate may revise the alloca- Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, I ask for
support and tax relief to the small tions of a committee or committees, aggre- the yeas and nays.
businesses and startups that power our gates, and other appropriate levels in this The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a
economy. These businesses are job cre- resolution, and make adjustments to the sufficient second?
ators, helping spur innovation in New pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or more bills, There appears to be a sufficient sec-
Hampshire and across the country. joint resolutions, amendments, amendments ond.
between the Houses, motions, or conference
This bipartisan amendment with reports relating to strengthening Federal tax
The clerk will call the roll.
Senator YOUNG would build on efforts administration, which may include prohib- The senior assistant bill clerk called
to expand the R&D tax credit for iting the Internal Revenue Service from the roll.
startups, while protecting the tax in- using funds to monitor inflows and outflows Mr. THUNE. The following Senator is
centives that allow U.S. companies, of deposits or withdrawals in financial ac- necessarily absent: the Senator from
startups, and small businesses to stay counts of American taxpayers, as well as South Dakota (Mr. ROUNDS).
competitive in our global marketplace other protections to ensure the privacy of The result was announced—yeas 49,
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and out compete China. taxpayer information, by the amounts pro-
nays 50, as follows:
vided in such legislation for those purposes,
I urge my colleagues to support this provided that such legislation would not in- [Rollcall Vote No. 321 Leg.]
amendment and yield my time to the crease the deficit over either the period of YEAS—49
Senator from Indiana. the total of fiscal years 2022 through 2026 or Barrasso Boozman Capito
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- the period of the total of fiscal years 2022 Blackburn Braun Cassidy
ator from Indiana. through 2031. Blunt Burr Collins
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Cornyn Inhofe Rubio trillion a year. Current tax gap esti- Shaheen Tester Warren
Cotton Johnson Sasse Sinema Van Hollen Whitehouse
Cramer Kennedy Scott (FL)
mates likely miss a large number of Smith Warner Wyden
Crapo Lankford Scott (SC) the high flyers who clearly are driving Stabenow Warnock
Cruz Lee Shelby this tax gap up and up. NAYS—49
Daines Lummis
Ernst Marshall
Sullivan Taxpayers acting to conceal this in-
Thune Barrasso Graham Portman
Fischer McConnell come from tax authorities are going to Blackburn Grassley Risch
Tillis
Graham Moran
Toomey have a much tougher time if the Con- Blunt Hagerty Romney
Grassley Murkowski gress requires that financial institu- Boozman Hawley Rubio
Tuberville
Hagerty Paul Braun Hoeven Sasse
Hawley Portman
Wicker tions take practical and reasonable Burr Hyde-Smith
Young Scott (FL)
Hoeven Risch steps to require that financial institu- Capito Inhofe Scott (SC)
Hyde-Smith Romney tions report on financial accounts. Cassidy Johnson Shelby
Collins Kennedy
NAYS—50 Our interest on our side is to go after Cornyn Lankford
Sullivan
the big guys who generate significant Thune
Baldwin Hickenlooper Reed Cotton Lee
Tillis
Bennet Hirono Rosen inflows and outflows of cash and other Cramer Lummis
Blumenthal Kaine Crapo Marshall Toomey
Sanders assets, and we do it in a way that pro- Tuberville
Booker Kelly Schatz Cruz McConnell
Brown King tects privacy and sensitive taxpayer Daines Moran Wicker
Schumer
Cantwell Klobuchar Shaheen and small business tax information. Ernst Murkowski Young
Cardin Leahy Sinema And this privacy issue has been one of Fischer Paul
Carper Luján
Casey Manchin
Smith the most important issues in my time NOT VOTING—1
Stabenow in public service. And we are going to
Coons Markey Rounds
Tester
Cortez Masto Menendez make sure that you can get the high
Duckworth Merkley
Van Hollen The amendment (No. 3365) was agreed
Warner flyers, the wealthy tax cheats, without
Durbin Murphy to.
Warnock forfeiting the rights of the little guy.
Feinstein Murray The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen-
Gillibrand Ossoff Warren The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- ator from North Dakota.
Hassan Padilla Whitehouse ator’s time has expired.
Heinrich Peters Wyden AMENDMENT NO. 3105
The Senator from Idaho.
NOT VOTING—1 Mr. CRAMER. Mr. President, I call
Mr. CRAPO. Mr. President, this is
up Cramer amendment No. 3105 and ask
Rounds one of the biggest violations of the pri-
that it be reported by number.
The amendment (No. 3099) was re- vacy of American citizens to come to The PRESIDING OFFICER. The
jected. the floor of the Senate in a long time. clerk will report the amendment by
AMENDMENT NO. 3365 This amendment would require re- number.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- porting of—and I quote—‘‘large’’ finan- The legislative clerk read as follows:
ator from Oregon. cial account balances to the IRS. So The Senator from North Dakota [Mr.
Mr. WYDEN. I call up my amend- now, instead of $600, they are going to CRAMER], for himself and Mr. BRAUN, pro-
ment No. 3365 and ask that it be re- say that whatever the IRS says is large poses an amendment numbered 3105.
ported by number. is what they will require every single The amendment is as follows:
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The American, whether they are an indi- (Purpose: To prohibit the Council on Envi-
clerk will report the amendment. vidual, a small business, or a corpora- ronmental Quality and the Environmental
The legislative clerk read as follows: tion owner. Everyone is going to be Protection Agency from promulgating
The Senator from Oregon [Mr. WYDEN] pro- subject to reporting on whatever the rules or guidance that bans hydraulic frac-
poses an amendment numbered 3365. IRS says is ‘‘large.’’ turing in the United States)
The amendment is as follows: And this comes after another pro- At the end of title III, add the following:
posal that is coming down the pike to SEC. 3lll. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND
(Purpose: To establish a reserve fund relat- TO PROHIBIT THE COUNCIL ON EN-
ing to protecting the privacy of American double or triple the funding to the IRS,
VIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND ENVI-
taxpayer and small business tax informa- so they can monitor the financial RONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
tion while only reporting large financial transactions of American citizens. FROM PROMULGATING RULES OR
account balances to the Internal Revenue This amendment should be rejected. GUIDANCE THAT BANS FRACKING IN
Service, to ensure those evading the tax THE UNITED STATES.
VOTE ON AMENDMENT NO. 3365
system pay what they owe) The Chairman of the Committee on the
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Budget of the Senate may revise the alloca-
At the end of title III, add the following:
question is on agreeing to the amend- tions of a committee or committees, aggre-
SEC. 3lll. RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PRO-
TECTING TAXPAYER PRIVACY WHILE ment. gates, and other appropriate levels in this
ENSURING THOSE EVADING THE TAX Mr. WYDEN. I ask for the yeas and resolution, and make adjustments to the
SYSTEM PAY WHAT THEY OWE. nays. pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or more bills,
The Chairman of the Committee on the joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a between the Houses, motions, or conference
Budget of the Senate may revise the alloca- sufficient second?
tions of a committee or committees, aggre- reports relating to the National Environ-
gates, and other appropriate levels in this There appears to be a sufficient sec- mental Policy Act of 1969 and environmental
resolution, and make adjustments to the ond. laws and policies, which may include lim-
pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or more bills, The clerk will call the roll. iting or prohibiting the Chair of the Council
joint resolutions, amendments, amendments The legislative clerk called the roll. on Environmental Quality and the Adminis-
between the Houses, motions, or conference Mr. THUNE. The following Senator is trator of the Environmental Protection
reports relating to strengthening Federal tax Agency from proposing, finalizing, or imple-
necessarily absent: the Senator from menting a rule or guidance that bans
administration, which may include requiring
South Dakota (Mr. ROUNDS). fracking in the United States by the
reporting on large financial account bal-
ances to ensure those evading the tax system The result was announced—yeas 50, amounts provided in such legislation for
pay what they owe while protecting the pri- nays 49, as follows: those purposes, provided that such legisla-
vacy of American taxpayer and small busi- [Rollcall Vote No. 322 Leg.] tion would not increase the deficit over ei-
ness tax information, by the amounts pro- ther the period of the total of fiscal years
YEAS—50
vided in such legislation for those purposes, 2022 through 2026 or the period of the total of
Baldwin Feinstein Markey fiscal years 2022 through 2031.
provided that such legislation would not in- Bennet Gillibrand Menendez
crease the deficit over the period of the total Blumenthal Hassan Merkley Mr. CRAMER. Mr. President, this
of fiscal years 2022 through 2031. Booker Heinrich Murphy amendment would simply prohibit any
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- Brown Hickenlooper Murray ban on hydraulic fracturing. Such a
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ator from Oregon. Cardin Kaine Padilla ban would raise Americans’ cost of liv-
Mr. WYDEN. Mr. President, the IRS Carper Kelly Peters ing, weaken our national security, and,
Commissioner told the Senate Finance Casey King Reed of course, actually enhance greenhouse
Committee that, in his judgment, the Coons Klobuchar Rosen
Cortez Masto Leahy Sanders
gas emissions.
tax gap—the difference between taxes Duckworth Luján Schatz Thanks to the technology of
paid and taxes owed—is as much as $1 Durbin Manchin Schumer fracking, since 2007, U.S. oil production
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has doubled, and natural gas produc- Sasse Sullivan Toomey The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen-
Scott (FL) Tester Tuberville
tion has increased by 60 percent. That Scott (SC) Thune Wicker
ator from South Carolina.
is helping States like Colorado, New Shelby Tillis Young Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina. Mr.
Mexico, Pennsylvania. And it rids us of President, in over a year of uncer-
NAYS—42
our reliance on nations like Saudi Ara- tainty and the pain of living through a
Baldwin Hirono Rosen pandemic, I have to admit I am
bia and Russia. Blumenthal Kaine Sanders
And, by the way, banning fracking Booker Kelly Schatz shocked that I have to come down here
would lead to triple-digit oil prices and Brown Klobuchar Schumer to talk about the importance of qual-
possible global economic shock as per Cantwell Leahy Shaheen ity, in-person education.
Cardin Markey Sinema Today, we are debating a $4 trillion
the University of Chicago. Carper Menendez Smith
Ironically, a ban on fracking would Coons Merkley Stabenow
tax-and-spending bill, and that is on
also increase global greenhouse gas Cortez Masto Murphy Van Hollen top of the $2 trillion we spent in March
emissions. Energy Secretary Granholm
Duckworth Murray Warner and the $4 trillion we spent last year.
Durbin Ossoff Warnock How insane is it that with all that
just recently said that the Russian gas Feinstein Padilla Warren
spending, there is still no guarantee
is ‘‘the dirtiest form of natural gas on Gillibrand Peters Whitehouse
Hassan Reed Wyden that our kids will be back in school
Earth.’’ And she is right. Emissions
this fall?
from Russian natural gas are over 40 NOT VOTING—1
The sad reality is, more than 1 mil-
percent higher than ours. Rounds lion kids did not enroll in their local
Democrats’ fracking ban would be The amendment (No. 3105) was agreed schools during the pandemic. Thanks
bad for North Dakota and our Nation to. to labor union bosses and their
and the environment, and I urge my The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. MAR- unneeded and damaging school shut-
colleagues to vote yes. KEY). The Senator from Vermont. downs, kids have been kept out of
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- Mr. SANDERS. Mr. President, I ask school, and many—far too many—have
ator from Vermont. unanimous consent that following the suffered psychologically.
Mr. SANDERS. Mr. President, I Rubio amendment, the following For our children’s sake, I urge all my
would urge my Republican colleagues amendments be in order; that the colleagues to vote yes on my amend-
to read the recent IPCC report. And if amendments be reported by number, ment and to join me in ensuring our
they did, they would find that it is now with no amendments in order prior to a children are no longer confined to vir-
unequivocal that climate change is vote in relation to the amendment: tual learning.
caused by human activity. Shelby, No. 3293; Grassley, No. 3251; The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen-
We are seeing what climate change is ator from Washington.
Wyden, No. 3569; Mr. Tuberville, No.
doing with our own eyes. We can no Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, I urge
3113; Ms. Klobuchar, No. 3731. my colleagues to oppose this amend-
longer be blind to this reality. We are The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without
seeing the intensity and the increase in ment. We all agree that in-person
objection, it is so ordered. learning is a top priority this school
forest fires. We are seeing more ex- The Senator from South Carolina.
treme weather disturbances. We are year. Democrats actually passed the
AMENDMENT NO. 3073 American Rescue Plan without a single
seeing rising sea levels that will soon
threaten the habitability of great Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina. Mr. Republican vote so schools have the re-
American cities like Miami, New York, President, I call up my amendment No. sources to make safe, in-person learn-
and Charleston. We are seeing the 3073 and ask that it be reported by ing possible. The CDC also updated its
acidification of the oceans that threat- number. guidance on reopening, and State
en fishing and marine life. And we are The PRESIDING OFFICER. The school districts and schools are work-
seeing an increase in disease. clerk will report. ing towards that goal.
We have got to move away from fos- The bill clerk read as follows: But in addition to ensuring in-person
sil fuel. We have got to end fracking. The Senator from South Carolina [Mr. learning, we need to encourage adher-
SCOTT] proposes an amendment numbered ence to public health guidance, espe-
I urge a ‘‘no’’ vote on this amend-
3073. cially as this Delta variant is surging.
ment.
The amendment is as follows: We also need to support learning and
VOTE ON AMENDMENT NO. 3105
(Purpose: To establish a deficit-neutral re- the mental health needs of our stu-
Mr. THUNE. I ask for the yeas and serve fund relating to helping students, dents and much more. There is no dis-
nays. particularly students who are low-income agreement on in-person learning, but
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The or minorities or who have special needs, the Scott amendment falls short on
question is on agreeing to the amend- that suffered from school closures pushed these very important points.
ment. by teacher labor organizations that ig- By the way, we need to stop politi-
Is there a sufficient second? nored the science and ensuring that all cizing this issue.
There appears to be a sufficient sec- schools should be open for in-person learn- So I encourage a ‘‘no’’ vote on this
ond. ing 5 days a week for the 2021-2022 school amendment.
year) The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen-
The clerk will call the roll.
The bill clerk called the roll. At the end of title III, add the following: ator from South Carolina.
SEC. 3lll. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina. I agree
Mr. THUNE. The following Senator is RELATING TO ELEMENTARY AND
necessarily absent: the Senator from SECONDARY SCHOOLS.
with my colleague that we should stop
South Dakota (Mr. ROUNDS). The Chairman of the Committee on the
politicizing this issue. All we have done
The result was announced—yeas 57, Budget of the Senate may revise the alloca- for the last several months of this year
nays 42, as follows: tions of a committee or committees, aggre- is politicize this issue and every other
[Rollcall Vote No. 323 Leg.] gates, and other appropriate levels in this major issue.
resolution, and make adjustments to the VOTE ON AMENDMENT NO. 3073
YEAS—57
pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or more bills, I would like to ask for the yeas and
Barrasso Cruz King joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
Bennet Daines Lankford nays.
between the Houses, motions, or conference The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a
Blackburn Ernst Lee
Blunt Fischer Luján
reports relating to elementary schools and sufficient second?
Boozman Graham Lummis secondary schools, which may include ensur-
There appears to be a sufficient sec-
Braun Grassley Manchin ing that all elementary schools and sec-
Burr Hagerty Marshall ondary schools are open full-time for in per-
ond.
The question is on agreeing to the
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Capito Hawley McConnell son learning for 100 percent of students, by
Casey Heinrich Moran the amounts provided in such legislation for amendment.
Cassidy Hickenlooper Murkowski those purposes, provided that such legisla- The clerk will call the roll.
Collins Hoeven Paul The legislative clerk called the roll.
Cornyn Hyde-Smith Portman
tion would not increase the deficit over ei-
Cotton Inhofe Risch ther the period of the total of fiscal years Mr. THUNE. The following Senator is
Cramer Johnson Romney 2022 through 2026 or the period of the total of necessarily absent: the Senator from
Crapo Kennedy Rubio fiscal years 2022 through 2031. South Dakota (Mr. ROUNDS).
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The result was announced—yeas 49, 2022 through 2026 or the period of the total of ereignty, or how much it would cost.
nays 50, as follows: fiscal years 2022 through 2031. These are important questions that
[Rollcall Vote No. 324 Leg.] Mr. RUBIO. Mr. President, we wit- need answers.
YEAS—49 nessed about a month ago historic and I also note that the ‘‘purpose’’ of the
Barrasso Graham Portman
unprecedented protests in Cuba as the amendment refers to the ‘‘illegitimate
Blackburn Grassley Risch people took to the streets. One of the communist Cuba regime.’’ We are all
Blunt Hagerty Romney things that has been untold and I think familiar with that kind of rhetoric, and
Boozman Hawley Rubio now is a greater realization is that one no one who believes in democracy
Braun Hoeven Sasse
Burr Hyde-Smith of the reasons that is now possible is would argue that the Cuban Govern-
Scott (FL)
Capito Inhofe Scott (SC) because Cubans had a limited access to ment is legitimate, since its leaders
Cassidy Johnson Shelby the internet, which allowed them to were not elected in a free and fair
Collins Kennedy
Cornyn Lankford
Sullivan then go on social media, communicate multi-party election. Cuba is a one-
Thune with each other and communicate with party state where political opposition
Cotton Lee
Tillis
Cramer Lummis
Toomey
the world. As a result, they were able is not tolerated. Presumably, that is
Crapo Marshall also to share with the world the true because the Cuban authorities are
Cruz McConnell Tuberville
Daines Moran Wicker brutality of that regime by posting vid- afraid that if they allowed political op-
Ernst Murkowski Young eos of what was happening. It was the position parties to operate and a free
Fischer Paul first time that people had ever seen it. and fair election were held, they might
NAYS—50 What this amendment does is it cre- be voted out of office. In that sense, it
Baldwin Hickenlooper Reed ates a reserve fund within the National is similar to pariah states like Iran and
Bennet Hirono Rosen Telecommunications and Information Syria, as well as U.S. allies and part-
Blumenthal Kaine Sanders Administration to help ensure that we ners like Egypt and Saudi Arabia, nei-
Booker Kelly Schatz
Brown King
are doing all we can to provide internet ther of which permits opposition par-
Schumer
Cantwell Klobuchar Shaheen
access that is unfettered, uncontrolled ties to operate and both of which en-
Cardin Leahy Sinema by the regime in Cuba, which actually gage in repression on a scale far larger
Carper Luján Smith cuts off that access, as it did in the than in Cuba.
Casey Manchin
Coons Markey
Stabenow middle of these protests—by the way, I mention this because when it comes
Tester using Chinese technology. to principles of freedom of speech and
Cortez Masto Menendez
Van Hollen
Duckworth Merkley
Warner
So this would allow us to pursue how association, we should at least try to
Durbin Murphy
Feinstein Murray Warnock we can provide unfettered internet ac- be consistent. We have an economic
Gillibrand Ossoff Warren cess to the people of Cuba. It is some- embargo against Cuba, a tiny impover-
Hassan Padilla Whitehouse thing that I understand has broad sup- ished country that poses no credible
Heinrich Peters Wyden
port in this Chamber, even in the ad- threat to us, while we sell billions of
NOT VOTING—1 ministration, and I hope we can pass dollars in weapons to Saudi Arabia,
Rounds this. home to most of the 9/11 terrorists, and
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- the perpetrators of the assassination of
The amendment (No. 3073) was re-
ator from New Jersey. Jamal Khashoggi and the disastrous
jected. Mr. MENENDEZ. Mr. President, I war in Yemen. Saudi women are rou-
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- strongly support the gentleman’s tinely discriminated against and im-
ator from Florida. amendment. In fact, the Biden admin- prisoned for acts that are protected by
AMENDMENT NO. 3097
istration is in the midst of trying to international law. The death penalty is
Mr. RUBIO. Mr. President, I call up find out what is the greatest techno- carried out after sham trials.
my amendment No. 3097 and ask that it logical ability to create internet access None of this is to excuse or justify
be reported by number. for the people of Cuba and limiting the the actions of the Cuban Government.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The ability of the regime to jam that inter- But it is interesting that many of
clerk will report the amendment by net access, and I hope that we will see those who focus their wrath on Cuba
number. this shortly. and support a policy of sweeping sanc-
The bill clerk read as follows: This reserve fund would be in good tions that is contributing to the mis-
The Senator from Florida [Mr. RUBIO], for order and in line with what the admin- ery of the Cuban people, support a very
himself and the Senator from Florida, Mr. istration is seeking to do as well. different approach toward other repres-
SCOTT, proposes an amendment numbered
3097.
VOTE ON AMENDMENT NO. 3097 sive governments when it suits them.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen-
The amendment is as follows question is on agreeing to the amend- ator from Alabama.
(Purpose: To establish a deficit-neutral re- ment. AMENDMENT NO. 3293
serve fund relating to facilitating the pro- Mr. SHELBY. Mr. President, I call up
The amendment (No. 3097) was agreed
vision of internet service to the citizens of
Cuba, who have been deprived of the free to. my amendment No. 3293 and ask that it
flow of information by the illegitimate The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- be reported by number. This is an
communist Cuban regime) ator from Alabama. amendment by SHELBY, INHOFE,
At the end of title III, add the following: Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, I have a WICKER, and others, dealing with de-
SEC. 3lll. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND unanimous consent request, if I fense infrastructure.
RELATING TO FACILITATING IM- might—— The PRESIDING OFFICER. The
PROVED INTERNET SERVICE FOR The PRESIDING OFFICER. If the clerk will report the amendment by
CUBAN CITIZENS. Senator from Alabama would withhold, number.
The Chairman of the Committee on the the Senator from Vermont is recog- The legislative clerk read as follows:
Budget of the Senate may revise the alloca-
nized The Senator from Alabama [Mr. SHELBY],
tions of a committee or committees, aggre-
gates, and other appropriate levels in this
Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, I voted for himself and others, proposes an amend-
for the Rubio amendment because, like ment numbered 3293.
resolution, and make adjustments to the
others here and in Cuba, I believe the The amendment is as follows
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pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or more bills,
joint resolutions, amendments, amendments Cuban people have as much right to ac- (Purpose: To provide funds available to the
between the Houses, motions, or conference cess to the internet as anyone else. No Department of Defense to implement the
reports relating to improving the National government should prevent that ac- 2018 National Defense Strategy)
Telecommunications and Information Ad- cess, or access to other sources of in- On page 48, strike line 6 and insert the fol-
ministration, which may include ensuring formation, whether in Cuba or any lowing:
that the internet is an engine for innovation (m) COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES.—The
and economic growth for the Cuban people,
other country. It is a universal right. Committee on Armed Services of the Senate
by the amounts provided in such legislation However, we have only the vaguest shall report changes in laws within its juris-
for those purposes, provided that such legis- idea of what this amendment envisions, diction that increase the deficit by not more
lation would not increase the deficit over ei- how it would be implemented without than $50,200,000,000 for the period of fiscal
ther the period of the total of fiscal years violating Cuba’s territorial sov- years 2022 through 2031.
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(n) SUBMISSIONS.—In the Senate, not later VOTE ON AMENDMENT NO. 3293 joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
than Mr. WICKER. Mr. President, I ask for between the Houses, motions, or conference
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- the yeas and nays. reports relating to changes in revenues,
without raising taxes on people making less
ator from Alabama. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a
than $400,000 or making changes to the Fed-
Mr. SHELBY. Mr. President, this sufficient second? eral tax deduction for State and local taxes
amendment provides $50.2 billion to There appears to be a sufficient sec- which results in a tax cut for those earning
meet defense infrastructure needs ond. over $1,000,000, by the
across this Nation. I believe we need to The clerk will call the roll. Mr. GRASSLEY. Now hear me. You
modernize our shipyards, our test The bill clerk called the roll. will be shocked what the Democrats
ranges, our depots, ammunition plants, Mr. THUNE. The following Senator is want to do in their budget. They want
install 5G technology at military necessarily absent: the Senator from to use reconciliation to provide a $120
bases, support our nuclear defense in- South Dakota (Mr. ROUNDS). billion tax cut to the wealthy through
frastructure, and so much more. The result was announced—yeas 46, SALT relief. The nonpartisan Joint
These infrastructure projects are ab- nays 53, as follows: Committee on Taxation estimates 51
solutely critical to our national secu- [Rollcall Vote No. 325 Leg.] percent of the benefit from that repeal
rity. They impact millions of jobs YEAS—46 would go to those making over $1 mil-
across the country, both military and Barrasso Graham Risch lion, while those with incomes under
civilian. We are talking about projects Blackburn Grassley Romney
Blunt Hagerty
$50,000 wouldn’t see any benefit.
Rubio
not just in my home State of Alabama Boozman Hawley The liberal Tax Policy Center says
Sasse
but in Arizona, Georgia, Virginia, Burr Hoeven Scott (FL) the top one-tenth of 1 percent of house-
Rhode Island, Connecticut, Maine, Capito Hyde-Smith Scott (SC) holds would receive an average tax cut
Cassidy Inhofe
California, Hawaii, Maryland, Nevada, Collins Johnson
Shelby of $144,000 a year.
New Mexico, and many more—actually, Sullivan Democrats cry the wealthy are not
Cornyn Kennedy
Thune
all of us. Cotton Lankford
Tillis
paying their fair share, at the same
My Democratic colleagues Cramer Lummis time proposing to give billionaires six-
Crapo Toomey
Marshall
inexplicably blocked a vote on a re- Cruz McConnell Tuberville figure tax cuts. If my Democratic col-
lated amendment in the infrastructure Daines Moran Wicker leagues are genuine in their concern
Ernst Murkowski Young about the wealthy paying too little
bill that just passed the Senate. Now it
Fischer Portman
is time, I believe, to stand up and be taxes, their budget is not the way to do
counted for America, for national secu- NAYS—53 it.
rity. Baldwin Hickenlooper Peters So vote to support my amendment to
Will my Democratic colleagues now Bennet Hirono Reed impose restrictions on repealing and
Blumenthal Kaine Rosen modifying the SALT cap that would re-
support this multitrillion-dollar social Booker Kelly Sanders
spending binge while continuing to Braun King Schatz
sult in tax cuts for the wealthy.
turn a blind eye to the military infra- Brown Klobuchar Schumer I reserve my time.
structure needs in their own States? I Cantwell Leahy Shaheen Mr. WYDEN. Mr. President.
Cardin Lee Sinema The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen-
certainly hope not. Carper Luján
This reflected neglect of our national Casey Manchin
Smith ator from Oregon.
Stabenow Mr. WYDEN. Mr. President, col-
security and the millions of jobs that Coons Markey
Tester
Cortez Masto Menendez leagues, our tax bill will be progres-
support it is reckless. It must stop. I Duckworth Merkley Van Hollen
Warner sive, even though my friend from Iowa
urge my colleagues to support our mili- Durbin Murphy
Feinstein Murray Warnock told you just the opposite.
tary and vote yes on this amendment.
Gillibrand Ossoff Warren Now, the 2017 Trump tax laws specifi-
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- Whitehouse
Hassan Padilla cally targeted families in the middle
ator from Rhode Island. Heinrich Paul Wyden
with tax hikes to pay for some of the
Mr. REED. Mr. President, this is NOT VOTING—1 handouts that Republican colleagues
well-intended because there are always wanted to give corporations and the
Rounds
needs for national defense, but I would megawealthy.
like to point out that the Armed Serv- The amendment (No. 3293) was re-
Over here, on our side, we want to fix
ices Committee, on a bipartisan basis, jected.
that mistake, but my friend from Iowa
raised the top line of the Defense bill AMENDMENT NO. 3251
is offering an amendment to lock in
this year by $25 billion, allowing us to ThePRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. those tax hikes on families in the mid-
cover the unfunded requirements of the PETERS). The Senator from Iowa. dle.
Department of Defense. This was not Mr. GRASSLEY. I call up amend- Democrats are proposing very sub-
only a bipartisan effort; it was over- ment No. 3251, and ask that it be re- stantial tax cuts for working-class
whelmingly approved by the com- ported by number. folks, for the middle class, and what we
mittee. So we are not reneging on a The PRESIDING OFFICER. The are going to be doing in our tax bill is
commitment to fully fund the Depart- clerk will report. working to make the Tax Code more
ment of Defense. The bill clerk read as follows: progressive by ensuring that the
I know this amendment originated as The Senator from Iowa, [Mr. GRASSLEY] megawealthy pay their fair share.
an attempt to amend the infrastruc- proposes an amendment numbered 3251. I mean, we have all seen—and this
ture bill, but as it is written, this The amendment is as follows: has been documented for quite some
amendment would provide over $50 bil- (Purpose: To prevent changes to the State time—and my colleague from Iowa
lion in funding for unspecified uses—it and local tax (SALT) deduction that main- knows that we have exposed these
could be infrastructure; it could be ly benefit the wealthy) mega-IRAs that billionaires have.
military platforms; it could be a host On page 52, strike lines 2 through 12 and in- So I just hope my colleagues will re-
of things—and the fund would extend sert the following: ject the Grassley amendment, and
from 2022 to 2031, which is beyond this SEC. 3001. RESERVE FUND FOR LEGISLATION when we do, I will offer what is truly a
Congress and beyond the current ad- THAT WON’T RAISE TAXES ON PEO-
PLE MAKING LESS THAN $400,000
progressive alternative.
ministration. AND WON’T MAKE CHANGES TO THE Mr. GRASSLEY. Do I have any time
I think we should adhere to the rules, STATE AND LOCAL TAX DEDUCTION left?
the regular order, which has been con- THAT MAINLY BENEFIT THE The PRESIDING OFFICER. There is
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ducted in the Armed Services Com- no time remaining.
The Chairman of the Committee on the
mittee. I think we have well-positioned VOTE ON AMENDMENT NO. 3251
Budget of the Senate may revise the alloca-
ourselves for an adequate budget and tions of a committee or committees, aggre- Mr. THUNE. I ask for the yeas and
determination of spending this year. gates, and other appropriate levels in this nays.
For that reason, I would urge my col- resolution, and make adjustments to the The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a
leagues to oppose this amendment. pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or more bills, sufficient second?
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There appears to be a sufficient sec- icit over the period of the total of fiscal Kaine Murphy Smith
years 2022 through 2031. Kelly Murray Stabenow
ond. King Ossoff Tester
The clerk will call the roll. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- Klobuchar Padilla Van Hollen
The senior assistant legislative clerk ator from Oregon. Leahy Peters Warner
called the roll. Luján Reed
Mr. WYDEN. Mr. President, it takes Manchin Rosen
Warnock
Mr. THUNE. The following Senator is extraordinary chutzpah for Senate Re- Warren
Markey Sanders Whitehouse
necessarily absent: the Senator from publicans to claim the Democrats want Menendez Schatz
Wyden
South Dakota (Mr. ROUNDS). to make the Federal Tax Code less pro- Merkley Schumer
The result was announced—yeas 48, gressive. The Trump 2017 tax law was a NAYS—51
nays 51, as follows: huge giveaway to the biggest corpora- Barrasso Grassley Portman
[Rollcall Vote No. 326 Leg.] tions and the wealthiest individuals. Blackburn Hagerty Risch
YEAS—48 Senate Democrats are going to fix Blunt Hassan Romney
Boozman Hawley Rubio
Barrasso Fischer Murkowski that in our tax bill. We are going to Braun Hoeven Sasse
Blackburn Graham Portman have tax cuts for working people. For Burr Hyde-Smith Scott (FL)
Blunt Grassley Risch Capito Inhofe Scott (SC)
Boozman Hagerty Romney
example, we are going to have tax cuts
Cassidy Johnson Shaheen
Braun Hawley Rubio for middle-income people with kids, Collins Kennedy Shelby
Burr Hoeven Sasse and we are going to make sure that Cornyn Lankford Sinema
Capito Hyde-Smith Scott (FL) those at the top, those multinational Cotton Lee Sullivan
Cassidy Inhofe Scott (SC) Crapo Lummis Thune
Collins Johnson Shelby corporations and the wealthiest indi-
Cruz Marshall Tillis
Cornyn Kennedy Sullivan viduals, are going to pay their fair Daines McConnell Toomey
Cotton Lankford Thune share. Ernst Moran Tuberville
Cramer Lee Tillis Fischer Murkowski Wicker
Crapo Lummis Toomey
That is going to make the Tax Code
Graham Paul Young
Cruz Marshall Tuberville more progressive and fairer. To vote
Daines McConnell Wicker for a progressive fair tax system, you NOT VOTING—2
Ernst Moran Young have got to support our amendment Cramer Rounds
NAYS—51 3569. The amendment (No. 3569) was re-
Baldwin Hickenlooper Peters The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- jected.
Bennet Hirono Reed ator from Iowa. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Ms. HAS-
Blumenthal Kaine Rosen Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, the
Booker Kelly Sanders SAN). The Senator from Illinois.
Brown King Schatz Senator from Oregon should have read Mr. DURBIN. Madam President, I ask
Cantwell Klobuchar Schumer the 2017 tax bill, and he wouldn’t give a unanimous consent that following the
Cardin Leahy Shaheen speech like that. The Wyden amend- Klobuchar amendment, the following
Carper Luján Sinema
Casey Manchin Smith
ment is an example of Democrats on amendments be in order and that the
Coons Markey Stabenow the one hand complaining the wealthy amendments be reported by number,
Cortez Masto Menendez Tester pay too little tax while supporting with no amendments in order prior to a
Duckworth Merkley Van Hollen massive tax cuts for the rich.
Durbin Murphy Warner
vote in relation to the amendment:
Feinstein Murray Warnock Nothing in my amendment prevents Capito, No. 3284; Boozman, No. 3103;
Gillibrand Ossoff Warren changes to the Tax Code that would and Braun, No. 3114.
Hassan Padilla Whitehouse make it more progressive. Capping the The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without
Heinrich Paul Wyden
SALT deduction as part of the 2017 tax objection, it is so ordered.
NOT VOTING—1 bill increases the progressivity of the The Senator from Alabama.
Rounds Tax Code and allowed for larger tax AMENDMENT NO. 3113
The amendment (No. 3251) was re- cuts to the middle class. Undoing the Mr. TUBERVILLE. Madam Presi-
jected. SALT cap would make the Tax Code dent, I call up my amendment, No.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- less progressive and jeopardize middle- 3113, and ask that it be reported by
ator from Oregon. class tax cuts that it helped enable. number.
AMENDMENT NO. 3569
Anyone who supports the wealthy The PRESIDING OFFICER. The
Mr. WYDEN. Mr. President, I call up paying their fair share should have clerk will report the amendment by
my amendment No. 3569 and ask it be supported my amendment and vote no number.
reported by number. on the Wyden amendment. The senior assistant bill clerk read as
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The VOTE ON AMENDMENT NO. 3569 follows:
clerk will report. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The The Senator from Alabama [Mr.
The senior assistant legislative clerk question is on agreeing to the amend- TUBERVILLE] proposes an amendment num-
ment. bered 3113.
read as follows:
The Senator from Oregon [Mr. WYDEN] pro- Mr. WYDEN. I ask for the yeas and The amendment is as follows:
poses an amendment numbered 3569. nays. (Purpose: To establish a deficit-neutral re-
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a serve fund relating to decreasing Federal
The amendment is as follows: funding for local jurisdictions that defund
(Purpose: To establish a reserve fund relat-
sufficient second?
the police)
ing to increasing the progressivity of the There appears to be a sufficient sec-
ond. At the end of title III, add the following:
tax code)
SEC. 3lll. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND
At the end of title III, add the following: The clerk will call the roll. RELATING TO ADJUSTING FEDERAL
SEC. 3lll. RESERVE FUND RELATING TO IN- The senior assistant bill clerk called FUNDING FOR LOCAL JURISDIC-
CREASING THE PROGRESSIVITY OF the roll. TIONS.
