[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 120 (Thursday, July 13, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S2782]
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  SA 671. Mr. SULLIVAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 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:
       In subtitle D of title XXXI of division C, add at the end 
     the following:

     SEC. 31__. ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE REINVESTMENT FINANCING.

       (a) Definition of Covered Amounts.--In this section, the 
     term ``covered amounts'' means--
       (1) amounts made available to carry out title XVII of the 
     Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16511 et seq.); and
       (2) any other amount the Secretary of Energy may use to 
     make guarantees.
       (b) Administrative Expenses.--The Secretary of Energy may 
     use covered amounts, regardless of the fiscal year for which 
     such amounts are made available, for the purpose of 
     administrative expenses associated with carrying out the loan 
     guarantee program established in section 116 of the Alaska 
     Natural Gas Pipeline Act (15 U.S.C. 720n).
       (c) Multiple Covered Amounts.--In carrying out subsection 
     (b), the Secretary of Energy shall use covered amounts 
     equally from each program from which the covered amounts are 
     derived.
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