S.Amdt. 1606

SA 1606. Mrs. BLACKBURN submitted an amendment intended to be
proposed by her 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 appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO DIRECTING
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO AWARD GRANTS TO
ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.

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

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between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating
to directing the Attorney General to award grants to eligible
entities to hire and retain law enforcement officers,
including by awarding bonuses to law enforcement officers,
target, combat, and prosecute vehicle thefts, including
carjackings, prevent violent crime by prioritizing stringent
sentences for repeat offenders, including juvenile offenders,
use public safety tools such as bail and pretrial detention
to prevent dangerous offenders from returning to communities,
acquire resources to better target drug and fentanyl crimes,
detain and deport illegal aliens who have committed criminal
offenses in the United States, eliminate investigatory
backlogs and more quickly process criminal evidence, or
combat interstate child trafficking, 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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