S.Amdt. 1854

SA 1854. Mr. KING 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 appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO HELPING
FIRE DEPARTMENTS.

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
providing critically needed equipment, protective gear,
emergency vehicles, training, and other resources needed to
protect the public and emergency personnel from fire and
fire-related hazards, which may include safeguarding the
staffing for adequate fire and emergency response grants
under section 34 of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control
Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2229a) that was created to provide
funding directly to fire departments and volunteer
firefighter interest organizations to help the departments
and organizations increase or maintain the number of trained,
``front line'' firefighters available in their communities,
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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