[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 71 (Wednesday, April 22, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1987-S1988]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 5079. Mr. LUJAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 33, setting forth the 
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 
2026 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal 
years 2027 through 2035; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:


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       At the end of title III, add the following:

     SEC. 3___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO ABANDONED 
                   HARDROCK MINE REMEDIATION ON PUBLIC LAND.

       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 
     supporting the cleanup, reclamation, and long-term monitoring 
     of abandoned hardrock mine sites on Federal land managed by 
     the Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Service, and 
     addressing contamination of soil, groundwater, and surface 
     water resources, with priority given to sites posing imminent 
     risk to downstream water users, wildlife habitats, and 
     adjacent communities, by the amounts provided in such 
     legislation for those purposes, provided that such 
     legislation would not increase the deficit over the period of 
     the total of fiscal years 2026 through 2035.
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