[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 23 (Wednesday, March 6, 2002)]
[Senate]
[Page S1615]
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                           TEXT OF AMENDMENTS

  SA 2980. Mr. DASCHLE (for himself, Mr. Bingaman, Mr. Reid, Mr. 
Murkowski, Mr. Stevens and Mr. Bayh) proposed an amendment to amendment 
SA 2917 proposed by Mr. Daschle (for himself and Mr. Bingaman) to the 
bill (S. 517) to authorize funding the Department of Energy to enhance 
its mission areas through technology transfer and partnerships for 
fiscal years 2002 through 2006, and for other purposes; as follows:

       Insert the following after Section 704(d):
       ``(e) Prohibition on Certain Pipeline Route.--No license, 
     permit, lease, right-of-way, authorization or other approval 
     required under Federal law for the construction of any 
     pipeline to transport natural gas from lands within the 
     Prudhoe Bay oil and gas lease area may be granted for any 
     pipeline that follows a route that traverses--
       ``(1) the submerged lands (as defined by the Submerged 
     Lands Act) beneath, or the adjacent shoreline of, the 
     Beaufort Sea; and
       ``(2) enters Canada at any point north of 68 degrees North 
     latitude.''
       Insert the following after Section 706(c):
       ``(d) State Coordination.--The Federal Coordinator shall 
     enter into a Joint Surveillance and Monitoring Agreement, 
     approved by the President and the Governor of Alaska, with 
     the State of Alaska similar to that in effect during 
     construction of the Trans-Alaska Oil Pipeline to monitor the 
     construction of the Alaska natural gas transportation 
     project. The federal government shall have primary 
     surveillance and monitoring responsibility where the Alaska 
     natural gas transportation project crosses federal lands and 
     private lands, and the state government shall have primary 
     surveillance and monitoring responsibility where the Alaska 
     natural gas transportation project crosses state lands.''
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  SA 2981. Mr. MILLER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 2917 proposed by Mr. Daschle (for himself and Mr. 
Bingaman) to the bill (S. 517) to authorize funding the Department of 
Energy to enhance its mission areas through technology transfer and 
partnerships for fiscal years 2002 through 2006, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 155, between lines 17 and 18, insert the following:
       (c) Average Fuel Economy Standards for Pickup Trucks.--
       (1) In general.--Section 32902(b) of title 49, United 
     States Code (as amended by subsection (b)(3)) is further 
     amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(6) Pickup trucks.--The average fuel economy standard for 
     pickup trucks manufactured by a manufacturer in a model year 
     after model year 2004 shall be 20.7 miles per gallon. No 
     average fuel economy standard prescribed under another 
     provision of this section shall apply to pickup trucks.''.
       (2) Definition of pickup truck.--Section 32901(a) of such 
     title (as amended by subsection (b)) is further amended--
       (A) in paragraph (17), by inserting ``, other than a pickup 
     truck,'' after ``automobile'' in the matter preceding 
     subparagraph (A); and
       (B) by adding at the end the following new paragraph;
       ``(18) `pickup truck' has the meaning given that term in 
     regulations prescribed by the Secretary for the 
     administration of this chapter, as in effect on January 1, 
     2002, except that such term shall also include any additional 
     vehicle that the Secretary defines as a pickup truck in 
     regulations prescribed for the administration of this chapter 
     after such date.''.
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  SA 2982. Mr. MURKOWSKI (for himself and Mr. Stevens) proposed an 
amendment to amendment SA 2980 proposed by Mr. Daschle (for himself, 
Mr. Bingaman, Mr. Reid, Mr. Murkowski, Mr. Stevens, and Mr. Bayh) to 
the amendment SA 2917 proposed by Mr. Daschle (for himself and Mr. 
Bingaman) to the bill (S. 517) to authorize funding the Department of 
Energy to enhance its mission areas through technology transfer and 
partnerships for fiscal years 2002 through 2006, and for other 
purposes; as follows:

       At the end of the amendment insert the following:
       On page 142 after line 20 insert a new section as follows 
     and renumber all following sections accordingly:

     `` `SEC. 708. STATE JURISDICTION OVER IN-STATE DELIVERY OF 
                   NATURAL GAS.

       `` `(a) Any facility receiving natural gas from the Alaska 
     natural gas transportation project for delivery to consumers 
     within the State of Alaska shall be deemed to be a local 
     distribution facility within the meaning of section 1(b) of 
     the Natural Gas Act, and therefore not subject to the 
     jurisdiction of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
       `` `(b) Nothing in this Subtitle, except as provided in 
     subsection 704(e), shall preclude or affect any future gas 
     pipeline that may be constructed to deliver natural gas to 
     Fairbanks, Anchorage, Matanuska-Susitna Valley, or the Kenai 
     peninsula or Valdez or any other site in the State of Alaska 
     for consumption within or distribution outside the State of 
     Alaska.'
       ``On page 148 after line 2 insert:

     `` `SEC. 714. ALASKAN PIPELINE CONSTRUCTION TRAINING PROGRAM.

       `` `(a) Within six months after enactment of this Act the 
     Secretary of Labor (hereinafter referred to as the 
     `Secretary') shall submit a report to the Committee on Energy 
     and natural Resources of the United States Senate and the 
     Committee on Resources of the United States House of 
     Representatives setting forth a program to train Alaska 
     residents in the skills and crafts required in the design, 
     construction, and operation of an Alaska gas pipeline system 
     that will enhance employment and contracting opportunities 
     for Alaskan residents. The report shall also describe any 
     laws, rules, regulations and policies which act as a 
     deterrent to hiring Alaskan residents or contracting with 
     Alaskan residents to perform work on Alaska gas pipelines, 
     together with any recommendations for changes. For purposes 
     of this section Alaskan residents shall be defined as those 
     individuals eligible to vote within the State of Alaska on 
     the date of enactment of this Act.
       `` `(b) Within 1 year of the date the report is transmitted 
     to Congress, the Secretary shall, directly or through grants 
     or cooperative agreements, establish within the State of 
     Alaska, at such locations as the Secretary deems appropriate, 
     training center(s) for the express purpose of training 
     Alaskan residents in the skills and crafts necessary in the 
     design, construction and operation of gas pipelines in 
     Alaska. The training center shall also train Alaskan 
     residents in the skills required to write, offer, and monitor 
     contracts in support of the design, construction, and 
     operation of Alaska gas pipelines.
       `` `(c) In implementing the report and program described in 
     this section, the Secretary shall consult with the Alaskan 
     Governor.
       `` `(d) There are authorized to be appropriated to the 
     Secretary such sums as may be necessary, but not to exceed 
     $20,000,000 for the purposes of this section.'.''.

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