[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 137 (Monday, August 2, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S5679]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2291. Ms. ERNST 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 40107, strike subsection (b) and insert the 
     following:
       (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized 
     to be appropriated to the Secretary--
       (1) to carry out the Smart Grid Investment Matching Grant 
     Program established under section 1306(a) of the Energy 
     Independence and Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17386(a)) 
     $1,500,000,000 for fiscal year 2022, to remain available 
     through September 30, 2026; and
       (2) to carry out a grant program to install ethanol blender 
     pump infrastructure $1,500,000,000 for fiscal year 2022, to 
     remain available through September 30, 2026.
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