S.Amdt. 582

SA 582. Mr. MERKLEY 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 ANY
LEGISLATION THAT PROHIBITS THE IMPRISONMENT OF
NONCITIZEN CHILDREN WHO HAVE NOT BEEN CHARGED
WITH OR CONVICTED OF A CRIME.

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 the
welfare of noncitizen children interacting with the
immigration system of the United States, which may include
the prohibition of detaining or otherwise imprisoning
noncitizen children who have not been charged with or
convicted of a crime, 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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