[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 133 (Saturday, August 6, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S4313]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 5326. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 5194 proposed by Mr. Schumer to the bill H.R. 5376, to 
provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 14; 
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        Strike section 60115 and insert the following:

     SEC. 60115. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY EFFICIENT, 
                   ACCURATE, AND TIMELY REVIEWS.

       (a) In General.--In addition to amounts otherwise 
     available, there is appropriated to the Environmental 
     Protection Agency for fiscal year 2022, out of any money in 
     the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $40,000,000, to 
     remain available until September 30, 2026, to provide for the 
     development of efficient reviews, accurate reviews, and 
     timely reviews for permitting and approval processes through 
     the hiring and training of personnel, the development of 
     programmatic documents, the procurement of technical or 
     scientific services for reviews, the development of 
     environmental data or information systems, stakeholder and 
     community engagement, the purchase of new equipment for 
     environmental analysis, and the development of geographic 
     information systems and other analysis tools, techniques, and 
     guidance to improve agency transparency, accountability, and 
     public engagement.
       (b) Definition of Timely Review.--In this section, the term 
     ``timely review'', with respect to permitting and approval 
     processes for a proposed action, means the goal of completing 
     all review for those processes for the proposed action not 
     later than the date that is 2 years after the date on which 
     the permitting and approval processes commence.
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