S.Amdt. 859

SA 859. Mr. WARNER (for himself and Mr. Portman) 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:

SEC. 3___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PROMOTING
EXPANDED AFFORDABLE BROADBAND ACCESS THROUGH
STATE AND LOCAL PROGRAMS TO SUPPORT BROADBAND
ADOPTION AND NEW DEPLOYMENTS.

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
promoting expanded broadband access during the COVID-19
public health emergency through programs administered by
State and local governments to support broadband adoption and
new deployments that ensure that not less than 95 percent of
individuals in the United States have access to affordable
high-speed internet access with a download speed of not less
than

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25 megabits per second and an upload speed of not less than
10 megabits per second 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.
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