[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 137 (Monday, August 2, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S5674]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2274. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 2137 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for Ms. Sinema (for herself, 
Mr. Portman, Mr. Manchin, Mr. Cassidy, Mrs. Shaheen, Ms. Collins, Mr. 
Tester, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Warner, and Mr. Romney)) to the bill H.R. 
3684, to authorize funds for Federal-aid highways, highway safety 
programs, and transit programs, and for other purposes; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       In section 40102 of subtitle A of title I of division D, 
     strike ``Section 404(f)(12)'' and insert the following:
       (a) In General.--Section 404(f)(12)
       In section 40102 of subtitle A of title I of division D, 
     add at the end the following:
       (b) Categorical Exclusion.--Directional drilling for the 
     undergrounding of wires shall be considered to be an action 
     categorically excluded from the requirements of the National 
     Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.).
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