S.Amdt. 250

SA 250. Mr. MANCHIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2024 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ____. METHANE WASTE EMISSIONS CHARGE.

(a) Amendment to Reporting Period.--Section 136(g) of the
Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7436(g)) is amended by striking
``The charge'' and inserting ``Except as provided in
subsection (f)(5), the charge''.
(b) Exemption.--Section 136(f)(5) of the Clean Air Act (42
U.S.C. 7436(f)(5)) is amended--
(1) in the paragraph heading, by striking ``Exemption'' and
inserting ``Exemptions'';
(2) by striking ``such emissions are caused'' and inserting
the following: ``such emissions--
``(A) are caused'';
(3) in subparagraph (A) (as so designated), by striking the
period at the end and inserting ``; or''; and
(4) by adding at the end the following:
``(B) occur before the date that is 1 year after the later
of--
``(i) the date on which financial assistance is provided
from the amounts appropriated in subsections (a) and (b) to
owners and operators of applicable facilities in the industry
segments listed in subsection (d); and
``(ii) the initial effective date of final regulations or
guidance issued by the Administrator for implementing
subsection (c) and this subsection.''.
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