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                                 H.R. 4

  Ms. ROSEN. Mr. President, when the Senate considers the rescissions 
bill it is my intention to make the following motion to recommit the 
bill:

       A motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on 
     Appropriations to the bill H.R. 4 to the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the Senate with instructions to report the 
     same back to the Senate in 3 days, not counting any day on 
     which the Senate is not in session, with changes that--
       (1) are within the jurisdiction of such committee; and
       (2) strike provisions that would cut funding from broadcast 
     stations that receive more than 30 percent of their annual 
     budget from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

  When the Senate considers the rescissions bill it is my intention to 
make the following motion to recommit the bill:

       A motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on 
     Appropriations to the bill H.R. 4 to the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the Senate with instructions to report the 
     same back to the Senate in 3 days, not counting any day on 
     which the Senate is not in session, with changes that--
       (1) are within the jurisdiction of such committee; and
       (2) strike provisions that would lead to cuts to the Public 
     Radio Satellite System, which enables national emergency 
     alerts.

  When the Senate considers the rescissions bill it is my intention to 
make the following motion to recommit the bill:

       A motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on 
     Appropriations to the bill H.R. 4 to the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the Senate with instructions to report the 
     same back to the Senate in 3 days, not counting any day on 
     which the Senate is not in session, with changes that--
       (1) are within the jurisdiction of such committee; and
       (2) strike provisions that would result in rural broadcast 
     stations ceasing service.

  When the Senate considers the rescissions bill it is my intention to 
make the following motion to recommit the bill:

       A motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on 
     Appropriations to the bill H.R. 4 to the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the Senate with instructions to report the 
     same back to the Senate in 3 days, not counting any day on 
     which the Senate is not in session, with changes that--
       (1) are within the jurisdiction of such committee; and
       (2) strike provisions that would reduce access to free 
     educational public broadcasting content for low-income and 
     rural communities.

  When the Senate considers the rescissions bill it is my intention to 
make the following motion to recommit the bill:

       A motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on 
     Appropriations to the bill H.R. 4 to the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the Senate with instructions to report the 
     same back to the Senate in 3 days, not counting any day on 
     which the Senate is not in session, with changes that--
       (1) are within the jurisdiction of such committee; and
       (2) strike provisions that would cut funding from any 
     broadcast station that is the only broadcast station serving 
     its local community.

  When the Senate considers the rescissions bill it is my intention to 
make the following motion to recommit the bill:

       A motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on 
     Appropriations to the bill H.R. 4 to the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the Senate with instructions to report the 
     same back to the Senate in 3 days, not counting any day on 
     which the Senate is not in session, with changes that--
       (1) are within the jurisdiction of such committee; and
       (2) would ensure that the bill would not threaten 
     communities in rural and remote areas ability to receive 
     life-saving emergency alerts and warnings, like those related 
     to flash floods, wildfires, extreme heat, snowstorms, 
     earthquake, and tornadoes.

  When the Senate considers the rescissions bill it is my intention to 
make the following motion to recommit the bill:


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       A motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on 
     Appropriations to the bill H.R. 4 to the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the Senate with instructions to report the 
     same back to the Senate in 3 days, not counting any day on 
     which the Senate is not in session, with changes that--
       (1) are within the jurisdiction of such committee; and
       (2) would prohibit the recession of funding for providers 
     participating in the Emergency Alert System.

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