S.Amdt. 4981

SA 4981. Mr. PADILLA (for himself and Mr. Bennet) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the concurrent resolution
S. Con. Res. 33, setting forth the congressional budget for the United
States Government for fiscal year 2026 and setting forth the
appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2027 through 2035; 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
PROTECTING FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS.

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
protecting free and fair elections, which may include
prohibiting unlawful interference by Federal law enforcement
at polling locations and election administration sites that
could prevent qualified voters from exercising their right to
vote or interfere with elections officers in their duties, 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 2026 through
2035.
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