[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 145 (Tuesday, August 10, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S6382]
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  SA 3586. Mr. DAINES 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 appropriate place in title IV, add the following:

     SEC. 4___. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST SETTING STANDARDS, 
                   TIMELINES, OR QUOTAS TO INCREASE RENEWABLE 
                   ENERGY DEPLOYMENT WITHOUT ALSO REDUCING THE 
                   AVERAGE PERMITTING TIMELINE FOR CRITICAL 
                   MINERAL PROJECTS TO LESS THAN 2 YEARS.

       (a) Point of Order.--It shall not be in order in the Senate 
     to consider any bill, joint resolution, motion, amendment, 
     amendment between the Houses, or conference report that would 
     set standards, timelines, or quotas to increase renewable 
     energy deployment unless such legislation also reduces the 
     average permitting timeline for critical mineral projects to 
     less than 2 years.
       (b) Waiver and Appeal.--Subsection (a) may be waived or 
     suspended in the Senate only by an affirmative vote of three-
     fifths of the Members, duly chosen and sworn. An affirmative 
     vote of three-fifths of the Members of the Senate, duly 
     chosen and sworn, shall be required to sustain an appeal of 
     the ruling of the Chair on a point of order raised under 
     subsection (a).
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