S.Amdt. 5080

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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