S.Amdt. 4237

SA 4237. Mr. VOINOVICH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 70, setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2009 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2008 and 2010 through 2013; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

On page 37, between lines 11 and 12, insert the following:

(G) Tax and entitlement reform commission legislation.--If a bill or joint resolution is reported making appropriations for fiscal year 2009 that appropriates $1,000,000 for a bipartisan commission that will transmit to Congress a legislative proposal designed to address the long-term fiscal imbalance, and provides for expedited procedures to guarantee a vote on final passage of the recommendations of the commission, the discretionary spending limits, allocation to the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, and aggregates may be adjusted by the amounts provided in such legislation for that purpose, but not to exceed $1,000,000 in budget authority for fiscal year 2009 and the outlays flowing therefrom.