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On the recordAugust 10, 2021
I call up my amendment No. 3648 and ask that it be reported by number. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the amendment by number. The legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Wisconsin [Ms. Baldwin], for herself and others, proposes an amendment numbered 3648. The amendment is as follows (Purpose: To establish a reserve fund relating to Great Lakes ice breaking operational improvements) At the end of title III, add the following: SEC. 3004. RESERVE FUND RELATING TO GREAT LAKES ICE BREAKING OPERATIONAL IMPROVEMENTS. 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 improving Coast Guard operations, which may include funding for the acquisition, design, and construction of a Great Lakes heavy icebreaker, 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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Tammy Baldwin
Democratic · Wisconsin

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