THE TAX CODE. Mr. THUNE. The following Senators The Chairman of the Committee on the
The Chairman of the Committee on the are necessarily absent: the Senator Budget of the Senate may revise the alloca-
Budget of the Senate may revise the alloca- from North Dakota (Mr. CRAMER) and tions of a committee or committees, aggre-
tions of a committee or committees, aggre- gates, and other appropriate levels in this
the Senator from South Dakota (Mr.
gates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution, and make adjustments to the
resolution, and make adjustments to the ROUNDS). pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or more bills,
pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or more bills, The result was announced—yeas 47, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
joint resolutions, amendments, amendments nays 51, as follows: between the Houses, motions, or conference
between the Houses, motions, or conference [Rollcall Vote No. 327 Leg.] reports relating to adjustments to Federal
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reports relating to changes in Federal tax YEAS—47 funds for local governments within the juris-
law, which may include raising taxes on the diction of the committees receiving rec-
Baldwin Cardin Durbin
wealthiest 0.1 percent of taxpayers while re- onciliation instructions under section 2001 of
Bennet Carper Feinstein
ducing taxes on low- and middle-income tax- Blumenthal Casey Gillibrand this resolution, which may include limiting
payers, by the amounts provided in such leg- Booker Coons Heinrich or eliminating Federal payments, other than
islation for those purposes, provided that Brown Cortez Masto Hickenlooper grants under subpart 1 of part E of title I of
such legislation would not increase the def- Cantwell Duckworth Hirono the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets
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Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10151 et seq.) (com- Mr. BOOKER. Voice vote. Voice vote. tions of a committee or committees, aggre-
monly known as the ‘‘Byrne JAG grant pro- VOTE ON AMENDMENT NO. 3113 gates, and other appropriate levels in this
gram’’) or section 1701 of title I of such Act The PRESIDING OFFICER. The resolution, and make adjustments to the
(34 U.S.C. 10381) (commonly known as the pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or more bills,
‘‘COPS grant program’’), to local govern-
question is on agreeing to the amend- joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
ments that defund the police, by the ment. between the Houses, motions, or conference
amounts provided in such legislation for Mr. TUBERVILLE. I ask for the yeas reports relating to honoring the United
those purposes, provided that such legisla- and nays. States Capitol Police, the District of Colum-
tion would not increase the deficit over ei- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a bia Metropolitan Police, and all other first
ther the period of the total of fiscal years sufficient second? responders, who fought and died protecting
2022 through 2026 or the period of the total of There appears to be a sufficient sec- Congress and the United States Capitol from
fiscal years 2022 through 2031. ond. the mob of insurrectionists on January 6th,
Mr. TUBERVILLE. Madam Presi- The clerk will call the roll. 2021, by the amounts provided in such legis-
The senior assistant legislative clerk lation for those purposes, provided that such
dent, believe it or not, people back
called the roll. legislation would not increase the deficit
home actually listen sometimes to over the period of the total of fiscal years
what we say here. Mr. THUNE. The following Senator is
2022 through 2031.
To some local leaders across the necessarily absent: the Senator from
South Dakota (Mr. ROUNDS). Ms. KLOBUCHAR. Madam President,
country, the far-left rally cry of
The result was announced—yeas 99, this amendment, which I am intro-
‘‘defund the police’’ is not just DC rhet-
nays 0, as follows: ducing with Senators BOOKER,
oric; they are actually acting on it.
[Rollcall Vote No. 328 Leg.] WARNOCK, and SCHATZ, would allow the
More than 80 percent of law enforce-
YEAS—99 Budget Committee to reallocate fund-
ment in America is conducted by State
Baldwin Grassley Paul ing for the Capitol Police; Washington,
and local police departments—80 per-
Barrasso Hagerty Peters DC; and Metropolitan Police and all
cent. These men and women are com- Bennet Hassan Portman first responders who defended the Cap-
munity heroes. We should invest in all Blackburn Hawley Reed
itol on January 6.
of them. But local leaders across the Blumenthal Heinrich Risch
Blunt Hickenlooper Romney The insurrection at the Capitol was
country have decided the ‘‘woke’’ thing Booker Hirono Rosen more than an assault on democracy; it
to do is cancel their city’s police force. Boozman Hoeven Rubio was an actual life-or-death situation
My amendment is pretty simple. If Braun Hyde-Smith Sanders
Brown Inhofe Sasse for the many brave law enforcement of-
your city council wants to defund their
Burr Johnson Schatz ficers who show up here to work every
police, don’t expect the Federal Gov- Cantwell Kaine Schumer single day.
ernment to make up the difference. Capito Kelly Scott (FL)
Last week, we unanimously passed
The American taxpayers in Alabama Cardin Kennedy Scott (SC)
Carper King Shaheen legislation, which Senator BLUNT and I
shouldn’t have to pick up the tab for
Casey Klobuchar Shelby led, to award the Congressional Gold
local leaders in Oregon and Minnesota Cassidy Lankford Sinema Medal to honor these officers. I was
who value the ‘‘woke’’ ‘‘defund the po- Collins Leahy Smith
Coons Lee Stabenow proud to stand with President Biden
lice’’ movement over their own com-
Cornyn Luján Sullivan when he signed it into law.
munity’s safety. Cortez Masto Lummis Tester
I call on my colleagues to support This amendment shows our contin-
Cotton Manchin Thune
our law enforcement by voting yes for Cramer Markey Tillis
ued commitment to remembering the
this amendment. Opposing my amend- Crapo Marshall Toomey heroism and the sacrifice of the first
ment is a vote in support of defunding
Cruz McConnell Tuberville responders who risk their lives to pro-
Daines Menendez Van Hollen tect this Capitol.
the police and against the men and Duckworth Merkley Warner
women in blue. Durbin Moran Warnock Before I came to the Senate, I saw
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The gen- Ernst Murkowski Warren firsthand the vital role that law en-
Feinstein Murphy Whitehouse forcement officers play in keeping our
tleman’s time has expired. Fischer Murray Wicker
The Senator from New Jersey. Gillibrand Ossoff Wyden
citizens safe. That is why I am not sur-
Mr. BOOKER. Madam President, I am Graham Padilla Young prised by the last vote and the nature
so excited. This is perhaps the high- NOT VOTING—1 of the last vote.
light of this long and painful and tor- I thank Senator BOOKER for his re-
Rounds
tuous night. sponse to Senator TUBERVILLE’s
The amendment (No. 3113) was agreed amendment. We also must ensure that
Again, if it wasn’t complete abdica- to.
tion of Senate procedures and esteem, I the officers in this place have the re-
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- sources they need to do their jobs.
would walk over there and hug my col- ator from Minnesota.
league from Alabama. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen-
AMENDMENT NO. 3731
And I will tell you right now—thank ator’s time is expired.
Ms. KLOBUCHAR. Madam President, Ms. KLOBUCHAR. And we took an
God—because there are some people I call up my amendment No. 3731 and
who have said that there are Members important path forward in passing the
ask that it be reported by number. funding for the police.
of this deliberative body that want to The PRESIDING OFFICER. The
defund the police, to my horror. And I want to thank my colleagues who
clerk will report. join me in introducing this amend-
now this Member has given us the gift The senior assistant legislative clerk
that finally—once and for all—we can ment. I ask all my colleagues to join us
read as follows:
put to bed this scurrilous accusation in voting for it.
The Senator from Minnesota, [Ms.
that somebody in this great, esteemed VOTE ON AMENDMENT NO. 3731
KLOBUCHAR], for herself and others,
body would want to defund the police. proposes an amendment numbered 3731. I ask for the yeas and nays.
So let’s all of us—100 people—not The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a
The amendment is as follows:
walk but sashay down there and vote sufficient second?
(Purpose: To establish a reserve fund relat-
for this amendment and put to rest the There appears to be a sufficient sec-
ing to honoring the United States Capitol
lies. I am sure I will see no political Police, the District of Columbia Metropoli- ond.
ads attacking anybody here over tan Police, and all other first responders, The yeas and nays are ordered.
‘‘defund the police.’’ who fought and died protecting Congress Who yields time in opposition?
And I would ask unanimous consent and the United States Capitol on January Mr. TILLIS. I yield back.
to add something else to this obvious 6, 2021) The PRESIDING OFFICER. The
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bill. Can we add also that every Sen- At the end of title III, add the following: question is on agreeing to the amend-
ator here wants to fund the police, be- SEC. 3lll. RESERVE FUND RELATING TO HON- ment.
ORING THE CAPITOL POLICE, DC
lieves in God, country, and apple pie. METROPOLITAN POLICE, AND FIRST
The yeas and nays are ordered.
Thank you. RESPONDERS. The clerk will call the roll.
(Applause.) The Chairman of the Committee on the The senior assistant bill clerk called
Mr. BENNET. Here, here. Budget of the Senate may revise the alloca- the roll.
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Mr. THUNE. The following Senator is tions of a committee or committees, aggre- The amendment (No. 3284) was agreed
necessarily absent: the Senator from gates, and other appropriate levels in this to.
South Dakota (Mr. ROUNDS). resolution, and make adjustments to the The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen-
pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or more bills,
The result was announced—yeas 99, ator from Vermont.
joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
nays 0, as follows: between the Houses, motions, or conference
Mr. LEAHY. Madam President, I ask
[Rollcall Vote No. 329 Leg.] reports relating to Federal environmental unanimous consent that the following
YEAS—99 and energy policies, which may include sup- rollcall votes be 10-minute rollcalls.
Baldwin Grassley Paul porting or expediting the deployment of car- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there
Barrasso Hagerty Peters bon capture, utilization, and sequestration objection?
Bennet Hassan Portman technologies (including technologies that Without objection, it is so ordered.
Blackburn Hawley Reed may be used on coal- and natural gas-fired (Applause.)
Blumenthal Heinrich Risch power plants) in the United States to lower
Blunt Hickenlooper Romney
The Senator from Arkansas.
emissions and to increase the use of captured
Booker Hirono Rosen AMENDMENT NO. 3103
Boozman Hoeven Rubio
carbon dioxide for valuable products and en-
hanced oil recovery, by the amounts pro- Mr. BOOZMAN. Madam President, I
Braun Hyde-Smith Sanders
Brown Inhofe Sasse vided in such legislation for those purposes, call up my amendment No. 3103 and ask
Burr Johnson Schatz provided that such legislation would not in- that it be reported by number.
Cantwell Kaine Schumer crease the deficit over either the period of The PRESIDING OFFICER. The
Capito Kelly Scott (FL) the total of fiscal years 2022 through 2026 or clerk will report the amendment by
Cardin Kennedy Scott (SC) the period of the total of fiscal years 2022
Carper King Shaheen number.
Casey Klobuchar Shelby
through 2031. The legislative clerk read as follows:
Cassidy Lankford Sinema Mrs. CAPITO. Madam President, I The Senator from Arkansas [Mr. BOOZMAN]
Collins Leahy Smith am a strong supporter of carbon cap-
Coons Lee Stabenow
proposes an amendment numbered 3103.
Cornyn Luján Sullivan ture, utilization, and sequestration, The amendment is as follows:
Cortez Masto Lummis Tester otherwise known as CCUS.
(Purpose: To establish a deficit-neutral re-
Cotton Manchin Thune This technology allows us to turn serve fund relating to policies or legisla-
Cramer Markey Tillis carbon dioxide into a valuable product.
Crapo Marshall Toomey tion to prohibit the Department of Agri-
Cruz McConnell Tuberville Some anti-fossil fuel, ‘‘keep it in the culture from making ineligible for financ-
Daines Menendez Van Hollen ground’’ advocates only support CCUS ing fossil fuel-burning power plants)
Duckworth Merkley Warner when it has nothing to do with fossil At the end of title III, add the following:
Durbin Moran Warnock
Ernst Murkowski Warren
fuels, and I believe that is a misguided SEC. 3lll. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND
Feinstein Murphy Whitehouse approach. RELATING TO POLICIES OR LEGIS-
Fischer Murray Wicker If we are serious about supporting LATION TO PROHIBIT THE DEPART-
Gillibrand Ossoff Wyden MENT OF AGRICULTURE FROM MAK-
and increasing the number of CCUS ING INELIGIBLE FOR FINANCING
Graham Padilla Young
projects, which I am and many of us FOSSIL FUEL-BURNING POWER
NOT VOTING—1 are, we need to support projects of all PLANTS.
Rounds types of facilities, including on our The Chairman of the Committee on the
coal- and gas-fired powerplants. We Budget of the Senate may revise the alloca-
The amendment (No. 3731) was agreed tions of a committee or committees, aggre-
to. also need to support the use of carbon
gates, and other appropriate levels in this
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- dioxide to produce oil through a proc- resolution, and make adjustments to the
ator from Vermont. ess called enhanced oil recovery. pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or more bills,
Mr. SANDERS. Madam President, I I encourage my colleagues to vote joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
ask unanimous consent that, following yes on amendment No. 3284 and recog- between the Houses, motions, or conference
the Braun amendment, the following nize that smart CCUS policies and fos- reports relating to agriculture policy, which
sil fuel use can go hand in hand. may include prohibiting or limiting the De-
amendments be in order, that the
I yield the floor. partment of Agriculture from making ineli-
amendments be reported by number, gible for financing the construction, mainte-
with no amendments in order, prior to The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen-
nance, or improvement of fossil fuel-burning
a vote in relation to the amendment: ator from West Virginia.
power plants by the amounts provided in
Fischer 3128, Ernst 3115, Scott of Flor- Mr. MANCHIN. Madam President, I such legislation for those purposes, provided
ida 3383, Young 3444, and Lankford 3792. rise also in support of my colleague’s that such legislation would not increase the
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there amendment. deficit over either the period of the total of
objection? Climate change is a global issue. We fiscal years 2022 through 2026 or the period of
Without objection, it is so ordered. need to deploy all the climate solu- the total of fiscal years 2022 through 2031.
The Senator from West Virginia. tions that we can if we are going to Mr. BOOZMAN. Madam President,
AMENDMENT NO. 3284
meet our global climate goals. That in- my amendment will establish a deficit-
cludes coupling the use of our abun- neutral reserve fund to ensure rural
Mrs. CAPITO. Madam President, I
dant resources with technologies like electric cooperatives remain eligible
call up my amendment No. 3284 and ask
CCUS that will ensure that we can use for USDA financing for the construc-
that it be reported by number.
them in the cleanest way possible. We tion, maintenance, or improvement of
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The
need to continue to do more to bring fossil fuel burning plants.
clerk will report the amendment by
down the cost of these critical tech- I ask my colleagues to support this
number.
The senior assistant bill clerk read as nologies and expedite the wide-scale commonsense approach to ensure that
follows: deployment both domestically and the electricity needs of rural America
abroad, including in countries like continue to be met and, in the future,
The Senator from West Virginia [Mrs. CAP-
ITO] proposes an amendment numbered 3284.
China and India, that are aggressively are affordable and reliable.
expanding their fossil fuel fleets as we The amendment ensures that rural
The amendment is as follows: speak. Americans continue to have accessible,
(Purpose: To establish a deficit-neutral re- If the United States of America gets affordable, reliable energy to power
serve fund relating to supporting or expe- out of fossil fuels, I will guarantee you
diting the deployment of carbon capture, their farms, their businesses, and
utilization, and sequestration tech-
there won’t be another country to step broadband networks in the 21st-cen-
nologies) up to the plate to do the research and tury economy.
At the end of title III, add the following:
development it takes to combat cli- In order to achieve net zero emis-
SEC. 3lll. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND
mate change. So I urge all my col- sions by 2050, the Department of Agri-
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RELATING TO SUPPORTING OR EX- leagues to support this legislation. culture has proposed the retirement of
PEDITING THE DEPLOYMENT OF (Chorus of ‘‘voice vote.’’) fossil fuel-burning powerplants in rural
CARBON CAPTURE, UTILIZATION,
VOTE ON AMENDMENT NO. 3284 America.
AND SEQUESTRATION TECH-
NOLOGIES. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The So this amendment would protect
The Chairman of the Committee on the question is on agreeing to the amend- rural America and make sure they
Budget of the Senate may revise the alloca- ment. have reliable and affordable energy.
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I ask my colleagues for a ‘‘yea’’ vote. Murphy Sanders Warner The yeas and nays are ordered.
Murray Schatz Warnock
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- Ossoff Schumer Warren
The Senator from Oregon.
ator from Michigan. Padilla Shaheen Whitehouse Mr. WYDEN. Mr. President, I will be
Ms. STABENOW. Madam President, Peters Smith Wyden very brief.
Reed Stabenow Democratic and Republican Gov-
unfortunately, I cannot support the Rosen Van Hollen
amendment offered by my good friend ernors want this. Certainly, on the
and ranking member. NOT VOTING—1 Democratic side, they have expressed
This amendment would restrict the Rounds an interest in expanding tax cuts for
USDA’s ability to support a transition The amendment (No. 3103) was agreed working families and vulnerable people
to clean fuel economies. Rural commu- to. who are still feeling the economic pain.
nities, especially rural utilities and The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. BEN- Some are interested in expanding low-
rural electric co-ops, can help lead the NET). The Senator from Indiana. income housing. This helps accomplish
transition to clean energy and create AMENDMENT NO. 3114 the goals.
good-paying, clean energy jobs at the Mr. BRAUN. I call up my amendment I support this, and if it is acceptable,
same time. We know that. We need to No. 3114 and ask that it be reported by maybe we can even do it by voice vote.
provide the USDA with the tools and number. (Chorus of ‘‘No’’.)
the resources and the flexibility to The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Mr. BRAUN. No. It is a rollcall vote.
make that happen. clerk will report. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The yeas
It is important to know that our The bill clerk read as follows: and nays were previously ordered.
rural partners are asking to be a part The Senator from Indiana [Mr. BRAUN] pro- Mr. MANCHIN. Mr. President.
of this transition. They don’t want an poses an amendment numbered 3114. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen-
amendment that locks them from The amendment is as follows: ator from West Virginia.
being able to do that. (Purpose: To establish a deficit-neutral re- Mr. MANCHIN. Mr. President, I rise
We all know that tackling the cli- serve fund relating to removing the prohi- in opposition.
mate crisis is imperative. Just yester- bition on States and territories against This makes no sense whatsoever.
day, the U.N. put out another report lowering their taxes) First of all, our friends—no one voted
showing that the climate crisis is spi- At the end of title III, add the following: on that side for the ARP. Next of all,
raling out of control. SEC. 3lll. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND this was done to help people with the
Our budget will ensure that the RELATING TO THE PROVISIONS OF programs that were going, who needed
THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT.
United States will not only compete help. It was not intended to use peo-
The Chairman of the Committee on the
but lead the world’s race toward a ple’s tax dollars to regive them to the
Budget of the Senate may revise the alloca-
clean energy future, and certainly tions of a committee or committees, aggre- States so the States could look like
rural America is an important part of gates, and other appropriate levels in this they were reducing the taxes by not
that. resolution, and make adjustments to the using the money. That’s ridiculous. We
So I would urge a ‘‘no’’ vote. pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or more bills, should not be supporting this whatso-
VOTE ON AMENDMENT NO. 3103 joint resolutions, amendments, amendments ever. It makes no sense at all.
between the Houses, motions, or conference The PRESIDING OFFICER. All time
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The reports relating to limitations on Federal re-
question is on agreeing to the amend- has expired.
lief funds for State or local governments,
ment. VOTE ON AMENDMENT NO. 3114
which may include lifting or prohibiting re-
Mr. DAINES. Madam President, I ask strictions related to modifications to a The question is on agreeing to the
for the yeas and nays. State’s or territory’s tax revenue source, by amendment.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a the amounts provided in such legislation for The clerk will call the roll.
sufficient second? those purposes, provided that such legisla- The legislative clerk called the roll.
tion would not increase the deficit over ei- Mr. THUNE. The following Senator is
There appears to be a sufficient sec-
ther the period of the total of fiscal years
ond. necessarily absent: the Senator from
2022 through 2026 or the period of the total of
The clerk will call the roll. fiscal years 2022 through 2031. South Dakota (Mr. ROUNDS).
The legislative clerk called the roll. The result was announced—yeas 86,
Mr. BRAUN. Mr. President, in the
Mr. THUNE. The following Senator is nays 13, as follows:
11th hour, Democrats added a provision
necessarily absent: the Senator from in the American Rescue Plan that this [Rollcall Vote No. 331 Leg.]
South Dakota (Mr. ROUNDS). body did not have time to vet. Under YEAS—86
The result was announced—yeas 53, this provision, if States took the Baldwin Graham Padilla
nays 46, as follows: money, they cannot lower their taxes Barrasso Grassley Paul
[Rollcall Vote No. 330 Leg.] Blackburn Hagerty Peters
in any way through 2024. Blumenthal Hassan Portman
YEAS—53 Six Federal lawsuits have already Blunt Hawley Risch
Barrasso Grassley Portman been filed, including States like Lou- Booker Hickenlooper Romney
Blackburn Hagerty Risch Boozman Hirono Rosen
isiana, Ohio, and Arizona. West Vir- Braun Hoeven
Blunt Hawley Romney Rubio
Boozman Hoeven Rubio
ginia is leading a lawsuit with an addi- Brown Hyde-Smith Sasse
Braun Hyde-Smith tional 13 States, including New Hamp- Burr Inhofe Schumer
Sasse
Burr Inhofe Cantwell Johnson
Scott (FL) shire and Montana. Capito Kaine
Scott (FL)
Capito Johnson Scott (SC)
Cassidy Kelly
Scott (SC) States are not happy with this over- Casey Kelly
Shelby Shaheen
Collins Kennedy reach. We can fix this mistake now. Cassidy Kennedy
Shelby
Sinema Collins Klobuchar
Cornyn Lankford
Sullivan
States have the right to cut their own Sinema
Cotton Lee Coons Lankford
Tester taxes, and we have no right to get in Cornyn Leahy Smith
Cramer Lummis
Crapo Manchin Thune their way. Cortez Masto Lee Stabenow
Tillis I introduced the Let States Cut Cotton Luján Sullivan
Cruz Marshall
Toomey Cramer Lummis Tester
Daines McConnell Taxes Act with DAN BISHOP, of North Thune
Ernst Moran Tuberville Crapo Marshall
Wicker
Carolina, to repeal this overstep in the Cruz McConnell Tillis
Fischer Murkowski
Graham Paul Young American Rescue Plan. A vote for this Daines Menendez Toomey
amendment is a vote to protect States’ Duckworth Merkley Tuberville
NAYS—46 Durbin Moran Warner
power to impose or cut their own taxes. Ernst Murkowski Warnock
Baldwin Coons Hirono Please join me on this bill across the Feinstein Murphy Wicker
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Bennet Cortez Masto Kaine
Blumenthal Duckworth King board, and I ask for the yeas and the Fischer Murray Wyden
Booker Durbin Klobuchar nays. Gillibrand Ossoff Young
Brown Feinstein Leahy The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a NAYS—13
Cantwell Gillibrand Luján
Cardin Hassan Markey
sufficient second? Bennet Heinrich Markey
Carper Heinrich Menendez There appears to be a sufficient sec- Cardin King
Casey Hickenlooper Merkley ond. Carper Manchin
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S6220 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE August 10, 2021
Reed Schatz Warren we can do is to show bipartisan support Casey Klobuchar Sanders
Sanders Van Hollen Whitehouse Coons Leahy Schatz
for denying taxpayer subsidies for the Cortez Masto Luján Schumer
NOT VOTING—1 rich. Duckworth Markey Shaheen
Rounds The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- Durbin Menendez Smith
Feinstein Merkley Stabenow
The amendment (No. 3114) was agreed ator from Oregon. Gillibrand Murphy Tester
to. Mr. WYDEN. Mr. President, we are Hassan Murray Van Hollen
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- strongly opposed. Senator STABENOW Heinrich Ossoff Warner
ator from Nebraska. will speak for us. Hickenlooper Padilla Warnock
Hirono Peters Warren
AMENDMENT NO. 3128 The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- Kaine Reed Whitehouse
Mrs. FISCHER. Mr. President, I call ator from Michigan. King Rosen Wyden
up my amendment No. 3128, and I ask Ms. STABENOW. Mr. President, first, NOT VOTING—1
that it be reported by number. this amendment is just plain anti-pick- Rounds
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The up trucks. Let’s start there. When our
clerk will report. farmers and small businesses and fami- The amendment (No. 3128) was agreed
The legislative clerk read as follows: lies are buying their next pickup truck to.
The Senator from Nebraska [Mrs. FISCHER] The PRESIDING OFFICER (Ms. KLO-
or SUV, we want them to have the in-
proposes an amendment numbered 3128. BUCHAR). The Senator from Iowa.
centive to purchase a new all-electric
The amendment is as follows: AMENDMENT NO. 3115
truck like we have seen now being pro-
(Purpose: To means-test electric vechicle tax duced by the companies. Ms. ERNST. Madam President, I call
credits to ensure high-income individuals up my amendment, No. 3115, and ask
With the price ceiling in this amend-
do not get government subsidies to buy ex- that it be reported by number.
ment—there is a price ceiling—they
pensive luxury cars) The PRESIDING OFFICER. The
would not be allowed to receive the in-
At the end of title III, add the following: clerk will report the amendment by
centive that consumers buying small
SEC. 3lll. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND number.
RELATING TO MEANS-TESTING cars would receive. The legislative clerk read as follows:
ELECTRIC VEHICLE TAX CREDITS. The fact is, more people buy pickup The Senator from Iowa [Ms. ERNST], for
The Chairman of the Committee on the trucks and large vehicles than people herself and Mr. THUNE, proposes an amend-
Budget of the Senate may revise the alloca- who buy small vehicles. So we elimi- ment numbered 3115.
tions of a committee or committees, aggre- nate more carbon pollution when peo-
gates, and other appropriate levels in this The amendment is as follows:
resolution, and make adjustments to the
ple who drive trucks and SUVs choose (Purpose: To establish a deficit-neutral re-
pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or more bills, all-electric vehicles like the great ones serve fund relating to prohibiting or lim-
joint resolutions, amendments, amendments that are now coming out into the mar- iting the issuance of costly Clean Air Act
between the Houses, motions, or conference ketplace. permit requirements on farmers and ranch-
reports relating to means-testing electric ve- So I would ask you to vote no and ers in the United States or the imposition
hicle tax credits, which may include limiting stand with pickup truck owners across of new Federal methane requirements on
eligibility of individuals with an adjusted the country. livestock)
gross income of greater than $100,000 or set- At the end of title III, add the following:
(Applause.)
ting maximum car values allowed for eligible SEC. 3lll. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND
purchases at $40,000, by the amounts pro- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- RELATING TO PROHIBITING OR LIM-
vided in such legislation for those purposes, ator from Nebraska. ITING THE ISSUANCE OF COSTLY
provided that such legislation would not in- Mrs. FISCHER. Mr. President, we CLEAN AIR ACT PERMIT REQUIRE-
have a pickup truck. MENTS ON FARMERS AND RANCH-
crease the deficit over either the period of
ERS IN THE UNITED STATES OR THE
the total of fiscal years 2022 through 2026 or VOTE ON AMENDMENT NO. 3128 IMPOSITION OF NEW FEDERAL
the period of the total of fiscal years 2022 METHANE REQUIREMENTS ON LIVE-
through 2031.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The
STOCK.
question is on agreeing to the amend- The Chairman of the Committee on the
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen-
ment. Budget of the Senate may revise the alloca-
ator from Nebraska.
Mrs. FISCHER. Mr. President, Amer- Mrs. FISCHER. I ask for the yeas and tions of a committee or committees, aggre-
icans making over $100,000 a year nays. gates, and other appropriate levels in this
claimed nearly 80 percent of electric The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a resolution, and make adjustments to the
sufficient second? pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or more bills,
vehicle tax credits in 2016. joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
According to the National Resource There appears to be a sufficient sec-
between the Houses, motions, or conference
Defense Council, a leftwing environ- ond.
reports relating to Federal environmental
mental advocacy group, EVs cost The clerk will call the roll. policies under the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C.
$19,000 more than gas-powered vehicles. The legislative clerk called the roll. 7401 et seq.), which may include prohibiting
My colleagues on the other side of Mr. THUNE. The following Senator is or limiting the issuance of costly permit re-
the aisle like to say wealthy Ameri- necessarily absent: the Senator from quirements under that Act on farmers and
cans should pay their fair share in South Dakota (Mr. ROUNDS). ranchers in the United States or the imposi-
taxes. Yet they want to expand the tax The result was announced—yeas 51, tion of any new Federal methane require-
nays 48, as follows: ments on livestock that would have the ef-
credit to disproportionately benefit fect of increasing the cost of beef and other
even more people with six-figure sala- [Rollcall Vote No. 332 Leg.] critical products, by the amounts provided in
ries. YEAS—51 such legislation for those purposes, provided
Everyday Americans are living pay- Barrasso Grassley Paul that such legislation would not increase the
check to paycheck because of the sharp Blunt Hagerty Portman deficit over either the period of the total of
rise in costs due to inflation, but my Boozman Hawley Risch fiscal years 2022 through 2026 or the period of
colleagues on the other side want to Braun Hoeven Romney the total of fiscal years 2022 through 2031.
Burr Hyde-Smith Rubio
subsidize luxury vehicles only the rich Capito Inhofe Sasse Ms. ERNST. Madam President, I
can afford using money from hard- Cassidy Johnson Scott (FL) grew up on a farm in Southwest Iowa,
working taxpayers, and my amendment Collins Kelly Scott (SC) where we took extraordinary pride in
Cornyn Kennedy Shelby
would put a stop to that. Cotton Lankford Sinema
the work we did and the livestock and
It simply prohibits individuals from Cramer Lee Sullivan crops we raised.
claiming the tax credit if they make Crapo Lummis Thune Our hard-working livestock pro-
over $100,000 a year or if the car they Cruz Manchin Tillis ducers should not have to worry about
Daines Marshall Toomey
are buying costs over $40,000. There is being subject to onerous regulations
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Ernst McConnell Tuberville
nothing wrong with the well-off buying Fischer Moran Wicker and increased production costs due to
fancy cars. I just don’t think America’s Graham Murkowski Young Federal permits or regulations.
hard-earned taxpayer dollars should NAYS—48 My amendment would prohibit or
help to pay for it. limit any new Federal methane re-
Baldwin Blumenthal Cantwell
While I question why we are sub- Bennet Booker Cardin quirements on livestock that would in-
sidizing this industry at all, the least Blackburn Brown Carper crease the cost of beef or other critical
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products. This ‘‘cow tax’’ will just re- Cornyn Kelly Sasse said it couldn’t guarantee that funding
Cortez Masto Kennedy Schatz
sult in higher food costs for Americans Cotton Klobuchar Scott (FL)
wouldn’t go to Hamas. That is unac-
at the grocery store at a time when in- Cramer Lankford Scott (SC) ceptable.
flation has already caused prices to Crapo Lee Shaheen We have seen horrible anti-Israel sen-
skyrocket. Cruz Luján Shelby
Daines Lummis Sinema
timent permeate the Halls of Congress.
This ‘‘cow tax’’ could put our local Ernst Marshall Smith But we cannot, and I will not, accept
farms out of business. They could dev- Fischer McConnell Stabenow the ignorance of some of my colleagues
astate our rural communities, which Graham Moran Sullivan to the evil and devastation Hamas ter-
Grassley Murkowski Tester
are continuing to feed and fuel the Hagerty Paul Thune rorists bring to Israel.
world. Hassan Peters Tillis My amendment will ensure that any
I won’t stand by while the Democrats Hawley Portman Toomey money authorized to the territory of
Hoeven Risch Tuberville
force Iowa farmers and ranchers and Hyde-Smith Romney Warnock
Gaza will not end up in the hands of
American consumers to pay for their Inhofe Rosen Wicker Hamas terrorists and allows for further
over-the-top regulations. Johnson Rubio Young sanctions against these terrorist
I urge my colleagues to support my NAYS—33 groups.
amendment and keep America’s farm- Blumenthal Heinrich Murray
This amendment is a commonsense
ing and ranching operations going and Booker Hickenlooper Ossoff way to protect American tax dollars,
food prices affordable for our hard- Cantwell Hirono Padilla stand with our great ally Israel, and to
working families. Cardin Kaine Reed continue our fight against the evils of
Carper King Sanders
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- Casey Leahy Schumer Hamas terrorism.
ator from Delaware. Coons Manchin Van Hollen I hope all of my colleagues will vote
Mr. CARPER. Madam President, I Duckworth Markey Warner for this amendment.
Durbin Menendez Warren
would like to speak in opposition to Feinstein Merkley Whitehouse The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen-
the amendment. Let me be clear. Col- Gillibrand Murphy Wyden ator from New Jersey is recognized.
leagues, let me be clear. Let me be NOT VOTING—1 Mr. MENENDEZ. Mr. President, the
clear. U.S. Government already has laws in
Rounds
The EPA is not acting to regulate place to prevent U.S. taxpayer dollars
methane from cows or any other farm The amendment (No. 3115) was agreed from going to terrorist organizations
animals. This amendment is designed to. and laws that specifically prevent
as a messaging amendment to suggest The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- funds from going to Hamas and Pales-
that the Agency is undertaking actions ator from Florida. tinian Jihad.
that it is not considering. AMENDMENT NO. 3383 So this is purely a messaging amend-
Democrats are working to advance Mr. SCOTT of Florida. Madam Presi- ment that does absolutely nothing in
policies that assist farmers and ranch- dent, I call up amendment No. 3383 and practice, but it is a message we can all
ers in participating in efforts to ad- ask that it be reported by number. get behind. And because Democrats
dress greenhouse gas emissions in ways The PRESIDING OFFICER. The stand against terrorist organizations
that inure to their bottom line. clerk will report. that threaten innocent civilians in
Methane is a super climate pollutant. The senior assistant legislative clerk Israel and anywhere else in the world,
It is at least 80 times more powerful read as follows: we support the amendment, and we
than carbon dioxide in terms of global The Senator from Florida [Mr. SCOTT] pro- would urge the Senator to take a voice
warming. In order to stem the tide of poses an amendment numbered 3383. vote.
climate change, we must reduce meth- The amendment is as follows: VOTE ON AMENDMENT NO. 3383
ane emissions. (Purpose: To establish a deficit-neutral re- Mr. SCOTT of Florida. I ask for the
The Biden administration and my serve fund relating to preventing terrorist yeas and nays.
Democratic colleagues are laser-fo- actions against the United States and its The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a
cused on making sure our Nation’s allies, and to ensure that United States tax sufficient second?
largest source of methane—the oil and dollars do not benefit terrorist organiza-
tions such as Hamas or the Palestinian Is- There appears to be a sufficient sec-
gas sector—is doing all it can to reduce ond.
lamic Jihad)
or eliminate methane emissions. The question is on agreeing to the
At the end of title III, add the following:
The American people should rest as- amendment.
SEC. 3004. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RE-
sured that no one is focused on regu- LATING TO FUNDING OF THE OF- The clerk will call the roll.
lating cow emissions, as this amend- FICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL. The senior assistant legislative clerk
ment would suggest. The Chairman of the Committee on the called the roll.
I recommend a ‘‘no’’ vote. Thank Budget of the Senate may revise the alloca- Mr. THUNE. The following Senator is
you. tions of a committee or committees, aggre- necessarily absent: the Senator from
gates, and other appropriate levels in this
VOTE ON AMENDMENT NO. 3115 South Dakota (Mr. ROUNDS).
resolution, and make adjustments to the
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or more bills, The result was announced—yeas 99,
question is on agreeing to the amend- joint resolutions, amendments, amendments nays 0, as follows:
ment. between the Houses, motions, or conference [Rollcall Vote No. 334 Leg.]
Mr. THUNE. I ask for the yeas and reports relating to funding of the Office of YEAS—99
nays. Foreign Assets Control, which may include
Baldwin Cotton Inhofe
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a additional resources for enforcement activi-
Barrasso Cramer Johnson
ties or additional sanctions against terrorist Bennet Crapo Kaine
sufficient second? organizations, including those in the Gaza Blackburn Cruz Kelly
There appears to be a sufficient sec- Strip and their members, by the amounts Blumenthal Daines Kennedy
ond. provided in such legislation for those pur- Blunt Duckworth King
The clerk will call the roll. poses, provided that such legislation would Booker Durbin Klobuchar
not increase the deficit over either the pe- Boozman Ernst Lankford
Mr. THUNE. The following Senator is Braun Feinstein Leahy
necessarily absent: the Senator from riod of the total of fiscal years 2022 through
Brown Fischer Lee
South Dakota (Mr. ROUNDS). 2026 or the period of the total of fiscal years Burr Gillibrand Luján
2022 through 2031. Cantwell Graham Lummis
The result was announced—yeas 66,
Mr. SCOTT of Florida. Madam Presi- Capito Grassley Manchin
nays 33, as follows:
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Cardin Hagerty Markey
[Rollcall Vote No. 333 Leg.]
dent, earlier this year, we saw Hamas Carper Hassan Marshall
rockets rain down on Israel for 11 Casey Hawley McConnell
YEAS—66
straight days. Children, like 5-year-old Cassidy Heinrich Menendez
Baldwin Blunt Burr Ido Avigal, died in these attacks. Collins Hickenlooper Merkley
Barrasso Boozman Capito Coons Hirono Moran
Bennet Braun Cassidy Following these attacks on Israel, Cornyn Hoeven Murkowski
Blackburn Brown Collins President Biden’s State Department Cortez Masto Hyde-Smith Murphy
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Murray Sasse Thune anybody who makes up to $400,000 a The PRESIDING OFFICER. The
Ossoff Schatz Tillis
Padilla Schumer Toomey
year, and Democrats are going to stand clerk will report the amendment by
Paul Scott (FL) Tuberville by that commitment. In fact, Demo- number.
