S.Amdt. 655Senate117th Congress (2021-2023)

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to preserving the continued implementation of the consistent, clear, and functional categories and exclusions of jurisdictional waters in the Navigable Waters Protection Rule.

Submitted February 4, 2021

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Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 655 proposed by Senator Capito.

February 5, 2021

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Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 655 proposed by Senator Capito.

February 5, 2021

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Senate amendment agreed to: Amendment SA 655 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 51 - 49. Record Vote Number: 43.

February 5, 2021

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Roll call votes on amendments in Senate: Amendment SA 655 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 51 - 49. Record Vote Number: 43.

February 5, 2021

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Amendment SA 655 proposed by Senator Capito. (consideration: CR S452-453; text: CR S453) To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to preserving the continued implementation of the consistent, clear, and functional categories and exclusions of jurisdictional waters in the Navigable Waters Protection Rule.

February 5, 2021

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Amendment SA 655 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 51 - 49. Record Vote Number: 43.

February 5, 2021

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Senate amendment submitted

February 4, 2021

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SA 655. Mrs. CAPITO (for herself, Mr. Hoeven, and Mr. Cramer)
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the concurrent
resolution S. Con. Res. 5, setting forth the congressional budget for
the United States Government for fiscal year 2021 and setting forth the
appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2022 through 2030; 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 FEDERAL
ENVIRONMENTAL AND WATER POLICIES.

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
Federal environmental and water policies, which may include
ensuring the effective and efficient implementation of the
Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.),
preserving consistency and certainty in defining water
features within, and exclusions from, Federal jurisdiction
under that Act, or limiting or prohibiting efforts to
withdraw, revoke, or amend the final rule of the Corps of
Engineers and the Environmental Protection Agency entitled
``The Navigable Waters Protection Rule: Definition of `Waters
of the United States' '' (85 Fed. Reg. 22250 (April 21,
2020)), 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 2021 through 2025 or the period of the total of fiscal
years 2021 through 2030.
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