[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 8 (Friday, January 16, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S244]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 47. Mr. HATCH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him 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. __. CATEGORICAL EXCLUSION FOR PINYON-JUNIPER TREE 
                   REMOVAL.

       Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a vegetation 
     management project by the Director of the Bureau of Land 
     Management or the Chief of the Forest Service involving 
     removal or treatment of any Pinyon or Juniper tree for the 
     purpose of conserving or restoring the habitat of the greater 
     sage-grouse or mule deer shall be eligible to be a 
     categorical exclusion (as defined in section 1508.4 of title 
     40, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor regulation)) 
     for purposes of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 
     (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.).
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