Peters Scott (SC) Van Hollen crats are proposing tax cuts for work- The senior assistant legislative clerk
Portman Shaheen Warner ing-class and middle-class families, read as follows:
Reed Shelby Warnock
Risch Sinema Warren along with changes to make sure that The Senator from Oklahoma [Mr.
Romney Smith Whitehouse corporations and the very wealthy fi- Lankford], for himself and others, proposes
Rosen Stabenow Wicker nally pay their fair share. This amend- an amendment numbered 3792.
Rubio Sullivan Wyden
Sanders Tester Young
ment is in line with that approach. The amendment is as follows:
I am voting aye. (Purpose: To establish a deficit-neutral
NOT VOTING—1 (Chorus of ‘‘voice vote.’’) reserve fund relating to abortion funding)
Rounds VOTE ON AMENDMENT NO. 3444 At the end of title III, add the following:
Mr. YOUNG. Madam President, I ask SEC. 3lll. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND
The amendment (No. 3383) was agreed for the yeas and nays. RELATING TO ABORTION FUNDING.
to. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a The Chairman of the Committee on the
sufficient second? Budget of the Senate may revise the alloca-
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- There appears to be a sufficient sec- tions of a committee or committees, aggre-
ator from Indiana. ond. gates, and other appropriate levels in this
The clerk will call the roll. resolution, and make adjustments to the
AMENDMENT NO. 3444
pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or more bills,
Mr. YOUNG. Madam President, I call The senior assistant bill clerk called
joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
up Young amendment No. 3444 and ask the roll. between the Houses, motions, or conference
that it be reported by number. Mr. THUNE. The following Senator is reports relating to improving health pro-
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The necessarily absent: The Senator from grams, which may include prohibiting fund-
clerk will report the amendment by South Dakota (Mr. ROUNDS). ing for abortions consistent with the Hyde
number. The result was announced—yeas 98, amendment or limitations on Federal fund-
The senior assistant legislative clerk nays 1, as follows: ing to State or local governments that dis-
[Rollcall Vote No. 335 Leg.] criminate against entities who refuse to par-
read as follows:
YEAS—98 ticipate in abortion consistent with the
The Senator from Indiana [Mr. YOUNG] pro- Weldon amendment, by the amounts pro-
poses an amendment numbered 3444. Baldwin Hagerty Peters vided in such legislation for those purposes,
Barrasso Hassan Portman
The amendment is as follows: Bennet Hawley Reed
provided that such legislation would not in-
(Purpose: To prevent tax increases that Blackburn Heinrich Risch
crease the deficit over either the period of
would violate President Biden’s repeated Blumenthal Hickenlooper Romney the total of fiscal years 2022 through 2026 or
promise to not impose a single penny in Blunt Hirono Rosen the period of the total of fiscal years 2022
tax increases on people making less than Booker Hoeven Rubio through 2031.
Boozman Hyde-Smith Sanders
$400,000 per year) Braun Inhofe The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen-
Sasse
On page 53, line 8, strike the period and in- Brown Johnson Schatz
ator from Oklahoma.
sert ‘‘, except that no adjustment shall be Burr Kaine Schumer Mr. LANKFORD. Mr. President, this
made pursuant to this subsection if such leg- Cantwell Kelly
Capito Kennedy
Scott (FL) amendment would add language to pro-
islation raises taxes on people making less Scott (SC) hibit funding for abortions consistent
Cardin King
than $400,000.’’. Shaheen
Casey Klobuchar
Shelby
with the longstanding Hyde amend-
Mr. YOUNG. Madam President, over Cassidy Lankford
Sinema ment, which has been the law of the
60 times during their campaign and Collins Leahy
Coons Lee Smith land since 1976.
since taking office, President Biden Cornyn Luján Stabenow The Hyde amendment has enjoyed
and Vice President HARRIS have Sullivan
Cortez Masto Lummis
Tester
decades of bipartisan support, includ-
pledged not to raise one single penny in Cotton Manchin
Thune ing from then-Senator Joe Biden, and
Cramer Markey
taxes—not one single penny—on any- Crapo Marshall Tillis it has been signed into law by Demo-
one making less than $400,000 a year. Cruz McConnell Toomey cratic and Republican Presidents alike.
Today, my Democratic colleagues are Daines Menendez Tuberville
Van Hollen
The Hyde amendment reflects a dec-
using this budget to try to pull a fast Duckworth Merkley
Durbin Moran Warner ades-long consensus that millions of
one on the American taxpayers by giv- Ernst Murkowski Warnock Americans who are profoundly opposed
ing lip service to this pledge while pro- Feinstein Murphy Warren to abortion should not be forced to pay
posing tax hikes that will largely be Fischer Murray Whitehouse
Wicker
for the taking of human lives of chil-
borne by middle- and working-class Gillibrand Ossoff
Graham Padilla Wyden dren or incentivize it with their tax-
Americans. For example, it is well-un- Grassley Paul Young payer dollars. A 2020 Marist poll found
derstood that a significant portion of that 60 percent of Americans, including
NAYS—1
corporate tax hikes are borne by Amer- 37 percent of people who identify as
Carper
ican workers in the form of fewer job pro-choice, oppose the use of their tax-
opportunities and reduced wage NOT VOTING—1 payer dollars to pay for abortions.
growth. Rounds Similarly, the Weldon amendment
Now, while my colleagues included a The amendment (No. 3444) was agreed has been in law since 2004. It protects
nominal mention of the tax pledge in to. individuals from being forced to par-
the underlying budget, importantly, The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. ticipate in abortion if it would violate
the budget’s reserve fund for the up- KING). The Senator from Vermont. their conscience.
coming $31⁄2 trillion reckless tax-and- Mr. SANDERS. Mr. President, I ask Millions of Americans of faith and of
spend bill is not conditioned on that unanimous consent that following the no faith know that the only difference
pledge. So this amendment will pre- Lankford amendment, the following between a child in the womb and out-
vent Congress from breaking the amendments be in order; that the side the womb is time. Just because
Biden-Harris tax promise to pay for amendments be reported by number, they are smaller people doesn’t mean
reconciliation. with no amendments in order prior to a they should be any less protected by
As President Biden said: vote in relation to the amendment: law.
Not one penny. It’s a guarantee. Sullivan, No. 3627; Paul, No. 3150. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen-
I urge my colleagues to support this The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without ator from Washington.
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amendment. objection, it is so ordered. Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, this
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- The Senator from Oklahoma. amendment is a serious threat to wom-
ator from Oregon. AMENDMENT NO. 3792 en’s safety that would allow someone
Mr. WYDEN. Madam President, Mr. LANKFORD. Mr. President, I else’s personal beliefs rather than a pa-
President Biden did, in fact, make it call up my amendment No. 3792 and ask tient’s best interests determine a pa-
clear there would be no tax increase for it be reported by number. tient’s care.
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No healthcare provider should be able Sullivan amendment, the following tect our national interests, and deny
to refuse to give lifesaving information amendments be in order; that the support to the Chinese Communist
about where to get care to someone amendments be reported by number, Party.
who is miscarrying. No healthcare pro- with no amendments in order prior to a However, far too often, extreme envi-
vider should be able to refuse to trans- vote in relation to the amendments: ronmental groups seek to block domes-
fer a patient who needs an abortion. No Wyden, No. 3805; Paul, No. 3150. tic critical mineral production right
healthcare provider should be able to The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there here at home.
turn patients away in an emergency objection? The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen-
situation for purely ideological rea- Without objection, it is so ordered. ator’s time has expired.
sons. Everyone should be able to make Mr. SULLIVAN. Mr. President. Mr. SULLIVAN. We need to produce
their own choices about pregnancy and The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- these materials here, not in China, and
parenting and exercise their constitu- ator from Alaska. I ask my colleagues to vote yes for this
tionally protected right to an abortion. AMENDMENT NO. 3627 amendment.
This amendment would vastly expand Mr. SULLIVAN. Mr. President, I call The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen-
abortion restrictions on Federal fund- up my amendment No. 3627 and ask ator from Oregon.
ing. that it be reported by number. Mr. WYDEN. Mr. President, this is a
I urge my colleagues to oppose this The PRESIDING OFFICER. The challenging amendment that deals
amendment. clerk will report. with unfair competition from China.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- The senior assistant legislative clerk I am going to vote yes, and when we
ator from Oklahoma. read as follows: are done with this amendment, I will
The Senator from Alaska [Mr. SULLIVAN] offer a more targeted approach to re-
VOTE ON AMENDMENT NO. 3792
proposes an amendment numbered 3627. strict the purchase with Federal funds
Mr. LANKFORD. Mr. President, I from any country of products produced
would ask for the yeas and nays and re- The amendment is as follows:
(Purpose: To establish a deficit-neutral re- with forced labor.
mind everyone these amendments have
serve fund relating to prohibiting renew- VOTE ON AMENDMENT NO. 3627
been in place since 1976 and 2004. It
able energy projects receiving Federal The PRESIDING OFFICER. The
doesn’t expand anything.
funds and subsidies from purchasing mate- question is on agreeing to the amend-
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a rials, technology, and critical minerals ment.
sufficient second? produced in China) Mr. SULLIVAN. I ask for the yeas
There appears to be a sufficient sec- At the end of title III, add the following: and nays.
ond. SEC. 3lll. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a
The clerk will call the roll. RELATING TO ENSURING ROBUST,
sufficient second?
The senior assistant legislative clerk SECURE, AND HUMANE SUPPLY
There appears to be a sufficient sec-
CHAINS, SOURCED BY THE UNITED
called the roll. STATES AND ALLIES OF THE UNITED ond.
Mr. THUNE. The following Senator is STATES, FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY The clerk will call the roll.
necessarily absent: the Senator from MATERIALS, TECHNOLOGY, AND The senior assistant bill clerk called
South Dakota (Mr. ROUNDS). CRITICAL MINERALS.
the roll.
The result was announced—yeas 50, The Chairman of the Committee on the
Mr. THUNE. The following Senator is
nays 49, as follows: Budget of the Senate may revise the alloca-
tions of a committee or committees, aggre- necessarily absent: the Senator from
[Rollcall Vote No. 336 Leg.] gates, and other appropriate levels in this South Dakota (Mr. ROUNDS).
YEAS—50 resolution, and make adjustments to the The result was announced—yeas 90,
Barrasso Graham Paul pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or more bills, nays 9, as follows:
Blackburn Grassley Portman joint resolutions, amendments, amendments [Rollcall Vote No. 337 Leg.]
Blunt Hagerty Risch between the Houses, motions, or conference YEAS—90
Boozman Hawley Romney reports relating to Federal energy policy,
Braun Hoeven Rubio Baldwin Hagerty Paul
which may include ensuring robust, secure, Barrasso Hassan Peters
Burr Hyde-Smith Sasse
Capito Inhofe
and humane supply chains for renewable en- Bennet Hawley Portman
Scott (FL) ergy products and critical minerals and pro-
Cassidy Johnson Blackburn Heinrich Reed
Scott (SC) hibiting or limiting renewable energy
Collins Kennedy Blunt Hickenlooper Risch
Shelby
Cornyn Lankford projects funded or subsidized by Federal Boozman Hirono Romney
Sullivan Braun Hoeven Rosen
Cotton Lee
Thune
funds from purchasing materials, tech-
Cramer Lummis nology, and critical minerals produced in Brown Hyde-Smith Rubio
Crapo Manchin Tillis Burr Inhofe Sasse
Toomey China, by the amounts provided in such leg- Cantwell Johnson Schatz
Cruz Marshall
Daines McConnell Tuberville islation for those purposes, provided that Capito Kaine Schumer
Ernst Moran Wicker such legislation would not increase the def- Cardin Kelly Scott (FL)
Fischer Murkowski Young icit over either the period of the total of fis- Casey Kennedy Scott (SC)
cal years 2022 through 2026 or the period of Cassidy King Shaheen
NAYS—49 the total of fiscal years 2022 through 2031. Collins Klobuchar Shelby
Baldwin Hickenlooper Rosen Coons Lankford Sinema
Bennet Hirono
Mr. SULLIVAN. Mr. President, my Cornyn Leahy Smith
Sanders
Blumenthal Kaine Schatz amendment would ensure that Federal Cortez Masto Lee Stabenow
Booker Kelly funds used toward the technology and Cotton Luján Sullivan
Schumer
Brown King Cramer Lummis Tester
Shaheen materials we need to advance our re- Crapo Manchin Thune
Cantwell Klobuchar Sinema
Cardin Leahy newable energy sector is made and Cruz Marshall Tillis
Smith
Carper Luján Stabenow
mined in the United States and by our Daines McConnell Tuberville
Duckworth Menendez Van Hollen
Casey Markey
Tester allies, not by the Chinese Communists. Durbin Merkley Warner
Coons Menendez We are currently dangerously reliant
Van Hollen Ernst Moran Warnock
Cortez Masto Merkley
Duckworth Murphy
Warner on China for roughly 80 percent of ma- Feinstein Murkowski Warren
Durbin Murray Warnock terials and minerals vital to the U.S. Fischer Murray Wicker
Feinstein Ossoff Warren Graham Ossoff Wyden
Whitehouse
renewable energy sector and to our na- Grassley Padilla Young
Gillibrand Padilla
Hassan Peters Wyden tional security.
It is not only dangerous to our na- NAYS—9
Heinrich Reed
tional security to be so reliant on Blumenthal Gillibrand Sanders
NOT VOTING—1 Booker Markey Toomey
China, but it is also inhumane. China is Carper Murphy Whitehouse
Rounds
using Uyghur forced labor to source
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The amendment (No. 3792) was agreed many of America’s alternative energy NOT VOTING—1
to. imports. Rounds
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- We have these resources right here in The amendment (No. 3627) was agreed
ator from Vermont. the United States, and by developing to.
Mr. SANDERS. Mr. President, I ask our national supply chains, we can cre- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen-
unanimous consent that following the ate thousands of good-paying jobs, pro- ator from Vermont.
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Mr. SANDERS. Mr. President, I ask ment, when he is talking about forced virtually every Federal program that
unanimous consent that following the labor. But I want to point out one im- impacts working people and low-in-
Paul amendment, the following amend- portant issue. come people. It would cause massive
ments be in order, the amendments be The amendment that we just voted suffering.
reported by number with no amend- on, my amendment, which bans the use I urge a ‘‘no’’ vote.
ments in order prior to a vote in rela- of Federal funds on renewable projects, VOTE ON AMENDMENT NO. 3150
tion to the amendment: Baldwin 3648, critical minerals from all of China, was The PRESIDING OFFICER. The
Romney 3652, Moran 3795. opposed by the vast majority of the question is on agreeing to the amend-
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there far-left environmental groups in Amer- ment.
objection? ica.
Without objection, it is so ordered. Mr. PAUL. I ask for the yeas and
They want to be able to import these
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- nays.
products from China, even though we
ator from Oregon. have them and we have the minerals. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a
AMENDMENT NO. 3805 So there is a difference between the sufficient second?
Mr. WYDEN. Mr. President, I call up Wyden amendment and the Sullivan There appears to be a sufficient sec-
my amendment No. 3805 and ask that it amendment. I urge its adoption, but ond.
be reported by number. let’s not be fooled here. The far-left, The clerk will call the roll.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The green agenda is to import products The legislative clerk called the roll.
clerk will report. from China and not allow mining and Mr. THUNE. The following Senator is
The legislative clerk read as follows: critical mineral production in Amer- necessarily absent: the Senator from
The Senator from Oregon [Mr. WYDEN] pro- ica. That is wrong. South Dakota (Mr. ROUNDS).
poses an amendment numbered 3805. I am glad my amendment just passed, The result was announced—yeas 28,
The amendment is as follows: but I urge adoption of the Wyden nays 71, as follows:
(Purpose: To establish a reserve fund relat- amendment as well. [Rollcall Vote No. 338 Leg.]
ing to ensuring robust, secure, and humane VOTE ON AMENDMENT NO. 3805 YEAS—28
supply chains by prohibiting the use of
Federal funds to purchase materials, tech-
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Barrasso Grassley Paul
nology, and critical minerals produced, sponsor of the amendment has asked Blackburn Hagerty Portman
for a voice vote. Braun Hyde-Smith Risch
manufactured, or mined with forced labor) Cassidy Johnson
The question is on agreeing to the Rubio
At the end of title III, add the following: Cornyn Kennedy Scott (SC)
SEC. 3lll. RESERVE FUND RELATING TO EN- amendment. Crapo Lankford Thune
SURING ROBUST, SECURE, AND HU- The amendment (No. 3805) was agreed Cruz Lee Toomey
MANE SUPPLY CHAINS BY PROHIB- Daines Lummis
to. Ernst Marshall
Tuberville
ITING THE USE OF FEDERAL FUNDS
TO PURCHASE MATERIALS, TECH- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- Fischer Moran
NOLOGY, AND CRITICAL MINERALS ator from Kentucky.
PRODUCED, MANUFACTURED, OR NAYS—71
AMENDMENT NO. 3150
MINED WITH FORCED LABOR. Baldwin Hawley Romney
The Chairman of the Committee on the (Purpose: In the nature of a sub- Bennet Heinrich Rosen
Budget of the Senate may revise the alloca- stitute.) Blumenthal Hickenlooper Sanders
tions of a committee or committees, aggre- Mr. PAUL. Mr. President, I call up Blunt Hirono Sasse
Booker Hoeven Schatz
gates, and other appropriate levels in this my amendment 3150 and ask that it be Boozman Inhofe
resolution, and make adjustments to the Schumer
reported by number. Brown Kaine Scott (FL)
pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or more bills, The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Burr Kelly Shaheen
joint resolutions, amendments, amendments clerk will report the amendment by Cantwell King Shelby
between the Houses, motions, or conference Capito Klobuchar
number. Cardin Leahy
Sinema
reports relating to ensuring robust, secure, Smith
and humane supply chains by prohibiting the The legislative clerk read as follows: Carper Luján
Stabenow
The Senator from Kentucky [Mr. PAUL] Casey Manchin
use of Federal funds to purchase materials, Sullivan
Collins Markey
technology, and critical minerals produced, proposes an amendment numbered 3150. Tester
Coons McConnell
manufactured, or mined with forced labor by (The amendment is printed in today’s Cortez Masto Menendez Tillis
the amounts provided in such legislation for Cotton Merkley Van Hollen
RECORD under ‘‘Text of Amendments.’’) Warner
those purposes, provided that such legisla- Cramer Murkowski
Mr. PAUL. Isn’t it ironic that during Duckworth Murphy Warnock
tion would not increase the deficit over the
period of the total of fiscal years 2022 today’s long debate, we have not heard Durbin Murray Warren
a word of the actual subject at hand: Feinstein Ossoff Whitehouse
through 2031. Wicker
Gillibrand Padilla
Mr. WYDEN. Colleagues, I am going the budget? Graham Peters Wyden
to be very brief. The budget presented by the Demo- Hassan Reed Young
This amendment prohibits the use of crats has been entirely ignored by both
NOT VOTING—1
Federal funds to purchase materials, parties. But if you read it, the Demo-
crat budget before us is a blueprint for Rounds
technology, and critical minerals pro-
duced, manufactured, or mined with bankruptcy. The Democrat budget The amendment (No. 3150) was re-
forced labor from any country. never balances and spends and borrows jected.
All supply chains need to be robust, $15 trillion over 10 years. Already, our The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen-
secure, and free from these horrendous national debt exceeds $28 trillion. We ator from Wisconsin.
labor practices, like the genocidal borrow $2 million a minute. AMENDMENT NO. 3648
forced labor practices in the Uighur re- Now, Republicans have largely been
Ms. BALDWIN. Mr. President, I call
gion of China. united in believing in a constitutional
up my amendment No. 3648 and ask
It is not enough, colleagues, to ban amendment to balance our amendment
that it be reported by number.
China alone, while forced labor con- in 5 years. In fact, many of the Mem-
bers have voted for that. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The
tinues to be a problem in many nations clerk will report the amendment by
around the world. For this reason, I What I have presented today is an al-
ternative to the Democrat budget. This number.
urge the support of this amendment to The legislative clerk read as follows:
ensure that our supply chains align is a budget that balances in 5 years,
and I recommend a ‘‘yes’’ vote. The Senator from Wisconsin [Ms. BALD-
with these American values.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- WIN],for herself and others, proposes an
And I am willing to do a voice vote,
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ator from Vermont. amendment numbered 3648.
Mr. President.
Mr. SULLIVAN. Mr. President. Mr. SANDERS. Mr. President, Sen- The amendment is as follows:
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- ator PAUL’s amendment would slash (Purpose: To establish a reserve fund relat-
ator from Alaska. Federal spending by trillions of dollars. ing to Great Lakes ice breaking oper-
Mr. SULLIVAN. Mr. President, I also It would mean massive cuts to Medi- ational improvements)
urge adoption of the Wyden amend- care, to Medicaid, to food stamps, to At the end of title III, add the following:
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SEC. 3004. RESERVE FUND RELATING TO GREAT Ms. BALDWIN. I ask for the yeas and not raised on corporations or people,
LAKES ICE BREAKING OPERATIONAL
IMPROVEMENTS.
nays. vote for my amendment. Simple as
The Chairman of the Committee on the The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a that.
Budget of the Senate may revise the alloca- sufficient second? I ask people in this audience who
tions of a committee or committees, aggre- There appears to be a sufficient sec- want to keep taxes down, vote yes.
gates, and other appropriate levels in this ond. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen-
resolution, and make adjustments to the The clerk will call the roll. ator from Oregon.
pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or more bills, The bill clerk called the roll.
joint resolutions, amendments, amendments Mr. WYDEN. This amendment
Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the
between the Houses, motions, or conference strikes the Finance Committee’s entire
Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs.
reports relating to improving Coast Guard reconciliation instructions from the
SHAHEEN) is necessarily absent.
operations, which may include funding for budget resolution.
the acquisition, design, and construction of a Mr. THUNE. The following Senator is
necessarily absent: the Senator from Colleagues, this would prevent the
Great Lakes heavy icebreaker, by the Senate from lowering the cost of pre-
amounts provided in such legislation for South Dakota (Mr. ROUNDS).
The result was announced—yeas 85, scription medicine for all Americans.
those purposes, provided that such legisla-
tion would not increase the deficit over the nays 13, as follows: It would prevent fighting the climate
period of the total of fiscal years 2022 crisis with clean energy tax cuts, pro-
[Rollcall Vote No. 339 Leg.]
through 2031. viding home and community-based
YEAS—85
Ms. BALDWIN. Mr. President, I rise services for the elderly and disabled,
Baldwin Gillibrand Portman prevent us from creating a national
to speak in support of the BALDWIN, Barrasso Graham Reed
SMITH, GILLIBRAND, PETERS, and DUR- Bennet Grassley Romney
paid leave program, and cutting taxes
BIN amendment that will help support Blackburn Hagerty Rosen for working families. It would also
Blumenthal Hassan Rubio make it impossible for the subsequent
good-paying union jobs, address the im- Blunt Heinrich Sanders reconciliation bill to be paid for.
pacts of climate change on the Great Booker Hickenlooper Sasse
Lakes, and support billions of dollars Boozman Hirono Schatz
I will just wrap up. I urge strongly
Braun Hoeven that we oppose this measure because it
in revenue and wages. Brown Hyde-Smith
Schumer
The U.S. Great Lakes waterborne Burr Inhofe
Scott (FL) would stop cold the effort to support
Shelby policies crucial to the American fam-
commerce supports more than 147,000 Cantwell Johnson
Sinema
jobs in eight Great Lakes States. This Capito Kaine ily, and I urge its rejection.
Cardin Kelly Smith
is made possible by the Coast Guard’s Carper King Stabenow VOTE ON AMENDMENT NO. 3652
Great Lakes icebreakers that ensure Casey Klobuchar Sullivan The PRESIDING OFFICER. The
ships can safely transit in and out of Cassidy Leahy Tester
Collins Luján Thune question is on agreeing to the amend-
our ports in the winter. Unfortunately, Coons Manchin Tillis ment.
the number of icebreaking vessels on Cornyn Markey Toomey Mr. ROMNEY. I ask for the yeas and
the Great Lakes has declined, resulting Cortez Masto McConnell Van Hollen nays.
in economic loss, including an esti- Cotton Menendez Warner
Cramer Merkley Warnock The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a
mated 5,400 jobs in the 2018–2019 winter Cruz Moran Warren sufficient second?
season. Duckworth Murphy Whitehouse
Additionally, climate change is re- Durbin Murray There appears to be a sufficient sec-
Wicker
sulting in more heavy-ice winters and Ernst Ossoff Wyden
ond.
Feinstein Padilla The clerk will call the roll.
increasing intensity and frequency of Young
Fischer Peters
extreme storms that are impacting ice The legislative clerk called the roll.
NAYS—13 Mr. THUNE. The following Senator is
cover thickness and unpredictable ice
Crapo Lee Risch necessarily absent: the Senator from
floes. Daines Lummis Scott (SC)
My amendment would ensure that Hawley Marshall Tuberville
South Dakota (Mr. ROUNDS).
the Great Lakes has sufficient Kennedy Murkowski The result was announced—yeas 49,
icebreaking capacity and keep our Na- Lankford Paul nays 50, as follows:
tion’s economy moving forward. Chair NOT VOTING—2 [Rollcall Vote No. 340 Leg.]
CANTWELL supports the Great Lakes Rounds Shaheen YEAS—49
icebreaker, and I urge my colleagues to
The amendment (No. 3648) was agreed Barrasso Graham Portman
vote in favor of this amendment and Blackburn Grassley Risch
to.
ask for the yeas and nays. Blunt Hagerty Romney
The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a Boozman Hawley Rubio
OSSOFF). The Senator from Utah. Braun Hoeven
sufficient second? Sasse
AMENDMENT NO. 3652 Burr Hyde-Smith Scott (FL)
The Senator from Mississippi. Capito Inhofe
Mr. ROMNEY. Mr. President, I call Scott (SC)
Mr. WICKER. Mr. President, I rise in Cassidy Johnson Shelby
support of the Baldwin amendment. I up amendment No. 3652 and ask that it Collins Kennedy
Sullivan
appreciate Senator BALDWIN’s interest be reported by number. Cornyn Lankford
Thune
Cotton Lee
in making sure that the Coast Guard The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Cramer Lummis
Tillis
has adequate icebreaking in the Great clerk will report. Crapo Marshall Toomey
The legislative clerk read as follows: Cruz McConnell Tuberville
Lakes. Wicker
The Senator from Utah [Mr. ROMNEY] pro- Daines Moran
I will note that there is currently no Ernst Murkowski Young
funding for the Coast Guard in the poses an amendment numbered 3652. Fischer Paul
Democrats’ budget resolution, and I The amendment is as follows:
NAYS—50
hope that the vote we are about to (Purpose: To prevent reconciliation legisla-
Baldwin Hickenlooper Reed
have will show support for icebreakers. tion from including trillions of dollars in
Bennet Hirono Rosen
And perhaps Democrats will regret job-killing tax hikes) Blumenthal Kaine Sanders
their decision to exclude the Coast On page 46, strike lines 17 through 21. Booker Kelly Schatz
Guard from the Commerce Commit- Brown King Schumer
Mr. ROMNEY. Mr. President, my Cantwell Klobuchar
tee’s allocation of over $80 billion. Shaheen
amendment is very simple. It elimi- Cardin Leahy Sinema
But I do support the amendment. The nates the instruction to the Senate Fi- Carper Luján Smith
ranking member of the Budget Com- nance Committee whereupon people Casey Manchin
Stabenow
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mittee also supports the amendment. Coons Markey
would be able to have their taxes in- Cortez Masto Menendez
Tester
VOTE ON AMENDMENT NO. 3648 creased. Duckworth Van Hollen
Merkley
Warner
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The If you want to have taxes go up in Durbin Murphy
Warnock
this country on corporations or people, Feinstein Murray
question is on agreeing to the amend- Gillibrand Ossoff Warren
ment. vote against my amendment. If, in- Hassan Padilla Whitehouse
The sponsor of the amendment? stead, you want to make sure taxes are Heinrich Peters Wyden
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NOT VOTING—1 I urge my colleagues to vote yes on with no amendments in order prior to a
Rounds this straightforward amendment. vote in relation to the amendment:
The amendment (No. 3652) was re- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- Cotton, No. 3680; Blackburn, No. 3062;
jected. ator from Illinois. Cruz, No. 3781.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, at my The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there
ator from Kansas. request this amendment incorporates objection?
AMENDMENT NO. 3795 language reflecting Democratic prior- Without objection, it is so ordered.
ities funded by the budget resolution, The Senator from Arkansas.
Mr. MORAN. Mr. President, I call up
including smart and effective border AMENDMENT NO. 3680
my amendment No. 3795, and I ask that
it be reported by number. security measures like nonintrusive in- Mr. COTTON. Mr. President, I call up
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The spection systems, hiring additional my amendment No. 3680 and ask that it
clerk will report the amendment by Customs officers for screening at law- be reported by number.
number. ful ports of entry, hiring additional im- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The
The legislative clerk read as follows: migration judges and asylum officers clerk will report the amendment by
The Senator from Kansas [Mr. MORAN] pro- to reduce backlogs and enhance the ef- number.
poses an amendment numbered 3795. ficiency and fairness of the asylum sys- The senior assistant legislative clerk
The amendment is as follows: tem. read as follows:
I thank the Senator from Kansas for The Senator from Arkansas [Mr. COTTON]
(Purpose: To establish a deficit-neutral re-
accepting these changes, and I support proposes an amendment numbered 3680.
serve fund relating to immigration en-
forcement and addressing the humani- his amendment. The amendment is as follows:
tarian crisis at the southern border) VOTE ON AMENDMENT NO. 3795 (Purpose: To establish a deficit-neutral re-
At the end of title III, add the following: The PRESIDING OFFICER. The serve fund relating to prohibiting the
SEC. 3lll. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND teaching of critical race theory in pre-
question is on agreeing to the amend- kindergarten programs and elementary
RELATING TO IMMIGRATION EN-
FORCEMENT AND ADDRESSING THE ment. and secondary schools)
HUMANITARIAN CRISIS AT THE Mr. MORAN. Mr. President, I ask for At the end of title III, add the following:
SOUTHERN BORDER. the yeas and nays. SEC. 3lll. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND
The Chairman of the Committee on the The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a RELATING TO PROVIDING QUALITY
Budget of the Senate may revise the alloca- sufficient second? EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN.
tions of a committee or committees, aggre- The Chairman of the Committee on the
There is a sufficient second.
gates, and other appropriate levels in this Budget of the Senate may revise the alloca-
resolution, and make adjustments to the The clerk will call the roll.
The bill clerk called the roll. tions of a committee or committees, aggre-
pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or more bills, gates, and other appropriate levels in this
joint resolutions, amendments, amendments Mr. THUNE. The following Senator is resolution, and make adjustments to the
between the Houses, motions, or conference necessarily absent: the Senator from pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or more bills,
reports relating to immigration enforce- South Dakota (Mr. ROUNDS). joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
ment, which may include strengthening en- The result was announced—yeas 76, between the Houses, motions, or conference
forcement of immigration laws to address nays 23, as follows: reports relating to providing quality edu-
the humanitarian crisis at the southern bor- cation for the children of the United States,
der, dramatically increasing funding for [Rollcall Vote No. 341 Leg.]
which may include prohibiting or limiting
smart and effective border security meas- YEAS—76
Federal funding from being used to promote
ures, improving asylum processing, and re- Barrasso Graham Peters critical race theory or compel teachers or
ducing immigration court backlogs, by the Blackburn Grassley Portman students to affirm critical race theory in
amounts provided in such legislation for Blunt Hagerty Risch
Boozman
prekindergarten programs, elementary
those purposes, provided that such legisla- Hassan Romney
Braun Hawley schools, and secondary schools, by the
tion would not increase the deficit over ei- Rosen
Brown Hickenlooper amounts provided in such legislation for
ther the period of the total of fiscal years Rubio
Burr Hoeven Sasse those purposes, provided that such legisla-
2022 through 2026 or the period of the total of Capito Hyde-Smith tion would not increase the deficit over ei-
Scott (FL)
fiscal years 2022 through 2031. Cardin Inhofe ther the period of the total of fiscal years
Scott (SC)
Mr. MORAN. Mr. President, there is Carper Johnson 2022 through 2026 or the period of the total of
Shaheen
Casey Kaine
no denying that we have a humani- Cassidy Shelby fiscal years 2022 through 2031.
Kelly
tarian crisis at the southern border. I Collins Kennedy Sinema Mr. COTTON. Mr. President, growing
Coons King Stabenow
have witnessed this personally. Just Sullivan
up I was taught, as I suspect most of
Cornyn Klobuchar
last month, Customs encountered Cortez Masto Lankford Tester you were, that America is a great,
200,000 individuals attempting the dan- Cotton Lee Thune noble nation, in large part because, as
gerous and deadly trek across the Cramer Lummis Tillis Lincoln put it, it is ‘‘dedicated to the
southern border. At least tens of thou- Crapo Manchin Toomey
proposition that all men are created
Cruz Marshall Tuberville
sands of these individuals have been re- Daines McConnell Van Hollen equal.’’
leased into our country without an of- Duckworth Moran Warner In America, our rights have no color,
ficial court date. Durbin Murkowski Warnock our law and society should be color-
Ernst Murphy
The Biden administration’s rollback Feinstein Ossoff
Wicker blind, and as Dr. Martin Luther King
of immigration laws has not only mag- Young
Fischer Paul said, we should not be judged by the
nified the humanitarian crisis, but it color of our skin, but by the content of
NAYS—23
has left our law enforcement with the our character.
Baldwin Leahy Sanders Sadly, today, some want to replace
impossible task of trying to slow the Bennet Luján Schatz
flow of illegal crossings while also at- Blumenthal Markey Schumer our founding principles with an un-
tempting to stop drugs, weapons, and Booker Menendez Smith American ideology called critical race
human trafficking entering our coun- Cantwell Merkley Warren theory. They want to teach our chil-
Gillibrand Murray Whitehouse
try. Heinrich Padilla
dren that America is not a good nation
Wyden
My amendment simply states that we Hirono Reed but a racist nation. Those teachings
must enforce our existing immigration are wrong, and our tax dollars should
NOT VOTING—1
laws to address the humanitarian crisis not support them.
Rounds
and to increase resources for smart and My amendment will ensure that Fed-
effective border security, improve asy- The amendment (No. 3795) was agreed eral funds are not used to indoctrinate
lum processing, and reduce immigra- to. kids as young as pre-K to hate Amer-
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Voting no on this amendment signals PADILLA). The Senator from Vermont. generation of kids loving America and
a refusal to acknowledge we have a hu- Mr. SANDERS. Mr. President, I ask loving each other as fellow citizens, no
manitarian crisis on our southern bor- unanimous consent that the following matter their race.
der and an unwillingness to support our amendments be in order; that the I urge my colleagues to vote yes on
existing immigration laws. amendments be reported by number, the amendment.
