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On the recordAugust 10, 2021
I call up my amendment, No. 3317, and ask that it be reported by number. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the amendment by number. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Nevada [Ms. Cortez Masto], for herself and others, proposes an amendment numbered 3317. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To establish a reserve fund relating to protecting family farms, ranches, and small businesses while ensuring the wealthy pay their fair share) At the end of title III, add the following: SEC. 3___. RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PROTECTING FAMILY FARMS, RANCHES, AND SMALL BUSINESSES. 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 family farms, ranches, and small businesses while ensuring the wealthy pay their fair share, 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 2022 through 2031.
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Catherine Cortez Masto
Democratic · Nevada
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govinfo.gov
Aug 10, 2021

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