[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 145 (Tuesday, August 10, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S6372]
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SA 3517. 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
EXPANDING THE CATEGORY OF ACTIONS THAT ARE
EXCLUDED FROM THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE NATIONAL
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT OF 1969.
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
expanding the category of actions that are excluded from the
requirements of title I of the National Environmental Policy
Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4331 et seq.) 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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