[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 145 (Tuesday, August 10, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S6382]
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SA 3587. 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 end of title III, add the following:
SEC. 3___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO REDUCING
PERMITTING TIMELINES IN ORDER TO INCREASE THE
DOMESTIC PRODUCTION, MANUFACTURING, MINING, AND
RECYCLING OF CRITICAL MINERALS IN ORDER TO MEET
DEMAND FOR INCREASED DEPLOYMENT OF RENEWABLE
ENERGY SOURCES.
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
reducing permitting timelines in order to increase the
domestic production, manufacturing, mining, and recycling of
critical minerals in order to meet demand for increased
deployment of renewable energy sources by the amounts
provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided
that such legislation 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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