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Congressional Record, Senate — August 4, 2021, S5865

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This is S5865 of the Congressional Record, Senate, August 4, 2021, with interleaved columns of submitted amendments to H.R. 3684, the highway bill. The page lists amendments intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2137, including SA 2523 and SA 2524 by Mr. Marshall, SA 2527 by Ms. Warren and others, and SA 2529 by Mr. Merkley. The printed text includes a provision permanently rescinding unobligated balances for shuttered venue operator grants and a section establishing a new 2.5 GHz Tribal priority window with the Federal Communications Commission.

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                                             August 4, 2021                                    CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE                                                                      S5865
                                             natural gas facilities located on United                  (i) SHUTTERED VENUE OPERATOR GRANTS.—                amendment SA 2137 proposed by Mr.
                                             States borders), or any other Executive order           All unobligated balances from amounts made             SCHUMER (for Ms. SINEMA (for herself,
                                             shall be required for the construction, con-            available under the heading ‘‘Small Business           Mr. PORTMAN, Mr. MANCHIN, Mr. CAS-
                                             nection, operation, or maintenance of the               Administration—Shuttered Venue Opera-
                                                                                                                                                            SIDY, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Ms. COLLINS, Mr.
                                             pipeline facilities described in subsection (a).        tors’’ and under section 5005(a) of the Amer-
                                                                                                     ican Rescue Plan Act (Public Law 117–2) to             TESTER, Ms. MURKOWSKI, Mr. WARNER,
                                               SA 2523. Mr. MARSHALL submitted                       carry out section 324 of the Economic Aid to           and Mr. ROMNEY)) to the bill H.R. 3684,
                                             an amendment intended to be proposed                    Hard-Hit Small Businesses, Nonprofits, and             to authorize funds for Federal-aid high-
                                             to amendment SA 2137 proposed by Mr.                    Venues Act (title III of division N of Public          ways, highway safety programs, and
                                             SCHUMER (for Ms. SINEMA (for herself,                   Law 116–260) are permanently rescinded.                transit programs, and for other pur-
                                             Mr. PORTMAN, Mr. MANCHIN, Mr. CAS-                                                                             poses; which was ordered to lie on the
                                                                                                       SA 2527. Ms. WARREN (for herself,                    table; as follows:
                                             SIDY, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Ms. COLLINS, Mr.
                                                                                                     Ms. HIRONO, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mr. MAR-                      On page 2593, line 21, insert ‘‘Provided fur-
                                             TESTER, Ms. MURKOWSKI, Mr. WARNER,                      KEY, Ms. SMITH, Ms. ROSEN, Ms. CORTEZ                  ther, That the limitation in the preceding
                                             and Mr. ROMNEY)) to the bill H.R. 3684,                 MASTO, Mr. WYDEN, Mr. BOOKER, Ms.                      proviso shall not apply to amounts made
                                             to authorize funds for Federal-aid high-                BALDWIN, Mr. SCHATZ, and Mr. KING)                     available under this paragraph in this Act
                                             ways, highway safety programs, and                      submitted an amendment intended to                     that the Environmental Protection Agency
                                             transit programs, and for other pur-                    be proposed to amendment SA 2137 pro-                  provides as grants or contracts to external
                                             poses; which was ordered to lie on the                  posed by Mr. SCHUMER (for Ms. SINEMA
                                                                                                                                                            entities that provide technical assistance,
                                             table; as follows:                                                                                             outreach, and engagement:’’ after ‘‘adminis-
                                                                                                     (for   herself,   Mr.    PORTMAN,      Mr.             tration:’’.
                                               On page 2149, lines 11 and 12, strike ‘‘sex,          MANCHIN, Mr. CASSIDY, Mrs. SHAHEEN,
                                             gender identity, sexual orientation,’’.                                                                          SA 2529. Mr. MERKLEY submitted an
                                                                                                     Ms. COLLINS, Mr. TESTER, Ms. MUR-
                                                                                                     KOWSKI, Mr. WARNER, and Mr. ROMNEY))                   amendment intended to be proposed to
                                               SA 2524. Mr. MARSHALL submitted
                                                                                                     to the bill H.R. 3684, to authorize funds              amendment SA 2137 proposed by Mr.
