To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to enable prompt action relating to the Presidential exemption for the rule of the Environmental Protection Agency commonly known as the Mercury and Air Toxins Standard for affected electric utility steam generating units that need additional time to install the major emissions control equipment, construct replacement generation, or implement other mitigation measures in order to ensure the reliability of the grid.

SA 514. Mr. COATS (for himself, Mr. Manchin, Mr. Blunt, and Ms.
Heitkamp) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the
concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 8, setting forth the congressional
budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2014, revising
the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2013, and setting
forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2015 through
2023; 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 TO ENABLE PROMPT
ACTION FOR PRESIDENTIAL EXCEPTION FOR MERCURY
AND AIR TOXINS STANDARD.

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
for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments,
amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports
that may allow the Environmental Protection Agency to enable
the President to be adequately informed and take prompt
action to issue, on a case-by-case basis, Presidential
exemptions, which may include exemptions under section
112(i)(4) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7412(i)(4)),
without raising new revenue, 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 2013 through 2018 or the
period of the total of fiscal years 2013 through 2023.
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