[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 44 (Tuesday, March 12, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S2367]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           TEXT OF AMENDMENTS

  SA 1691. Mr. SCHUMER (for Mrs. Capito) proposed an amendment to the 
bill S. 1189, to establish a pilot grant program to improve recycling 
accessibility, and for other purposes; as follows:

       On page 1, line 5, strike ``2023'' and insert ``2024''.
       On page 7, strike lines 4 through 13 and insert the 
     following:
       (k) Federal Share.--The Federal share of the cost of a 
     project or program carried out by an eligible entity using 
     grant funds shall be not more than 95 percent.
       On page 8, line 8, strike ``2023 through 2027'' and insert 
     ``2025 through 2029''.
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  SA 1692. Mr. SCHUMER (for Mr. Carper) proposed an amendment to the 
bill S. 1194, to require the Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency to carry out certain activities to improve recycling 
and composting programs in the United States, and for other purposes; 
as follows:

       Strike section 9 and insert the following:

     SEC. 9. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

       There is authorized to be appropriated to the Administrator 
     to carry out this Act $4,000,000 for each of fiscal years 
     2025 through 2029.
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  SA 1693. Mr. SCHUMER (for Mr. Kelly) proposed an amendment to the 
bill H.R. 2882, to reauthorize the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall 
Trust Fund, and for other purposes; as follows:

        Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 
     following:

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``Udall Foundation 
     Reauthorization Act of 2023''.

     SEC. 2. INVESTMENT EARNINGS.

       Section 8(b)(1) of the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall 
     Foundation Act (20 U.S.C. 5606(b)(1)) is amended by adding at 
     the end the following: ``Beginning on October 1, 2023, and 
     thereafter, interest earned from investments made with any 
     new appropriations to the Trust Fund shall only be available 
     subject to appropriations and is authorized to be 
     appropriated to carry out the provisions of this Act.''.

     SEC. 3. REAUTHORIZATION OF THE UDALL FOUNDATION TRUST FUND.

       Section 13 of the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall 
     Foundation Act (20 U.S.C. 5609) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``2023'' and inserting 
     ``2029'';
       (2) in subsection (b), in the matter preceding paragraph 
     (1), by striking ``2023'' and inserting ``2029''; and
       (3) in subsection (c), by striking ``5-fiscal year period'' 
     and all that follows through the period at the end and 
     inserting ``5-fiscal year period beginning with fiscal year 
     2025.''.

     SEC. 4. AUDIT OF THE FOUNDATION.

       Not later than 4 years after the date of enactment of this 
     section, the Inspector General of the Department of the 
     Interior shall complete an audit of the Morris K. Udall and 
     Stewart L. Udall Foundation.
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  SA 1694. Mr. SCHUMER (for Mr. Rubio) proposed an amendment to the 
bill S. 50, to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to require 
the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to give 
priority consideration to selecting Pensacola and Perdido Bays as an 
estuary of national significance, and for other purposes; as follows:

        Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 
     following:

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``Pensacola and Perdido Bays 
     Estuary of National Significance Act of 2024''.

     SEC. 2. PENSACOLA AND PERDIDO BAYS.

       Section 320(a)(2)(B) of the Federal Water Pollution Control 
     Act (33 U.S.C. 1330(a)(2)(B)) is amended by striking ``and 
     Lower Columbia River, Oregon and Washington'' and inserting 
     ``Lower Columbia River, Oregon and Washington; and Pensacola 
     and Perdido Bays, Florida''.

     SEC. 3. INELIGIBILITY WITH RESPECT TO FISCAL YEARS 2024 AND 
                   2025.

       With respect to the amendment made by section 2, the 
     Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency may not 
     use for the implementation of that amendment, including, with 
     respect to Pensacola and Perdido Bays, Florida, convening a 
     management conference, developing or carrying out a 
     comprehensive conservation and management plan, or providing 
     grants under section 320 of the Federal Water Pollution 
     Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1330)--
       (1) any amounts appropriated to carry out the national 
     estuary program under that section for fiscal year 2024; or
       (2) unless the total amount appropriated to carry out that 
     program for fiscal year 2025 is at least $850,000 more than 
     the total amount appropriated to carry out that program for 
     fiscal year 2023, any amounts appropriated to carry out that 
     program for fiscal year 2025.

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