[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 145 (Tuesday, August 10, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S6373]
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SA 3526. 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
CONDUCTING A STUDY TO DETERMINE THE PRESENCE OF
CRITICAL MINERALS ON LAND WITHDRAWN FROM
MINERAL DEVELOPMENT AND REEVALUATE THE
APPROPRIATENESS OF SUCH WITHDRAWALS.
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
conducting a study to determine the presence of critical
minerals on land withdrawn from mineral development by the
Secretary of the Interior and reevaluate the appropriateness
of such withdrawals 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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