To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to increase wages for American workers.

SA 1038. Mr. KIRK submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 11, setting forth the
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year
2016 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal
years 2017 through 2025; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO INCREASE WAGES FOR
AMERICAN WORKERS.

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 the Houses, motions, or conference reports
relating to reaffirming the ability of States to adopt
minimum wages higher than the Federal minimum wage level
commensurate with the cost of living in the State, which may
include the adoption of pro-employment and wage-increasing
policies by providing pro-growth tax relief and eliminating
excessive government mandates, 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 2016 through 2020 or the
period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
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