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Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President. NOT VOTING—1 budget process started a pay-as-you-go
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- Rounds system. This helps Federal dollars re-
ator from Washington. The amendment (No. 3680) was agreed spond to emergencies in a more timely
Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, you to. manner.
know, this amendment is simply an at- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- Importantly, the 60-vote threshold
tempt to force the Federal Government ator from Vermont. still exists for emergency legislation,
to interfere with local school district Mr. SANDERS. Mr. President, I ask meaning any bill that includes emer-
decisions about curriculum and aca- unanimous consent that following the gency spending will still face a 60-vote
demic instruction. Cruz amendment, the following amend- hurdle. There is simply no need to
There are several longstanding provi- ments be in order, that the amend- make getting urgently needed money
sions in Federal education law that ments be reported by number with no out of the door one step harder. I urge
prohibit the Federal Government from amendments in order prior to a vote in my colleagues to vote no on this
mandating or directing school cur- relation to the amendment: Hawley amendment.
riculum. This amendment would con- 2734; Booker 3823; Hoeven 3243; Mar- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen-
tradict that bipartisan consensus and shall 3797; Kennedy 3758. ator from Tennessee.
allow the Federal Government to have The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there VOTE ON AMENDMENT NO. 3062
a say over what schools can and cannot objection? The PRESIDING OFFICER. The
teach our children. Without objection, it is so ordered. question is on agreeing to the amend-
I oppose this amendment because I The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- ment.
believe States, local school districts, ator from Tennessee. Mrs. BLACKBURN. Mr. President, I
and educators should be in the driver’s AMENDMENT NO. 3062 urge a ‘‘yes’’ vote on the amendment,
seat when making decisions about cur- Mrs. BLACKBURN. Mr. President, I and I ask for the yeas and nays.
riculum, and I urge my colleagues to ask unanimous consent that my The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a
vote no. amendment No. 3062 be called up and sufficient second?
Mr. COTTON. Mr. President. reported by number. There appears to be a sufficient sec-
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The ond.
ator from Arkansas. clerk will report. The clerk will call the roll.
The senior assistant legislative clerk The senior assistant bill clerk called
VOTE ON AMENDMENT NO. 3680
read as follows: the roll.
Mr. COTTON. Let’s vote. The Senator from Tennessee [Mrs. BLACK- Mr. THUNE. The following Senator is
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The BURN] proposes an amendment numbered necessarily absent: the Senator from
question is on agreeing to the amend- 3062. South Dakota (Mr. ROUNDS).
ment. The amendment is as follows: The result was announced—yeas 49,
Mr. COTTON. I ask for the yeas and (Purpose: To strike the Senate emergency nays 50, as follows:
nays. legislation provision) [Rollcall Vote No. 343 Leg.]
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a On page 55, strike line 24 and all that fol- YEAS—49
sufficient second? lows through page 58, line 13.
Barrasso Graham Portman
There appears to be a sufficient sec- Mrs. BLACKBURN. Mr. President, Blackburn Grassley Risch
ond. this amendment maintains what has Blunt Hagerty Romney
The clerk will call the roll. been the existing right of any Senator Boozman Hawley Rubio
The senior assistant legislative clerk Braun Hoeven Sasse
to weigh in on the special treatment Burr Hyde-Smith
called the roll. Scott (FL)
we give to designated funds. Capito Inhofe Scott (SC)
Mr. THUNE. The following Senator is As it stands, this current budget res- Cassidy Johnson Shelby
necessarily absent: the Senator from Collins Kennedy
olution would destroy that right and Cornyn Lankford
Sullivan
South Dakota (Mr. ROUNDS). allow a simple majority of Senators Cotton Lee
Thune
The result was announced—yeas 50, Tillis
free rein to declare anything and ev- Cramer Lummis
Toomey
nays 49, as follows: erything an emergency. Without this Crapo Marshall
Tuberville
Cruz McConnell
[Rollcall Vote No. 342 Leg.] amendment, fiscal discipline will go Daines Moran Wicker
YEAS—50 out the window, along with the rules Ernst Murkowski Young
Barrasso Graham Paul laid out in the Budget Act and any Fischer Paul
Blackburn Grassley Portman chance of countering the Biden admin- NAYS—50
Blunt Hagerty Risch istration’s reckless socialist agenda. Baldwin Hickenlooper Reed
Boozman Hawley Romney The existing rule worked for bipar- Bennet Hirono Rosen
Braun Hoeven Rubio
Burr Hyde-Smith tisan COVID relief, and it will continue Blumenthal Kaine Sanders
Sasse Booker Kelly
Capito Inhofe to work for this body. There is nothing Schatz
Scott (FL) Brown King
Cassidy Johnson Schumer
Scott (SC) broken here to fix. Cantwell Klobuchar
Collins Kennedy Shaheen
Cornyn Lankford
Shelby The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- Cardin Leahy Sinema
Sullivan ator from Vermont. Carper Luján
Cotton Lee Smith
Thune Mr. SANDERS. Mr. President, I rise Casey Manchin
Cramer Lummis Stabenow
Tillis Coons Markey
Crapo Manchin in opposition to this amendment that Tester
Toomey Cortez Masto Menendez
Cruz Marshall Van Hollen
Daines McConnell Tuberville makes it more difficult for Congress to Duckworth Merkley
Durbin Murphy Warner
Ernst Moran Wicker respond to an emergency when one oc- Warnock
Young Feinstein Murray
Fischer Murkowski curs. Gillibrand Ossoff Warren
NAYS—49 Let us be clear. There is no reason to Hassan Padilla Whitehouse
hold up Federal dollars to help people Heinrich Peters Wyden
Baldwin Hickenlooper Rosen
Bennet Hirono Sanders recover from a natural disaster while NOT VOTING—1
Blumenthal Kaine Schatz Congress searches for revenue or spend- Rounds
Booker Kelly Schumer ing cuts to pay for emergency assist-
Brown King Shaheen ance. The amendment (No. 3062) was re-
Cantwell Klobuchar
Cardin Leahy
Sinema
This amendment would create a jected.
Smith The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen-
Carper Luján Stabenow supermajority hurdle for the Senate to
Casey Markey
Tester declare something an emergency. When ator from Texas.
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Coons Menendez
Van Hollen people are suffering after a hurricane AMENDMENT NO. 3781
Cortez Masto Merkley
Duckworth Warner or a wildfire, we should not be creating Mr. CRUZ. Mr. President, I call up
Murphy
Warnock
Durbin Murray
Warren
additional barriers to them getting the my amendment No. 3781 and ask that it
Feinstein Ossoff
Gillibrand Padilla Whitehouse help they need. be reported by number.
Hassan Peters Wyden Congress has provided exemptions for The PRESIDING OFFICER. The
Heinrich Reed emergency spending ever since the clerk will report the amendment.
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The senior assistant legislative clerk This amendment would tie the Biden Van Hollen Warnock Whitehouse
Warner Warren Wyden
read as follows: administration’s hands in addressing
The Senator from Texas [Mr. CRUZ] pro- arrivals at our southern border. It NOT VOTING—1
poses an amendment numbered 3781. would prevent adapting to changes in Rounds
The amendment is as follows: public health needs and making secu- The amendment (No. 3781) was re-
(Purpose: To establish a deficit-neutral re- rity-based decisions related to pro- jected.
serve fund relating to ensuring that the tecting our homeland. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. MAR-
Department of Homeland Security, pursu- Forcing the indefinite preservation of KEY). The Senator from Missouri.
ant to title 42, United States Code, con- title 42 authorities raises both security
ducts expulsions of illegal immigrants who AMENDMENT NO. 2734
may contribute to the spread of COVID–19,
and humanitarian concerns. This would Mr. HAWLEY. Mr. President, I ask
including any of the dangerous variants prevent the imposition of the con- that my amendment be called up, No.
originating overseas, in order to protect sequence-delivery system that cracks 2734, and that it be reported by number.
the public health of the American people, down on individuals who attempt to The PRESIDING OFFICER. The
save American lives, and assist in eradi- cross the border repeatedly. We should clerk will report the amendment by
cating the COVID–19 pandemic in the not have to expel the same person for
United States) number.
illegally crossing the border six or The senior assistant legislative clerk
At the end of title III, add the following: seven times. We need to expel them
SEC. 3004ll.DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND read as follows:
once and use tools like removal and
RELATING TO SECURING THE BOR- The Senator from Missouri [Mr. HAWLEY]
DER, INCLUDING BY PREVENTING prosecution to limit their ability to proposes an amendment numbered 2734.
OR LIMITING THE DEPARTMENT OF keep crossing the border illegally.
HOMELAND SECURITY FROM DE- The amendment is as follows:
This amendment also reduces the ad-
PARTING FROM THE MARCH 20, 2020, (Purpose: To establish a deficit-neutral re-
ORDER ISSUED BY THE CENTERS ministration’s ability to appropriately
serve fund relating to hiring 100,000 new
FOR DISEASE CONTROL. care for unaccompanied minors. police officers nationwide to combat the
The Chairman of the Committee on the We need to ensure that the adminis- crime wave in the United States)
Budget of the Senate may revise the alloca- tration has every tool at their disposal
tions of a committee or committees, aggre- At the end of title III, add the following:
as they work to tackle the pandemic SEC. 3lll. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND
gates, and other appropriate levels in this
resolution, and make adjustments to the
and keep our Nation secure. RELATING TO HIRING 100,000 NEW
I urge my colleagues to reject this POLICE OFFICERS.
pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or more bills,
joint resolutions, amendments, amendments amendment. The Chairman of the Committee on the
between the Houses, motions, or conference Budget of the Senate may revise the alloca-
VOTE ON AMENDMENT NO. 3781
reports relating to securing the border and tions of a committee or committees, aggre-
public health, which may include preventing The PRESIDING OFFICER. The gates, and other appropriate levels in this
or limiting the Department of Homeland Se- question is on agreeing to the amend- resolution, and make adjustments to the
curity from departing from the March 20, ment. pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or more bills,
2020, order issued by the Centers for Disease Mr. CRUZ. I ask for the yeas and joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
Control under sections 362 and 365 of the between the Houses, motions, or conference
nays.
Public Health Service Act, by the amounts reports relating to public safety, which may
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a include funding the hiring of 100,000 new po-
provided in such legislation for those pur-
poses, provided that such legislation would sufficient second? lice officers nationwide, by the amounts pro-
not increase the deficit over either the pe- There appears to be a sufficient sec- vided in such legislation for those purposes,
riod of the total of fiscal years 2022 through ond. provided that such legislation would not in-
2026 or the period of the total of fiscal years The clerk will call the roll. crease the deficit over either the period of
2022 through 2031. the total of fiscal years 2022 through 2026 or
The senior assistant legislative clerk the period of the total of fiscal years 2022
Mr. CRUZ. Mr. President, I rise today called the roll. through 2031.
to urge my colleagues to support my Mr. THUNE. The following Senator is
amendment ensuring that the Depart- Mr. HAWLEY. Mr. President, I rise
necessarily absent: the Senator from today in support of hiring more law en-
ment of Homeland Security continues South Dakota (Mr. ROUNDS).
to have the legal authority to expel il- forcement officers across this coun-
The result was announced—yeas 49, try—100,000 more, to be precise. And
legal immigrants who may have nays 50, as follows:
COVID–19 under title 42 of the U.S. here is why. We are in the midst of an
[Rollcall Vote No. 344 Leg.] unprecedented crime wave in this coun-
Code to protect Americans from the
spread of this deadly pandemic. YEAS—49 try, a crime wave of violent crime, and
There is a crisis at our border caused Barrasso Graham Portman our families and our children are in the
by this administration’s policies, and Blackburn Grassley Risch crosshairs.
Blunt Hagerty Romney This past year, the murder rate in
the fact is that our open borders and Boozman Hawley Rubio
unlimited illegal immigration coming Braun Hoeven this country rose, year over year, high-
Sasse
into this country are contributing to Burr Hyde-Smith Scott (FL) er than anytime in six decades. This
Capito Inhofe Scott (SC) past year, the FBI reports that fatal
the spread of COVID–19 and to the dan- Cassidy Johnson
gerous Delta variant. For example, Collins Kennedy
Shelby felony attacks on law enforcement offi-
Sullivan cers spiked by over 50 percent. In St.
McAllen, TX, one city in the Rio Cornyn Lankford
Thune
Grande Valley, has a population of Cotton Lee
Tillis
Louis, MO, my home State, 262 resi-
Cramer Lummis dents were killed in 2020. That is the
141,000 people. But this year alone, the Crapo Marshall Toomey
Biden administration has released Cruz McConnell Tuberville highest number in over half a century.
more than 7,000 illegal aliens who have Daines Moran Wicker Cops are being targeted. Families are
Ernst Murkowski Young being targeted. Children aren’t safe on
been positive for COVID–19. In fact, Fischer Paul
this week alone, 1,315 illegal aliens the streets. We need to take action now
were released positive with COVID–19. NAYS—50 to put more law enforcement officers
This is a serious public health crisis. Baldwin Hassan Murray on our streets to protect our families.
Title 42 gives the administration the Bennet Heinrich Ossoff Now, I recognize that my friends
Blumenthal Hickenlooper Padilla across the aisle say they don’t want to
authority to protect public health Booker Hirono Peters
against this pandemic. Brown Kaine Reed
defund the police. That is outstanding.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- Cantwell Kelly Rosen Let’s go a step further. Let’s fund
ator from Michigan. Cardin King Sanders them. Let’s put 100,000 new cops on the
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Carper Klobuchar
Mr. PETERS. Mr. President, the Casey Leahy
Schatz streets right now to protect our fami-
Biden administration inherited both Schumer lies, to protect our children.
Coons Luján
Shaheen
the COVID–19 public health crisis and Cortez Masto Manchin
Sinema
I urge a ‘‘yes’’ vote on this amend-
the dismantling of the immigration Duckworth Markey ment, and I ask for the yeas and nays.
Durbin Menendez Smith
system from the previous administra- Feinstein Merkley Stabenow The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a
tion. Gillibrand Murphy Tester sufficient second?
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There appears to be a sufficient sec- NOT VOTING—2 energy costs low, and harness our
ond. Paul Rounds abundant baseload resources with im-
The yeas and nays are ordered. The amendment (No. 2734) was agreed proved environmental stewardship.
The Senator from Illinois. to. I urge a ‘‘yes’’ vote.
Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, this has The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen-
been a historic day in the U.S. Senate. ator from North Dakota. ator from Rhode Island.
We started by passing a bipartisan in- AMENDMENT NO. 3243 Mr. WHITEHOUSE. Mr. President,
frastructure bill that made history, Mr. HOEVEN. I call up my amend- just yesterday, the world’s scientists
and now the Senator from Missouri is ment No. 3243 and ask that it be re- offered an unequivocal warning to us
finally coming around to supporting ported by number. about the condition of our planet.
the COPS Hiring Program that was The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Every single one of us has a home
created by Senator Joe Biden in 1994. clerk will report. State university that teaches climate
Since its creation, the COPS Pro- The legislative clerk read as follows: science, and if we ask them, they will
gram—listen to this—has helped over The Senator from North Dakota [Mr. confirm that warning; and yet we re-
13,000 local police departments hire HOEVEN] proposes an amendment numbered lentlessly subsidize the fossil fuel in-
over 134,000 officers. We believe in it on 3243. dustry, which floats already on a $600
the Democratic side. We are glad you The amendment is as follows: billion annual subsidy in this country,
have come around. (Purpose: To establish a deficit-neutral re- according to the International Mone-
We sent a letter to the Appropria- serve fund relating to preventing elec- tary Fund.
tions Committee, signed by 37 Demo- tricity blackouts and improving electricity Enough is enough. Our grid operators
crats, for the COPS Program. Do you reliability) almost everywhere do a good job with
know how many Republicans signed At the end of title III, add the following: reliability, and we have just added bil-
the letter? None. But with your amend- SEC. 3lll. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND lions of dollars to improve grid reli-
RELATING TO PREVENTING ELEC- ability.
ment tonight, clearly you have come TRICITY BLACKOUTS AND IMPROV-
around. The Republicans are joining ING ELECTRICITY RELIABILITY. There is no reason whatsoever to put
the Democrats in supporting Joe The Chairman of the Committee on the another thumb on the scales for this
Biden’s COPS Program. You are right: Budget of the Senate may revise the alloca- already heavily subsidized industry
We need 100,000 more police. And we tions of a committee or committees, aggre- when most of these blackouts and
stand with Joe Biden’s program and gates, and other appropriate levels in this brownouts are driven by extreme
are glad that you have joined us. resolution, and make adjustments to the weather caused by the climate change
pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or more bills, from their pollution.
VOTE ON AMENDMENT NO. 2734 joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
I urge a ‘‘no’’ vote.
Mr. HAWLEY. I ask for the yeas and between the Houses, motions, or conference
reports relating to Federal environmental Mr. HOEVEN. Mr. President, I would
nays.
and energy policies, which may include pro- note that I referenced carbon capture,
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The
moting the increased deployment and use of, as well as other environmental prac-
question is on agreeing to the amend-
or supporting the expansion of, baseload tices that we are taking, to lead the
ment. power resources in the United States, includ- world in producing not only abundant,
The yeas and nays have been ordered. ing coal-fired and natural gas-fired power affordable baseload energy, but also
The clerk will call the roll. plants with carbon capture, utilization, and with the latest, greatest technology in
The senior assistant legislative clerk sequestration technologies and nuclear
an environmentally friendly way. I
called the roll. power to prevent blackouts and improve
electric reliability, by the amounts provided would note the good Senator has joined
Mr. THUNE. The following Senators with me on legislation to do that.
are necessarily absent: the Senator in such legislation for those purposes, pro-
vided that such legislation would not in- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen-
from Kentucky (Mr. PAUL) and the crease the deficit over either the period of ator’s time is expired.
Senator from South Dakota (Mr. the total of fiscal years 2022 through 2026 or Mr. HOEVEN. I urge a ‘‘yes’’ vote on
ROUNDS). the period of the total of fiscal years 2022 the amendment.
The result was announced—yeas 95, through 2031.
VOTE ON AMENDMENT NO. 3243
nays 3, as follows: Mr. HOEVEN. This amendment en- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The
[Rollcall Vote No. 345 Leg.] sures we continue to support policies question is on agreeing to the amend-
YEAS—95 that make our country an economic ment.
Baldwin Graham Padilla powerhouse, as well as keeping heating Mr. HOEVEN. Mr. President, I ask
Barrasso Grassley Peters and cooling costs low for Americans, for the yeas and nays.
Bennet Hagerty Portman and that means protecting access to re-
Blackburn Hassan Reed The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a
Blumenthal Hawley Risch
liable, affordable energy. sufficient second?
Blunt Heinrich Romney The North American Electric Reli-
There appears to be a sufficient sec-
Booker Hickenlooper Rosen ability Corporation recently warned
Boozman Hirono ond.
Rubio that numerous areas of the country are
Braun Hoeven Sasse The clerk will call the roll.
Brown Hyde-Smith at an elevated or high risk of experi-
Schatz The legislative clerk called the roll.
Burr Inhofe encing blackouts or brownouts. This
Cantwell Johnson
Schumer Mr. THUNE. The following Senator is
Scott (FL) warning is not limited only to Cali-
Capito Kaine necessarily absent: the Senator from
Scott (SC) fornia and Texas; it also included most
Cardin Kelly
Shaheen South Dakota (Mr. ROUNDS).
Carper Kennedy of the West, New England, and the
Shelby The result was announced—yeas 52,
Casey King upper Midwest.
Cassidy Klobuchar Sinema nays 47, as follows:
Smith My amendment promotes more base-
Collins Lankford [Rollcall Vote No. 346 Leg.]
Coons Leahy Stabenow load power, specifically from coal-fired
Cornyn Luján Sullivan and natural gas power plants with car- YEAS—52
Cortez Masto Lummis Tester Barrasso Ernst Manchin
Thune
bon capture, as well as nuclear power.
Cotton Manchin Blackburn Fischer Marshall
Cramer Markey Tillis Instead of new taxes or the Green
Blunt Graham McConnell
Crapo Marshall Tuberville New Deal, we should be expanding ac- Boozman Grassley Moran
Cruz McConnell Van Hollen cess to power generation from re- Braun Hagerty Murkowski
Daines Menendez Warner Burr Hawley Paul
Warnock
sources available 24/7, regardless of
Duckworth Merkley Capito Hoeven Portman
weather conditions.
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Durbin Moran Warren Cassidy Hyde-Smith Risch
Ernst Murkowski Whitehouse We are the world’s leading economy Collins Inhofe Romney
Feinstein Murphy Wicker with vast energy resources, and black- Cornyn Johnson Rubio
Fischer Murray Wyden outs and brownouts are simply not ac- Cotton Kelly Sasse
Gillibrand Ossoff Young Cramer Kennedy Scott (FL)
ceptable. Crapo Lankford Scott (SC)
NAYS—3 I urge my colleagues to vote yes on Cruz Lee Shelby
Lee Sanders Toomey this amendment to keep the lights on, Daines Lummis Sinema
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Sullivan Toomey Young Some estimates would suggest hun- [Rollcall Vote No. 347 Leg.]
Thune Tuberville
Tillis Wicker
dreds or, perhaps, even thousands of YEAS—88
COVID-positive illegal immigrants Baldwin Gillibrand Portman
NAYS—47 enter our Republic every day. That Barrasso Graham Reed
Baldwin Heinrich Reed Bennet Grassley Risch
means we have a superspreader event Blackburn Hagerty
Bennet Hickenlooper Rosen Romney
Blumenthal Hirono Sanders
at our southern border every single Blumenthal Hassan Rosen
Booker Kaine Schatz day, and Americans are watching this Blunt Hawley Rubio
Brown King Schumer public healthcare crisis. In McAllen, Boozman Hickenlooper Sasse
Cantwell Klobuchar Braun Hoeven Schatz
Cardin Leahy
Shaheen TX, almost 1,500 new infected migrants Brown Hyde-Smith
Smith Schumer
Carper Luján were released into their communities Burr Inhofe
Stabenow Scott (FL)
Casey Markey this past week alone. Cantwell Johnson
Tester Capito Kaine Scott (SC)
Coons Menendez
Cortez Masto Merkley
Van Hollen There is a healthcare crisis at our Cardin Kelly Shaheen
Warner southern border, and it is unacceptable Carper Kennedy Shelby
Duckworth Murphy
Warnock Casey King Sinema
Durbin Murray for the government to be transporting
Feinstein Ossoff Warren Cassidy Klobuchar Stabenow
Whitehouse illegal migrants who pose a grave risk Collins Lankford Sullivan
Gillibrand Padilla
Hassan Peters Wyden of transmitting COVID across our Na- Coons Leahy Tester
tion. Cornyn Lee Thune
NOT VOTING—1 Cortez Masto Lummis Tillis
My amendment would ensure re- Cotton Manchin Toomey
Rounds
sources are provided for testing and Cramer Marshall Tuberville
The amendment (No. 3243) was agreed treatment of migrants at the border Crapo McConnell Van Hollen
to. and for quarantining those who test Cruz Merkley Warner
Daines Moran Warnock
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- positive for COVID as well as prohib- Duckworth Murkowski Whitehouse
ator from Kansas. iting the transportation of migrants Durbin Murray Wicker
AMENDMENT NO. 3797 who have not received a negative test. Ernst Padilla
Wyden
Feinstein Paul
Mr. MARSHALL. Mr. President, I The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- Fischer Peters
Young
call up my amendment No. 3797 and ask ator’s time has expired.
NAYS—11
that it be reported by number. The Senator from Illinois.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Booker Markey Sanders
Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, imagine Heinrich Menendez Smith
clerk will report the amendment by it is 3 in the morning, in a desert, on Hirono Murphy Warren
number. our border, and the Border Patrol is Luján Ossoff
The bill clerk read as follows: out there and finds a family—a mother NOT VOTING—1
The Senator from Kansas [Mr. MARSHALL], and a father and two small children. Rounds
for himself and others, proposes an amend-
What do they do when they are 50 The amendment (No. 3797) was agreed
ment numbered 3797.
miles away from a port of entry? to.
The amendment is as follows:
They obviously take them to that The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. MUR-
(Purpose: To establish a deficit-neutral re- port of entry, but according to the PHY). The majority leader.
serve fund relating to protecting migrants
and local communities against COVID–19)
Marshall amendment, they can’t do it. Mr. SCHUMER. Now, Mr. President,
Listen to his language: ‘‘[p]rohibiting we have come to an agreement here. I
At the end of title III, add the following:
migrants who have not received a nega- am going to read it in a minute, and I
SEC. 3lll. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND
RELATING TO PROTECTING MI- tive COVID–19 test from being trans- just want to say that we are going to
GRANTS AND LOCAL COMMUNITIES ported.’’ try to have everyone sit in their seat.
AGAINST COVID–19. There are 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
They can’t be transported out of the
The Chairman of the Committee on the amendments. If we all sit in our seats
desert because they don’t have a nega-
Budget of the Senate may revise the alloca- and try to stick to the 10 minutes or as
tions of a committee or committees, aggre- tive COVID–19 test? And what if they
show up at the detention center—and I close as we can get to it, we can finish
gates, and other appropriate levels in this
resolution, and make adjustments to the have mentioned this to Dr. MARSHALL in 10 minutes. We can get this done
pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or more bills, already—and there is a new person quickly. If we all finish voting by 5, he
joint resolutions, amendments, amendments walking in who happens to be a mother can bang the gavel and get us to do it
between the Houses, motions, or conference who is in labor and needs to go to a quicker than 10. OK?
reports relating to protecting migrants and hospital immediately? (Applause.)
local communities against COVID–19, which Mr. SCHUMER. Thank you. That is
may include resources for testing and treat- According to your language, they
the most Republican applause I have
ment of migrants at the United States bor- cannot be transported unless they have
gotten in a little while. OK.
der, resources for quarantining migrants who a negative COVID–19 test.
I ask unanimous consent that fol-
test positive, or prohibiting migrants who I would say to you, Doctor, that is
have not received a negative COVID–19 test
lowing the Kennedy amendment, the
not good medicine; that is not humane. following amendments be the only
from being transported elsewhere, by the I asked you to change those provisions.
amounts provided in such legislation for amendments remaining in order; that
I gave you language to do that. I am the amendments be reported by num-
those purposes, provided that such legisla-
tion would not increase the deficit over ei- sorry you didn’t. ber and the Senate vote in relation to
ther the period of the total of fiscal years VOTE ON AMENDMENT NO. 3797 the amendments in the order listed:
2022 through 2026 or the period of the total of The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Lee, 3141—Lee, the clerk; Inhofe, 3331;
fiscal years 2022 through 2031. Daines, 3292; Hagerty, 3742; Hyde-
question is on agreeing to the amend-
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- ment. Smith, 3568; Grassley, 3650; Sullivan,
ator from Kansas. Mr. MARSHALL. Mr. President, I 3626; Cruz, 3681; Lee, 3815; Kennedy,
Mr. MARSHALL. Mr. President, as ask for the yeas and nays. 3753; further, that on the disposition of
we all work to address vaccine hesi- the Kennedy amendment, the last Ken-
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a
tancy and anxiously await full ap- nedy amendment, the Senate vote on
sufficient second?
proval of the COVID–19 vaccines, open the adoption of S. Con. Res. 14, as
border policies undermine these ef- There appears to be a sufficient sec-
ond. amended, with no further intervening
forts. Americans can travel to Mexico action or debate.
City but not return to America without The clerk will call the roll.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there
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a COVID test, while an illegal immi- The bill clerk called the roll. objection?
grant has no test requirements, and in Mr. THUNE. The following Senator is Without objection, it is so ordered.
just a few days, it will be easier to ille- necessarily absent: the Senator from Mr. SCHUMER. Thank you, Mr.
gally cross our southern border than go South Dakota (Mr. ROUNDS). President.
to a restaurant or a bar in New York The result was announced—yeas 88, Thank you, my colleagues. Let’s co-
City. nays 11, as follows: operate and finish this up.
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The PRESIDING OFFICER. Does the and Gynecologists oppose policies like The legislative clerk read as follows:
Senator from Louisiana seek recogni- this because they interfere with doc- The Senator from Utah [Mr. LEE] proposes
tion? tors’ and patients’ ability to make de- an amendment numbered 3141.
AMENDMENT NO. 3758 cisions based on science and based on The amendment is as follows:
Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President, I call what is best for their patients’ (Purpose: To establish a deficit-neutral re-
up my amendment 3758 and ask that it healthcare. serve fund relating to studying and pro-
be reported by number. Everyone has the right to make their viding for tax equivalency under the pay-
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The own decisions about their own repro- ments in lieu of taxes program)
clerk will report the amendment by ductive healthcare. At the end of title III, add the following:
I urge a ‘‘no’’ vote on the amend- SEC. 3lll. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND
number. RELATING TO STUDYING AND PRO-
The legislative clerk read as follows: ment. VIDING FOR TAX EQUIVALENCY
The Senator from Louisiana [Mr. KEN- Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President. UNDER THE PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF
NEDY],for himself and others, proposes an VOTE ON AMENDMENT NO. 3758 TAXES PROGRAM.
amendment numbered 3758. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The The Chairman of the Committee on the
question is on agreeing to the amend- Budget of the Senate may revise the alloca-
The amendment is as follows: tions of a committee or committees, aggre-
(Purpose: To establish a deficit-neutral re- ment. gates, and other appropriate levels in this
serve fund relating to improving health Mr. KENNEDY. Do I have additional resolution, and make adjustments to the
care by establishing penalties for providers time, Mr. President? pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or more bills,
performing elective abortions when the The PRESIDING OFFICER. No, you joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
post-fertilization age of the unborn child is do not. No time remains. between the Houses, motions, or conference
20 weeks or greater) Mr. SCHUMER. Question. reports relating to studying and providing
At the end of title III, add the following: Mr. KENNEDY. I ask for the yeas and for tax equivalency under the payments in
SEC. 3lll. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND nays, Mr. President. lieu of taxes program established under
RELATING TO IMPROVING HEALTH
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a chapter 69 of title 31, United States Code, by
PROGRAMS. the amounts provided in such legislation for
The Chairman of the Committee on the
sufficient second? those purposes, provided that such legisla-
Budget of the Senate may revise the alloca- There appears to be a sufficient sec- tion would not increase the deficit over ei-
tions of a committee or committees, aggre- ond. ther the period of the total of fiscal years
gates, and other appropriate levels in this The clerk will call the roll. 2022 through 2026 or the period of the total of
resolution, and make adjustments to the The legislative clerk called the roll. fiscal years 2022 through 2031.
pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or more bills, Mr. THUNE. The following Senator is Mr. LEE. Mr. President, States and
joint resolutions, amendments, amendments necessarily absent: the Senator from localities are not allowed to tax land
between the Houses, motions, or conference South Dakota (Mr. ROUNDS).
reports relating to improving health pro-
held by the Federal Government. As a
The result was announced—yeas 48, result of this, Congress created the
grams, which may include establishing pen-
alties for providers who perform elective
nays 51, as follows: PILT Program to reimburse States for
abortions on an unborn child at 20 weeks ges- [Rollcall Vote No. 348 Leg.] that lost revenue.
tation or greater, by the amounts provided YEAS—48 Now, PILT payments are determined
in such legislation for those purposes, pro- Barrasso Graham Paul by a complex formula, a formula that
vided that such legislation would not in- Blackburn Grassley Portman unfortunately is far lower than it
crease the deficit over either the period of Blunt Hagerty Risch would be under a tax equivalency.
the total of fiscal years 2022 through 2026 or Boozman Hawley Romney
Braun Hoeven Rubio Twenty-one years ago, the USDA con-
the period of the total of fiscal years 2022
through 2031. Burr Hyde-Smith Sasse cluded that PILT payments needed to
Capito Inhofe Scott (FL) be increased by 31⁄2 times. On certain
Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President, after Cassidy Johnson Scott (SC)
Federal lands, the number is much
20 weeks of gestation, medical science Cornyn Kennedy Shelby
Cotton Lankford Sullivan larger. A Utah study showed that for
has determined that children in their Cramer Lee Thune lands held in Utah cities, it needed to
mother’s womb feel pain. To channel Crapo Lummis Tillis be 262 times larger.
my good friend and the distinguished Cruz Manchin Toomey
My amendment would help correct
Daines Marshall Tuberville
Senator from Rhode Island, you can go Ernst McConnell Wicker this inaccuracy. It would direct the
to the appropriate professor at any of Fischer Moran Young Secretary of the Interior to conduct a
the universities in your State, and study on the true taxable value of
NAYS—51
they will tell you that is so. PILT land and treat it as if it were
Baldwin Heinrich Peters
This amendment will allow for pen- Bennet Hickenlooper Reed owned by anyone else other than the
alties for those who perform elective— Blumenthal Hirono Rosen Federal Government and therefore sub-
elective—abortions on unborn children Booker Kaine Sanders
ject to taxation. It would reform the
who are at least 20 weeks in gestation. Brown Kelly Schatz
Cantwell King Schumer program to more accurately com-
This amendment would not apply to Cardin Klobuchar Shaheen pensate States for the revenue that
abortions in the case of rape, of incest, Carper Leahy Sinema they lose simply by virtue of the fact
or when the life of the mother is in Casey Luján Smith
that they have Federal land in them.
Collins Markey Stabenow
danger. Coons Menendez Tester The PRESIDING OFFICER. Who
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- Cortez Masto Merkley Van Hollen yields time?
ator from Washington. Duckworth Murkowski Warner The Senator from West Virginia.
Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, even Durbin Murphy Warnock
Feinstein Murray Warren
Mr. MANCHIN. Mr. President, Sen-
in the midst of a pandemic, a climate Gillibrand Ossoff Whitehouse ator LEE’s amendment sets up a def-
crisis, a childcare crisis, so many Hassan Padilla Wyden icit-neutral reserve fund to change the
issues facing our working families, it is NOT VOTING—1 payment formula for the Payments in
so disappointing but not surprising Lieu of Taxes Program.
Rounds
that Republicans continue to focus on While I share a desire to revisit the
restricting access to abortion care. The amendment (No. 3758) was re- PILT formula and to ensure that pay-
Let’s be perfectly clear about this jected. ments to counties are fair, I have con-
amendment. It is a clear attempt to The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- cerns with this amendment.
undermine Roe v. Wade. It would im- ator from Utah. The administration has testified that
pose a 20-week abortion ban with no ex- AMENDMENT NO. 3141 trying to incorporate a system into the
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ception for rape or incest, and it would Mr. LEE. Mr. President, I call up my PILT formula that involves appraising
harm women and families across the amendment No. 3141 and ask that it be every parcel of Federal land and track-
country. reported by number. ing every local tax rate would prove
In fact, leading medical groups like The PRESIDING OFFICER. The nearly impossible to administer.
the American Medical Association and clerk will report the amendment by I urge my colleagues to vote no on
the American College of Obstetricians number. this amendment.
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VOTE ON AMENDMENTNO. 3141 gates, and other appropriate levels in this The clerk will call the roll.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The resolution, and make adjustments to the The legislative clerk called the roll.
question now occurs on agreeing to pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or more bills, Mr. THUNE. The following Senator is
joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
amendment No. 3141. necessarily absent: the Senator from
between the Houses, motions, or conference
Mr. LEE. I call for the yeas and nays. reports relating to improving health pro- South Dakota (Mr. ROUNDS).
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a grams, which may include prohibiting fund- The result was announced—yeas 49,
sufficient second? ing for abortions of unborn children with nays 50, as follows:
There appears to be a sufficient sec- Down syndrome or other chromosomal con- [Rollcall Vote No. 350 Leg.]
ond. ditions, by the amounts provided in such leg- YEAS—49
The clerk will call the roll. islation for those purposes, provided that
Barrasso Grassley Portman
The bill clerk called the roll. such legislation would not increase the def- Blackburn Hagerty Risch
Mr. THUNE. The following Senator is icit over either the period of the total of fis- Blunt Hawley Romney
cal years 2022 through 2026 or the period of Boozman Hoeven Rubio
necessarily absent: the Senator from the total of fiscal years 2022 through 2031. Braun Hyde-Smith Sasse
South Dakota (Mr. ROUNDS). Burr Inhofe
The result was announced—yeas 51, Mr. INHOFE. My friends, the amend- Scott (FL)
Capito Johnson Scott (SC)
nays 48, as follows: ment—my amendment—is designed to Cassidy Kennedy Shelby
protect a very small population but a Cornyn Lankford
Sullivan
[Rollcall Vote No. 349 Leg.] Cotton Lee
very significant population: the babies Thune
YEAS—51 with Down syndrome. Cramer Lummis
Tillis
Crapo Manchin
Barrasso Fischer Paul Over two-thirds of the unborn babies Toomey
Cruz Marshall
Blackburn Graham Portman Tuberville
Blunt Grassley Risch
diagnosed with Down syndrome in the Daines McConnell
Ernst Moran Wicker
Boozman Hagerty Romney United States are aborted. Some coun- Young
Fischer Murkowski
Braun Hawley Rosen tries, like Iceland, are eradicating Graham Paul
Burr Hoeven Rubio their entire population of individuals
Capito Hyde-Smith Sasse NAYS—50
Cassidy Inhofe Scott (FL) with Down syndrome through abortion.
