S.Amdt. 5326

SA 5326. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 5194 proposed by Mr. Schumer to the bill H.R. 5376, to
provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 14;
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

Strike section 60115 and insert the following:

SEC. 60115. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY EFFICIENT,
ACCURATE, AND TIMELY REVIEWS.

(a) In General.--In addition to amounts otherwise
available, there is appropriated to the Environmental
Protection Agency for fiscal year 2022, out of any money in
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $40,000,000, to
remain available until September 30, 2026, to provide for the
development of efficient reviews, accurate reviews, and
timely reviews for permitting and approval processes through
the hiring and training of personnel, the development of
programmatic documents, the procurement of technical or
scientific services for reviews, the development of
environmental data or information systems, stakeholder and
community engagement, the purchase of new equipment for
environmental analysis, and the development of geographic
information systems and other analysis tools, techniques, and
guidance to improve agency transparency, accountability, and
public engagement.
(b) Definition of Timely Review.--In this section, the term
``timely review'', with respect to permitting and approval
processes for a proposed action, means the goal of completing
all review for those processes for the proposed action not
later than the date that is 2 years after the date on which
the permitting and approval processes commence.
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