[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 145 (Tuesday, August 10, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S6371]
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SA 3515. 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 THE
IMPOSITION OF A 2-YEAR TIME LIMIT ON THE
COMPLETION OF EVERY PROCESS, ANALYSIS, OR OTHER
MEASURE REQUIRED TO BE CARRIED OUT BY A FEDERAL
AGENCY UNDER THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
ACT OF 1969 FOR A SPECIFIC PROJECT.
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
imposition of a 2-year time limit on the completion of every
process, analysis, or other measure required to be carried
out by a Federal agency under the National Environmental
Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) for a specific
project 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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