[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 208 (Thursday, December 2, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S8914-S8916]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           TEXT OF AMENDMENTS

  SA 4866. Mr. SULLIVAN 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 end of subtitle B of title III, add the following:

     SEC. 318. DESIGNATION OF CATEGORICAL EXCLUSIONS FROM 
                   ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS OR ENVIRONMENTAL 
                   IMPACT STATEMENTS FOR PERMANENT DEPLOYMENT OF 
                   LIMITED NUMBER OF AIRCRAFT WITH STRATEGIC 
                   SIGNIFICANCE.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 120 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Air Force 
     shall designate as an action categorically excluded from the 
     requirements relating to environmental assessments or 
     environmental impact statements for purposes of appendix B of 
     part 989 of title 32, Code of Federal Regulations (or 
     successor regulations), and part 1501 of title 40, Code of 
     Federal Regulations (or successor regulations), any project--
       (1) that is critical to national security, maximizes 
     aircraft for contingencies, and enhances operational 
     flexibility; and
       (2) that consists of beddown or plus-up of a small number 
     of aircraft to an installation with similar aircraft that 
     does not result in an increase of more than 300 permanent 
     personnel or logistics support requirements at the receiving 
     installation.
       (b) Application of Exclusion.--Subsection (a) shall apply 
     to any aircraft and infrastructure directly supporting a 
     beddown or plus-up described in such subsection, including 
     operational facilities, operational support facilities, and 
     on-base housing.
       (c) Reprogramming.--The Secretary of the Air Force may 
     reprogram such funds allocated to the Department of the Air 
     Force as the Secretary considers necessary to expedite a 
     beddown or plus-up described in subsection (a), including for 
     infrastructure supporting such beddown or plus-up pursuant to 
     subsection (b).
       (d) Regulations.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Air Force 
     shall prescribe such regulations as are necessary to carry 
     out this section.
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  SA 4867. Mr. SULLIVAN 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:


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        At the end of title VI, add the following:

     SEC. 607. MODIFICATIONS TO CALCULATION OF BASIC HOUSING 
                   ALLOWANCE FOR REMOTE OR ISOLATED AREAS.

       (a) In General.--Section 403(b) of title 37, United States 
     Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 
     paragraph:
       ``(9) In the case of a military housing area determined by 
     the Secretary of Defense to be remote or isolated, the 
     Secretary shall determine the costs of adequate housing under 
     paragraph (2) based on the higher of the median or the mean 
     rent in that area.''.
       (b) Absorption Rate for Out-of-pocket Expenses.--Paragraph 
     (3) of such section is amended by adding at the end the 
     following new subparagraph:
       ``(C) In the case of a military housing area determined by 
     the Secretary of Defense to be remote or isolated, the 
     percentage to be used for purposes of subparagraph (A)(ii) 
     shall be zero percent for months occurring after 2021.''.
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  SA 4868. Mr. MARSHALL (for himself, Mr. Lee, and Mr. Daines) 
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 
6119, making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2022, and for other purposes;


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  The online Record has been corrected to read: making further 
continuing appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2022, and for other purposes.


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                              as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. PROHIBITION ON FUNDING FOR COVID-19 VACCINE 
                   MANDATES.

       None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available 
     under this Act may be obligated or expended to--
       (1) implement or enforce--
       (A) section 1910.501 of title 29, Code of Federal 
     Regulations (or a successor regulation);
       (B) Executive Order 14042 of September 9, 2021 (86 Fed. 
     Reg. 50985; relating to ensuring adequate COVID safety 
     protocols for Federal contractors);
       (C) Executive Order 14043 of September 9, 2021 (86 Fed. 
     Reg. 50989; relating to requiring Coronavirus Disease 2019 
     vaccination for Federal employees);
       (D) the interim final rule issued by the Department of 
     Health and Human Services on November 5, 2021, entitled 
     ``Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Omnibus COVID-19 Health 
     Care Staff Vaccination'' (86 Fed. Reg. 61555); or
       (E) the memorandum signed by the Secretary of Defense on 
     August 24, 2021, for ``Mandatory Coronavirus Disease 2019 
     Vaccination of Department of Defense Service Members''; or
       (2) promulgate, implement, or enforce any rule, regulation, 
     or other agency statement, that is substantially similar to a 
     regulation, Executive Order, rule, or memorandum described in 
     paragraph (1).
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  SA 4869. Mr. HAGERTY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill H.R. 6119, making further continuing appropriations 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022, and for other purposes;


