S.Amdt. 208Senate117th Congress (2021-2023)
S.Amdt. 208
Sponsored by
Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC)
Submitted February 3, 2021
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February 3, 2021
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SA 208. Mr. BURR (for himself, Mr. Scott, of South Carolina, and Mr. Crapo) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 5, setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2021 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2022 through 2030; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows: At the end of title III, add the following: [[Page S356]] SEC. 3___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO SUPPORTING INNOVATION IN THE COVID-19 RESPONSE. 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 advancing biomedical innovation to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, which may include activities to accelerate research and development by partnering with private entities or academic institutions to develop medical countermeasures and to support State public health responses to the pandemic, 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 2021 through 2025 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2021 through 2030. ______