S.Amdt. 5346

SA 5346. Mr. BENNET (for himself and Mr. Hickenlooper) 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
REINSTATING CERTAIN DISCRETIONARY COMPETITIVE
GRANTS FOR THE STATE OF COLORADO THAT HAVE BEEN
WITHDRAWN, CANCELLED, OR TERMINATED ON OR AFTER
JANUARY 20, 2025.

(a) In General.--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 requiring the Secretary of
Transportation to reinstate the transportation grants
described in subsection (b) 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.
(b) Transportation Grants Described.--The transportation
grants referred to in subsection (a) are all discretionary
competitive grants for the State of Colorado that have been
withdrawn, cancelled, or terminated by the Department of
Transportation on or after January 20, 2025, including the
following:
(1) $66,400,000 for the Colorado Department of
Transportation for the Modernizing Rail on the Front Range:
PTC Installation, Siding, and Grade Crossing Safety and
Operational Improvements project.
(2) $11,700,284 for the City of Fort Collins for the
SMART Stage 2-SPARC-FLEET 2030 Smart Power and Resilient
Charging for Fleet Electrification and Emissions Targets
project.
(3) $11,671,781 for Colorado State University Pueblo for
the Safety Assessment, Testing and Workforce Development for
Hydrogen/Natural Gas Motive Power project.
(4) $8,340,000 for the Colorado Department of
Transportation.
(5) $10,700,000 for the City of Fort Collins to build a
transit station and roundabout at the intersection of West
Elizabeth Street and South Overland Trail as part of a bus-
rapid-transit initiative.
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