S.Amdt. 1719

SA 1719. Mr. COONS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill H.R. 1, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to
titles II and V of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal
year 2018; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ___. FULL RECOVERY FUNDING FOR PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S.
VIRGIN ISLANDS BEFORE TAX CUTS FOR THE WEALTHY.

Any provision of this Act which provides a reduction in
taxes for the wealthiest Americans shall apply only to
taxable years beginning after the date on which full funding
is provided to the residents of Puerto Rico and the U.S.
Virgin Islands for their hurricane recovery efforts and all
such residents have access to electricity,
telecommunications, safe drinking water, and wastewater
services.
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