S.Amdt. 2039

SA 2039. Mr. BOOKER 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 COMBATING
RISING ENERGY COSTS THROUGH MAINTAINING
PROGRAMS UNDER THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT OF
2022.

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
combating rising energy prices, which may include protecting
the incentives and programs authorized by Public Law 117-169
(136 Stat. 1818) (commonly known as the ``Inflation Reduction
Act of 2022''), which are projected to lower household energy
costs by \1/3\ by 2035 and reflect an annual savings of
roughly $2,000 per household, 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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