[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 15 (Wednesday, January 30, 2008)]
[Senate]
[Page S502]
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                           TEXT OF AMENDMENTS

  SA 3972. Mr. COBURN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2483, to authorize certain programs and activities 
in the Forest Service, the Department of the Interior, and the 
Department of Energy, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie 
on the table; as follows:

       At the end, add the following:

                        TITLE IX--MISCELLANEOUS

     SEC. 901. REQUIREMENT OF APPROVAL OF CERTAIN CITIZENS.

       (a) In General.--Subject to subsections (b) and (c), the 
     Department of the Interior, the Department of Energy, and the 
     Forest Service, acting individually or in coordination, shall 
     not assume control of any parcel of land located in a State 
     unless the citizens of each political subdivision of the 
     State in which a portion of the parcel of land is located 
     approve the assumption of control by a referendum.
       (b) National Emergencies.--The requirement described in 
     subsection (a) shall not apply in the case of a national 
     emergency, as determined by the President.
       (c) Private Landowners.--The requirement described in 
     subsection (a) shall not apply in the case of a voluntary 
     transaction between a private landowner and the Federal 
     Government of a parcel of land.
       (d) Duration of Approval.--
       (1) In general.--With respect to a parcel of land described 
     in subsection (a), the approval of the citizens of each 
     political subdivision in which a portion of the parcel of 
     land is located terminates on the date that is 10 years after 
     the date on which the citizens of each political subdivision 
     approve the control of the parcel of land by the Department 
     of the Interior, the Department of Energy, or the Forest 
     Service under that subsection.
       (2) Renewal of approval.--With respect to a parcel of land 
     described in subsection (a), the Department of the Interior, 
     the Department of Energy, or the Forest Service, as 
     applicable, may renew, by referendum, the approval of the 
     citizens of each political subdivision in which a portion of 
     the parcel of land is located.

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