To modify reconciliation instructions to reduce the deficit.

SA 1296. Mr. PAUL 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:

Strike section 2001 and insert the following:

SEC. 2001. RECONCILIATION IN THE SENATE.

(a) Committee on Agriculture.--The Committee on Agriculture
of the Senate shall report changes in laws within its
jurisdiction that reduce the deficit for fiscal year 2018 by
not less than $4,800,000,000.
(b) Committee on Armed Services.--The Committee on Armed
Services of the Senate shall report changes in laws within
its jurisdiction that reduce the deficit for fiscal year 2018
by not less than $480,000,000.
(c) Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.--
The Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of
the Senate shall report changes in laws within its
jurisdiction that reduce the deficit for fiscal year 2018 by
not less than $9,660,000,000.
(d) Committee on Energy and Natural Resources .--The
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate shall
report changes in laws within its jurisdiction that reduce
the deficit for fiscal year 2018 by not less than
$12,070,000,000.
(e) Committee on Finance.--The Committee on Finance of the
Senate shall report changes in laws within its jurisdiction
that--
(1) reduce new budget authority for fiscal year 2018 by not
less than $25,100,000,000; and
(2) that increase the deficit by not more than
$1,500,000,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2018
through 2027.
(f) Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.--The
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the
Senate shall report changes in laws within its jurisdiction
that reduce the deficit for fiscal year 2018 by not less than
$6,760,000,000.
(g) Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental
Affairs.--The Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental
Affairs of the Senate shall report changes in laws within its
jurisdiction that reduce the deficit for fiscal year 2018 by
not less than $16,900,000,000.
(h) Committee on the Judiciary.--The Committee on the
Judiciary of the Senate shall report changes in laws within
its jurisdiction that reduce the deficit for fiscal year 2018
by not less than $21,720,000,000.
(i) Committee on Veterans' Affairs.--The Committee on
Veterans' Affairs of the Senate shall report changes in laws
within its jurisdiction that reduce the deficit for fiscal
year 2018 by not less than $480,000,000.
(j) Submissions.--In the Senate, not later than November
13, 2017, the Committees named in subsections (a) through (i)
shall submit their recommendations to the Committee on the
Budget of the Senate. Upon receiving such recommendations,
the Committee on the Budget of the Senate shall report to the
Senate a reconciliation bill carrying out all such
recommendations without any substantive revision.
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