[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 42 (Friday, March 5, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S1294]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
SA 1021. Mr. SULLIVAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden,
Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms.
Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy,
and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation
pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the
table; as follows:
In subsection (b) of section 6002 (relating to funding for
pollution and disparate impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic),
strike paragraph (1) and insert the following:
(1) Of the funds made available pursuant to subsection
(a)(1), the Administrator of the Environmental Protection
Agency shall reserve--
(A) 33 percent for grants, contracts, and other agency
activities that identify and address disproportionate
environmental or public health harms and risks in rural
populations; and
(B) 2 percent for administrative costs necessary to carry
out activities funded pursuant to such subsection.
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