S.Amdt. 1728

SA 1728. Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER 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 POLICIES
THAT HELP KEEP ENERGY COSTS AFFORDABLE FOR
CONSUMERS.

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 energy
costs, which may include legislation prohibiting decreases in
funding to energy affordability programs or legislation
prohibiting tariffs or trade practices that increase consumer
energy costs, 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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