                                             an amendment intended to be proposed
                                                                                                     for Federal-aid highways, highway                      SCHUMER (for Ms. SINEMA (for herself,
                                             to amendment SA 2137 proposed by Mr.
                                                                                                     safety programs, and transit programs,                 Mr. PORTMAN, Mr. MANCHIN, Mr. CAS-
                                             SCHUMER (for Ms. SINEMA (for herself,
                                                                                                     and for other purposes; which was or-                  SIDY, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Ms. COLLINS, Mr.
                                             Mr. PORTMAN, Mr. MANCHIN, Mr. CAS-
                                                                                                     dered to lie on the table; as follows:                 TESTER, Ms. MURKOWSKI, Mr. WARNER,
                                             SIDY, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Ms. COLLINS, Mr.
                                                                                                       At the appropriate place in division F, in-          and Mr. ROMNEY)) to the bill H.R. 3684,
                                             TESTER, Ms. MURKOWSKI, Mr. WARNER,
                                                                                                     sert the following:                                    to authorize funds for Federal-aid high-
                                             and Mr. ROMNEY)) to the bill H.R. 3684,                                                                        ways, highway safety programs, and
                                                                                                     SEC. lllll. ESTABLISHMENT OF NEW 2.5 GHZ
                                             to authorize funds for Federal-aid high-                          TRIBAL PRIORITY WINDOW.                      transit programs, and for other pur-
                                             ways, highway safety programs, and                        (a) COMMISSION DEFINED.—In this section,             poses; which was ordered to lie on the
                                             transit programs, and for other pur-                    the term ‘‘Commission’’ means the Federal              table; as follows:
                                             poses; which was ordered to lie on the                  Communications Commission.                               On page 1461, lines 23 and 24, strike ‘‘AND
                                             table; as follows:                                        (b) NEW TRIBAL PRIORITY WINDOW.—The
                                                                                                                                                            RECYCLING’’.
                                               At the appropriate place in division I, in-           Commission shall—                                        Beginning on page 1462, strike line 3 and
                                             sert the following:                                       (1) not later than 30 days after the date of         all that follows through page 1463, line 18 and
                                                                                                     enactment of this Act, establish a new Tribal          insert the following:
                                             SEC. ll. RESTRICTIONS ON THE USE OF FUND-
                                                        ING.                                         priority window for the 2.5 gigahertz band,              (A) property designed to be used to produce
                                                                                                     under the same terms and conditions as the             energy from the sun, water, wind, geo-
                                               Notwithstanding any other provision of
                                                                                                     Tribal priority window established in the Re-          thermal or hydrothermal (as those terms are
                                             law, none of the funds made available by this
                                                                                                     port and Order in the matter of Trans-                 defined in section 612 of the Energy Inde-
                                             Act, including any amendments made by this
                                                                                                     forming the 2.5 GHz Band adopted by the                pendence and Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C.
                                             Act, may be used to issue vaccine passports,
                                                                                                     Commission on July 10, 2019 (FCC 19–62), for           17191)) resources, or enhanced geothermal
                                             vaccines passes, or other standardized docu-
                                                                                                     any portions of the band—                              systems (as defined in that section);
                                             mentation for the purpose of certifying an
                                                                                                       (A) that remain available for assignment               (B) fuel cells, microturbines, or energy
                                             individual’s COVID–19 vaccination status to
                                                                                                     in accordance with that Report and Order;              storage systems and components;
                                             a third party, or to otherwise publish or
                                                                                                     and                                                      (C) electric grid modernization equipment
                                             share any individual’s COVID–19 vaccination
                                                                                                       (B) for which the Commission did not re-             or components;
                                             record or similar health information.
