S.Amdt. 253
What it does: Adds SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO INCREASE THE POOL OF HIGHLY SKILLED WORKERS IN THE UNITED STATES BY REMOVING PER-COUNTRY LIMITS at the end of title III
Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT)What it changes
1 change to S.Con.Res. 8 · shown in the resolution's text
Adds SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO INCREASE THE POOL OF HIGHLY SKILLED WORKERS IN THE UNITED STATES BY REMOVING PER-COUNTRY LIMITS at the end of title III
Adds a sectionIn S.Con.Res. 8 · Placed on Calendar Senate
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 one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, motions, or conference reports that would reduce inefficient overlap, improve access, and enhance outcomes with Federal workforce development, job training, and reemployment programs, by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2013 through 2018 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2013 through 2023.
Inserted: SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO INCREASE THE POOL OF HIGHLY SKILLED WORKERS IN THE UNITED STATES BY REMOVING PER-COUNTRY LIMITS.
Inserted: 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 one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between houses, motions, or conference reports related to immigrant visas, which may include increasing the number of employment- and family-based immigrant visas available to nationals of any single foreign country without raising new revenue, by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2013 through 2018 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2013 through 2023.
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At the end of title III, add the following:
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SA 253. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 8, setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2014, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2013, and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2015 through 2023; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of title III, add the following:
SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO INCREASE THE POOL OF HIGHLY SKILLED WORKERS IN THE UNITED STATES BY REMOVING PER-COUNTRY LIMITS.
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 one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between houses, motions, or conference reports related to immigrant visas, which may include increasing the number of employment- and family-based immigrant visas available to nationals of any single foreign country without raising new revenue, by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2013 through 2018 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2013 through 2023.
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Senate amendment submitted
March 21, 2013