S.Amdt. 1275

SA 1275. Mr. COONS (for himself and Mr. Rubio) submitted an amendment
intended to be proposed to amendment SA 1116 proposed by Mr. Enzi to
the concurrent resolution H. Con. Res. 71, establishing the
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year
2018 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal
years 2019 through 2027; 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 RELATING TO THE
IMPACT OF EXTREME WEATHER AND NATURAL DISASTERS
ON CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS.

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,
and make adjustments to the pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or
more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between
the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to
initiatives to bolster the resilience of existing critical
infrastructure systems and facilitate the development of new
critical infrastructure systems, which may include energy
infrastructure, telecommunications, drinking water and
wastewater, transportation networks, shore and flood
protection, food production, healthcare and long-term care
facilities, schools, law enforcement agencies, and public
buildings, in order to improve critical infrastructure
resilience in the United States and reduce the long-term
economic costs from impacts related to extreme weather events
or natural disasters, such as heavy rains, hurricanes,
flooding, storm surge, sea-level rise, extreme temperatures
or temperature changes, wildfires, earthquakes, or tornadoes,
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 2018 through 2022 or the period of the total of fiscal
years 2018 through 2027.
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