S.Amdt. 556

SA 556. 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:

SEC. 3___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO ENSURING
ELECTRIC RELIABILITY AND AFFORDABILITY BY
INVESTING IN EXPANDING AND MODERNIZING ELECTRIC
TRANSMISSION INFRASTRUCTURE.

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
ensuring electric reliability and affordability by investing
in expanding and modernizing electric transmission
infrastructure, which may include investing in the
construction of new high-voltage transmission lines,
improving intraregional and interregional transmission
planning, investing in advanced transmission technologies, or
accelerating the permitting process for renewable energy and
electric transmission projects, 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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