[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 145 (Tuesday, August 10, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6403-S6404]
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SA 3732. Mr. KENNEDY 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;
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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 TAXPAYER FUNDING BY THE
SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR, THE SECRETARY OF
COMMERCE, THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, OR THE
SECRETARY OF ENERGY FOR ACTIONS THAT WOULD
RESULT IN THE REDUCTION OF THE REFINING
CAPACITY OF THE UNITED STATES.
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
prohibiting the use of taxpayer funding by the Secretary of
the Interior, the Secretary of Commerce, the Administrator of
the Environmental Protection Agency, or the Secretary of
Energy for actions that would result in the reduction of the
refining capacity of the United States 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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