[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 145 (Tuesday, August 10, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S6304]
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  SA 3105. Mr. CRAMER (for himself, Mr. Braun, Mr. Hoeven, and Mr. 
Inhofe) proposed an amendment to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 
14, setting forth the congressional budget for the United States 
Government for fiscal year 2022 and setting forth the appropriate 
budgetary levels for fiscal years 2023 through 2031; as follows:

       At the end of title III, add the following:

     SEC. 3___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO PROHIBIT THE 
                   COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND 
                   ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY FROM 
                   PROMULGATING RULES OR GUIDANCE THAT BANS 
                   FRACKING IN THE UNITED STATES.

       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 the 
     National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and environmental 
     laws and policies, which may include limiting or prohibiting 
     the Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality and the 
     Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from 
     proposing, finalizing, or implementing a rule or guidance 
     that bans fracking in the United States 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 2022 through 
     2026 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2022 through 
     2031.
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