[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 71 (Wednesday, April 22, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Page S1988]
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  SA 5080. 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:

       At the end of title III, add the following:

     SEC. 3___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO ENSURING 
                   FEDERAL AGENCIES MAINTAIN SUFFICIENT STAFFING 
                   TO FULFILL GOVERNMENT-TO-GOVERNMENT 
                   CONSULTATION OBLIGATIONS WITH TRIBAL NATIONS 
                   DURING PERMITTING AND ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW 
                   PROCESSES.

       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 dedicated Tribal liaison and consultation staffing 
     at Federal agencies, including the Forest Service, the Bureau 
     of Land Management, the Corps of Engineers, and the 
     Environmental Protection Agency, to ensure those agencies can 
     fulfill their government-to-government consultation 
     obligations under section 306108 of title 54, United States 
     Code, the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 
     U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), and executive trust responsibility 
     requirements without those obligations being compromised by 
     staffing reductions or resource constraints, with priority 
     given to agencies with active permitting dockets in regions 
     with significant Tribal land and cultural resource interests, 
     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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