[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 34 (Thursday, February 20, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S1299]
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  SA 1203. Ms. LUMMIS (for herself and Mr. Risch) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by her to the concurrent resolution 
S. Con. Res. 7, setting forth the congressional budget for the United 
States Government for fiscal year 2025 and setting forth the 
appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2026 through 2034; which 
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of title III, add the following:

     SEC. 3___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO 
                   PERMITTING REFORM.

       The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 
     may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, 
     aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution, 
     and make adjustments to the pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or 
     more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between 
     the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to 
     expediting and improving Federal permitting processes for 
     critical infrastructure and development projects, which may 
     include establishing clear timelines for agency reviews, 
     reducing duplicative requirements, enhancing coordination 
     between Federal and State agencies, streamlining 
     environmental reviews, creating more efficient approval 
     processes for energy and mineral development, preventing 
     frivolous litigation that causes unnecessary project delays, 
     establishing reasonable time limits for legal challenges, 
     limiting repeated challenges to approved permits, or 
     implementing other measures to reduce unnecessary delays 
     while maintaining appropriate environmental and safety 
     standards, by the amounts provided in such legislation for 
     those purposes, provided that such legislation would not 
     increase the deficit over either the period of the total of 
     fiscal years 2025 through 2029 or the period of the total of 
     fiscal years 2025 through 2034.
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