[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 145 (Tuesday, August 10, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S6400]
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SA 3710. Mr. BOOZMAN 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
PROHIBITING THE USE OF THE FUNDS, FACILITIES,
OR AUTHORITIES OF THE COMMODITY CREDIT
CORPORATION TO ESTABLISH A CARBON BANK, EXCEPT
AS SPECIFICALLY AUTHORIZED BY CONGRESS.
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
Commodity Credit Corporation, which may include prohibiting
or limiting the use of the funds, facilities, or authorities
of the Commodity Credit Corporation to establish a carbon
bank, to buy, hold, sell, or otherwise participate in any
market for carbon credits, or to provide benefits related to
carbon sequestration to any person, except as specifically
authorized by Congress, 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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