[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 140 (Thursday, August 6, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5333-S5334]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2639. Ms. McSALLY (for herself and Mr. Risch) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2499 proposed by Mr. 
McConnell to the bill S. 178, to condemn gross human rights violations 
of ethnic Turkic Muslims in Xinjiang, and calling for an end to 
arbitrary detention, torture, and harassment of these communities 
inside and outside China; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

        At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ____. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION FEE WAIVER.

       (a) In General.--Notwithstanding the second and fourth 
     provisos under the heading ``salaries and expenses'' under 
     the heading ``Nuclear Regulatory Commission'' in title IV of 
     division C of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 
     2020 (Public Law 116-94; 133 Stat. 2682), the first and 
     second provisos under the heading ``office of inspector 
     general'' under the heading ``Nuclear Regulatory Commission'' 
     in that title (133 Stat. 2683), and section 6101 of the 
     Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 2214), 
     the total amount of revenues received by the Nuclear 
     Regulatory Commission from licensing fees, inspection 
     services, or other services and collections during fiscal 
     year 2020 shall not exceed the total amount of those revenues 
     received by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission prior to March 
     31, 2020.
       (b) Emergency Requirement Designation.--

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       (1) In general.--Of the amounts appropriated for the 
     Nuclear Regulatory Commission for fiscal year 2020 in the 
     Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 
     116-94; 133 Stat. 2534), the amount described in paragraph 
     (2) is designated by Congress as being for an emergency 
     requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the 
     Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 
     U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(A)(i)).
       (2) Amount described.--The amount referred to in paragraph 
     (1) is the difference between--
       (A) $728,054,000; and
       (B) the total amount of revenues described in subsection 
     (a) received by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission prior to 
     March 31, 2020.
       (c) Additional Appropriations.--
       (1) In general.--There is appropriated, out of amounts in 
     the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year 
     ending September 30, 2021--
       (A) for an additional amount under the heading ``Nuclear 
     Regulatory Commission--Salaries and Expenses'', $729,000,000, 
     to become available on October 1, 2020, and to remain 
     available until expended; and
       (B) for an additional amount under the heading ``Nuclear 
     Regulatory Commission--Office of Inspector General'', 
     $11,000,000, to become available on October 1, 2020, and to 
     remain available until September 30, 2022.
       (2) Limitation.--The Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall 
     not collect fees during fiscal year 2021 for licensing, 
     inspection services, or other services and collections.
       (3) Emergency designation.-- The amounts made available 
     under paragraph (1) are designated by Congress as being for 
     an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) 
     of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
     1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(A)(i)).
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