Collins Johnson Scott (SC) Now, I think we agree that an indi- Baldwin Heinrich Reed
Bennet Hickenlooper Rosen
Cornyn Kennedy Shelby vidual should not be discriminated Blumenthal Hirono Sanders
Cortez Masto Lankford Sullivan
Cotton Lee Thune
against due to his or her chromosome Booker Kaine Schatz
Cramer Lummis Tillis count. Brown Kelly Schumer
Crapo Marshall Toomey This is not partisan. It is not ex- Cantwell King Shaheen
Cruz McConnell Tuberville Cardin Klobuchar Sinema
treme. Seventy percent of Americans, Carper Leahy
Daines Moran Wicker Smith
Ernst Murkowski Young
including 56 percent of pro-choice Casey Luján
Stabenow
Americans, oppose abortion on the Collins Markey
Tester
NAYS—48 basis of a Down syndrome diagnosis. Coons Menendez
Van Hollen
Cortez Masto Merkley
Baldwin Hickenlooper Peters This amendment uses the budget Duckworth Murphy Warner
Bennet Hirono Reed Warnock
Blumenthal Kaine Sanders
mechanism to help protect the most Durbin Murray
Feinstein Ossoff Warren
Booker Kelly Schatz vulnerable among us and who are being Whitehouse
Gillibrand Padilla
Brown King Schumer systematically targeted through abor- Hassan Peters Wyden
Cantwell Klobuchar Shaheen tion.
Cardin Leahy Sinema NOT VOTING—1
Carper Luján Smith
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The gen-
Casey Manchin Stabenow tleman’s time is expired. Rounds
Coons Markey Tester Mr. INHOFE. I urge my colleagues to The amendment (No. 3331) was re-
Duckworth Menendez Van Hollen lay aside their party differences and
Durbin Merkley Warner jected.
Feinstein Murphy Warnock
think about the lives and the lives— The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen-
Gillibrand Murray Warren The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- ator from Montana.
Hassan Ossoff Whitehouse ator’s time has expired. AMENDMENT NO. 3292
Heinrich Padilla Wyden Who seeks time?
Mr. BLUMENTHAL. Mr. President. Mr. DAINES. Mr. President, I call up
NOT VOTING—1
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- my amendment No. 3292 and ask that it
Rounds
ator from Connecticut. be called up by number.
The amendment (No. 3141) was agreed Mr. BLUMENTHAL. Mr. President, The PRESIDING OFFICER. The
to. the stated purpose of this amendment clerk will report the amendment by
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- is a pretext. It is a pretext for restrict- number.
ator from Oklahoma. ing reproductive rights and interfering The senior assistant legislative clerk
AMENDMENT NO. 3331 with women’s decisions about whether read as follows:
Mr. INHOFE. Mr. President, I call up to have an abortion. The Senator from Montana [Mr. DAINES]
my amendment No. 3331 and ask that it For all of us who care about people proposes an amendment numbered 3292.
be reported by number. with Down syndrome, we ought to lis- The amendment is as follows:
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The ten to the National Down Syndrome (Purpose: To establish a deficit-neutral re-
clerk will report the amendment by Society and devote more resources to serve fund relating to prohibiting tax in-
number. research at NIH, to funding better set- creases on small businesses, as defined by
The bill clerk read as follows: tings and care for people with Down the Small Business Administration but
syndrome, and better opportunities for generally 500 employees or less)
The Senator from Oklahoma [Mr. INHOFE],
for himself and others, proposes an amend- their employment. There are ways to At the end of title III, add the following:
ment numbered 3331. serve that community without this SEC. 3lll. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND
RELATING TO PREVENTING TAX IN-
The amendment is as follows: pretextual restriction of reproductive CREASES ON SMALL BUSINESSES.
(Purpose: To establish a deficit-neutral re- rights. The Chairman of the Committee on the
serve fund relating to relating to improv- I urge my colleagues to oppose the Budget of the Senate may revise the alloca-
ing health programs, which may include amendment. tions of a committee or committees, aggre-
prohibiting funding for abortions of unborn VOTE ON AMENDMENT NO. 3331 gates, and other appropriate levels in this
children with Down syndrome or other The PRESIDING OFFICER. The resolution, and make adjustments to the
chromosomal conditions) question is on agreeing to the amend- pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or more bills,
At the end of title III, add the following: ment. joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
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SEC. 3lll. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND between the Houses, motions, or conference
Mr. INHOFE. I ask for the yeas and
RELATING TO PROTECTING UNBORN reports relating to preventing tax increases
CHILDREN FROM ABORTION ON THE
nays. on small businesses by the amounts provided
BASIS OF DOWN SYNDROME. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a in such legislation for those purposes, pro-
The Chairman of the Committee on the sufficient second? vided that such legislation would not in-
Budget of the Senate may revise the alloca- There appears to be a sufficient sec- crease the deficit over either the period of
tions of a committee or committees, aggre- ond. the total of fiscal years 2022 through 2026 or
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the period of the total of fiscal years 2022 The amendment is as follows: here but also of the Biden administra-
through 2031. (Purpose: To establish a deficit-neutral re- tion.
Mr. DAINES. Mr. President, Montana serve fund relating to providing sufficient The Hagerty amendment, though,
small businesses are critically impor- resources to detain and deport a higher makes it clear that he is seeking to in-
tant for our jobs; for local economies; number of illegal aliens who have been crease funding for detention and depor-
and, really, to bring our communities convicted of a crime) tation of more undocumented immi-
together. And through no fault of their At the end of title III, add the following: grants who have been convicted of any
SEC. 3lll. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND crime in the United States—not a seri-
own, many were hit very hard by the RELATING TO PROVIDING SUFFI-
pandemic. CIENT RESOURCES TO DETAIN AND ous crime, not a violent crime, any
Unfortunately, some Members on the DEPORT A HIGHER NUMBER OF crime—including nonviolent mis-
other side of the aisle have put forth ALIENS WHO HAVE BEEN CON- demeanors.
VICTED OF A CRIME. The ICE Agency has sufficient funds
some very misguided efforts to raise The Chairman of the Committee on the
taxes on these small businesses, at- to carry out its law enforcement func-
Budget of the Senate may revise the alloca- tion, with a total budget of over $8 bil-
tempting to redefine what constitutes tions of a committee or committees, aggre-
a small business. gates, and other appropriate levels in this
lion. This overly broad amendment
Thankfully, we already have an resolution, and make adjustments to the does not distinguish between the
agreed-upon definition that was set by pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or more bills, crimes committed by individuals, the
the Small Business Administration, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments serious ones versus those that are not.
between the Houses, motions, or conference It would divert ICE from focusing its
which defines a small business as one
reports relating to ensuring that U.S. Immi- resources on the truly serious public
with fewer than 500 employees. gration and Customs Enforcement has suffi- safety and national security threats. I
Efforts to end tax relief, such as to cient resources to detain and deport a higher urge my colleagues to vote against this
limit the 20-percent small business tax number of illegal aliens who have been con- amendment.
deduction passed in the Tax Cuts and victed of a criminal offense in the United The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen-
Jobs Act based on arbitrary income States, by the amounts provided in such leg- ator’s time has expired.
thresholds, should be called out for islation for those purposes, provided that
VOTE ON AMENDMENT NO. 3742
what they are: These are small busi- such legislation would not increase the def-
icit over either the period of the total of fis- The question is on agreeing to the
ness tax hikes. amendment.
cal years 2022 through 2026 or the period of
For this reason, I am offering an The yeas and nays were previously
the total of fiscal years 2022 through 2031.
amendment to create a deficit-neutral ordered.
reserve against prohibiting tax in- Mr. HAGERTY. Madam President,
my amendment provides for ensuring The clerk will call the roll.
creases on small businesses, as defined The senior assistant legislative clerk
by the Small Business Administration. that U.S. Immigration and Customs
called the roll.
I urge my colleagues who believe in Enforcement, which is charged by Con- Mr. THUNE. The following Senator is
the importance of small businesses— gress with enforcing immigration laws necessarily absent: the Senator from
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- in the United States, has sufficient re- South Dakota (Mr. ROUNDS).
ator’s time is expired. sources to deport illegal aliens who The result was announced—yeas 53,
Mr. DAINES.—to join me in voting have been convicted of crimes in the nays 46, as follows:
for this amendment. United States. [Rollcall Vote No. 351 Leg.]
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- According to ICE’s website, 92 per- YEAS—53
ator from Oregon. cent of the illegal aliens that ICE de-
Barrasso Graham Paul
Mr. WYDEN. Mr. President, our core ports have been convicted or charged Blackburn Grassley Portman
belief is that taxes should not be raised with crimes. Yet despite the border cri- Blunt Hagerty Risch
sis and record border crossings, the Boozman Hassan Romney
on small businesses and that the Braun Hawley
Biden administration has drastically Rosen
wealthiest and the biggest corporations Burr Hoeven Rubio
should pay their fair share. reduced deportations to roughly one- Capito Hyde-Smith Sasse
This amendment is consistent with quarter of what they were last fiscal Cassidy Inhofe Scott (FL)
year, reaching the lowest levels on Collins Johnson
that. I am going to support it. Scott (SC)
Cornyn Kelly
I hope we can do this on a voice vote. record this spring, from over 28,000 in Cortez Masto Kennedy
Shelby
October of 2019 to less than 3,000 in Cotton Sullivan
VOTE ON AMENDMENT NO. 3292 Lankford
Cramer Lee Thune
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The April of 2021. Tillis
That means the administration is al- Crapo Lummis
question is on agreeing to the amend- Cruz Marshall Toomey
lowing thousands of criminal illegal Daines McConnell Tuberville
ment.
aliens per month to remain in Amer- Ernst Moran Wicker
The amendment (No. 3292) was agreed Fischer Murkowski Young
ican communities and potentially com-
to.
The PRESIDING OFFICER (Ms. mit more crimes. NAYS—46
I ask for your support for enforcing Baldwin Hirono Sanders
BALDWIN). The majority leader.
our immigration laws and deterring il- Bennet Kaine Schatz
Mr. SCHUMER. Madam President, Blumenthal King
legal immigration and criminal activ- Schumer
for my colleagues, the clerk is no Booker Klobuchar Shaheen
ity by providing the resources nec-
longer going to recount, to save us a Brown Leahy Sinema
essary to remove criminal illegal Cantwell Luján
little time. I just urge my colleagues to Smith
aliens from our streets. Cardin Manchin Stabenow
please stay in your seats so we can Thank you, and I ask for the yeas Carper Markey Tester
move this along. Oh, and speak up and nays.
Casey Menendez
Van Hollen
when you are called. Is that what you Coons Merkley
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a Warner
Duckworth Murphy
mean? I have no trouble speaking loud- sufficient second? Durbin Murray
Warnock
ly, as everyone knows here. Feinstein Ossoff Warren
There appears to be a sufficient sec- Whitehouse
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The jun- ond. Gillibrand Padilla
Heinrich Peters Wyden
ior Senator from Tennessee. The yeas and nays are ordered. Hickenlooper Reed
AMENDMENT NO. 3742 The Democratic whip.
Mr. DURBIN. Madam President, we NOT VOTING—1
Mr. HAGERTY. Madam President, I
all agree on one basic thing: No one Rounds
call up my amendment No. 3742 and ask
that it be reported by number. who is dangerous to the United States The amendment (No. 3742) was agreed
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The should be allowed to come to this coun- to.
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clerk will report the amendment by try. And those who are here and not The PRESIDING OFFICER. The jun-
number. citizens who are guilty of a serious ior Senator from Mississippi.
The legislative clerk read as follows: crime should be removed from this AMENDMENT NO. 3568
The Senator from Tennessee [Mr. country. Mrs. HYDE-SMITH. Madam Presi-
HAGERTY] proposes an amendment numbered That is the highest law enforcement dent, I call up my amendment No. 3568
3742. priority not only of those gathered and ask that it be reported by number.
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The PRESIDING OFFICER. The The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Leahy Peters Stabenow
Luján Reed Tester
clerk will report the amendment by Democratic whip. Manchin Romney Van Hollen
number. Mr. DURBIN. Madam President, the Markey Rosen Warner
The senior assistant legislative clerk Senator from Mississippi has stated her Menendez Sanders Warnock
read as follows: Merkley Schatz
case explicitly: If a prosecutor fails to Murphy Schumer
Warren
The Senator from Mississippi [Mrs. HYDE- prosecute a case, the town or commu- Whitehouse
Murray Shaheen Wyden
SMITH] proposes an amendment numbered nity that he represents as prosecutor— Ossoff Sinema
3568. the town or community—will be denied Padilla Smith
The amendment is as follows: Federal funds. Think about this. Under NOT VOTING—1
(Purpose: To establish a deficit-neutral re- the Senator’s amendment, if a district Rounds
serve fund relating to adjustments to Fed- attorney decides not to charge a cer-
eral funds for certain local jurisdictions)
The amendment (No. 3568) was re-
tain property offense, even in just one jected.
At the end of title III, add the following: case, the whole town will lose its eligi- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The sen-
SEC. 3lll. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND bility for Federal funding under pro-
RELATING TO ADJUSTMENTS TO ior Senator from Iowa.
FEDERAL FUNDS FOR CERTAIN grams like the Violence Against AMENDMENT NO. 3650
LOCAL JURISDICTIONS. Women Act—we know what that is; it Mr. GRASSLEY. Madam President, I
The Chairman of the Committee on the is certainly a refuge for many people call up my amendment No. 3650 and ask
Budget of the Senate may revise the alloca- who are victims of domestic violence— that it be reported by number.
tions of a committee or committees, aggre- or the Bulletproof Vest Grant Act to The PRESIDING OFFICER. The
gates, and other appropriate levels in this protect law enforcement in that same
resolution, and make adjustments to the
clerk will report.
community. They would lose their op- The legislative clerk read as follows:
pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or more bills,
joint resolutions, amendments, amendments portunity for Federal grants under the The Senator from Iowa [Mr. GRASSLEY]
between the Houses, motions, or conference Senator’s amendment that she is offer- proposes an amendment numbered 3650.
reports relating to adjustments to Federal ing. The amendment is as follows:
funds for local governments within the juris- I think we ought to think carefully (Purpose: To establish a deficit-neutral re-
diction of the committees receiving rec- about this. Prosecutors decide whether serve fund relating to prohibiting illegal
onciliation instructions under section 2001, to proceed with a case or not proceed aliens with criminal records from receiving
which may include limiting or eliminating based on the amount of evidence, the conditional or lawful permanent resident
Federal payments, other than funding under status in the United States)
subpart 1 of part E of title I of the Omnibus
likelihood of conviction, the possibility
of securing a plea bargain for a lesser At the end of title III, add the following:
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 SEC. 3lll. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND
(34 U.S.C. 10151 et seq.) (commonly known as offense. To deny a community Federal RELATING TO THE ENFORCEMENT
the ‘‘Byrne JAG grant program’’) or section funds— OF IMMIGRATION LAWS.
1701 of title I of such Act (34 U.S.C. 10381) The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- The Chairman of the Committee on the
(commonly known as the ‘‘COPS grant pro- ator’s time has expired. Budget of the Senate may revise the alloca-
gram’’), to a local government whose district Mr. DURBIN.—or the police—I hope tions of a committee or committees, aggre-
attorney directs its prosecutors to not pros- gates, and other appropriate levels in this
all of my colleagues would oppose this
ecute certain violent offenses or serious of- resolution, and make adjustments to the
fenses that result in damage or injury to the amendment. pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or more bills,
property of any other person, by the VOTE ON AMENDMENT NO. 3568 joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
amounts provided in such legislation for The PRESIDING OFFICER. The between the Houses, motions, or conference
those purposes, provided that such legisla- question is on agreeing to the amend- reports relating to enforcing immigration
tion would not increase the deficit over ei- laws, which may include preventing aliens
ment.
ther the period of the total of fiscal years who are unlawfully present in the United
2022 through 2026 or the period of the total of Mrs. HYDE-SMITH. I ask for the States and have been convicted of a crime or
fiscal years 2022 through 2031. yeas and nays. have pending criminal charges from being
Mrs. HYDE-SMITH. Madam Presi- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a granted conditional or lawful permanent
sufficient second? resident status in the United States, by the
dent, our Nation’s communities and amounts provided in such legislation for
small businesses have had it rough There appears to be a sufficient sec-
ond. those purposes, provided that such legisla-
these past 18 months as they struggle tion would not increase the deficit over ei-
with the lasting effects of the pan- The clerk will call the roll. ther the period of the total of fiscal years
demic. Today, they are also being vic- The legislative clerk called the roll. 2022 through 2026 or the period of the total of
timized amid surging violent crime Mr. THUNE. The following Senator is fiscal years 2022 through 2031.
rates and progressive prosecutors who necessarily absent: the Senator from Mr. GRASSLEY. This amendment
adopt nonprosecution policies. And, as South Dakota (Mr. ROUNDS). creates a deficit-neutral reserve fund
a result, small businesses are left vul- The result was announced—yeas 47, for legislation that would prevent ille-
nerable and unassisted as they are bur- nays 52, as follows: gal immigrants with criminal records
glarized, defaced, and destroyed. [Rollcall Vote No. 352 Leg.] from obtaining lawful permanent resi-
It is understandable for victimized YEAS—47 dent status in our country. It is pretty
small businesses, law enforcement, and Barrasso Graham Paul simple. Prohibiting illegal immigrants
the public to be dispirited as they are Blackburn Grassley Portman with criminal convictions or pending
left to pick up the pieces while rogue Blunt Hagerty Risch criminal charges from receiving legal
Boozman Hawley Rubio
prosecutors ignore their constitutional Braun Hoeven status in the United States should be a
Sasse
duty by refusing to prosecute violent Burr Hyde-Smith Scott (FL) very easy call and shouldn’t be very
crimes that affect the health, safety, or Capito Inhofe Scott (SC) controversial. I urge my colleagues to
Cassidy Johnson
economy of our communities. Cornyn Kennedy
Shelby support it.
Defying the rule of law and endan- Sullivan I reserve my time.
Cotton Lankford
Thune The PRESIDING OFFICER. The
gering the public has Mississippians Cramer Lee
Tillis
and Americans across the country say- Crapo Lummis
Toomey
Democratic whip.
Cruz Marshall Mr. DURBIN. Madam President, the
ing enough is enough. Daines McConnell Tuberville
My amendment is simple and Ernst Moran Wicker Grassley amendment would exclude
straightforward. Any city that pur- Fischer Murkowski Young from a path to citizenship any undocu-
posely obstructs the rule of law by re- mented immigrant who has been con-
NAYS—52
fusing to prosecute— victed of any crime or who has been
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Baldwin Casey Hassan
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- Bennet Collins Heinrich
merely charged with a crime. This is a
ator’s time has expired. Blumenthal Coons Hickenlooper broad exclusion, applies to any crimi-
Mrs. HYDE-SMITH.—certain violent Booker Cortez Masto Hirono nal conviction no matter how long ago
Brown Duckworth Kaine it took place, how minor the crime,
crimes will not be subsidized by the Cantwell Durbin Kelly
American taxpayers. Cardin Feinstein King and to any criminal charge even if the
I urge my colleagues to vote yes. Carper Gillibrand Klobuchar individual is ultimately exonerated.
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This exclusion is also unnecessary The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Mr. MENENDEZ. Madam President,
because every legalization bill pending clerk will report. it is past 3 a.m., and we are dealing
in the Senate requires a criminal back- The senior assistant legislative clerk with another messaging amendment.
ground check and excludes individuals read as follows: Like the junior Senator from Alaska,
convicted of a serious crime. For exam- The Senator from Alaska [Mr. SULLIVAN] we all oppose terrorism; we condemn
ple, the bipartisan House-passed Dream proposes an amendment numbered 3626. state sponsors of it. But this amend-
and Promise Act would bar an immi- The amendment is as follows: ment goes well beyond that and is
grant from receiving legal status if (Purpose: To establish a deficit-neutral re- drafted so broadly, whether inten-
they have been convicted of any felony, serve fund relating to restricting United tionally or not, that it signals a cutoff
any drug offense, or any crime of do- States funding to international organiza- of funding to every international orga-
tions, such as the United Nations Human
mestic violence. nization—every single one—including
Rights Council, until the Department of
Also, we have to accept the obvious: State certifies that no members of the or- the United Nations because some mem-
Crossing the border illegally can be a ganization are state sponsors of terrorism, bers are bad actors.
crime, if one wants to be charged with which may include a report from the De- Now, our Republican colleagues are
that. This amendment is inconsistent partment of the Treasury on the preva- well aware that adversaries such as
with due process and does nothing to lence of sanctioned entities in the organi- China are expanding their influence at
increase public safety. zation) some of the most important inter-
I urge my colleagues to vote no. At the end of title III, add the following: national organizations. They are call-
VOTE ON AMENDMENT NO. 3650 SEC. 3004. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RE- ing the shots because we are not there.
LATING TO RESTRICTING UNITED
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The STATES FUNDING TO INTER- This amendment would cede the field
question is on agreeing to the amend- NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, SUCH to the Chinese so we can sit on the
ment. AS THE UNITED NATIONS HUMAN sidelines and watch them make the
RIGHTS COUNCIL, UNTIL THE DE-
Mr. GRASSLEY. I ask for the yeas PARTMENT OF STATE CERTIFIES
rules.
and nays. THAT NO MEMBERS OF THE ORGANI- When Israel is wrongly signaled out
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a ZATION ARE STATE SPONSORS OF at the U.N. Human Rights Commission,
TERRORISM, WHICH MAY INCLUDE A
sufficient second? REPORT FROM THE DEPARTMENT
we will not be there to defend her. And
There appears to be a sufficient sec- OF THE TREASURY ON THE PREVA- when international standards are being
ond. LENCE OF SANCTIONED ENTITIES IN created for high-tech issues, we will
The clerk will call the roll. THE ORGANIZATION. not lead the world, as we should. That
The senior assistant legislative clerk The Chairman of the Committee on the is why this amendment should be de-
Budget of the Senate may revise the alloca-
called the roll. feated.
tions of a committee or committees, aggre-
Mr. THUNE. The following Senator is gates, and other appropriate levels in this The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen-
necessarily absent: the Senator from resolution, and make adjustments to the ator’s time has expired.
South Dakota (Mr. ROUNDS). pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or more bills, Mr. SULLIVAN. Mr. President, do I
The result was announced—yeas 49, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments have any time to respond?
nays 50, as follows: between the Houses, motions, or conference The PRESIDING OFFICER. There is
[Rollcall Vote No. 353 Leg.] reports relating to restricting United States
funding to international organizations, such
no time remaining.
YEAS—49 as the United Nations Human Rights Coun- VOTE ON AMENDMENT NO. 3626
Barrasso Graham Portman cil, until the Department of State certifies The question is on agreeing to the
Blackburn Grassley Risch that no members of the organization are
Blunt Hagerty Romney
amendment.
state sponsors of terrorism, which may in-
Boozman Hawley Rubio Mr. SULLIVAN. I ask for the yeas
Braun Hoeven
clude a report from the Department of the
Sasse Treasury on the prevalence of sanctioned en- and nays.
Burr Hyde-Smith Scott (FL)
Capito Inhofe tities in the organization, by the amounts The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a
Scott (SC)
Cassidy Johnson Shelby
provided in such legislation for those pur- sufficient second?
Collins Kennedy
Sullivan
poses, provided that such legislation would There appears to be a sufficient sec-
Cornyn Lankford not increase the deficit over either the pe-
Cotton Lee
Thune ond.
Tillis riod of the total of fiscal years 2022 through
Cramer Lummis The clerk will call the roll.
Toomey 2026 or the period of the total of fiscal years
Crapo Marshall
Tuberville 2022 through 2031. The legislative clerk called the roll.
Cruz McConnell
Daines Moran Wicker Mr. SULLIVAN. Madam President, Mr. THUNE. The following Senator is
Ernst Murkowski Young
my amendment would withhold Amer- necessarily absent: the Senator from
Fischer Paul
ican taxpayers’ support to the United South Dakota (Mr. ROUNDS).
NAYS—50 Nations Human Rights Council until The result was announced—yeas 49,
Baldwin Hickenlooper Reed the Department of State certifies that nays 50, as follows:
Bennet Hirono Rosen no members of the organization are [Rollcall Vote No. 354 Leg.]
Blumenthal Kaine Sanders
Booker Kelly
state sponsors of terrorism and the YEAS—49
Schatz
Brown King Schumer
Treasury Department reports on the Barrasso Graham Portman
Cantwell Klobuchar Shaheen prevalence of American sanctioned Blackburn Grassley Risch
Cardin Leahy countries within the organization. Blunt Hagerty Romney
Sinema
Carper Luján Boozman Hawley Rubio
Casey Manchin
Smith Right now, Cuba, which is designated Braun Hoeven
Stabenow Sasse
Coons Markey by the State Department as a state Burr Hyde-Smith Scott (FL)
Tester
Cortez Masto Menendez
Van Hollen
sponsor of terrorism, serves on the U.N. Capito Inhofe Scott (SC)
Duckworth Merkley Human Rights Council alongside au- Cassidy Johnson Shelby
Durbin Murphy Warner Collins Kennedy
Warnock thoritarian regimes and human rights Sullivan
Feinstein Murray Cornyn Lankford
Thune
Gillibrand Ossoff Warren abusers, Russia, and Communist China. Cotton Lee
Whitehouse Tillis
Hassan Padilla Recently, the Biden administration Cramer Lummis
Toomey
Heinrich Peters Wyden asked this very flawed international Crapo Marshall
Cruz McConnell Tuberville
NOT VOTING—1 organization to investigate our own Daines Moran Wicker
Rounds country’s record on human rights. This Ernst Murkowski Young
is an outrage, and the Congress should Fischer Paul
The amendment (No. 3650) was re- respond by defunding the Human
jected. NAYS—50
Rights Council until all of its member
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The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- Baldwin Casey Heinrich
countries actually respect human Bennet Coons Hickenlooper
ator from Alaska. rights. Blumenthal Cortez Masto Hirono
AMENDMENT NO. 3626 I urge my colleagues to support my Booker Duckworth Kaine
Mr. SULLIVAN. Madam President, I Brown Durbin Kelly
amendment. Cantwell Feinstein King
call up my amendment 3626 and ask The PRESIDING OFFICER. The sen- Cardin Gillibrand Klobuchar
that it be reported by number. ior Senator from New Jersey. Carper Hassan Leahy
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Luján Peters Stabenow part of the massive rush to import NOT VOTING—1
Manchin Reed Tester
Markey Rosen Van Hollen
EVs. This amendment would prohibit Rounds
Menendez Sanders Warner our bringing in EVs that are made with The PRESIDING OFFICER. On this
Merkley Schatz Warnock slave labor. We cannot and should not vote, the yeas are 50, the nays are 49.
Murphy Schumer Warren fund slave labor in communist China.
Murray Shaheen Three-fifths of the Senators duly cho-
Whitehouse
Ossoff Sinema Wyden
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The sen- sen and sworn not having voted in the
Padilla Smith ior Senator from Oregon. affirmative, the motion is rejected and
NOT VOTING—1 Mr. WYDEN. Madam President, I the amendment falls.
Rounds have been advised that inclusion of this The motion was rejected.
amendment in the budget resolution The senior Senator from Utah.
The amendment (No. 3626) as re- AMENDMENT NO. 3815
would be corrosive to the privileged
jected.
status of the resolution. Since this Mr. LEE. Madam President, I call up
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen-
amendment contains material inappro- my amendment No. 3815 and ask it be
ator from Texas.
priate for inclusion in the budget reso- reported by number.
AMENDMENT NO. 3681
lution, its adoption could jeopardize The PRESIDING OFFICER. The
Mr. CRUZ. Madam President, I call the privilege of this resolution, which clerk will report the amendment.
up my amendment No. 3681 and ask would completely halt our efforts to The senior assistant legislative clerk
that it be reported by number. consider a reconciliation bill later this read as follows:
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The year. The Senator from Utah [Mr. LEE] proposes
clerk will report. an amendment numbered 3815.
The legislative clerk read as follows: Additionally, this amendment is not
germane as required by law. Accord- The amendment is as follows:
The Senator from Texas [Mr. CRUZ] pro- (Purpose: To create a point of order against
poses an amendment numbered 3681.
ingly, I raise a point of order that the
pending amendment violates section legislation that would cause a net increase
The amendment is as follows: 305(b)(2) of the Congressional Budget in outlays unless the Director of the Con-
(Purpose: To create a point of order against gressional Budget Office certifies that in-
Act of 1974, and I would urge a vote flation is below 3 percent)
legislation that would provide funding or
against a motion to waive.
subsidize the import from the Xinjiang At the appropriate place in title IV, add
Uyghur Autonomous Region of the Peo- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The jun- the following:
ple’s Republic of China of items relating to ior Senator from Texas. SEC. 4lll. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST LEGISLA-
electric cars) MOTION TO WAIVE TION THAT WOULD CAUSE A NET IN-
CREASE IN OUTLAYS UNLESS THE
At the appropriate place in title IV, add Mr. CRUZ. Pursuant to section 904 of DIRECTOR OF THE CONGRESSIONAL
the following: BUDGET OFFICE CERTIFIES THAT
the Congressional Budget Act, I move
SEC. 4lll. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST PRO- INFLATION IS BELOW 3 PERCENT.
VIDING FUNDING OR SUBSIDIZING to waive, and I ask for the yeas and
(a) POINT OF ORDER.—It shall not be in
THE IMPORT FROM THE XINJIANG nays.
order in the Senate to consider any bill,
UYGHUR AUTONOMOUS REGION OF The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a
THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA joint resolution, motion, amendment,
OF ITEMS RELATING TO ELECTRIC
sufficient second? amendment between the Houses, or con-
CARS. There appears to be a sufficient sec- ference report that would cause a net in-
(a) POINT OF ORDER.—It shall not be in ond. crease in outlays relative to the most re-
order in the Senate to consider any bill, cently published Congressional Budget Office
The clerk will call the roll.
joint resolution, motion, amendment, baseline unless the Director of the Congres-
amendment between the Houses, or con-
The senior assistant legislative clerk sional Budget Office certifies (based on the
ference report that would provide funding to called the roll. most recent data available to the Director)
or subsidize the import of— Mr. THUNE. The following Senator is that inflation, as measured in either the av-
(1) significant goods, wares, articles, or necessarily absent: the Senator from erage of the annualized changes in the 3
merchandise mined, produced, or manufac- South Dakota (Mr. ROUNDS). most recently published monthly reports on
tured wholly, or in part, in the Xinjiang the consumer price index for all-urban con-
The result was announced—yeas 50, sumers published by the Bureau of Labor
Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People’s
Republic of China to be used for the produc-
nays 49, as follows: Statistics of the Department of Labor, or the
tion of electric vehicles; and [Rollcall Vote No. 355 Leg.] previous year’s unadjusted annual change in
(2) electric vehicles that incorporate or are that index, is below 3 percent.
YEAS—50
otherwise produced using goods, wares, arti- (b) WAIVER AND APPEAL.—Subsection (a)
Barrasso Graham Paul may be waived or suspended in the Senate
cles, or merchandise described in paragraph Blackburn Grassley Portman only by an affirmative vote of three-fifths of
(1). Blunt Hagerty Risch
(b) WAIVER AND APPEAL.—Subsection (a) Boozman
the Members, duly chosen and sworn. An af-
Hawley Romney
may be waived or suspended in the Senate Braun Hoeven firmative vote of three-fifths of the Members
Rubio
only by an affirmative vote of three-fifths of Burr Hyde-Smith of the Senate, duly chosen and sworn, shall
Sasse
the Members, duly chosen and sworn. An af- Capito Inhofe Scott (FL) be required to sustain an appeal of the ruling
firmative vote of three-fifths of the Members Cassidy Johnson Scott (SC) of the Chair on a point of order raised under
Collins Kennedy subsection (a).
of the Senate, duly chosen and sworn, shall Cornyn Lankford
Shelby
be required to sustain an appeal of the ruling Cotton Lee
Sullivan Mr. LEE. Madam President, inflation
of the Chair on a point of order raised under Cramer Thune is out of control. Very few seem to be
Lummis
subsection (a). Crapo Manchin Tillis
Toomey willing to talk about it, much less ad-
Cruz Marshall
Mr. CRUZ. Madam President, I rise Daines McConnell Tuberville dress it.
today to urge my colleagues to support Ernst Moran Wicker Now, look, it hasn’t been this bad
this amendment to create a point of Fischer Murkowski Young since the great recession. Even then,
order against any legislation that NAYS—49
only two of the months out of that en-
would fund or subsidize the import of tire crisis were as bad or worse than in-
Baldwin Hickenlooper Rosen
electric vehicles with supply lines that Bennet Hirono Sanders flation is right now, and it is showing
run through Xinjiang. Blumenthal Kaine Schatz up in every consumer product Ameri-
Right now, the Chinese Communist Booker Kelly Schumer cans buy. Everything from groceries to
Brown King Shaheen
Party is committing genocide against Cantwell Klobuchar
gasoline, to housing, to healthcare is
Sinema
millions of Uighurs in Xinjiang. They Cardin Leahy getting more expensive. Every dollar
Smith
are being tortured, murdered, and Carper Luján Stabenow that we churn into the economy, that
forced into slave labor. The CCP has Casey Markey we print out when we don’t have it,
Tester
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Coons Menendez
exploited that slave labor to ensure Cortez Masto Merkley
Van Hollen makes these and all other products
that much of the world’s EVs are made Duckworth Warner more expensive.
Murphy
Warnock
in Xinjiang and have parts produced in Durbin Murray
Warren
Let’s be clear. The spending is facili-
Feinstein Ossoff tated by this budget resolution, and
Xinjiang. Gillibrand Padilla Whitehouse
Our Nation is in perilous risk of be- Hassan Peters Wyden that same spending will exacerbate in-
coming complicit in these atrocities as Heinrich Reed flation. It will worsen the pain that
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Americans are feeling as they are fill- NOT VOTING—1 Mrs. GILLIBRAND. Madam Presi-
ing their gas tanks and stocking their Rounds dent, I ask for the yeas and nays.
pantries and refrigerators. The amendment (No. 3815) was re- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a
When inflation is surging, we can’t be jected. sufficient second?
piling onto the problem. We are not The PRESIDING OFFICER. The jun- There is a sufficient second.
elected to make life worse. We need to ior Senator from Louisiana. The clerk will call the roll.
get inflation back under our control. The senior assistant legislative clerk
AMENDMENT NO. 3753
This simple amendment would em- called the roll.
Mr. KENNEDY. Madam President, I Mr. THUNE. The following Senator is
power Congress to do that by making it call up my amendment No. 3753 and ask
harder for Congress to increase spend- necessarily absent: the Senator from
that it be reported by number and, South Dakota (Mr. ROUNDS).
ing whenever inflation is above 3 per- while they are doing that, for someone
cent. The result was announced—yeas 50,
to check on Senator TILLIS. nays 49, as follows:
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The jun- (Laughter.) [Rollcall Vote No. 357 Leg.]
ior Senator from Vermont. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The
YEAS—50
Mr. SANDERS. Madam President, clerk will report the amendment by
Baldwin Hickenlooper Reed
this amendment is a poison pill that number. Bennet Hirono Rosen
would defeat everything that many of The senior assistant legislative clerk Blumenthal Kaine Sanders
us are trying to accomplish tonight in read as follows: Booker Kelly Schatz
this historic budget: no reduction in The Senator from Louisiana [Mr. KENNEDY] Brown King Schumer
Cantwell Klobuchar Shaheen
childhood poverty; no expansion in proposes an amendment numbered 3753. Cardin Leahy Sinema
childcare, pre-K, or Medicare; no in- The amendment is as follows: Carper Luján Smith
vestment in affordable housing or (Purpose: To establish a deficit-neutral re- Casey Manchin
Stabenow
Coons Markey
home healthcare; no paid family and serve fund relating to maintaining the cur- Cortez Masto Menendez
Tester
medical leave; no effort to combat the rent law tax treatment of like kind ex- Duckworth Merkley
Van Hollen
existential threat of climate change; changes) Durbin Murphy Warner
Feinstein Murray Warnock
no creation of millions of good-paying At the end of title III, add the following: Warren
Gillibrand Ossoff
jobs. Using an arbitrary inflation num- SEC. 3lll. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND
Hassan Padilla Whitehouse
ber, it would end all of that. This RELATING TO MAINTAINING THE Wyden
Heinrich Peters
CURRENT LAW TAX TREATMENT OF
amendment must be defeated. LIKE KIND EXCHANGES. NAYS—49
VOTE ON AMENDMENT NO. 3815 The Chairman of the Committee on the Barrasso Graham Portman
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Budget of the Senate may revise the alloca- Blackburn Grassley Risch
tions of a committee or committees, aggre- Blunt Hagerty Romney
question is on agreeing to the amend- Boozman Hawley
gates, and other appropriate levels in this Rubio
ment. resolution, and make adjustments to the Braun Hoeven Sasse
Mr. LEE. Madam President, I ask for Burr Hyde-Smith Scott (FL)
pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or more bills,
Capito Inhofe
the yeas and nays. joint resolutions, amendments, amendments Cassidy Johnson
Scott (SC)
between the Houses, motions, or conference Shelby
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a Collins Kennedy
Sullivan
sufficient second? reports relating to maintaining the current Cornyn Lankford
Thune
law tax treatment of like kind exchanges Cotton Lee
There is a sufficient second. under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 by Cramer Lummis
Tillis
The clerk will call the roll. Crapo Marshall Toomey
the amounts provided in such legislation for Tuberville
Cruz McConnell
The legislative clerk called the roll. those purposes, provided that such legisla-
Daines Moran Wicker
Mr. THUNE. The following Senator is tion would not increase the deficit over ei- Ernst Murkowski Young
necessarily absent: the Senator from ther the period of the total of fiscal years Fischer Paul
2022 through 2026 or the period of the total of
South Dakota (Mr. ROUNDS). NOT VOTING—1
fiscal years 2022 through 2031.
