[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 6 (Tuesday, January 13, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S211]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
SA 9. Mr. SCHATZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 2 proposed by Ms. Murkowski (for herself, Mr. Hoeven, Mr.
Barrasso, Mr. Risch, Mr. Lee, Mr. Flake, Mr. Daines, Mr. Manchin, Mr.
Cassidy, Mr. Gardner, Mr. Portman, Mr. Alexander, and Mrs. Capito) to
the bill S. 1, to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline; which was ordered
to lie on the table; as follows:
After section 2, insert the following:
SEC. __. RENEWABLE ENERGY.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the
pipeline and facilities referred to in section 2(a) may not
continue operation unless each year during the 10-year period
beginning on commencement of operation of the pipeline
referred to in section 2(a), the annual amount of non-hydro
renewable energy capacity that is built in the United States
is equal to or greater than the maximum annual capacity of
the pipeline on an energy content basis.
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