To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to support investments in research and development and to improve the competitiveness of the United States.

SA 1101. Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. Alexander, Mr. Coons, Mr. Moran, Mr. Brown, Mr. Graham, Mr. Booker, Ms. Collins, Mr. Markey, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Casey, Mr. Burr, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Isakson, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Roberts, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Cassidy, Mr. Peters, Mr. Kirk, Ms. Hirono, Ms. Ayotte, Mr. Reed, Mr. Gardner, Mr. Franken, Mr. Blunt, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. King, Mr. Merkley, Ms. Baldwin, and Mr. Blumenthal) proposed an amendment 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 SUPPORT RESEARCH.

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 Federal investments in scientific research and development, which may include supporting biomedical research to find ways to prevent, treat, and cure diseases or conditions like Alzheimer's and other life-threatening or chronic illnesses, providing long-term cost savings to the Federal Government, and supporting national security, basic energy research, innovative solutions, and American competitiveness, 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.