[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 8 (Friday, January 16, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S243]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 44. Mr. HATCH 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:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. PROTECTION OF EXISTING GRAZING RIGHTS.

       (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any rule or regulation of 
     the Bureau of Land Management, within the Grand Staircase-
     Escalante National Monument, in areas administered by the 
     Bureau of Land Management, any grazing of livestock that was 
     established as of September 17, 1996, or the date that is 1 
     day before the designation of the Grand Staircase-Escalante 
     National Monument in accordance with Presidential 
     Proclamation Number 6920 (whichever is earlier), and any 
     grazing of livestock that has been established since that 
     date, shall be allowed to continue subject to such reasonable 
     regulations, policies, and practices as the Secretary of the 
     Interior considers to be necessary, on the condition that the 
     Secretary shall allow the grazing levels to continue at 
     current levels to the maximum extent practicable.
       (b) Permits.--In carrying out subsection (a), the Secretary 
     of the Interior may issue new permits (or renew permits) for 
     the grazing of livestock in the areas described in subsection 
     (a).
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