S.Amdt. 205

SA 205. Mr. BAYH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 18, setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2006 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2005 and 2007 through 2010; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

On page 40, after line 8, insert the following:

SEC. __. RESERVE FUND FOR GUARD AND RESERVE PAY RESTORATION.

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the aggregates, functional totals, allocations, discretionary spending limits, and other appropriate levels and limits in this resolution by up to $1,000,000,000 over the total of fiscal years 2006 through 2010 for a bill, joint resolution, motion, amendment, or conference report that would--

(1) provide resources for Guard and Reserve members who have been called up to active duty and are serving abroad and have experienced a loss in their wage income as a result of their active duty service; and

(2) provide tax relief to companies that voluntarily continue to pay the salaries of their Guard and Reserve employees during their active duty service;

provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit for the period of fiscal years 2006 through 2010.