[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 21 (Thursday, February 4, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S548]
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  SA 875. Mr. HOEVEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 5, setting forth the 
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 
2021 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal 
years 2022 through 2030; 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 
                   STREAMLINING FEDERAL ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITTING 
                   OR REGULATORY ACTION AT THE ENVIRONMENTAL 
                   PROTECTION AGENCY FOR THE DOMESTIC PRODUCTION 
                   OF CRITICAL MINERALS AND RARE EARTH ELEMENTS 
                   FROM LIGNITE COAL.

        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 
     streamlining Federal environmental permitting or regulatory 
     action at the Environmental Protection Agency for the 
     domestic production of critical minerals and rare earth 
     elements, including from lignite coal, by the amounts 
     provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided 
     that such legislation would not increase the deficit over 
     either the period of the total of fiscal years 2021 through 
     2025 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2021 through 
     2030.
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