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  On page S8915, December 2, 2021, the following appears: Official 
Title Not Available
  
  The online Record has been corrected to read: making further 
continuing appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2022, and for other purposes.


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           which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

  TITLE __--CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW OF CERTAIN ACTIONS RELATING TO IRAN 
                               SANCTIONS

     SEC. __01. SHORT TITLE.

       This title may be cited as the ``Iran Sanctions Relief 
     Review Act of 2021''.

     SEC. __02. CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW OF CERTAIN ACTIONS RELATING 
                   TO SANCTIONS IMPOSED WITH RESPECT TO IRAN.

       (a) Submission to Congress of Proposed Action.--
       (1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, before taking any action described in paragraph (2), the 
     President shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
     committees and leadership a report that describes the 
     proposed action and the reasons for that action.
       (2) Actions described.--
       (A) In general.--An action described in this paragraph is--
       (i) an action to terminate the application of any sanctions 
     described in subparagraph (B);
       (ii) with respect to sanctions described in subparagraph 
     (B) imposed by the President with respect to a person, an 
     action to waive the application of those sanctions with 
     respect to that person; or
       (iii) a licensing action that significantly alters United 
     States foreign policy with respect to Iran.
       (B) Sanctions described.--The sanctions described in this 
     subparagraph are sanctions with respect to Iran provided for 
     under--
       (i) the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-172; 50 
     U.S.C. 1701 note);
       (ii) the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and 
     Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8501 et seq.);
       (iii) section 1245 of the National Defense Authorization 
     Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8513a);
       (iv) the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act 
     of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8701 et seq.);
       (v) the Iran Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012 
     (22 U.S.C. 8801 et seq.);
       (vi) the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 
     U.S.C. 1701 note); or
       (vii) any other statute or Executive order that requires or 
     authorizes the imposition of sanctions with respect to Iran.
       (3) Description of type of action.--Each report submitted 
     under paragraph (1) with respect to an action described in 
     paragraph (2) shall include a description of whether the 
     action--
       (A) is not intended to significantly alter United States 
     foreign policy with respect to Iran; or
       (B) is intended to significantly alter United States 
     foreign policy with respect to Iran.
       (4) Inclusion of additional matter.--
       (A) In general.--Each report submitted under paragraph (1) 
     that relates to an action that is intended to significantly 
     alter United States foreign policy with respect to Iran shall 
     include a description of--
       (i) the significant alteration to United States foreign 
     policy with respect to Iran;
       (ii) the anticipated effect of the action on the national 
     security interests of the United States; and
       (iii) the policy objectives for which the sanctions 
     affected by the action were initially imposed.
       (B) Requests from banking and financial services 
     committees.--The Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
     Affairs of the Senate or the Committee on Financial Services 
     of the House of Representatives may request the submission to 
     the Committee of the matter described in clauses (ii) and 
     (iii) of subparagraph (A) with respect to a report submitted 
     under paragraph (1) that relates to an action that is not 
     intended to significantly alter United States foreign policy 
     with respect to Iran.
       (5) Confidentiality of proprietary information.--
