[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 42 (Friday, March 5, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S1368]
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SA 1324. Mr. LEE 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:
Strike section 6002 (relating to funding for pollution and
disparate impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic) and insert the
following:
SEC. 6002. FUNDING FOR POLLUTION AND DISPARATE IMPACTS OF THE
COVID-19 PANDEMIC.
(a) In General.--In addition to amounts otherwise
available, there is appropriated to the Environmental
Protection Agency for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $50,000,000, to
remain available until expended, to address health outcome
disparities from pollution and the COVID-19 pandemic, for--
(1) grants and activities authorized under subsections (a)
through (c) of section 103 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C.
7403); and
(2) grants and activities authorized under section 105 of
such Act (42 U.S.C. 7405).
(b) Administration of Funds.--Of the funds made available
pursuant to subsection (a), the Administrator shall reserve 5
percent for activities funded pursuant to such subsection
other than grants.
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