The result was announced—yeas 49, Rounds
Mr. KENNEDY. Madam President,
nays 50, as follows:
this amendment will prohibit any The concurrent resolution (S. Con.
[Rollcall Vote No. 356 Leg.] changes to the tax treatment of like- Res. 14), as amended, was agreed to, as
YEAS—49 kind exchanges. follows:
Barrasso Graham Portman The PRESIDING OFFICER. The sen- S. CON. RES. 14
Blackburn Grassley Risch ior Senator from Oregon. SECTION 1. CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE
Blunt Hagerty Romney
Boozman Hawley
Mr. WYDEN. Madam President, it is BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022.
Rubio
Braun Hoeven my understanding that, after 15 hours (a) DECLARATION.—Congress declares that
Sasse
Burr Hyde-Smith Scott (FL) or so, this is the last amendment of the this resolution is the concurrent resolution
Capito Inhofe Scott (SC) night, and I recommend we do it by on the budget for fiscal year 2022 and that
Cassidy Johnson Shelby this resolution sets forth the appropriate
Collins Kennedy voice vote.
Sullivan budgetary levels for fiscal years 2023 through
Cornyn Lankford (Chorus of ‘‘ayes.’’) 2031.
Thune
Cotton Lee VOTE ON AMENDMENT NO. 3753
Tillis (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of con-
Cramer Lummis
Crapo Marshall Toomey The PRESIDING OFFICER. The tents for this concurrent resolution is as fol-
Cruz McConnell Tuberville question is on agreeing to the amend- lows:
Daines Moran Wicker Sec. 1. Concurrent resolution on the budget
Young
ment.
Ernst Murkowski for fiscal year 2022.
Fischer Paul
The amendment (No. 3753) was agreed
to. TITLE I—RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND
NAYS—50 The PRESIDING OFFICER. The ma- AMOUNTS
Baldwin Hickenlooper Reed jority leader. Subtitle A—Budgetary Levels in Both
Bennet Hirono Rosen
ORDER OF PROCEDURE
Houses
Blumenthal Kaine Sanders
Mr. SCHUMER. Madam President, we Sec. 1101. Recommended levels and amounts.
Booker Kelly Schatz Sec. 1102. Major functional categories.
Brown King Schumer are about to vote on the budget resolu-
Cantwell Klobuchar Shaheen tion. Subtitle B—Levels and Amounts in the
Cardin Leahy Sinema Senate
Carper Luján I remind my colleagues that we will
Smith Sec. 1201. Social Security in the Senate.
Casey Manchin
Stabenow have a vote very shortly thereafter on
Sec. 1202. Postal Service discretionary ad-
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Coons Markey voting rights.
Tester ministrative expenses in the
Cortez Masto Menendez
Duckworth Merkley
Van Hollen I thank the Presiding Officer. Senate.
Durbin Murphy Warner VOTE ON S. CON. RES. 14, AS AMENDED
Warnock TITLE II—RECONCILIATION
Feinstein Murray The PRESIDING OFFICER. The
Gillibrand Ossoff Warren Sec. 2001. Reconciliation in the Senate.
Hassan Padilla Whitehouse question is on agreeing to S. Con. Res. Sec. 2002. Reconciliation in the House of
Heinrich Peters Wyden 14, as amended. Representatives.
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TITLE III—RESERVE FUNDS Sec. 3022. Reserve fund relating to Great (1) FEDERAL REVENUES.—For purposes of
Sec. 3001. Reserve fund for legislation that Lakes ice breaking operational the enforcement of this resolution:
won’t raise taxes on people improvements. (A) The recommended levels of Federal
making less than $400,000 in the Sec. 3023. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relat- revenues are as follows:
Senate. ing to immigration enforce- Fiscal year 2022: $3,401,380,000,000.
Sec. 3002. Reserve fund for reconciliation ment and addressing the hu- Fiscal year 2023: $3,512,947,000,000.
legislation. manitarian crisis at the south- Fiscal year 2024: $3,542,298,000,000.
Sec. 3003. Reserve fund. ern border. Fiscal year 2025: $3,565,871,000,000.
Sec. 3004. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to Sec. 3024. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relat- Fiscal year 2026: $3,773,174,000,000.
prohibit the Green New Deal. ing to providing quality edu- Fiscal year 2027: $3,995,160,000,000.
Sec. 3005. Reserve fund relating to address- cation for children. Fiscal year 2028: $4,090,582,000,000.
ing the crisis of climate change. Sec. 3025. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relat- Fiscal year 2029: $4,218,130,000,000.
Sec. 3006. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relat- ing to hiring 100,000 new police Fiscal year 2030: $4,352,218,000,000.
ing to supporting privately-held officers. Fiscal year 2031: $4,505,614,000,000.
businesses, farms, and ranches. Sec. 3026. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relat- (B) The amounts by which the aggregate
Sec. 3007. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relat- ing to preventing electricity levels of Federal revenues should be changed
ing to promoting US competi- blackouts and improving elec- are as follows:
tiveness and innovation by sup- tricity reliability. Fiscal year 2022: $0.
porting research and develop- Sec. 3027. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relat- Fiscal year 2023: $0.
ment. ing to protecting migrants and Fiscal year 2024: $0.
Sec. 3008. Reserve fund relating to pro- local communities against Fiscal year 2025: $0.
tecting taxpayer privacy while COVID–19. Fiscal year 2026: $0.
ensuring those evading the tax Sec. 3028. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relat- Fiscal year 2027: $0.
system pay what they owe. ing to studying and providing Fiscal year 2028: $0.
Sec. 3009. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to for tax equivalency under the Fiscal year 2029: $0.
prohibit the Council on Envi- payments in lieu of taxes pro- Fiscal year 2030: $0.
ronmental Quality and Envi- gram. Fiscal year 2031: $0.
ronmental Protection Agency Sec. 3029. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relat- (2) NEW BUDGET AUTHORITY.—For purposes
from promulgating rules or ing to preventing tax increases of the enforcement of this resolution, the ap-
guidance that bans fracking in on small businesses. propriate levels of total new budget author-
the United States. Sec. 3030. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relat- ity are as follows:
Sec. 3010. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relat- ing to providing sufficient re- Fiscal year 2022: $4,417,362,000,000.
ing to facilitating improved sources to detain and deport a Fiscal year 2023: $4,579,359,000,000.
internet service for Cuban citi- higher number of aliens who Fiscal year 2024: $4,699,353,000,000.
zens. have been convicted of a crime. Fiscal year 2025: $4,940,084,000,000.
Sec. 3011. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relat- Sec. 3031. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relat- Fiscal year 2026: $5,107,577,000,000.
ing to adjusting Federal fund- ing to maintaining the current Fiscal year 2027: $5,311,640,000,000.
ing for local jurisdictions. law tax treatment of like kind Fiscal year 2028: $5,633,086,000,000.
Sec. 3012. Reserve fund relating to honoring exchanges. Fiscal year 2029: $5,722,075,000,000.
the Capitol Police, DC Metro- Fiscal year 2030: $6,064,522,000,000.
politan Police, and first re- TITLE IV—OTHER MATTERS Fiscal year 2031: $6,365,907,000,000.
sponders. Sec. 4001. Emergency legislation. (3) BUDGET OUTLAYS.—For purposes of the
Sec. 3013. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relat- Sec. 4002. Point of order against advance ap- enforcement of this resolution, the appro-
ing to supporting or expediting propriations in the Senate. priate levels of total budget outlays are as
the deployment of carbon cap- Sec. 4003. Point of order against advance ap- follows:
ture, utilization, and sequestra- propriations in the House of Fiscal year 2022: $4,698,391,000,000.
tion technologies. Representatives. Fiscal year 2023: $4,671,457,000,000.
Sec. 3014. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relat- Sec. 4004. Program integrity initiatives and Fiscal year 2024: $4,714,709,000,000.
ing to policies or legislation to other adjustments in the Sen- Fiscal year 2025: $4,936,110,000,000.
prohibit the Department of Ag- ate. Fiscal year 2026: $5,087,789,000,000.
riculture from making ineli- Sec. 4005. Program integrity initiatives and Fiscal year 2027: $5,288,850,000,000.
gible for financing fossil fuel- other adjustments in the House Fiscal year 2028: $5,635,713,000,000.
burning power plants. of Representatives. Fiscal year 2029: $5,667,301,000,000.
Sec. 3015. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relat- Sec. 4006. Enforcement filing. Fiscal year 2030: $6,024,068,000,000.
ing to the provisions of the Sec. 4007. Application and effect of changes Fiscal year 2031: $6,322,190,000,000.
American Rescue Plan Act. in allocations, aggregates, and (4) DEFICITS.—For purposes of the enforce-
Sec. 3016. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relat- other budgetary levels. ment of this resolution, the amounts of the
ing to means-testing electric Sec. 4008. Adjustments to reflect changes in deficits are as follows:
vehicle tax credits. concepts and definitions. Fiscal year 2022: $1,297,011,000,000.
Sec. 3017. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relat- Sec. 4009. Adjustment for bipartisan infra- Fiscal year 2023: $1,158,510,000,000.
ing to prohibiting or limiting structure legislation in the Fiscal year 2024: $1,172,411,000,000.
the issuance of costly Clean Air Senate. Fiscal year 2025: $1,370,239,000,000.
Act permit requirements on Sec. 4010. Adjustment for infrastructure leg- Fiscal year 2026: $1,314,615,000,000.
farmers and ranchers in the islation in the House of Rep- Fiscal year 2027: $1,293,690,000,000.
United States or the imposition resentatives. Fiscal year 2028: $1,545,131,000,000.
of new Federal methane re- Sec. 4011. Applicability of adjustments to Fiscal year 2029: $1,449,171,000,000.
quirements on livestock. discretionary spending limits. Fiscal year 2030: $1,671,850,000,000.
Sec. 3018. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relat- Sec. 4012. Budgetary treatment of adminis- Fiscal year 2031: $1,816,576,000,000.
ing to funding of the Office of trative expenses. (5) PUBLIC DEBT.—Pursuant to section
Foreign Assets Control. Sec. 4013. Appropriate budgetary adjust- 301(a)(5) of the Congressional Budget Act of
Sec. 3019. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relat- ments in the House of Rep- 1974 (2 U.S.C. 632(a)(5)), the appropriate levels
ing to abortion funding. resentatives. of the public debt are as follows:
Sec. 3020. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relat- Sec. 4014. Adjustment for changes in the Fiscal year 2022: $30,789,000,000,000.
ing to ensuring robust, secure, baseline in the House of Rep- Fiscal year 2023: $32,141,000,000,000.
and humane supply chains, resentatives. Fiscal year 2024: $33,526,000,000,000.
sourced by the United States Sec. 4015. Scoring rule in the Senate for Fiscal year 2025: $35,059,000,000,000.
and allies of the United States, child care and pre-kindergarten Fiscal year 2026: $36,570,000,000,000.
for renewable energy materials, legislation. Fiscal year 2027: $37,952,000,000,000.
technology, and critical min- Sec. 4016. Exercise of rulemaking powers. Fiscal year 2028: $39,733,000,000,000.
erals. Fiscal year 2029: $41,296,000,000,000.
TITLE I—RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND
Sec. 3021. Reserve fund relating to ensuring Fiscal year 2030: $43,188,000,000,000.
AMOUNTS
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robust, secure, and humane sup- Fiscal year 2031: $45,150,000,000,000.
ply chains by prohibiting the Subtitle A—Budgetary Levels in Both Houses (6) DEBT HELD BY THE PUBLIC.—The appro-
use of Federal funds to pur- SEC. 1101. RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND priate levels of debt held by the public are as
chase materials, technology, AMOUNTS. follows:
and critical minerals produced, The following budgetary levels are appro- Fiscal year 2022: $24,622,000,000,000.
manufactured, or mined with priate for each of fiscal years 2022 through Fiscal year 2023: $25,826,000,000,000.
forced labor. 2031: Fiscal year 2024: $27,153,000,000,000.
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Fiscal year 2025: $28,678,000,000,000. (B) Outlays, $48,830,000,000. (B) Outlays, $22,442,000,000.
Fiscal year 2026: $30,219,000,000,000. Fiscal year 2026: Fiscal year 2024:
Fiscal year 2027: $31,776,000,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $51,492,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $19,240,000,000.
Fiscal year 2028: $33,737,000,000,000. (B) Outlays, $50,050,000,000. (B) Outlays, $23,187,000,000.
Fiscal year 2029: $35,521,000,000,000. Fiscal year 2027: Fiscal year 2025:
Fiscal year 2030: $37,692,000,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $51,839,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $21,860,000,000.
Fiscal year 2031: $39,987,000,000,000. (B) Outlays, $50,449,000,000. (B) Outlays, $24,614,000,000.
SEC. 1102. MAJOR FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES. Fiscal year 2028: Fiscal year 2026:
Congress determines and declares that the (A) New budget authority, $51,169,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $23,761,000,000.
appropriate levels of new budget authority (B) Outlays, $49,783,000,000. (B) Outlays, $25,151,000,000.
and outlays for fiscal years 2022 through 2031 Fiscal year 2029: Fiscal year 2027:
for each major functional category are: (A) New budget authority, $50,735,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $25,501,000,000.
(1) National Defense (050): (B) Outlays, $49,415,000,000. (B) Outlays, $26,471,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022: Fiscal year 2030: Fiscal year 2028:
(A) New budget authority, $765,704,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $50,898,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $26,186,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $763,985,000,000. (B) Outlays, $49,548,000,000. (B) Outlays, $26,499,000,000.
Fiscal year 2031: Fiscal year 2029:
Fiscal year 2023:
(A) New budget authority, $51,324,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $25,629,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $782,245,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $49,936,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $770,192,000,000. (B) Outlays, $25,874,000,000.
(4) Energy (270):
Fiscal year 2024: Fiscal year 2030:
Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority, $799,520,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $25,159,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $14,240,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $776,297,000,000. (B) Outlays, $25,989,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $10,032,000,000.
Fiscal year 2025: Fiscal year 2031:
Fiscal year 2023:
(A) New budget authority, $817,214,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $28,515,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $59,665,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $794,946,000,000. (B) Outlays, $26,284,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $57,248,000,000.
Fiscal year 2026: Fiscal year 2024: (7) Commerce and Housing Credit (370):
(A) New budget authority, $835,351,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $55,348,000,000. Fiscal year 2022:
(B) Outlays, $810,367,000,000. (B) Outlays, $53,858,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $18,105,000,000.
Fiscal year 2027: Fiscal year 2025: (B) Outlays, $42,495,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $843,873,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $67,729,000,000. Fiscal year 2023:
(B) Outlays, $821,610,000,000. (B) Outlays, $66,867,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $19,284,000,000.
Fiscal year 2028: Fiscal year 2026: (B) Outlays, $29,411,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $852,499,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $78,038,000,000. Fiscal year 2024:
(B) Outlays, $836,561,000,000. (B) Outlays, $77,647,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $25,017,000,000.
Fiscal year 2029: Fiscal year 2027: (B) Outlays, $22,592,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $861,191,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $79,617,000,000. Fiscal year 2025:
(B) Outlays, $834,592,000,000. (B) Outlays, $79,511,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $24,785,000,000.
Fiscal year 2030: Fiscal year 2028: (B) Outlays, $19,146,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $870,003,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $74,543,000,000. Fiscal year 2026:
(B) Outlays, $848,928,000,000. (B) Outlays, $74,164,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $23,609,000,000.
Fiscal year 2031: Fiscal year 2029: (B) Outlays, $15,045,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $880,156,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $68,781,000,000. Fiscal year 2027:
(B) Outlays, $858,990,000,000. (B) Outlays, $68,174,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $21,752,000,000.
(2) International Affairs (150): Fiscal year 2030: (B) Outlays, $12,248,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022: (A) New budget authority, $63,620,000,000. Fiscal year 2028:
(A) New budget authority, $68,740,000,000. (B) Outlays, $62,932,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $21,992,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $68,368,000,000. Fiscal year 2031: (B) Outlays, $12,894,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023: (A) New budget authority, $55,974,000,000. Fiscal year 2029:
(A) New budget authority, $66,170,000,000. (B) Outlays, $55,198,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $23,789,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $64,121,000,000. (5) Natural Resources and Environment (B) Outlays, $13,250,000,000.
Fiscal year 2024: (300): Fiscal year 2030:
(A) New budget authority, $67,128,000,000. Fiscal year 2022: (A) New budget authority, $22,410,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $65,429,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $60,969,000,000. (B) Outlays, $10,462,000,000.
Fiscal year 2025: (B) Outlays, $54,889,000,000. Fiscal year 2031:
(A) New budget authority, $68,621,000,000. Fiscal year 2023: (A) New budget authority, $17,548,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $66,231,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $70,319,000,000. (B) Outlays, $6,105,000,000.
Fiscal year 2026: (B) Outlays, $67,072,000,000. (8) Transportation (400):
(A) New budget authority, $70,182,000,000. Fiscal year 2024: Fiscal year 2022:
(B) Outlays, $67,113,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $78,314,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $112,406,000,000.
Fiscal year 2027: (B) Outlays, $75,927,000,000. (B) Outlays, $133,738,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $71,840,000,000. Fiscal year 2025: Fiscal year 2023:
(B) Outlays, $68,304,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $85,585,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $113,887,000,000.
Fiscal year 2028: (B) Outlays, $84,140,000,000. (B) Outlays, $118,957,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $73,526,000,000. Fiscal year 2026: Fiscal year 2024:
(B) Outlays, $69,474,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $88,203,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $115,061,000,000.
Fiscal year 2029: (B) Outlays, $89,292,000,000. (B) Outlays, $112,082,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $75,221,000,000. Fiscal year 2027: Fiscal year 2025:
(B) Outlays, $71,071,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $85,995,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $115,757,000,000.
Fiscal year 2030: (B) Outlays, $88,010,000,000. (B) Outlays, $114,226,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $76,918,000,000. Fiscal year 2028: Fiscal year 2026:
(B) Outlays, $72,602,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $79,575,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $116,887,000,000.
Fiscal year 2031: (B) Outlays, $81,370,000,000. (B) Outlays, $116,667,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $78,648,000,000. Fiscal year 2029: Fiscal year 2027:
(B) Outlays, $74,169,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $72,930,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $109,698,000,000.
(3) General Science, Space, and Technology (B) Outlays, $74,272,000,000. (B) Outlays, $119,447,000,000.
(250): Fiscal year 2030: Fiscal year 2028:
Fiscal year 2022: (A) New budget authority, $68,352,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $110,385,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $43,582,000,000. (B) Outlays, $69,251,000,000. (B) Outlays, $121,240,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $39,492,000,000. Fiscal year 2031: Fiscal year 2029:
Fiscal year 2023: (A) New budget authority, $68,666,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $110,874,000,000.
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(A) New budget authority, $46,345,000,000. (B) Outlays, $68,676,000,000. (B) Outlays, $122,515,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $43,900,000,000. (6) Agriculture (350): Fiscal year 2030:
Fiscal year 2024: Fiscal year 2022: (A) New budget authority, $106,173,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $48,435,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $23,063,000,000. (B) Outlays, $117,702,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $46,597,000,000. (B) Outlays, $25,334,000,000. Fiscal year 2031:
Fiscal year 2025: Fiscal year 2023: (A) New budget authority, $107,256,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $50,286,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $21,368,000,000. (B) Outlays, $118,633,000,000.
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(9) Community and Regional Development (B) Outlays, $939,318,000,000. Fiscal year 2028:
(450): Fiscal year 2030: (A) New budget authority, $79,053,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022: (A) New budget authority, $982,028,000,000. (B) Outlays, $79,053,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $43,543,000,000. (B) Outlays, $970,863,000,000. Fiscal year 2029:
(B) Outlays, $47,318,000,000. Fiscal year 2031: (A) New budget authority, $84,197,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023: (A) New budget authority, $1,018,845,000,000. (B) Outlays, $84,197,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $27,007,000,000. (B) Outlays, $1,017,586,000,000. Fiscal year 2030:
(B) Outlays, $33,380,000,000. (12) Medicare (570): (A) New budget authority, $89,406,000,000.
Fiscal year 2024: Fiscal year 2022: (B) Outlays, $89,406,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $28,430,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $772,277,000,000. Fiscal year 2031:
(B) Outlays, $34,603,000,000. (B) Outlays, $771,930,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $93,932,000,000.
Fiscal year 2025: Fiscal year 2023: (B) Outlays, $93,932,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $27,461,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $882,348,000,000. (15) Veterans Benefits and Services (700):
(B) Outlays, $34,658,000,000. (B) Outlays, $882,065,000,000. Fiscal year 2022:
Fiscal year 2026: Fiscal year 2024: (A) New budget authority, $274,340,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $27,839,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $902,102,000,000. (B) Outlays, $282,071,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $35,338,000,000. (B) Outlays, $901,899,000,000. Fiscal year 2023:
Fiscal year 2027: Fiscal year 2025: (A) New budget authority, $279,810,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $27,744,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $1,018,540,000,000. (B) Outlays, $279,868,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $35,238,000,000. (B) Outlays, $1,018,302,000,000. Fiscal year 2024:
Fiscal year 2028: Fiscal year 2026: (A) New budget authority, $288,676,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $28,136,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $1,091,095,000,000. (B) Outlays, $276,026,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $35,738,000,000. (B) Outlays, $1,090,814,000,000. Fiscal year 2025:
Fiscal year 2029: Fiscal year 2027: (A) New budget authority, $297,105,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $28,524,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $1,168,909,000,000. (B) Outlays, $299,907,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $36,097,000,000. (B) Outlays, $1,168,581,000,000. Fiscal year 2026:
Fiscal year 2030: Fiscal year 2028: (A) New budget authority, $305,075,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $28,943,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $1,326,565,000,000. (B) Outlays, $307,739,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $36,452,000,000. (B) Outlays, $1,326,191,000,000. Fiscal year 2027:
Fiscal year 2031: Fiscal year 2029: (A) New budget authority, $313,512,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $33,429,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $1,262,774,000,000. (B) Outlays, $316,417,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $38,014,000,000. (B) Outlays, $1,262,367,000,000. Fiscal year 2028:
(10) Education, Training, Employment, and Fiscal year 2030: (A) New budget authority, $322,020,000,000.
Social Services (500): (A) New budget authority, $1,425,734,000,000. (B) Outlays, $336,852,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022: (B) Outlays, $1,425,284,000,000. Fiscal year 2029:
(A) New budget authority, $159,805,000,000. Fiscal year 2031: (A) New budget authority, $331,220,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $208,172,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $1,509,905,000,000. (B) Outlays, $315,456,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023: (B) Outlays, $1,509,433,000,000. Fiscal year 2030:
(A) New budget authority, $180,462,000,000. (13) Income Security (600): (A) New budget authority, $340,439,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $225,204,000,000. Fiscal year 2022: (B) Outlays, $338,867,000,000.
Fiscal year 2024: (A) New budget authority, $830,063,000,000. Fiscal year 2031:
(A) New budget authority, $200,600,000,000. (B) Outlays, $867,038,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $350,829,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $249,029,000,000. Fiscal year 2023: (B) Outlays, $349,032,000,000.
Fiscal year 2025: (A) New budget authority, $820,620,000,000. (16) Administration of Justice (750):
(A) New budget authority, $211,940,000,000. (B) Outlays, $836,905,000,000. Fiscal year 2022:
(B) Outlays, $243,908,000,000. Fiscal year 2024: (A) New budget authority, $80,614,000,000.
Fiscal year 2026: (A) New budget authority, $821,754,000,000. (B) Outlays, $78,094,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $212,123,000,000. (B) Outlays, $811,159,000,000. Fiscal year 2023:
(B) Outlays, $226,623,000,000. Fiscal year 2025: (A) New budget authority, $77,444,000,000.
Fiscal year 2027: (A) New budget authority, $792,146,000,000. (B) Outlays, $77,431,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $214,568,000,000. (B) Outlays, $780,347,000,000. Fiscal year 2024:
(B) Outlays, $218,916,000,000. Fiscal year 2026: (A) New budget authority, $78,904,000,000.
Fiscal year 2028: (A) New budget authority, $730,424,000,000. (B) Outlays, $78,533,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $217,422,000,000. (B) Outlays, $725,612,000,000. Fiscal year 2025:
(B) Outlays, $218,221,000,000. Fiscal year 2027: (A) New budget authority, $79,626,000,000.
Fiscal year 2029: (A) New budget authority, $733,601,000,000. (B) Outlays, $78,861,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $220,255,000,000. (B) Outlays, $724,726,000,000. Fiscal year 2026:
(B) Outlays, $219,079,000,000. Fiscal year 2028: (A) New budget authority, $81,223,000,000.
Fiscal year 2030: (A) New budget authority, $752,515,000,000. (B) Outlays, $80,382,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $229,691,000,000. (B) Outlays, $749,719,000,000. Fiscal year 2027:
(B) Outlays, $228,404,000,000. Fiscal year 2029: (A) New budget authority, $82,849,000,000.
Fiscal year 2031: (A) New budget authority, $764,277,000,000. (B) Outlays, $81,809,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $244,488,000,000. (B) Outlays, $749,137,000,000. Fiscal year 2028:
(B) Outlays, $242,537,000,000. Fiscal year 2030: (A) New budget authority, $84,495,000,000.
(11) Health (550): (A) New budget authority, $781,991,000,000. (B) Outlays, $83,423,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022: (B) Outlays, $772,369,000,000. Fiscal year 2029:
(A) New budget authority, $853,696,000,000. Fiscal year 2031: (A) New budget authority, $86,184,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $952,919,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $802,900,000,000. (B) Outlays, $85,004,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023: (B) Outlays, $792,858,000,000. Fiscal year 2030:
(A) New budget authority, $804,345,000,000. (14) Social Security (650): (A) New budget authority, $87,881,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $827,269,000,000. Fiscal year 2022: (B) Outlays, $86,642,000,000.
Fiscal year 2024: (A) New budget authority, $47,020,000,000. Fiscal year 2031:
(A) New budget authority, $800,361,000,000. (B) Outlays, $47,020,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $96,549,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $809,731,000,000. Fiscal year 2023: (B) Outlays, $94,529,000,000.
Fiscal year 2025: (A) New budget authority, $50,129,000,000. (17) General Government (800):
(A) New budget authority, $830,330,000,000. (B) Outlays, $50,129,000,000. Fiscal year 2022:
(B) Outlays, $830,449,000,000. Fiscal year 2024: (A) New budget authority, $48,565,000,000.
Fiscal year 2026: (A) New budget authority, $53,591,000,000. (B) Outlays, $111,629,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $855,834,000,000. (B) Outlays, $53,591,000,000. Fiscal year 2023:
(B) Outlays, $849,147,000,000. Fiscal year 2025: (A) New budget authority, $29,912,000,000.
Fiscal year 2027: (A) New budget authority, $57,355,000,000. (B) Outlays, $33,642,000,000.
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(A) New budget authority, $876,704,000,000. (B) Outlays, $57,355,000,000. Fiscal year 2024:
(B) Outlays, $869,791,000,000. Fiscal year 2026: (A) New budget authority, $30,382,000,000.
Fiscal year 2028: (A) New budget authority, $67,932,000,000. (B) Outlays, $32,557,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $908,063,000,000. (B) Outlays, $67,932,000,000. Fiscal year 2025:
(B) Outlays, $906,081,000,000. Fiscal year 2027: (A) New budget authority, $30,935,000,000.
Fiscal year 2029: (A) New budget authority, $74,299,000,000. (B) Outlays, $33,585,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $940,898,000,000. (B) Outlays, $74,299,000,000. Fiscal year 2026:
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(A) New budget authority, $31,538,000,000. Fiscal year 2024: (A) New budget authority, $6,969,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $33,016,000,000. (A) New budget authority, (B) Outlays, $6,912,000,000.
Fiscal year 2027: ¥$109,511,000,000. Fiscal year 2026:
(A) New budget authority, $32,168,000,000. (B) Outlays, ¥$109,116,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $7,185,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $33,540,000,000. Fiscal year 2025: (B) Outlays, $7,128,000,000.
Fiscal year 2028: (A) New budget authority, Fiscal year 2027:
(A) New budget authority, $32,798,000,000. ¥$111,761,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $7,405,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $33,807,000,000. (B) Outlays, ¥$116,941,000,000. (B) Outlays, $7,347,000,000.
Fiscal year 2029: Fiscal year 2026: Fiscal year 2028:
(A) New budget authority, $33,432,000,000. (A) New budget authority, (A) New budget authority, $7,631,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $33,024,000,000. ¥$115,184,000,000. (B) Outlays, $7,571,000,000.
Fiscal year 2030: (B) Outlays, ¥$113,634,000,000. Fiscal year 2029:
(A) New budget authority, $34,103,000,000. Fiscal year 2027: (A) New budget authority, $7,862,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $33,539,000,000. (A) New budget authority, (B) Outlays, $7,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2031: ¥$118,981,000,000. Fiscal year 2030:
(A) New budget authority, $35,123,000,000. (B) Outlays, ¥$117,431,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $8,098,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $34,544,000,000. Fiscal year 2028: (B) Outlays, $8,035,000,000.
(18) Net Interest (900): (A) New budget authority, Fiscal year 2031:
Fiscal year 2022: ¥$122,423,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $8,343,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $373,011,000,000. (B) Outlays, ¥$120,603,000,000. (B) Outlays, $8,278,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $373,011,000,000. Fiscal year 2029: SEC. 1202. POSTAL SERVICE DISCRETIONARY AD-
Fiscal year 2023: (A) New budget authority, MINISTRATIVE EXPENSES IN THE
(A) New budget authority, $378,542,000,000. ¥$126,990,000,000. SENATE.
(B) Outlays, $378,542,000,000. (B) Outlays, ¥$125,170,000,000. In the Senate, the amounts of new budget
Fiscal year 2024: Fiscal year 2030: authority and budget outlays of the Postal
(A) New budget authority, $407,539,000,000. (A) New budget authority, Service for discretionary administrative ex-
(B) Outlays, $407,539,000,000. ¥$131,662,000,000. penses are as follows:
Fiscal year 2025: (B) Outlays, ¥$130,112,000,000. Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority, $464,069,000,000. Fiscal year 2031: (A) New budget authority, $278,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $464,069,000,000. (A) New budget authority, (B) Outlays, $278,000,000.
Fiscal year 2026: ¥$136,520,000,000. Fiscal year 2023:
(A) New budget authority, $541,134,000,000. (B) Outlays, ¥$135,110,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $287,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $541,134,000,000. (B) Outlays, $287,000,000.
Fiscal year 2027: Subtitle B—Levels and Amounts in the
Senate Fiscal year 2024:
(A) New budget authority, $623,392,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $299,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $623,392,000,000. SEC. 1201. SOCIAL SECURITY IN THE SENATE.
(B) Outlays, $298,000,000.
Fiscal year 2028: (a) SOCIAL SECURITY REVENUES.—For pur- Fiscal year 2025:
(A) New budget authority, $719,805,000,000. poses of Senate enforcement under sections (A) New budget authority, $310,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $719,805,000,000. 302 and 311 of the Congressional Budget Act (B) Outlays, $310,000,000.
Fiscal year 2029: of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 633 and 642), the amounts of Fiscal year 2026:
(A) New budget authority, $813,280,000,000. revenues of the Federal Old-Age and Sur- (A) New budget authority, $321,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $813,280,000,000. vivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal (B) Outlays, $320,000,000.
Fiscal year 2030: Disability Insurance Trust Fund are as fol- Fiscal year 2027:
(A) New budget authority, $918,333,000,000. lows: (A) New budget authority, $332,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $918,333,000,000. Fiscal year 2022: $989,019,000,000. (B) Outlays, $332,000,000.
Fiscal year 2031: Fiscal year 2023: $1,084,547,000,000. Fiscal year 2028:
(A) New budget authority, $1,025,810,000,000. Fiscal year 2024: $1,128,287,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $344,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $1,025,810,000,000. Fiscal year 2025: $1,167,700,000,000. (B) Outlays, $343,000,000.
(19) Allowances (920): Fiscal year 2026: $1,211,081,000,000.
Fiscal year 2029:
Fiscal year 2022: Fiscal year 2027: $1,257,670,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $356,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $11,507,000,000. Fiscal year 2028: $1,305,822,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $355,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $17,129,000,000. Fiscal year 2029: $1,354,109,000,000.
Fiscal year 2030:
Fiscal year 2023: Fiscal year 2030: $1,401,701,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $368,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, ¥$14,188,000,000. Fiscal year 2031: $1,451,146,000,000.
(B) Outlays, ¥$2,706,000,000. (B) Outlays, $367,000,000.
(b) SOCIAL SECURITY OUTLAYS.—For pur-
Fiscal year 2024: Fiscal year 2031:
poses of Senate enforcement under sections
(A) New budget authority, ¥$11,538,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $381,000,000.
302 and 311 of the Congressional Budget Act
(B) Outlays, ¥$6,811,000,000. (B) Outlays, $380,000,000.
of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 633 and 642), the amounts of
Fiscal year 2025: outlays of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors TITLE II—RECONCILIATION
(A) New budget authority, ¥$9,499,000,000. Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Dis- SEC. 2001. RECONCILIATION IN THE SENATE.
(B) Outlays, ¥$7,389,000,000. ability Insurance Trust Fund are as follows: (a) COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE, NUTRITION,
Fiscal year 2026: Fiscal year 2022: $1,073,387,000,000. AND FORESTRY.—The Committee on Agri-
(A) New budget authority, ¥$8,979,000,000. Fiscal year 2023: $1,153,424,000,000. culture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Sen-
(B) Outlays, ¥$7,646,000,000. Fiscal year 2024: $1,231,164,000,000. ate shall report changes in laws within its
Fiscal year 2027: Fiscal year 2025: $1,311,894,000,000. jurisdiction that increase the deficit by not
(A) New budget authority, ¥$7,240,000,000. Fiscal year 2026: $1,389,018,000,000. more than $135,000,000,000 for the period of
(B) Outlays, ¥$6,478,000,000. Fiscal year 2027: $1,472,602,000,000. fiscal years 2022 through 2031.
Fiscal year 2028: Fiscal year 2028: $1,566,258,000,000. (b) COMMITTEE ON BANKING, HOUSING, AND
(A) New budget authority, ¥$5,238,000,000. Fiscal year 2029: $1,662,981,000,000. URBAN AFFAIRS.—The Committee on Bank-
(B) Outlays, ¥$4,559,000,000. Fiscal year 2030: $1,764,408,000,000. ing, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Sen-
Fiscal year 2029: Fiscal year 2031: $1,868,859,000,000. ate shall report changes in laws within its
(A) New budget authority, ¥$5,126,000,000. (c) SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATIVE EX- jurisdiction that increase the deficit by not
(B) Outlays, ¥$3,651,000,000. PENSES.—In the Senate, the amounts of new more than $332,000,000,000 for the period of
Fiscal year 2030: budget authority and budget outlays of the fiscal years 2022 through 2031.