     Proprietary information that can be associated with a 
     particular person with respect to an action described in 
     paragraph (2) may be included in a report submitted under 
     paragraph (1) only if the appropriate congressional 
     committees and leadership provide assurances of 
     confidentiality, unless that person otherwise consents in 
     writing to such disclosure.
       (6) Rule of construction.--Paragraph (2)(A)(iii) shall not 
     be construed to require the submission of a report under 
     paragraph (1) with respect to the routine issuance of a 
     license that does not significantly alter United States 
     foreign policy with respect to Iran.
       (b) Period for Review by Congress.--
       (1) In general.--During the period of 30 calendar days 
     beginning on the date on which the President submits a report 
     under subsection (a)(1)--
       (A) in the case of a report that relates to an action that 
     is not intended to significantly alter United States foreign 
     policy with respect to Iran, the Committee on Banking, 
     Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on 
     Financial Services of the House of Representatives should, as 
     appropriate, hold hearings and briefings and otherwise obtain 
     information in order to fully review the report; and
       (B) in the case of a report that relates to an action that 
     is intended to significantly alter United States foreign 
     policy with respect to Iran, the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
     of the House of Representatives should, as appropriate, hold 
     hearings and briefings and otherwise obtain information in 
     order to fully review the report.
       (2) Exception.--The period for congressional review under 
     paragraph (1) of a report required to be submitted under 
     subsection (a)(1) shall be 60 calendar days if the report is 
     submitted on or after July 10 and on or before September 7 in 
     any calendar year.
       (3) Limitation on actions during initial congressional 
     review period.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     during the period for congressional review provided for under 
     paragraph (1) of a report submitted under subsection (a)(1) 
     proposing an action described in subsection (a)(2), including 
     any additional period for such review as applicable under the 
     exception provided in paragraph (2), the President may not 
     take that action unless a joint resolution of approval with 
     respect to that action is enacted in accordance with 
     subsection (c).
       (4) Limitation on actions during presidential consideration 
     of a joint resolution of disapproval.--Notwithstanding any 
     other provision of law, if a joint resolution of disapproval 
     relating to a report submitted under subsection (a)(1) 
     proposing an action described in subsection (a)(2) passes 
     both Houses of Congress in accordance with subsection (c), 
     the President may not take that action for a period of 12 
     calendar days after the date of passage of the joint 
     resolution of disapproval.
       (5) Limitation on actions during congressional 
     reconsideration of a joint resolution of disapproval.--
     Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if a joint 
     resolution of disapproval relating to a report submitted 
     under subsection (a)(1) proposing an action described in 
     subsection (a)(2) passes both Houses of Congress in 
     accordance with subsection (c), and the President vetoes the 
     joint resolution, the President may not take that action for 
     a period of 10 calendar days after the date of the 
     President's veto.
       (6) Effect of enactment of a joint resolution of 
     disapproval.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if 
     a joint resolution of disapproval relating to a report 
     submitted under subsection (a)(1) proposing an action 
     described in subsection (a)(2) is enacted in accordance with 
     subsection (c), the President may not take that action.
       (c) Joint Resolutions of Disapproval or Approval.--
       (1) Definitions.--In this subsection:
       (A) Joint resolution of approval.--The term ``joint 
     resolution of approval'' means only a joint resolution of 
     either House of Congress--

