[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 205 (Monday, November 29, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S8792]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4853. Mr. HAGERTY (for himself, Mr. King, and Mr. Portman) 
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3867 
proposed by Mr. Reed to the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize appropriations 
for fiscal year 2022 for military activities of the Department of 
Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the 
Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for 
such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on 
the table; as follows:

        At the appropriate place in subtitle G of title X, insert 
     the following:

     SEC. 106_. FEDERAL PERMITTING IMPROVEMENT.

       Section 41001(6)(A) of the FAST Act (42 U.S.C. 4370m(6)(A)) 
     is amended--
       (1) in the matter preceding clause (i), by inserting 
     ``semiconductors, artificial intelligence and machine 
     learning, high-performance computing and advanced computer 
     hardware and software, quantum information science and 
     technology, data storage and data management, 
     cybersecurity,'' after ``manufacturing,'';
       (2) in clause (iii)(III), by striking ``or'' at the end;
       (3) in clause (iv)(II), by striking the period at the end 
     and inserting ``; or''; and
       (4) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(v)(I) is of substantial national importance and 
     complexity, as determined by a majority vote of the Council; 
     and
       ``(II)(aa) is subject to NEPA;
       ``(bb) requires the preparation of an environmental 
     document; or
       ``(cc) requires an authorization or environmental review 
     that involves 2 or more agencies.''.
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