                                                                                                     ceive an application during the Tribal pri-              (D) property designed to produce energy
                                                                                                     ority window established in that Report and            conservation technologies (including for res-
                                               SA 2525. Mr. MARSHALL submitted                       Order; and
                                             an amendment intended to be proposed                                                                           idential, commercial, and industrial applica-
                                                                                                       (2) accept applications in the new window            tions);
                                             to amendment SA 2137 proposed by Mr.                    established under paragraph (1) during the               (E)(i) light-, medium-, or heavy-duty elec-
                                             SCHUMER (for Ms. SINEMA (for herself,                   period that—                                           tric or fuel cell vehicles, electric or fuel cell
                                             Mr. PORTMAN, Mr. MANCHIN, Mr. CAS-                        (A) begins on the date on which the window           locomotives, electric or fuel cell maritime
                                             SIDY, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Ms. COLLINS, Mr.                    is established; and                                    vessels, or electric or fuel cell planes;
                                             TESTER, Ms. MURKOWSKI, Mr. WARNER,                        (B) ends on the date that is 180 days after            (ii) technologies, components, and mate-
                                             and Mr. ROMNEY)) to the bill H.R. 3684,                 the date on which the window is established,           rials of those vehicles, locomotives, mari-
                                                                                                     or such later date as the Commission con-              time vessels, or planes; and
                                             to authorize funds for Federal-aid high-                siders appropriate.
                                             ways, highway safety programs, and                                                                               (iii) charging or refueling infrastructure
                                                                                                       (c) EXCEPTION FROM CERTAIN PROCEDURAL                associated with those vehicles, locomotives,
                                             transit programs, and for other pur-                    REQUIREMENTS.—To the extent that the Com-              maritime vessels, or planes; and
                                             poses; which was ordered to lie on the                  mission determines that section 553 of title             (F)(i) hybrid vehicles with a gross vehicle
                                             table; as follows:                                      5, United States Code, chapter 6 of that title         weight rating of not less than 14,000 pounds;
                                               Strike section 40105 of division D.                   (commonly known as the ‘‘Regulatory Flexi-             and
                                                                                                     bility Act’’), subchapter I of chapter 35 of             (ii) technologies, components, and mate-
                                               SA 2526. Mr. MARSHALL submitted                       title 44, United States Code (commonly                 rials for those vehicles.
                                                                                                     known as the ‘‘Paperwork Reduction Act’’),               On page 1465, lines 2 and 3, strike ‘‘or recy-
                                             an amendment intended to be proposed
                                                                                                     or any other provision of law would prevent            cling facility for the production or recycling,
                                             to amendment SA 2137 proposed by Mr.                    the Commission from establishing the new               as applicable,’’ and inserting ‘‘facility for the
                                             SCHUMER (for Ms. SINEMA (for herself,                   Tribal priority window by the date required            production’’.
                                             Mr. PORTMAN, Mr. MANCHIN, Mr. CAS-                      under paragraph (1) of subsection (b) or from            On page 1465, strike lines 12 through 21 and
                                             SIDY, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Ms. COLLINS, Mr.                    beginning to accept applications in that win-          insert the following:
                                             TESTER, Ms. MURKOWSKI, Mr. WARNER,                      dow as required under paragraph (2)(A) of                (I) low- or zero-carbon process heat sys-
                                             and Mr. ROMNEY)) to the bill H.R. 3684,                 that subsection, that provision shall not              tems;
                                             to authorize funds for Federal-aid high-                apply to any action taken by the Commis-                 (II) technology relating to energy effi-




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                                                                                                     sion, or any rule or order issued by the Com-          ciency in industrial processes; or
                                             ways, highway safety programs, and
                                                                                                     mission, to establish that window or to begin            (III) any other industrial technology that
                                             transit programs, and for other pur-                    accepting applications in that window (as              significantly reduces greenhouse gas emis-
                                             poses; which was ordered to lie on the                  the case may be).                                      sions, as determined by the Secretary;
                                             table; as follows:
                                               At the end of section 90007, add the fol-              SA 2528. Mr. MERKLEY submitted an                      SA 2530. Mr. BROWN (for himself,
                                             lowing:                                                 amendment intended to be proposed to                   Mr. CASSIDY, and Mr. CASEY) submitted



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