At the end of title III, add the following: SEC. 3___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO IMPROVE ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND PRODUCTION. (a) In General.--Subject to subsection (b), the Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other levels in this resolution by the amounts provided by a bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report that would encourage-- (1) consumers to replace old conventional wood stoves with new clean wood, pellet, or corn stoves certified by the Environmental Protection Agency; (2) consumers to install smart electricity meters in homes and businesses; (3) the capture and storage of carbon dioxide emissions from coal projects; (4) the development of natural gas resources beneath the outer Continental Shelf but only off the coastline of the State of Virginia; and (5) the development of oil shale resources on public land pursuant to section 369(d) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15927(d)), without regard to section 433 of the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public Law 110-161).
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Introducing an amendment related to energy efficiency and production during Senate floor debate.
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