S.Amdt. 3065

SA 3065. Mr. TOOMEY (for himself and Mr. Roberts) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2910 proposed by Mr.
Shelby to the bill H.R. 5895, making appropriations for energy and
water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2019, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on
the table; as follows:

On page 75, between lines 15 and 16, insert the following:

sense of the senate regarding the joint committee on taxation

Sec. 121.  (a) Congress finds that--
(1) the Joint Committee on Taxation serves as a critical
resource to Members of Congress on tax policy and
legislation, providing expertise and technical knowledge on a
nonpartisan basis;
(2) the Joint Committee on Taxation and the Congressional
Budget Office both provide revenue estimates of legislation,
and thus compete for many of the same candidates; and
(3) the professional staff of economists with a doctoral
degree, attorneys, and accountants of the Joint Committee on
Taxation should be recognized for their expertise and placed
on a level playing field with the employees of the
Congressional Budget Office.
(b) It is the sense of the Senate that the Joint Committee
on Taxation and the Congressional Budget Office should be
treated the same for purposes of compensation and any other
relevant matters pertaining to personnel and new employee
recruitment.
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