[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 6 (Monday, January 10, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S121]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 INCLUDING CERTAIN COMPUTER-RELATED PROJECTS IN THE FEDERAL PERMITTING 
                PROGRAM UNDER TITLE XLI OF THE FAST ACT

  Mr. SCHUMER. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the immediate consideration of S. 3451, introduced earlier 
today.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 3451) to include certain computer-related 
     projects in the Federal permitting program under title XLI of 
     the FAST Act, and for other purposes.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. SCHUMER. I ask unanimous consent that the bill be considered read 
a third time and passed and that the motion to reconsider be considered 
made and laid upon the table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The bill (S. 3451) was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, 
was read the third time, and passed, as follows:

                                S. 3451

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled,

     SECTION 1. FEDERAL PERMITTING IMPROVEMENT.

       Section 41001(6)(A) of the FAST Act (42 U.S.C. 4370m(6)(A)) 
     is amended, 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,''.

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