(A) New budget authority, ¥$5,898,000,000. Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance (c) COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, SCIENCE, AND
(B) Outlays, ¥$3,393,000,000. Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insur- TRANSPORTATION.—The Committee on Com-
Fiscal year 2031: ance Trust Fund for administrative expenses merce, Science, and Transportation of the
(A) New budget authority, $2,530,000,000. are as follows: Senate shall report changes in laws within
(B) Outlays, $1,034,000,000. Fiscal year 2022: its jurisdiction that increase the deficit by
(20) Undistributed Offsetting Receipts (950): (A) New budget authority, $6,339,000,000. not more than $83,076,000,000 for the period of
Fiscal year 2022: (B) Outlays, $6,311,000,000. fiscal years 2022 through 2031.
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(A) New budget authority, Fiscal year 2023: (d) COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND NATURAL
¥$183,888,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $6,541,000,000. RESOURCES.—The Committee on Energy and
(B) Outlays, ¥$191,273,000,000. (B) Outlays, $6,490,000,000. Natural Resources of the Senate shall report
Fiscal year 2023: Fiscal year 2024: changes in laws within its jurisdiction that
(A) New budget authority, (A) New budget authority, $6,757,000,000. increase the deficit by not more than
¥$116,355,000,000. (B) Outlays, $6,700,000,000. $198,000,000,000 for the period of fiscal years
(B) Outlays, ¥$123,615,000,000. Fiscal year 2025: 2022 through 2031.
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(e) COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC increase the deficit by not more than the time period of fiscal year 2022 to fiscal
WORKS.—The Committee on Environment $339,000,000,000 for the period of fiscal years year 2031.
and Public Works of the Senate shall report 2022 through 2031. SEC. 3002. RESERVE FUND FOR RECONCILIATION
changes in laws within its jurisdiction that (e) COMMITTEE ON HOMELAND SECURITY.— LEGISLATION.
increase the deficit by not more than The Committee on Homeland Security of the (a) SENATE.—
$67,264,000,000 for the period of fiscal years House of Representatives shall report (1) IN GENERAL.—The Chairman of the Com-
2022 through 2031. changes in laws within its jurisdiction that mittee on the Budget of the Senate may re-
(f) COMMITTEE ON FINANCE.—The Com- increase the deficit by not more than vise the allocations of a committee or com-
mittee on Finance of the Senate shall report $500,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2022 mittees, aggregates, and other appropriate
changes in laws within its jurisdiction that through 2031. levels in this resolution, and make adjust-
reduce the deficit by not less than (f) COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY.—The ments to the pay-as-you-go ledger, for any
$1,000,000,000 for the period of fiscal years Committee on the Judiciary of the House of bill or joint resolution considered pursuant
2022 through 2031. Representatives shall report changes in laws
(g) COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, EDUCATION, to section 2001 containing the recommenda-
within its jurisdiction that increase the def- tions of one or more committees, or for one
LABOR, AND PENSIONS.—The Committee on icit by not more than $107,500,000,000 for the
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of or more amendments to, a conference report
period of fiscal years 2022 through 2031. on, or an amendment between the Houses in
the Senate shall report changes in laws with- (g) COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES.—
in its jurisdiction that increase the deficit relation to such a bill or joint resolution, by
The Committee on Natural Resources of the the amounts necessary to accommodate the
by not more than $726,380,000,000 for the pe- House of Representatives shall report
riod of fiscal years 2022 through 2031. budgetary effects of the legislation, if the
changes in laws within its jurisdiction that budgetary effects of the legislation comply
(h) COMMITTEE ON HOMELAND SECURITY AND increase the deficit by not more than
GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS.—The Committee on with the reconciliation instructions under
$25,600,000,000 for the period of fiscal years this concurrent resolution, except that no
Homeland Security and Governmental Af- 2022 through 2031.
fairs of the Senate shall report changes in adjustment shall be made pursuant to this
(h) COMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND RE- subsection if such legislation raises taxes on
laws within its jurisdiction that increase the FORM.—The Committee on Oversight and Re-
deficit by not more than $37,000,000,000 for people making less than $400,000.
form of the House of Representatives shall (2) DETERMINATION OF COMPLIANCE.—For
the period of fiscal years 2022 through 2031. report changes in laws within its jurisdiction
(i) COMMITTEE ON INDIAN AFFAIRS.—The purposes of this subsection, compliance with
that increase the deficit by not more than the reconciliation instructions under this
Committee on Indian Affairs of the Senate $7,500,000,000 for the period of fiscal years
shall report changes in laws within its juris- concurrent resolution shall be determined by
2022 through 2031. the Chairman of the Committee on the Budg-
diction that increase the deficit by not more (i) COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE, SPACE, AND
than $20,500,000,000 for the period of fiscal et of the Senate.
TECHNOLOGY.—The Committee on Science, (3) EXCEPTIONS FOR LEGISLATION.—
years 2022 through 2031. Space, and Technology of the House of Rep-
(j) COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY.—The (A) SHORT-TERM.—Section 404 of S. Con.
resentatives shall report changes in laws Res. 13 (111th Congress), the concurrent reso-
Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate within its jurisdiction that increase the def-
shall report changes in laws within its juris- lution on the budget for fiscal year 2010, as
icit by not more than $45,510,000,000 for the amended by section 3201(b)(2) of S. Con. Res.
diction that increase the deficit by not more period of fiscal years 2022 through 2031.
than $107,500,000,000 for the period of fiscal 11 (114th Congress), the concurrent resolu-
(j) COMMITTEE ON SMALL BUSINESS.—The tion on the budget for fiscal year 2016, shall
years 2022 through 2031. Committee on Small Business of the House
(k) COMMITTEE ON SMALL BUSINESS AND EN- not apply to legislation for which the Chair-
of Representatives shall report changes in man of the Committee on the Budget of the
TREPRENEURSHIP.—The Committee on Small
laws within its jurisdiction that increase the Senate has exercised the authority under
Business and Entrepreneurship of the Senate
deficit by not more than $17,500,000,000 for paragraph (1).
shall report changes in laws within its juris-
the period of fiscal years 2022 through 2031. (B) LONG-TERM.—Section 3101 of S. Con.
diction that increase the deficit by not more
(k) COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND IN- Res. 11 (114th Congress), the concurrent reso-
than $25,000,000,000 for the period of fiscal FRASTRUCTURE.—The Committee on Trans-
years 2022 through 2031. lution on the budget for fiscal year 2016,
portation and Infrastructure of the House of shall not apply to legislation for which the
(l) COMMITTEE ON VETERANS’ AFFAIRS.—The
Representatives shall report changes in laws Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of
Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the Sen-
within its jurisdiction that increase the def- the Senate has exercised the authority under
ate shall report changes in laws within its
icit by not more than $60,000,000,000 for the paragraph (1).
jurisdiction that increase the deficit by not
period of fiscal years 2022 through 2031.
more than $18,000,000,000 for the period of fis- (b) HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.—
(l) COMMITTEE ON VETERANS’ AFFAIRS.—The
cal years 2022 through 2031. (1) IN GENERAL.—In the House of the Rep-
Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the House
(m) SUBMISSIONS.—In the Senate, not later resentatives, the chair of the Committee on
than September 15, 2021, the Committees of Representatives shall report changes in
laws within its jurisdiction that increase the the Budget may revise the allocations of a
named in the subsections of this section committee or committees, aggregates, and
shall submit their recommendations to the deficit by not more than $18,000,000,000 for
the period of fiscal years 2022 through 2031. other appropriate levels in this concurrent
Committee on the Budget of the Senate. resolution for any bill or joint resolution
Upon receiving all such recommendations, (m) COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS.—The
Committee on Ways and Means of the House considered pursuant to this concurrent reso-
the Committee on the Budget of the Senate lution containing the recommendations of
of Representatives shall report changes in
shall report to the Senate a reconciliation one or more committees, or for one or more
laws within its jurisdiction that reduce the
bill carrying out all such recommendations amendments to, a conference report on, or
deficit by not less than $1,000,000,000 for the
without any substantive revision. an amendment between the Houses in rela-
period of fiscal years 2022 through 2031.
SEC. 2002. RECONCILIATION IN THE HOUSE OF tion to such a bill or joint resolution, by the
REPRESENTATIVES. (n) SUBMISSIONS.—In the House of Rep-
resentatives, not later than September 15, amounts necessary to accommodate the
(a) COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE.—The Com- budgetary effects of the legislation.
mittee on Agriculture of the House of Rep- 2021, the committees named in the sub-
sections of this section shall submit their (2) EXCEPTION FOR LEGISLATION.—The point
resentatives shall report changes in laws of order set forth in clause 10 of rule XXI of
within its jurisdiction that increase the def- recommendations to the Committee on the
Budget of the House of Representatives to the House of Representatives shall not apply
icit by not more than $89,100,000,000 for the to reconciliation legislation reported by the
period of fiscal years 2022 through 2031. carry out this section.
Committee on the Budget pursuant to sub-
(b) COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR.— TITLE III—RESERVE FUNDS missions under this concurrent resolution.
The Committee on Education and Labor of SEC. 3001. RESERVE FUND FOR LEGISLATION SEC. 3003. RESERVE FUND.
the House of Representatives shall report THAT WON’T RAISE TAXES ON PEO-
changes in laws within its jurisdiction that PLE MAKING LESS THAN $400,000 IN (a) SENATE.—The Chairman of the Com-
increase the deficit by not more than THE SENATE. mittee on the Budget of the Senate may re-
$779,500,000,000 for the period of fiscal years The Chairman of the Committee on the vise the allocations of a committee or com-
2022 through 2031. Budget of the Senate may revise the alloca- mittees, aggregates, and other appropriate
(c) COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND COMMERCE.— tions of a committee or committees, aggre- levels in this resolution, and make adjust-
The Committee on Energy and Commerce of gates, and other appropriate levels in this ments to the pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or
the House of Representatives shall report resolution, and make adjustments to the more bills, joint resolutions, amendments,
changes in laws within its jurisdiction that pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or more bills, amendments between the Houses, motions,
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increase the deficit by not more than joint resolutions, amendments, amendments or conference reports by the amounts pro-
$486,500,000,000 for the period of fiscal years between the Houses, motions, or conference vided in such legislation, provided that such
2022 through 2031. reports relating to changes in revenues, legislation would not increase the deficit for
(d) COMMITTEE ON FINANCIAL SERVICES.— without raising taxes on people making less the time period of fiscal year 2022 to fiscal
The Committee on Financial Services of the than $400,000, by the amounts in such legisla- year 2031.
House of Representatives shall report tion for those purposes, provided that such (b) HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.—The chair
changes in laws within its jurisdiction that legislation would not increase the deficit for of the Committee on the Budget of the House
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of Representatives may revise the alloca- SEC. 3007. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RE- between the Houses, motions, or conference
tions of a committee or committees, aggre- LATING TO PROMOTING US COM- reports relating to improving the National
PETITIVENESS AND INNOVATION BY
gates, and other appropriate levels in this Telecommunications and Information Ad-
SUPPORTING RESEARCH AND DE-
concurrent resolution for one or more bills, VELOPMENT. ministration, which may include ensuring
joint resolutions, amendments, or conference The Chairman of the Committee on the that the internet is an engine for innovation
reports by the amounts provided in such leg- Budget of the Senate may revise the alloca- and economic growth for the Cuban people,
islation, provided that such legislation tions of a committee or committees, aggre- by the amounts provided in such legislation
would not increase the deficit for the fol- gates, and other appropriate levels in this for those purposes, provided that such legis-
lowing time periods: fiscal year 2022 to fiscal resolution, and make adjustments to the lation would not increase the deficit over ei-
year 2026 and fiscal year 2022 to fiscal year pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or more bills, ther the period of the total of fiscal years
2031. joint resolutions, amendments, amendments 2022 through 2026 or the period of the total of
SEC. 3004. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO between the Houses, motions, or conference fiscal years 2022 through 2031.
PROHIBIT THE GREEN NEW DEAL. reports relating to supporting United States SEC. 3011. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RE-
LATING TO ADJUSTING FEDERAL
The Chairman of the Committee on the economic competitiveness and innovation, FUNDING FOR LOCAL JURISDIC-
Budget of the Senate may revise the alloca- which may include expanding the research TIONS.
tions of a committee or committees, aggre- and development tax credit for small busi- The Chairman of the Committee on the
gates, and other appropriate levels in this nesses and preserving full expensing for re- Budget of the Senate may revise the alloca-
resolution, and make adjustments to the search and development investments, by the tions of a committee or committees, aggre-
pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or more bills, amounts provided in such legislation for gates, and other appropriate levels in this
joint resolutions, amendments, amendments those purposes, provided that such legisla- resolution, and make adjustments to the
between the Houses, motions, or conference tion would not increase the deficit over ei- pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or more bills,
reports relating to Federal greenhouse gas ther the period of the total of fiscal years joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
restrictions, which may include limiting or 2022 through 2026 or the period of the total of between the Houses, motions, or conference
prohibiting legislation or regulations to im- fiscal years 2022 through 2031. reports relating to adjustments to Federal
plement the Green New Deal, to ship United SEC. 3008. RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PRO- funds for local governments within the juris-
States companies and jobs overseas, to im- TECTING TAXPAYER PRIVACY WHILE
diction of the committees receiving rec-
pose soaring electricity, gasoline, home ENSURING THOSE EVADING THE TAX
SYSTEM PAY WHAT THEY OWE. onciliation instructions under section 2001 of
heating oil, and other energy prices on work- this resolution, which may include limiting
ing class families, or to make the United The Chairman of the Committee on the
Budget of the Senate may revise the alloca- or eliminating Federal payments, other than
States increasingly dependent on foreign grants under subpart 1 of part E of title I of
supply chains, by the amounts provided in tions of a committee or committees, aggre-
gates, and other appropriate levels in this the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets
such legislation for those purposes, provided Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10151 et seq.) (com-
that such legislation would not increase the resolution, and make adjustments to the
pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or more bills, monly known as the ‘‘Byrne JAG grant pro-
deficit over either the period of the total of gram’’) or section 1701 of title I of such Act
fiscal years 2022 through 2026 or the period of joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
between the Houses, motions, or conference (34 U.S.C. 10381) (commonly known as the
the total of fiscal years 2022 through 2031. ‘‘COPS grant program’’), to local govern-
reports relating to strengthening Federal tax
SEC. 3005. RESERVE FUND RELATING TO AD- ments that defund the police, by the
DRESSING THE CRISIS OF CLIMATE
administration, which may include requiring
reporting on large financial account bal- amounts provided in such legislation for
CHANGE. those purposes, provided that such legisla-
ances to ensure those evading the tax system
The Chairman of the Committee on the pay what they owe while protecting the pri- tion would not increase the deficit over ei-
Budget of the Senate may revise the alloca- vacy of American taxpayer and small busi- ther the period of the total of fiscal years
tions of a committee or committees, aggre- ness tax information, by the amounts pro- 2022 through 2026 or the period of the total of
gates, and other appropriate levels in this vided in such legislation for those purposes, fiscal years 2022 through 2031.
resolution, and make adjustments to the provided that such legislation would not in- SEC. 3012. RESERVE FUND RELATING TO HON-
pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or more bills, crease the deficit over the period of the total ORING THE CAPITOL POLICE, DC
joint resolutions, amendments, amendments METROPOLITAN POLICE, AND FIRST
of fiscal years 2022 through 2031. RESPONDERS.
between the Houses, motions, or conference
SEC. 3009. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO
reports relating to addressing the crisis of The Chairman of the Committee on the
PROHIBIT THE COUNCIL ON ENVI-
climate change through new policies that RONMENTAL QUALITY AND ENVI- Budget of the Senate may revise the alloca-
create jobs, reduce pollution, and strengthen RONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY tions of a committee or committees, aggre-
the economy of the United States by the FROM PROMULGATING RULES OR gates, and other appropriate levels in this
amounts provided in such legislation for GUIDANCE THAT BANS FRACKING IN resolution, and make adjustments to the
those purposes, provided that such legisla- THE UNITED STATES. pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or more bills,
tion would not increase the deficit over the The Chairman of the Committee on the joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
period of the total of fiscal years 2022 Budget of the Senate may revise the alloca- between the Houses, motions, or conference
through 2031. tions of a committee or committees, aggre- reports relating to honoring the United
gates, and other appropriate levels in this States Capitol Police, the District of Colum-
SEC. 3006. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RE-
LATING TO SUPPORTING PRI- resolution, and make adjustments to the bia Metropolitan Police, and all other first
VATELY-HELD BUSINESSES, FARMS, pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or more bills, responders, who fought and died protecting
AND RANCHES. joint resolutions, amendments, amendments Congress and the United States Capitol from
The Chairman of the Committee on the between the Houses, motions, or conference the mob of insurrectionists on January 6th,
Budget of the Senate may revise the alloca- reports relating to the National Environ- 2021, by the amounts provided in such legis-
tions of a committee or committees, aggre- mental Policy Act of 1969 and environmental lation for those purposes, provided that such
gates, and other appropriate levels in this laws and policies, which may include lim- legislation would not increase the deficit
resolution, and make adjustments to the iting or prohibiting the Chair of the Council over the period of the total of fiscal years
pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or more bills, on Environmental Quality and the Adminis- 2022 through 2031.
joint resolutions, amendments, amendments trator of the Environmental Protection SEC. 3013. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RE-
between the Houses, motions, or conference Agency from proposing, finalizing, or imple- LATING TO SUPPORTING OR EXPE-
menting a rule or guidance that bans DITING THE DEPLOYMENT OF CAR-
reports relating to protecting privately-held BON CAPTURE, UTILIZATION, AND
businesses, farms, and ranches, which may fracking in the United States by the
amounts provided in such legislation for SEQUESTRATION TECHNOLOGIES.
include— The Chairman of the Committee on the
(1) preserving the tax principles in effect as those purposes, provided that such legisla-
tion would not increase the deficit over ei- Budget of the Senate may revise the alloca-
of the date of the adoption of this resolution tions of a committee or committees, aggre-
which are applicable to owning, operating, or ther the period of the total of fiscal years
2022 through 2026 or the period of the total of gates, and other appropriate levels in this
transferring such businesses, farms, and resolution, and make adjustments to the
ranches, fiscal years 2022 through 2031.
SEC. 3010. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RE- pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or more bills,
(2) preserving the full benefit of the step-up joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
LATING TO FACILITATING IM-
in basis for assets acquired from a decedent, between the Houses, motions, or conference
PROVED INTERNET SERVICE FOR
or CUBAN CITIZENS. reports relating to Federal environmental
(3) extending tax relief for such businesses,
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The Chairman of the Committee on the and energy policies, which may include sup-
farms or ranches, Budget of the Senate may revise the alloca- porting or expediting the deployment of car-
provided that such legislation would not in- tions of a committee or committees, aggre- bon capture, utilization, and sequestration
crease the deficit over either the period of gates, and other appropriate levels in this technologies (including technologies that
the total of fiscal years 2022 through 2026 or resolution, and make adjustments to the may be used on coal- and natural gas-fired
the period of the total of fiscal years 2022 pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or more bills, power plants) in the United States to lower
through 2031. joint resolutions, amendments, amendments emissions and to increase the use of captured
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carbon dioxide for valuable products and en- tions of a committee or committees, aggre- hibiting or limiting renewable energy
hanced oil recovery, by the amounts pro- gates, and other appropriate levels in this projects funded or subsidized by Federal
vided in such legislation for those purposes, resolution, and make adjustments to the funds from purchasing materials, tech-
provided that such legislation would not in- pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or more bills, nology, and critical minerals produced in
crease the deficit over either the period of joint resolutions, amendments, amendments China, by the amounts provided in such leg-
the total of fiscal years 2022 through 2026 or between the Houses, motions, or conference islation for those purposes, provided that
the period of the total of fiscal years 2022 reports relating to Federal environmental such legislation would not increase the def-
through 2031. policies under the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. icit over either the period of the total of fis-
SEC. 3014. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RE- 7401 et seq.), which may include prohibiting cal years 2022 through 2026 or the period of
LATING TO POLICIES OR LEGISLA- or limiting the issuance of costly permit re- the total of fiscal years 2022 through 2031.
TION TO PROHIBIT THE DEPART- quirements under that Act on farmers and SEC. 3021. RESERVE FUND RELATING TO ENSUR-
MENT OF AGRICULTURE FROM MAK- ING ROBUST, SECURE, AND HUMANE
ING INELIGIBLE FOR FINANCING
ranchers in the United States or the imposi-
SUPPLY CHAINS BY PROHIBITING
FOSSIL FUEL-BURNING POWER tion of any new Federal methane require- THE USE OF FEDERAL FUNDS TO
PLANTS. ments on livestock that would have the ef- PURCHASE MATERIALS, TECH-
The Chairman of the Committee on the fect of increasing the cost of beef and other NOLOGY, AND CRITICAL MINERALS
Budget of the Senate may revise the alloca- critical products, by the amounts provided in PRODUCED, MANUFACTURED, OR
tions of a committee or committees, aggre- such legislation for those purposes, provided MINED WITH FORCED LABOR.
gates, and other appropriate levels in this that such legislation would not increase the The Chairman of the Committee on the
resolution, and make adjustments to the deficit over either the period of the total of Budget of the Senate may revise the alloca-
pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or more bills, fiscal years 2022 through 2026 or the period of tions of a committee or committees, aggre-
joint resolutions, amendments, amendments the total of fiscal years 2022 through 2031. gates, and other appropriate levels in this
between the Houses, motions, or conference SEC. 3018. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RE- resolution, and make adjustments to the
reports relating to agriculture policy, which LATING TO FUNDING OF THE OF- pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or more bills,
may include prohibiting or limiting the De- FICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL. joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
partment of Agriculture from making ineli- The Chairman of the Committee on the between the Houses, motions, or conference
gible for financing the construction, mainte- Budget of the Senate may revise the alloca- reports relating to ensuring robust, secure,
nance, or improvement of fossil fuel-burning tions of a committee or committees, aggre- and humane supply chains by prohibiting the
power plants by the amounts provided in gates, and other appropriate levels in this use of Federal funds to purchase materials,
such legislation for those purposes, provided resolution, and make adjustments to the technology, and critical minerals produced,
that such legislation would not increase the pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or more bills, manufactured, or mined with forced labor by
deficit over either the period of the total of joint resolutions, amendments, amendments the amounts provided in such legislation for
fiscal years 2022 through 2026 or the period of between the Houses, motions, or conference those purposes, provided that such legisla-
the total of fiscal years 2022 through 2031. reports relating to funding of the Office of tion would not increase the deficit over the
SEC. 3015. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RE- Foreign Assets Control, which may include period of the total of fiscal years 2022
LATING TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE additional resources for enforcement activi- through 2031.
AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT. ties or additional sanctions against terrorist SEC. 3022. RESERVE FUND RELATING TO GREAT
The Chairman of the Committee on the LAKES ICE BREAKING OPERATIONAL
organizations, including those in the Gaza
IMPROVEMENTS.
Budget of the Senate may revise the alloca- Strip and their members, by the amounts
tions of a committee or committees, aggre- The Chairman of the Committee on the
provided in such legislation for those pur-
gates, and other appropriate levels in this Budget of the Senate may revise the alloca-
poses, provided that such legislation would
resolution, and make adjustments to the tions of a committee or committees, aggre-
not increase the deficit over either the pe-
pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or more bills, gates, and other appropriate levels in this
riod of the total of fiscal years 2022 through
joint resolutions, amendments, amendments resolution, and make adjustments to the
2026 or the period of the total of fiscal years pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or more bills,
between the Houses, motions, or conference 2022 through 2031.
reports relating to limitations on Federal re- joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
SEC. 3019. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RE- between the Houses, motions, or conference
lief funds for State or local governments, LATING TO ABORTION FUNDING.
which may include lifting or prohibiting re- reports relating to improving Coast Guard
The Chairman of the Committee on the operations, which may include funding for
strictions related to modifications to a Budget of the Senate may revise the alloca-
State’s or territory’s tax revenue source, by the acquisition, design, and construction of a
tions of a committee or committees, aggre- Great Lakes heavy icebreaker, by the
the amounts provided in such legislation for gates, and other appropriate levels in this
those purposes, provided that such legisla- amounts provided in such legislation for
resolution, and make adjustments to the those purposes, provided that such legisla-
tion would not increase the deficit over ei- pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or more bills,
ther the period of the total of fiscal years tion would not increase the deficit over the
joint resolutions, amendments, amendments period of the total of fiscal years 2022
2022 through 2026 or the period of the total of between the Houses, motions, or conference
fiscal years 2022 through 2031. through 2031.
reports relating to improving health pro- SEC. 3023. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RE-
SEC. 3016. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RE- grams, which may include prohibiting fund-
LATING TO MEANS-TESTING ELEC- LATING TO IMMIGRATION ENFORCE-
TRIC VEHICLE TAX CREDITS.
ing for abortions consistent with the Hyde MENT AND ADDRESSING THE HU-
amendment or limitations on Federal fund- MANITARIAN CRISIS AT THE SOUTH-
The Chairman of the Committee on the ERN BORDER.
Budget of the Senate may revise the alloca- ing to State or local governments that dis-
criminate against entities who refuse to par- The Chairman of the Committee on the
tions of a committee or committees, aggre- Budget of the Senate may revise the alloca-
gates, and other appropriate levels in this ticipate in abortion consistent with the
Weldon amendment, by the amounts pro- tions of a committee or committees, aggre-
resolution, and make adjustments to the gates, and other appropriate levels in this
pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or more bills, vided in such legislation for those purposes,
provided that such legislation would not in- resolution, and make adjustments to the
joint resolutions, amendments, amendments pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or more bills,
between the Houses, motions, or conference crease the deficit over either the period of
the total of fiscal years 2022 through 2026 or joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
reports relating to means-testing electric ve- between the Houses, motions, or conference
hicle tax credits, which may include limiting the period of the total of fiscal years 2022
through 2031. reports relating to immigration enforce-
eligibility of individuals with an adjusted ment, which may include strengthening en-
gross income of greater than $100,000 or set- SEC. 3020. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RE-
LATING TO ENSURING ROBUST, SE- forcement of immigration laws to address
ting maximum car values allowed for eligible the humanitarian crisis at the southern bor-
CURE, AND HUMANE SUPPLY
purchases at $40,000, by the amounts pro- der, dramatically increasing funding for
CHAINS, SOURCED BY THE UNITED
vided in such legislation for those purposes, STATES AND ALLIES OF THE UNITED smart and effective border security meas-
provided that such legislation would not in- STATES, FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY ures, improving asylum processing, and re-
crease the deficit over either the period of MATERIALS, TECHNOLOGY, AND ducing immigration court backlogs, by the
the total of fiscal years 2022 through 2026 or CRITICAL MINERALS.
amounts provided in such legislation for
the period of the total of fiscal years 2022 The Chairman of the Committee on the those purposes, provided that such legisla-
through 2031. Budget of the Senate may revise the alloca- tion would not increase the deficit over ei-
SEC. 3017. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RE- tions of a committee or committees, aggre- ther the period of the total of fiscal years
LATING TO PROHIBITING OR LIM- gates, and other appropriate levels in this 2022 through 2026 or the period of the total of
ITING THE ISSUANCE OF COSTLY resolution, and make adjustments to the fiscal years 2022 through 2031.
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CLEAN AIR ACT PERMIT REQUIRE-
pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or more bills, SEC. 3024. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RE-
MENTS ON FARMERS AND RANCH-
ERS IN THE UNITED STATES OR THE joint resolutions, amendments, amendments LATING TO PROVIDING QUALITY
IMPOSITION OF NEW FEDERAL between the Houses, motions, or conference EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN.
METHANE REQUIREMENTS ON LIVE- reports relating to Federal energy policy, The Chairman of the Committee on the
STOCK. which may include ensuring robust, secure, Budget of the Senate may revise the alloca-
The Chairman of the Committee on the and humane supply chains for renewable en- tions of a committee or committees, aggre-
Budget of the Senate may revise the alloca- ergy products and critical minerals and pro- gates, and other appropriate levels in this
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resolution, and make adjustments to the tion would not increase the deficit over ei- tion would not increase the deficit over ei-
pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or more bills, ther the period of the total of fiscal years ther the period of the total of fiscal years
joint resolutions, amendments, amendments 2022 through 2026 or the period of the total of 2022 through 2026 or the period of the total of
between the Houses, motions, or conference fiscal years 2022 through 2031. fiscal years 2022 through 2031.
reports relating to providing quality edu- SEC. 3028. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RE- TITLE IV—OTHER MATTERS
cation for the children of the United States, LATING TO STUDYING AND PRO- SEC. 4001. EMERGENCY LEGISLATION.
which may include prohibiting or limiting VIDING FOR TAX EQUIVALENCY
UNDER THE PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF
(a) SENATE.—
Federal funding from being used to promote (1) AUTHORITY TO DESIGNATE.—In the Sen-
TAXES PROGRAM.
critical race theory or compel teachers or ate, with respect to a provision of direct
students to affirm critical race theory in The Chairman of the Committee on the
Budget of the Senate may revise the alloca- spending or receipts legislation or appropria-
prekindergarten programs, elementary tions for discretionary accounts that Con-
schools, and secondary schools, by the tions of a committee or committees, aggre-
gates, and other appropriate levels in this gress designates as an emergency require-
amounts provided in such legislation for ment in such measure, the amounts of new
those purposes, provided that such legisla- resolution, and make adjustments to the
pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or more bills, budget authority, outlays, and receipts in all
tion would not increase the deficit over ei- fiscal years resulting from that provision
ther the period of the total of fiscal years joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
between the Houses, motions, or conference shall be treated as an emergency require-
2022 through 2026 or the period of the total of ment for the purpose of this subsection.
fiscal years 2022 through 2031. reports relating to studying and providing
for tax equivalency under the payments in (2) EXEMPTION OF EMERGENCY PROVISIONS.—
SEC. 3025. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RE- Any new budget authority, outlays, and re-
LATING TO HIRING 100,000 NEW PO- lieu of taxes program established under
chapter 69 of title 31, United States Code, by ceipts resulting from any provision des-
LICE OFFICERS.
the amounts provided in such legislation for ignated as an emergency requirement, pursu-
The Chairman of the Committee on the
those purposes, provided that such legisla- ant to this subsection, in any bill, joint reso-
Budget of the Senate may revise the alloca-
tion would not increase the deficit over ei- lution, amendment, amendment between the
tions of a committee or committees, aggre-
ther the period of the total of fiscal years Houses, or conference report shall not count
gates, and other appropriate levels in this
2022 through 2026 or the period of the total of for purposes of sections 302 and 311 of the
resolution, and make adjustments to the
fiscal years 2022 through 2031. Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C.
pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or more bills,
633, 642), section 404(a) of S. Con. Res. 13
joint resolutions, amendments, amendments SEC. 3029. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RE-
LATING TO PREVENTING TAX IN-
(111th Congress), the concurrent resolution
between the Houses, motions, or conference
CREASES ON SMALL BUSINESSES. on the budget for fiscal year 2010, section
reports relating to public safety, which may
The Chairman of the Committee on the 3101 of S. Con. Res. 11 (114th Congress), the
include funding the hiring of 100,000 new po-
Budget of the Senate may revise the alloca- concurrent resolution on the budget for fis-
lice officers nationwide, by the amounts pro-
tions of a committee or committees, aggre- cal year 2016, and section 4106 of H. Con. Res.
vided in such legislation for those purposes,
gates, and other appropriate levels in this 71 (115th Congress), the concurrent resolu-
provided that such legislation would not in-
resolution, and make adjustments to the tion on the budget for fiscal year 2018.
crease the deficit over either the period of
pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or more bills, (3) DESIGNATIONS.—If a provision of legisla-
the total of fiscal years 2022 through 2026 or
joint resolutions, amendments, amendments tion is designated as an emergency require-
the period of the total of fiscal years 2022
between the Houses, motions, or conference ment under this subsection, the committee
through 2031.
reports relating to preventing tax increases report and any statement of managers ac-
SEC. 3026. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RE-
LATING TO PREVENTING ELEC- on small businesses by the amounts provided companying that legislation shall include an
TRICITY BLACKOUTS AND IMPROV- in such legislation for those purposes, pro- explanation of the manner in which the pro-
ING ELECTRICITY RELIABILITY. vided that such legislation would not in- vision meets the criteria in paragraph (5).
The Chairman of the Committee on the crease the deficit over either the period of (4) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection, the
Budget of the Senate may revise the alloca- the total of fiscal years 2022 through 2026 or terms ‘‘direct spending’’, ‘‘receipts’’, and
tions of a committee or committees, aggre- the period of the total of fiscal years 2022 ‘‘appropriations for discretionary accounts’’
gates, and other appropriate levels in this through 2031. mean any provision of a bill, joint resolu-
resolution, and make adjustments to the tion, amendment, motion, amendment be-
SEC. 3030. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RE-
pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or more bills, LATING TO PROVIDING SUFFICIENT
tween the Houses, or conference report that
joint resolutions, amendments, amendments RESOURCES TO DETAIN AND DE- affects direct spending, receipts, or appro-
between the Houses, motions, or conference PORT A HIGHER NUMBER OF ALIENS priations as those terms have been defined
reports relating to Federal environmental WHO HAVE BEEN CONVICTED OF A and interpreted for purposes of the Balanced
and energy policies, which may include pro- CRIME. Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act
moting the increased deployment and use of, The Chairman of the Committee on the of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 900 et seq.).
or supporting the expansion of, baseload Budget of the Senate may revise the alloca- (5) CRITERIA.—
power resources in the United States, includ- tions of a committee or committees, aggre- (A) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this sub-
ing coal-fired and natural gas-fired power gates, and other appropriate levels in this section, any provision is an emergency re-
plants with carbon capture, utilization, and resolution, and make adjustments to the quirement if the situation addressed by such
sequestration technologies and nuclear pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or more bills, provision is—
power to prevent blackouts and improve joint resolutions, amendments, amendments (i) necessary, essential, or vital (not mere-
electric reliability, by the amounts provided between the Houses, motions, or conference ly useful or beneficial);
in such legislation for those purposes, pro- reports relating to ensuring that U.S. Immi- (ii) sudden, quickly coming into being, and
vided that such legislation would not in- gration and Customs Enforcement has suffi- not building up over time;
crease the deficit over either the period of cient resources to detain and deport a higher (iii) an urgent, pressing, and compelling
the total of fiscal years 2022 through 2026 or number of illegal aliens who have been con- need requiring immediate action;
the period of the total of fiscal years 2022 victed of a criminal offense in the United (iv) subject to subparagraph (B), unfore-
through 2031. States, by the amounts provided in such leg- seen, unpredictable, and unanticipated; and
SEC. 3027. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RE- islation for those purposes, provided that (v) not permanent, temporary in nature.
LATING TO PROTECTING MIGRANTS such legislation would not increase the def- (B) UNFORESEEN.—An emergency that is
AND LOCAL COMMUNITIES AGAINST icit over either the period of the total of fis- part of an aggregate level of anticipated
COVID–19. cal years 2022 through 2026 or the period of emergencies, particularly when normally es-
The Chairman of the Committee on the the total of fiscal years 2022 through 2031. timated in advance, is not unforeseen.
