[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 145 (Tuesday, August 10, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S6371]
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SA 3513. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him 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; which was ordered to lie on the table; as
follows:
At the end of title III, add the following:
SEC. 3___. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO
PERMITTING THE HEAD OF A FEDERAL AGENCY TO USE
A CATEGORICAL EXCLUSION THAT HAS BEEN APPROVED
BY ANOTHER FEDERAL AGENCY AND THE COUNCIL ON
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY OR AN ACT OF CONGRESS.
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
permitting the head of a Federal agency to use a categorical
exclusion from the requirements of title I of the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4331 et seq.)
that has been approved by another Federal agency and the
Council on Environmental Quality or an Act of Congress by the
amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes,
provided that such legislation would not raise new revenue
and 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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