S.Amdt. 4324

SA 4324. Mr. BARRASSO 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 69, after line 25, insert the following:

SEC. 308. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO ENCOURAGE STATES TO VERIFY THE LEGAL STATUS OF ALL DRIVER'S LICENSE APPLICANTS.

(a) In General.--The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for 1 or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, motions, or conference reports by the amounts provided in such legislation for the purposes described in paragraphs (1) through (3) if the legislation--

(1) encourages States to verify the legal status of all driver's license applicants;

(2) instructs the Secretary of Transportation to withhold 10 percent of the amount apportioned for highway construction and maintenance under section 104(b) of title 23, United States Code, from States that do not verify the legal status of all driver's license applicants; and

(3) redistributes funds withheld from States under paragraph (2) to States that verify the legal status of all driver's license applicants, in the same ratio as the original apportionments under section 104(b) of title 23, United States Code.

(b) Limitation.--Revisions under subsection (a) may not be made unless the legislation described in subsection (a) would not increase the deficit over--

(1) the 6-year period comprised of fiscal years 2008 through 2013; or

(2) the 11-year period comprised of fiscal years 2008 through 2018.