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       (i) the title of which is as follows: ``A joint resolution 
     approving the President's proposal to take an action relating 
     to the application of certain sanctions with respect to 
     Iran.''; and
       (ii) the sole matter after the resolving clause of which is 
     the following: ``Congress approves of the action relating to 
     the application of sanctions imposed with respect to Iran 
     proposed by the President in the report submitted to Congress 
     under section __02(a)(1) of the Iran Sanctions Relief Review 
     Act of 2021 on _______ relating to ________.'', with the 
     first blank space being filled with the appropriate date and 
     the second blank space being filled with a short description 
     of the proposed action.
       (B) Joint resolution of disapproval.--The term ``joint 
     resolution of disapproval'' means only a joint resolution of 
     either House of Congress--
       (i) the title of which is as follows: ``A joint resolution 
     disapproving the President's proposal to take an action 
     relating to the application of certain sanctions with respect 
     to Iran.''; and
       (ii) the sole matter after the resolving clause of which is 
     the following: ``Congress disapproves of the action relating 
     to the application of sanctions imposed with respect to Iran 
     proposed by the President in the report submitted to Congress 
     under section __02(a)(1) of the Iran Sanctions Relief Review 
     Act of 2021 on _______ relating to ________.'', with the 
     first blank space being filled with the appropriate date and 
     the second blank space being filled with a short description 
     of the proposed action.
       (2) Introduction.--During the period of 30 calendar days 
     provided for under subsection (b)(1), including any 
     additional period as applicable under the exception provided 
     in subsection (b)(2), a joint resolution of approval or joint 
     resolution of disapproval may be introduced--
       (A) in the House of Representatives, by the majority leader 
     or the minority leader; and
       (B) in the Senate, by the majority leader (or the majority 
     leader's designee) or the minority leader (or the minority 
     leader's designee).
       (3) Floor consideration in house of representatives.--If a 
     committee of the House of Representatives to which a joint 
     resolution of approval or joint resolution of disapproval has 
     been referred has not reported the joint resolution within 10 
     calendar days after the date of referral, that committee 
     shall be discharged from further consideration of the joint 
     resolution.
       (4) Consideration in the senate.--
       (A) Committee referral.--A joint resolution of approval or 
     joint resolution of disapproval introduced in the Senate 
     shall be--
       (i) referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs if the joint resolution relates to a report 
     under subsection (a)(3)(A) that relates to an action that is 
     not intended to significantly alter United States foreign 
     policy with respect to Iran; and
       (ii) referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations if the 
     joint resolution relates to a report under subsection 
     (a)(3)(B) that relates to an action that is intended to 
     significantly alter United States foreign policy with respect 
     to Iran.
       (B) Reporting and discharge.--If the committee to which a 
     joint resolution of approval or joint resolution of 
     disapproval was referred has not reported the joint 
     resolution within 10 calendar days after the date of referral 
     of the joint resolution, that committee shall be discharged 
     from further consideration of the joint resolution and the 
     joint resolution shall be placed on the appropriate calendar.
       (C) Proceeding to consideration.--Notwithstanding Rule XXII 
     of the Standing Rules of the Senate, it is in order at any 
     time after the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
     Affairs or the Committee on Foreign Relations, as the case 
     may be, reports a joint resolution of approval or joint 
     resolution of disapproval to the Senate or has been 
     discharged from consideration of such a joint resolution 
     (even though a previous motion to the same effect has been 
     disagreed to) to move to proceed to the consideration of the 
     joint resolution, and all points of order against the joint 
     resolution (and against consideration of the joint 
     resolution) are waived. The motion to proceed is not 
     debatable. The motion is not subject to a motion to postpone. 
     A motion to reconsider the vote by which the motion is agreed 
     to or disagreed to shall not be in order.
       (D) Rulings of the chair on procedure.--Appeals from the 
     decisions of the Chair relating to the application of the 
     rules of the Senate, as the case may be, to the procedure 
     relating to a joint resolution of approval or joint 
     resolution of disapproval shall be decided without debate.
       (E) Consideration of veto messages.--Debate in the Senate 
     of any veto message with respect to a joint resolution of 
     approval or joint resolution of disapproval, including all 
     debatable motions and appeals in connection with the joint 
     resolution, shall be limited to 10 hours, to be equally 
     divided between, and controlled by, the majority leader and 
     the minority leader or their designees.
       (5) Rules relating to senate and house of 
     representatives.--
       (A) Treatment of senate joint resolution in house.--In the 
     House of Representatives, the following procedures shall 
     apply to a joint resolution of approval or a joint resolution 
     of disapproval received from the Senate (unless the House has 
     already passed a joint resolution relating to the same 
     proposed action):
       (i) The joint resolution shall be referred to the 
     appropriate committees.
       (ii) If a committee to which a joint resolution has been 
     referred has not reported the joint resolution within 2 
     calendar days after the date of referral, that committee 
     shall be discharged from further consideration of the joint 
     resolution.
       (iii) Beginning on the third legislative day after each 
     committee to which a joint resolution has been referred 
     reports the joint resolution to the House or has been 
     discharged from further consideration thereof, it shall be in 
     order to move to proceed to consider the joint resolution in 
     the House. All points of order against the motion are waived. 
     Such a motion shall not be in order after the House has 
     disposed of a motion to proceed on the joint resolution. The 
     previous question shall be considered as ordered on the 
     motion to its adoption without intervening motion. The motion 
     shall not be debatable. A motion to reconsider the vote by 
     which the motion is disposed of shall not be in order.
       (iv) The joint resolution shall be considered as read. All 
     points of order against the joint resolution and against its 
     consideration are waived. The previous question shall be 
     considered as ordered on the joint resolution to final 
     passage without intervening motion except 2 hours of debate 
     equally divided and controlled by the sponsor of the joint 
     resolution (or a designee) and an opponent. A motion to 
     reconsider the vote on passage of the joint resolution shall 
     not be in order.
       (B) Treatment of house joint resolution in senate.--
       (i) Receipt before passage.--If, before the passage by the 
     Senate of a joint resolution of approval or joint resolution 
     of disapproval, the Senate receives an identical joint 
     resolution from the House of Representatives, the following 
     procedures shall apply:

       (I) That joint resolution shall not be referred to a 
     committee.
       (II) With respect to that joint resolution--

       (aa) the procedure in the Senate shall be the same as if no 
     joint resolution had been received from the House of 
     Representatives; but
       (bb) the vote on passage shall be on the joint resolution 
     from the House of Representatives.
       (ii) Receipt after passage.--If, following passage of a 
     joint resolution of approval or joint resolution of 
     disapproval in the Senate, the Senate receives an identical 
     joint resolution from the House of Representatives, that 
     joint resolution shall be placed on the appropriate Senate 
     calendar.
       (iii) No companion measure.--If a joint resolution of 
     approval or a joint resolution of disapproval is received 
     from the House, and no companion joint resolution has been 
     introduced in the Senate, the Senate procedures under this 
     subsection shall apply to the House joint resolution.
       (C) Application to revenue measures.--The provisions of 
     this paragraph shall not apply in the House of 
     Representatives to a joint resolution of approval or joint 
     resolution of disapproval that is a revenue measure.
       (6) Rules of house of representatives and senate.--This 
     subsection is enacted by Congress--
       (A) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the Senate 
     and the House of Representatives, respectively, and as such 
     is deemed a part of the rules of each House, respectively, 
     and supersedes other rules only to the extent that it is 
     inconsistent with such rules; and
       (B) with full recognition of the constitutional right of 
     either House to change the rules (so far as relating to the 
     procedure of that House) at any time, in the same manner, and 
     to the same extent as in the case of any other rule of that 
     House.
       (d) Appropriate Congressional Committees and Leadership 
     Defined.--In this section, the term ``appropriate 
     congressional committees and leadership'' means--
       (1) the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, 
     the Committee on Foreign Relations, and the majority and 
     minority leaders of the Senate; and
       (2) the Committee on Financial Services, the Committee on 
     Foreign Affairs, and the Speaker, the majority leader, and 
     the minority leader of the House of Representatives.
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  SA 4870. Mr. HAGERTY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill H.R. 6119, making further continuing appropriations 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022, and for other purposes;


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  On page S8916, December 2, 2021, the following appears: Official 
Title Not Available
  
  The online Record has been corrected to read: making further 
continuing appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2022, and for other purposes.


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           which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 7, between lines 14 and 15, insert the following:

                U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

                         operations and support

       For an additional amount for ``Enforcement and Removal 
     Operations'', $1,600,000,000, to remain available until 
     expended, for necessary expenses in support of operations 
     necessary to detain and deport a higher number of illegal 
     aliens who have been convicted of a criminal offense in the 
     United States.

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