S.Amdt. 1381

SA 1381. Mr. BENNET submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the concurrent resolution H. Con. Res. 14, establishing the
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year
2025 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal
years 2026 through 2034; 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
SUPPORTING FARMERS.

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
supporting farmers, which may include prohibiting the
closure, consolidation, downsizing, relocation, or
significant reduction in operations of any local or regional
office of the Farm Service Agency, the Natural Resources
Conservation Service, or Rural Development or implementing a
clear, enforceable plan to ensure uninterrupted access to all
Department of Agriculture programs affected, including
through on-the-ground staffing, outreach, or equivalent local
capacity, by the amounts provided in such legislation for
those purposes, provided that such legislation would not
increase the deficit over the period of the total of fiscal
years 2025 through 2034.
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