S.Amdt. 553

SA 553. Mr. WELCH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 7, setting forth 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 end of title III, add the following:

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SEC. 3___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO REDUCING
ENERGY BILLS FOR LOW-INCOME HOUSEHOLDS AND THE
WEATHERIZATION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

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
reducing energy bills for low-income households and the
weatherization assistance program established under part A of
title IV of the Energy Conservation and Production Act (42
U.S.C. 6861 et seq.), which may include increasing funding
for or prohibiting recissions to the weatherization
assistance program, 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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