[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 217 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 217

 To amend the Denali National Park Improvement Act to clarify certain 
   provisions relating to the natural gas pipeline authorized in the 
                   Denali National Park and Preserve.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 24, 2017

 Ms. Murkowski (for herself and Mr. Sullivan) introduced the following 
bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                           Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Denali National Park Improvement Act to clarify certain 
   provisions relating to the natural gas pipeline authorized in the 
                   Denali National Park and Preserve.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. DENALI NATIONAL PARK AND PRESERVE NATURAL GAS PIPELINE.

    (a) Permit.--Section 3(b)(1) of the Denali National Park 
Improvement Act (Public Law 113-33; 127 Stat. 516) is amended by 
striking ``within, along, or near the approximately 7-mile segment of 
the George Parks Highway that runs through the Park''.
    (b) Terms and Conditions.--Section 3(c)(1) of the Denali National 
Park Improvement Act (Public Law 113-33; 127 Stat. 516) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ``and'' after the 
        semicolon;
            (2) by striking subparagraph (B); and
            (3) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (B).
    (c) Applicable Law.--Section 3 of the Denali National Park 
Improvement Act (Public Law 113-33; 127 Stat. 515) is amended by adding 
at the end the following:
    ``(d) Applicable Law.--A high pressure gas transmission pipeline 
(including appurtenances) in a nonwilderness area within the boundary 
of the Park, shall not be subject to title XI of the Alaska National 
Interest Lands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 3161 et seq.).''.
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