Budget of the Senate may revise the alloca- SEC. 3031. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RE- (6) REPEAL.—In the Senate, section 4112 of
tions of a committee or committees, aggre- LATING TO MAINTAINING THE CUR- H. Con. Res. 71 (115th Congress), the concur-
gates, and other appropriate levels in this RENT LAW TAX TREATMENT OF LIKE rent resolution on the budget for fiscal year
resolution, and make adjustments to the KIND EXCHANGES. 2018, shall no longer apply.
pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or more bills, The Chairman of the Committee on the (b) HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.—
joint resolutions, amendments, amendments Budget of the Senate may revise the alloca- (1) IN GENERAL.—In the House of Represent-
between the Houses, motions, or conference tions of a committee or committees, aggre- atives, if a bill, joint resolution, amendment,
reports relating to protecting migrants and gates, and other appropriate levels in this or conference report contains a provision
local communities against COVID–19, which resolution, and make adjustments to the providing new budget authority and outlays
may include resources for testing and treat- pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or more bills, or reducing revenue, and a designation of
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ment of migrants at the United States bor- joint resolutions, amendments, amendments such provision as emergency requirement,
der, resources for quarantining migrants who between the Houses, motions, or conference the chair of the Committee on the Budget of
test positive, or prohibiting migrants who reports relating to maintaining the current the House of Representatives shall not count
have not received a negative COVID–19 test law tax treatment of like kind exchanges the budgetary effects of such provision for
from being transported elsewhere, by the under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 by any purpose in the House of Representatives.
amounts provided in such legislation for the amounts provided in such legislation for (2) PROPOSAL TO STRIKE.—A proposal to
those purposes, provided that such legisla- those purposes, provided that such legisla- strike a designation under paragraph (1)
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shall be excluded from an evaluation of (2) APPEAL.—An affirmative vote of three- of the Senate may report appropriately re-
budgetary effects for any purpose in the fifths of the Members of the Senate, duly vised suballocations pursuant to section
House of Representatives. chosen and sworn, shall be required to sus- 302(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974
(3) AMENDMENT TO REDUCE AMOUNTS.—An tain an appeal of the ruling of the Chair on (2 U.S.C. 633(b)) to carry out this section.
amendment offered under paragraph (2) that a point of order raised under subsection (a). (b) MATTERS DESCRIBED.—Matters referred
also proposes to reduce each amount appro- (d) FORM OF POINT OF ORDER.—A point of to in subsection (a) are as follows:
priated or otherwise made available by the order under subsection (a) may be raised by (1) CONTINUING DISABILITY REVIEWS AND RE-
pending measure that is not required to be a Senator as provided in section 313(e) of the DETERMINATIONS.—
appropriated or otherwise made available Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. (A) IN GENERAL.—If a bill, joint resolution,
shall be in order at any point in the reading 644(e)). amendment, amendment between the
of the pending measure. (e) CONFERENCE REPORTS.—When the Sen-
Houses, or conference report making discre-
(4) REFERENCES.— ate is considering a conference report on, or
tionary appropriations for fiscal year 2022
(A) IN GENERAL.—All references to section an amendment between the Houses in rela-
specifies an amount for continuing disability
1(f) of H. Res. 467 (117th Congress) in any bill tion to, a bill or joint resolution, upon a
reviews under titles II and XVI of the Social
or joint resolution, or an amendment thereto point of order being made by any Senator
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 401 et seq., 1381 et
or conference report thereon, shall be treat- pursuant to this section, and such point of
seq.), for the cost associated with conducting
ed for all purposes in the House of Represent- order being sustained, such material con-
redeterminations of eligibility under title
atives as references to this subsection of this tained in such conference report or House
XVI of the Social Security Act, for the cost
concurrent resolution. amendment shall be stricken, and the Senate
of co-operative disability investigation
(B) BBEDCA.—All references to a designa- shall proceed to consider the question of
units, and for the cost associated with the
tion by the Congress for an emergency re- whether the Senate shall recede from its
prosecution of fraud in the programs and op-
quirement pursuant to section 251(b) of the amendment and concur with a further
erations of the Social Security Administra-
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit amendment, or concur in the House amend-
tion by Special Assistant United States At-
Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)) for ment with a further amendment, as the case
torneys, then the adjustment shall be the ad-
amounts for fiscal year 2022 or succeeding may be, which further amendment shall con-
ditional new budget authority specified in
fiscal years in any legislation implementing sist of only that portion of the conference re-
such measure for such costs for fiscal year
a bipartisan infrastructure agreement shall port or House amendment, as the case may
2022, but shall not exceed $1,435,000,000.
be treated for all purposes in the House of be, not so stricken. Any such motion in the
(B) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this para-
Representatives as references to this sub- Senate shall be debatable. In any case in
graph—
section of this concurrent resolution. which such point of order is sustained
(i) the term ‘‘additional new budget au-
SEC. 4002. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST ADVANCE against a conference report (or Senate
thority’’ means the amount provided for fis-
APPROPRIATIONS IN THE SENATE. amendment derived from such conference re-
cal year 2022, in excess of $273,000,000, in a
(a) IN GENERAL.— port by operation of this subsection), no fur-
bill, joint resolution, amendment, amend-
(1) POINT OF ORDER.—Except as provided in ther amendment shall be in order.
ment between the Houses, or conference re-
SEC. 4003. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST ADVANCE
subsection (b), it shall not be in order in the port making discretionary appropriations
APPROPRIATIONS IN THE HOUSE OF
Senate to consider any bill, joint resolution, REPRESENTATIVES. and specified to pay for the costs of con-
motion, amendment, amendment between (a) IN GENERAL.—In the House of Rep- tinuing disability reviews, redeterminations,
the Houses, or conference report that would resentatives, except as provided in sub- cooperative disability investigation units,
provide an advance appropriation for a dis- section (b), any general appropriation bill or and the prosecution of fraud in the programs
cretionary account. bill or joint resolution continuing appropria- and operations of the Social Security Admin-
(2) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term tions, or an amendment thereto or con- istration by Special Assistant United States
‘‘advance appropriation’’ means any new ference report thereon, may not provide an Attorneys under the heading ‘‘Limitation on
budget authority provided in a bill or joint advance appropriation. Administrative Expenses’’ for the Social Se-
resolution making appropriations for fiscal (b) EXCEPTIONS.—An advance appropriation curity Administration;
year 2022 that first becomes available for any may be provided for programs, activities, or (ii) the term ‘‘continuing disability re-
fiscal year after 2022, or any new budget au- accounts identified in lists submitted for views’’ means continuing disability reviews
thority provided in a bill or joint resolution printing in the Congressional Record by the under sections 221(i) and 1614(a)(4) of the So-
making appropriations for fiscal year 2023, chair of the Committee on the Budget— cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 421(i),
that first becomes available for any fiscal (1) for fiscal year 2023, under the heading 1382c(a)(4)), including work-related con-
year after 2023. ‘‘Accounts Identified for Advance Appropria- tinuing disability reviews to determine
(b) EXCEPTIONS.—Advance appropriations tions’’ in an aggregate amount not to exceed whether earnings derived from services dem-
may be provided— $28,852,000,000 in new budget authority, and onstrate an individual’s ability to engage in
(1) for fiscal years 2023 and 2024 for pro- for fiscal year 2024, accounts separately iden- substantial gainful activity; and
grams, projects, activities, or accounts iden- tified under the same heading; and (iii) the term ‘‘redetermination’’ means re-
tified in the joint explanatory statement of (2) for fiscal year 2023, under the heading determination of eligibility under sections
managers accompanying this resolution ‘‘Veterans Accounts Identified for Advance 1611(c)(1) and 1614(a)(3)(H) of the Social Secu-
under the heading ‘‘Accounts Identified for Appropriations’’. rity Act (42 U.S.C. 1382(c)(1), 1382c(a)(3)(H)).
Advance Appropriations’’ in an aggregate (c) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term (2) INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE ENFORCE-
amount not to exceed $28,852,000,000 in new ‘‘advance appropriation’’ means any new dis- MENT.—
budget authority in each fiscal year; cretionary budget authority provided in a (A) IN GENERAL.—If a bill, joint resolution,
(2) for the Corporation for Public Broad- general appropriation bill or bill or joint res- amendment, amendment between the
casting; olution continuing appropriations for fiscal Houses, or conference report making discre-
(3) for the Department of Veterans Affairs year 2022, or an amendment thereto or con- tionary appropriations for fiscal year 2022
for the Medical Services, Medical Commu- ference report thereon, that first becomes specifies an amount for tax enforcement ac-
nity Care, Medical Support and Compliance, available following fiscal year 2022. tivities, including tax compliance to address
and Medical Facilities accounts of the Vet- SEC. 4004. PROGRAM INTEGRITY INITIATIVES the Federal tax gap (including an amount for
erans Health Administration; AND OTHER ADJUSTMENTS IN THE Internal Revenue Service Enforcement (ac-
(4) for legislation implementing a bipar- SENATE. count 020–0913), for Internal Revenue Service
tisan infrastructure agreement, as deter- (a) IN GENERAL.—In the Senate, after the Operations Support (account 020–0919), for In-
mined by the Chairman of the Committee on reporting of a bill or joint resolution relat- ternal Revenue Service Business Systems
the Budget of the Senate; and ing to any matter described in subsection (b) Modernization (account 020–0921), or for In-
(5) for the Department of Health and or the adoption of a motion to proceed to, ternal Revenue Service Taxpayer Services
Human Services for the Indian Health Serv- the offering of an amendment to, the laying (account 020–0912)), then the adjustment
ices and Indian Health Facilities accounts— before the Senate of an amendment between shall be the additional new budget authority
(A) in an amount that is not more than the the Houses to, or the submission of a con- specified in such measure for fiscal year 2022,
amount provided for fiscal year 2022 in a bill ference report on such a bill or joint resolu- but shall not exceed $417,000,000.
or joint resolution making appropriations tion— (B) DEFINITION.—In this paragraph, the
for fiscal year 2022; and (1) the Chairman of the Committee on the term ‘‘additional new budget authority’’
(B) in an amount that is not more than the Budget of the Senate may adjust the budg- means the amount provided for fiscal year
amount provided for fiscal year 2023 in a bill etary aggregates and allocations pursuant to 2022, in excess of $11,919,000,000, in a bill,
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or joint resolution making appropriations section 302(a) of the Congressional Budget joint resolution, amendment, amendment be-
for fiscal year 2023. Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 633(a)) by the amount of tween the Houses, or conference report mak-
(c) SUPERMAJORITY WAIVER AND APPEAL.— new budget authority in that measure for ing discretionary appropriations and speci-
(1) WAIVER.—In the Senate, subsection (a) that purpose and the outlays flowing there- fied to pay for tax enforcement activities, in-
may be waived or suspended only by an af- from; and cluding tax compliance to address the Fed-
firmative vote of three-fifths of the Mem- (2) following any adjustment under para- eral tax gap, for Internal Revenue Service
bers, duly chosen and sworn. graph (1), the Committee on Appropriations Enforcement (account 020–0913), Internal
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Revenue Service Operations Support (ac- fiscal year 2022 provides an amount for dis- the heading ‘‘Limitation on Administrative
count 020–0919), Internal Revenue Service aster relief, the adjustment for fiscal year Expenses’’ for the Social Security Adminis-
Business Systems Modernization (account 2022 shall be the total of such appropriations tration;
020–0921), or Internal Revenue Service Tax- for fiscal year 2022 designated as being for (B) the term ‘‘continuing disability re-
payer Services (account 020–0912). disaster relief, but not to exceed the amount views’’ means continuing disability reviews
(3) HEALTH CARE FRAUD AND ABUSE CON- equal to the total amount calculated for fis- under sections 221(i) and 1614(a)(4) of the So-
TROL.— cal year 2022 in accordance with the formula cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 421(i),
(A) IN GENERAL.—If a bill, joint resolution, in section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced 1382c(a)(4)), including work related con-
amendment, amendment between the Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act tinuing disability reviews to determine
Houses, or conference report making discre- of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(D)(i)), except that whether earnings derived from services dem-
tionary appropriations for fiscal year 2022 such formula shall be applied by substituting onstrate an individual’s ability to engage in
specifies an amount for the health care fraud ‘‘fiscal years 2012 through 2022’’ for ‘‘fiscal substantial gainful activity; and
abuse control program at the Department of years 2012 through 2021’’. (C) the term ‘‘redetermination’’ means re-
Health and Human Services (75–8393–0–7–571), (B) DEFINITION.—As used in this paragraph, determination of eligibility under sections
then the adjustment shall be the additional the term ‘‘disaster relief’’ means activities 1611(c)(1) and 1614(a)(3)(H) of the Social Secu-
new budget authority specified in such meas- carried out pursuant to a determination rity Act (42 U.S.C. 1382(c)(1), 1382c(a)(3)(H)).
ure for such program for fiscal year 2022, but under section 102(2) of the Robert T. Stafford (3) REFERENCES.—All references to section
shall not exceed $556,000,000. Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 1(k) of H. Res. 467 (117th Congress) in any bill
(B) DEFINITION.—As used in this paragraph, Act (42 U.S.C. 5122(2)). or joint resolution, or amendment thereto or
the term ‘‘additional new budget authority’’ (7) VETERANS MEDICAL CARE.— conference report thereon shall be treated
means the amount provided for fiscal year (A) IN GENERAL.—If a bill, joint resolution, for all purposes in the House of Representa-
2022, in excess of $317,000,000, in a bill, joint amendment, amendment between the tives as references to this subsection of this
resolution, amendment, amendment between Houses, or conference report making discre- concurrent resolution.
the Houses, or conference report making dis- tionary appropriations for fiscal year 2022 (b) ADJUSTMENT FOR INTERNAL REVENUE
cretionary appropriations and specified to specifies an amount for veterans medical SERVICE TAX ENFORCEMENT.—In the House of
pay for the health care fraud abuse control care (in the Medical Services, Medical Com- Representatives, the chair of the Committee
program at the Department of Health and munity Care, Medical Support and Compli- on the Budget may adjust the allocations,
Human Services (75–8393–0–7–571). ance, and Medical Facilities accounts of the aggregates, and other budgetary levels in-
(4) REEMPLOYMENT SERVICES AND ELIGI- Veterans Health Administration), then the cluded in this concurrent resolution to re-
BILITY ASSESSMENTS.— adjustment shall be the additional new budg- flect changes as follows:
(A) IN GENERAL.—If a bill, joint resolution, et authority specified in such measure for (1) IN GENERAL.—If a bill, joint resolution,
amendment, amendment between the such medical care for fiscal year 2022, but amendment, or conference report making
Houses, or conference report making discre- shall not exceed $7,602,000,000. discretionary appropriations for fiscal year
tionary appropriations for fiscal year 2022 (B) DEFINITION.—As used in this paragraph, 2022 specifies an amount for tax enforcement
specifies an amount for grants to States the term ‘‘additional new budget authority’’
under section 306 of the Social Security Act activities, including tax compliance to ad-
means the amount provided for fiscal year dress the Federal tax gap, in the Enforce-
(42 U.S.C. 506) for claimants of regular com- 2022, in excess of $89,849,000,000, in a bill,
pensation, as defined in such section, includ- ment account and the Operations Support
joint resolution, amendment, amendment be- account of the Internal Revenue Service of
ing those who are profiled as most likely to tween the Houses, or conference report mak-
exhaust their benefits, then the adjustment the Department of the Treasury, then the
ing discretionary appropriations and speci- adjustment shall be the additional new budg-
shall be the additional new budget authority fied to pay for veterans medical care.
specified in such measure for such grants for et authority provided in such measure for
(c) APPLICATION OF ADJUSTMENTS.—The ad-
fiscal year 2022, but shall not exceed such purpose, but shall not exceed
justments made pursuant to subsection (a)
$133,000,000. $417,000,000.
for legislation shall—
(B) DEFINITION.—As used in this paragraph, (2) DEFINITION.—As used in this subsection,
(1) apply while that legislation is under
the term ‘‘additional new budget authority’’ the term ‘‘additional new budget authority’’
consideration;
means the amount provided for fiscal year means the amount provided for fiscal year
(2) take effect upon the enactment of that
2022, in excess of $117,000,000, in a bill, joint 2022, in excess of $9,141,000,000, in a bill, joint
legislation; and
resolution, amendment, amendment between resolution, amendment, or conference report
(3) be published in the Congressional
the Houses, or conference report making dis- and specified for tax enforcement activities,
Record as soon as practicable.
cretionary appropriations and specified to including tax compliance to address the Fed-
SEC. 4005. PROGRAM INTEGRITY INITIATIVES
pay for grants to States under section 306 of AND OTHER ADJUSTMENTS IN THE eral tax gap, of the Internal Revenue Serv-
the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 506) for HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. ice.
claimants of regular compensation, as de- (a) ADJUSTMENT FOR CONTINUING DISABILITY (3) REFERENCES.—All references to section
fined in such section, including those who REVIEWS AND REDETERMINATIONS.—In the 1(i) of H. Res. 467 (117th Congress) in any bill
are profiled as most likely to exhaust their House of Representatives, the chair of the or joint resolution, or amendment thereto or
benefits. Committee on the Budget may adjust the al- conference report thereon shall be treated
(5) WILDFIRE SUPPRESSION.— locations, aggregates, and other budgetary for all purposes in the House of Representa-
(A) ADDITIONAL NEW BUDGET AUTHORITY.— levels included in this concurrent resolution tives as references to this subsection of this
If, for any of fiscal years 2022 through 2027, a to reflect changes as follows: concurrent resolution.
bill, joint resolution, amendment, amend- (1) IN GENERAL.—If a bill, joint resolution, (c) ADJUSTMENT FOR HEALTH CARE FRAUD
ment between the Houses, or conference re- amendment, or conference report making AND ABUSE CONTROL.—In the House of Rep-
port making discretionary appropriations for discretionary appropriations for fiscal year resentatives, the chair of the Committee on
such a fiscal year provides an amount for 2022 specifies an amount for continuing dis- the Budget may adjust the allocations, ag-
wildfire suppression operations in the ability reviews under titles II and XVI of the gregates, and other budgetary levels in-
Wildland Fire Management accounts at the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 401 et seq., cluded in this concurrent resolution to re-
Department of Agriculture or the Depart- 1381 et seq.), for the cost associated with con- flect changes as follows:
ment of the Interior, then the adjustments ducting redeterminations of eligibility under (1) IN GENERAL.—If a bill, joint resolution,
for that fiscal year shall be the amount of title XVI of the Social Security Act, for the amendment, or conference report making
additional new budget authority provided in cost of co-operative disability investigation discretionary appropriations for fiscal year
that measure for wildfire suppression oper- units, and for the cost associated with the 2022 specifies an amount for the health care
ations for that fiscal year, but shall not ex- prosecution of fraud in the programs and op- fraud abuse control program at the Depart-
ceed the amount for that fiscal year speci- erations of the Social Security Administra- ment of Health and Human Services (75–8393–
fied in section 251(b)(2)(F)(i) of the Balanced tion by Special Assistant United States At- 0–7–571), then the adjustment shall be the ad-
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act torneys, then the adjustment shall be the ad- ditional new budget authority specified in
of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(F)(i)). ditional new budget authority specified in such measure for such purpose for fiscal year
(B) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this para- such measure for such purpose, but shall not 2022, but shall not exceed $556,000,000.
graph, the terms ‘‘additional new budget au- exceed $1,435,000,000. (2) DEFINITION.—As used in this subsection
thority’’ and ‘‘wildfire suppression oper- (2) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this sub- the term ‘‘additional new budget authority’’
ations’’ have the meanings given those terms section— means the amount provided fiscal year 2022,
in section 251(b)(2)(F)(ii) of the Balanced (A) the term ‘‘additional new budget au- in excess of $317,000,000, in a bill, joint reso-
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Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act thority’’ means the amount provided for fis- lution, amendment, or conference report and
of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(F)(ii)). cal year 2022, in excess of $273,000,000, in a specified to pay for the costs of the health
(6) DISASTER RELIEF.— bill, joint resolution, amendment, or con- care fraud and abuse control program.
(A) ADDITIONAL NEW BUDGET AUTHORITY.—If ference report and specified to pay for the (3) REFERENCES.—All references to section
a bill, joint resolution, amendment, amend- costs of continuing disability reviews, rede- 1(j) of H. Res. 467 (117th Congress) in any bill
ment between the Houses, or conference re- terminations, co-operative disability inves- or joint resolution, or amendment thereto or
port making discretionary appropriations for tigation units, and fraud prosecutions under conference report thereon shall be treated
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for all purposes in the House of Representa- (1) IN GENERAL.—If a bill, joint resolution, tions for fiscal years 2022, 2022 through 2026,
tives as references to this subsection of this amendment, or conference report making and 2022 through 2031 consistent with the lev-
concurrent resolution. discretionary appropriations specifies an els in title I for the purpose of enforcing sec-
(d) REEMPLOYMENT SERVICES AND ELIGI- amount that Congress designates as being tion 302 of the Congressional Budget Act of
BILITY ASSESSMENTS.—In the House of Rep- for disaster relief, the adjustment for fiscal 1974 (2 U.S.C. 633).
resentatives, the chair of the Committee on year 2022 shall be the total of such appropria- (b) HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.—In the
the Budget may adjust the allocations, ag- tions for fiscal year 2022 designated as being House of Representatives, if a concurrent
gregates, and other budgetary levels in- for disaster relief, but not to exceed the total resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2022
cluded in this concurrent resolution to re- of— is adopted without the appointment of a
flect changes as follows: (A) the average over the previous 10 fiscal committee of conference on the disagreeing
(1) IN GENERAL.—If a bill, joint resolution, years (excluding the highest and lowest fis- votes of the two Houses with respect to this
amendment, or conference report making cal years) of the sum of the funding provided concurrent resolution on the budget, for the
discretionary appropriations for fiscal year for disaster relief (as that term is defined on purpose of enforcing the Congressional Budg-
2022 specifies an amount for grants to States the date immediately before March 23, 2018); et Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 621 et seq.) and appli-
under section 306 of the Social Security Act (B) 5 percent of the total appropriations cable rules and requirements set forth in the
(42 U.S.C. 506) for claimants of regular com- provided in the previous 10 fiscal years, net concurrent resolution on the budget, the al-
pensation, as defined in such section, includ- of any rescissions of budget authority en- locations provided for in this subsection
ing those who are profiled as most likely to acted in the same period, with respect to shall apply in the House of Representatives
exhaust their benefits, then the adjustment amounts provided for major disasters de- in the same manner as if such allocations
shall be the additional new budget authority clared pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford were in a joint explanatory statement ac-
specified in such measure for such grants for Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance companying a conference report on the budg-
fiscal year 2022, but shall not exceed Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) and designated by et for fiscal year 2022. The chair of the Com-
$133,000,000. the Congress as an emergency; and mittee on the Budget of the House of Rep-
(2) DEFINITION.—As used in this subsection, (C) the cumulative net total of the unused resentatives shall submit a statement for
the term ‘‘additional new budget authority’’ carryover for fiscal year 2018 and all subse- publication in the Congressional Record con-
means the amount provided for fiscal year quent fiscal years, where the unused carry- taining—
2022, in excess of $117,000,000, in a bill, joint over for each fiscal year is calculated as the (1) for the Committee on Appropriations,
resolution, amendment, or conference report sum of the amounts in subparagraphs (A) and committee allocations for fiscal year 2022
making discretionary appropriations and (B) less the enacted appropriations for that consistent with title I for the purpose of en-
specified to pay for grants to States under fiscal year that have been designated as forcing section 302 of the Congressional
section 306 of the Social Security Act (42 being for disaster relief. Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 633); and
U.S.C. 506) for claimants of regular com- (2) DEFINITION.—As used in this subsection, (2) for all committees other than the Com-
pensation, as defined in such section, includ- the term ‘‘disaster relief’’ means activities mittee on Appropriations, committee alloca-
ing those who are profiled as most likely to carried out pursuant to a determination tions consistent with title I for fiscal year
exhaust their benefits. under section 102(2) of the Robert T. Stafford 2022 and for the period of fiscal years 2022
(e) ADJUSTMENT FOR WILDFIRE SUPPRES- Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance through 2031 for the purpose of enforcing 302
SION.—In the House of Representatives, the Act (42 U.S.C. 5122(2)). of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2
chair of the Committee on the Budget may (3) REFERENCES.—All references to section U.S.C. 633).
adjust the allocations, aggregates, and other 1(g) of H. Res. 467 (117th Congress) in any bill SEC. 4007.APPLICATION AND EFFECT OF
budgetary levels in this concurrent resolu- or joint resolution, or amendment thereto or CHANGES IN ALLOCATIONS, AGGRE-
tion to reflect changes as follows: conference report thereon shall be treated GATES, AND OTHER BUDGETARY
(1) IN GENERAL.—If a bill, joint resolution, for all purposes in the House of Representa- LEVELS.
amendment, or conference report making tives as references to this subsection of this (a) APPLICATION.—Any adjustments of allo-
discretionary appropriations for fiscal year concurrent resolution. cations, aggregates, and other budgetary lev-
2022 specifies an amount for wildfire suppres- (g) VETERANS MEDICAL CARE.—In the House els made pursuant to this concurrent resolu-
sion operations in the Wildland Fire Manage- of Representatives, the chair of the Com- tion shall—
ment accounts at the Department of Agri- mittee on the Budget may adjust the alloca- (1) apply while that measure is under con-
culture or the Department of the Interior, tions, aggregates, and other budgetary levels sideration;
then the adjustment shall be the amount of included in this concurrent resolution to re- (2) take effect upon the enactment of that
additional new budget authority specified in flect changes as follows: measure; and
such measure as being for wildfire suppres- (1) IN GENERAL.—If a bill, joint resolution, (3) be published in the Congressional
sion operations for fiscal year 2022, but shall amendment, or conference report making Record as soon as practicable.
not exceed $2,450,000,000. discretionary appropriations for fiscal year (b) EFFECT OF CHANGED ALLOCATIONS, AG-
(2) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this sub- 2022 specifies an amount for veterans med- GREGATES, AND OTHER BUDGETARY LEVELS.—
section— ical care (in the Medical Services, Medical Revised allocations, aggregates, and other
(A) the term ‘‘additional new budget au- Community Care, Medical Support and Com- budgetary levels resulting from these adjust-
thority’’ means the amount provided for a pliance, and Medical Facilities accounts of ments shall be considered for the purposes of
fiscal year in an appropriation Act that is in the Veterans Health Administration), then the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2
excess of the average costs for wildfire sup- the adjustment shall be the additional new U.S.C. 621 et seq.) as the allocations, aggre-
pression operations as reported in the budget budget authority specified in such measure gates, and other budgetary levels contained
of the President submitted under section for such medical care for fiscal year 2022, but in this concurrent resolution.
1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, for fis- shall not exceed $7,602,000,000. (c) BUDGET COMMITTEE DETERMINATIONS.—
cal year 2015 and are specified to pay for the (2) DEFINITION.—As used in this subsection, For purposes of this concurrent resolution,
costs of wildfire suppression operations; and the term ‘‘additional new budget authority’’ the levels of new budget authority, outlays,
(B) the term ‘‘wildfire suppression oper- means the amount provided for fiscal year direct spending, new entitlement authority,
ations’’ means the emergency and unpredict- 2022, in excess of $89,849,000,000, in a bill, revenues, deficits, and surpluses for a fiscal
able aspects of wildland firefighting, includ- joint resolution, amendment, or conference year or period of fiscal years shall be deter-
ing— report making discretionary appropriations mined on the basis of estimates made by the
(i) support, response, and emergency sta- and specified to pay for veterans medical chair of the Committee on the Budget of the
bilization activities; care. applicable House of Congress.
(ii) other emergency management activi- SEC. 4006. ENFORCEMENT FILING. SEC. 4008. ADJUSTMENTS TO REFLECT CHANGES
ties; and (a) SENATE.—In the Senate, if this concur- IN CONCEPTS AND DEFINITIONS.
(iii) the funds necessary to repay any rent resolution on the budget is agreed to by (a) SENATE.—In the Senate, upon the en-
transfers needed for the costs of wildfire sup- the Senate and House of Representatives actment of a bill or joint resolution pro-
pression operations. without the appointment of a committee of viding for a change in concepts or defini-
(3) REFERENCES.—All references to section conference on the disagreeing votes of the tions, the Chairman of the Committee on the
1(h) of H. Res. 467 (117th Congress) in any bill two Houses, the Chairman of the Committee Budget of the Senate may make adjustments
or joint resolution, or amendment thereto or on the Budget of the Senate may submit a to the levels and allocations in this resolu-
conference report thereon shall be treated statement for publication in the Congres- tion in accordance with section 251(b) of the
for all purposes in the House of Representa- sional Record containing— Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
tives as references to this subsection of this (1) for the Committee on Appropriations, Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)).
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concurrent resolution. committee allocations for fiscal year 2022 (b) HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.—In the
(f) ADJUSTMENT FOR DISASTER RELIEF.—In consistent with the levels in title I for the House of Representatives, upon the enact-
the House of Representatives, the chair of purpose of enforcing section 302 of the Con- ment of a bill or joint resolution providing
the Committee on the Budget may adjust the gressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 633); for a change in concepts or definitions, the
allocations, aggregates, and other budgetary and chair of the Committee on the Budget of the
levels included in this concurrent resolution (2) for all committees other than the Com- House of Representatives may adjust the al-
to reflect changes as follows: mittee on Appropriations, committee alloca- locations, aggregates, and other budgetary
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August 10, 2021 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S6249
levels in this concurrent resolution accord- tion 302(f) of the Congressional Budget Act of asking corporations and the wealthy to
ingly. 1974 (2 U.S.C. 633(f)), estimates of the level of pay their fair share; it will help mid-
SEC. 4009. ADJUSTMENT FOR BIPARTISAN INFRA- total new budget authority and total outlays dle-class Americans stay in the middle
STRUCTURE LEGISLATION IN THE provided by a measure shall include any dis-
SENATE. class; and it will build ladders into the
cretionary amounts described in paragraph
(a) ADJUSTMENTS.—In the Senate, upon the (1). middle class.
enactment of an infrastructure bill or joint SEC. 4013. APPROPRIATE BUDGETARY ADJUST- It will restore the basic social con-
resolution, including legislation imple- MENTS IN THE HOUSE OF REP- tract in America: If you work hard,
menting a bipartisan infrastructure agree- RESENTATIVES. you can do better and pass on even
ment, the Chairman of the Committee on the In the House of Representatives, the chair greater opportunities for your children.
Budget of the Senate may make adjustments of the Committee on the Budget of the House And, in doing so, my friends, it will
to the levels and allocations in this resolu- of Representatives may make appropriate restore something in the American
tion to reflect changes resulting from the en- budgetary adjustments of new budget au-
actment of such bill or joint resolution. thority and the outlays flowing therefrom
character that we have nearly lost:
(b) DETERMINATIONS.—For purposes of this pursuant to the adjustment authorities pro- that hopeful optimism; that can-do at-
section, the levels of budget authority and vided by this concurrent resolution. titude; that frontier spirit—eyes fixed
outlays shall be determined on the basis of SEC. 4014. ADJUSTMENT FOR CHANGES IN THE on the horizons; the kindness and de-
estimates submitted by the Chairman of the BASELINE IN THE HOUSE OF REP- cency and faith in the future that is
Committee on the Budget of the Senate. RESENTATIVES. fundamental not only to the American
SEC. 4010. ADJUSTMENT FOR INFRASTRUCTURE In the House of Representatives, the chair
LEGISLATION IN THE HOUSE OF
spirit but to American democracy. I
of the Committee on the Budget of the House
REPRESENTATIVES. can think of no more worthy pursuit.
of Representatives may adjust the alloca-
In the House of Representatives, the chair tions, aggregates, and other appropriate f
of the Committee on the Budget may adjust budgetary levels in this concurrent resolu-
the allocations, aggregates, and other budg- RECOGNIZING U.S. SENATE COM-
tion to reflect changes resulting from the
etary levels included in this concurrent reso- MITTEE ON THE BUDGET STAFF
Congressional Budget Office’s updates to its
lution to reflect changes resulting from the baseline for fiscal years 2022 through 2031. Mr. GRAHAM. Mr. President, I want
enactment of an infrastructure bill or joint SEC. 4015. SCORING RULE IN THE SENATE FOR to say a quick thank you to my Budget
resolution, including legislation imple- CHILD CARE AND PRE-KINDER- Committee staff who have worked very
menting the INVEST in America Act or a bi- GARTEN LEGISLATION.
partisan infrastructure agreement. hard over the past couple of weeks.
(a) IN GENERAL.—In the Senate, for the
SEC. 4011. APPLICABILITY OF ADJUSTMENTS TO purposes of estimates with respect to any
They worked late nights, crunched the
DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMITS. child care or pre-kindergarten legislation numbers, provided support to Repub-
Except as expressly provided otherwise, during the 117th Congress, the Congressional lican offices on amendment drafting
the adjustments provided by section 251(b) of Budget Office shall consider funding for pro- and more.
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit grams under the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. Starting with our support staff, who
Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)) shall not 9831 et seq.) to continue at baseline levels. help both sides of the aisle on com-
apply to allocations, aggregates, or other (b) EXCEPTION.—This section shall not
budgetary levels established pursuant to this
mittee: chief clerk Katie Smith, staff
apply to any bill or joint resolution making assistants Ben Mason and Maeve
concurrent resolution. appropriations for discretionary accounts.
SEC. 4012. BUDGETARY TREATMENT OF ADMINIS- Poulson, and computer systems admin-
SEC. 4016. EXERCISE OF RULEMAKING POWERS.
TRATIVE EXPENSES.
Congress adopts the provisions of this
istrator George Woodall.
(a) SENATE.—
title— Our senior staff, who manage an ex-
(1) IN GENERAL.—In the Senate, notwith- cellent team and keep everyone on
(1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power
standing section 302(a)(1) of the Congres- track: staff director Nick Myers, who
of the Senate and the House of Representa-
sional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 633(a)(1)), worked up until the buzzer, but
tives, and as such they shall be considered as
section 13301 of the Budget Enforcement Act
part of the rules of each House or of that couldn’t be here for vote-arama as he
of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 632 note), and section 2009a
House to which they specifically apply, and and his wife, Christine, welcomed their
of title 39, United States Code, the report or
such rules shall supersede other rules only to first child.
the joint explanatory statement accom-
the extent that they are inconsistent with
panying this concurrent resolution on the Deputy staff director and chief coun-
such other rules; and
budget or the statement filed pursuant to
(2) with full recognition of the constitu- sel Joe Keeley, deputy staff director
section 4006(a), as applicable, shall include in Matt Giroux, and budget policy direc-
tional right of either the Senate or the
an allocation under section 302(a) of the Con- tor Becky Cole.
House of Representatives to change those
gressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 633(a)) Executive assistant Katherine Rossi
rules (insofar as they relate to that House)
to the Committee on Appropriations of the
at any time, in the same manner, and to the is an invaluable member of our team
Senate of amounts for the discretionary ad-
same extent as is the case of any other rule and helps to keep our team organized
ministrative expenses of the Social Security
of the Senate or House of Representatives. and operating at our best.
Administration and the United States Postal
Service. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The ma- Our team of analysts who dig into
(2) SPECIAL RULE.—In the Senate, for pur- jority leader. the numbers of the budget resolution
poses of enforcing section 302(f) of the Con- Mr. SCHUMER. Madam President, and interpret what it means for the
gressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 633(f)), now, Senate Democrats have just country, they also do important work
estimates of the level of total new budget au- taken a massive step toward restoring coordinating with other offices on
thority and total outlays provided by a the middle class in the 21st century, amendments:
measure shall include any discretionary
giving more Americans the chance to Professional Staff Members: Kevin
amounts described in paragraph (1).
(b) HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.— get there. Dawson, Chris Devine, Derek Gondek,
(1) IN GENERAL.—In the House of Represent- Teddy Roosevelt said: Chad Miller, Alyssa Palisi, and John
atives, notwithstanding section 302(a)(1) of Nothing in [the] world is . . . worth doing Stout; along with economist Eric Hart-
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 unless it means effort, pain, [and] difficulty. man, senior policy adviser Walker
U.S.C. 633(a)(1)), section 13301 of the Budget What we are doing here is not easy. Truluck, and general counsel Krisann
Enforcement Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 632 note), Democrats have labored for months to Pearce.
and section 2009a of title 39, United States
Code, the report or the joint explanatory
reach this point, and there are many Our director of coalitions and out-
statement accompanying this concurrent labors to come, but I can say with ab- reach Blair Bjellos did an excellent job
resolution on the budget or the statement solute certainty that it will be worth communicating with outside groups
filed pursuant to section 4006(b), as applica- doing. and stakeholders to keep them in-
ble, shall include in an allocation under sec- The Democratic budget will bring a formed and involved throughout the
tion 302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act generational transformation to how process. She also makes sure Repub-
of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 633(a)) to the Committee on our economy works for average Ameri- lican Senate offices are plugged in on
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Appropriations of the House of Representa- cans. It will cut taxes for American amendment order and details during
tives of amounts for the discretionary ad-
families; it will lower costs for every- vote-arama.
ministrative expenses of the Social Security
Administration and the United States Postal one; it will create good-paying jobs My committee communications
Service. while tackling climate change; and it team, communications director Taylor
(2) SPECIAL RULE.—In the House of Rep- will be paid for by making our Tax Reidy and senior communications ad-
resentatives, for purposes of enforcing sec- Code more progressive and more fair: viser Joe Brenckle help to translate
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