[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 10 (Wednesday, January 21, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Pages S355-S356]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 82. Mr. MERKLEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 2 proposed by Ms. Murkowski (for herself, Mr. Hoeven, Mr.

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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. __. APPLICATION.

       This Act shall not apply until the date on which the 
     President (or a designee) determines, in consultation with 
     the Secretary of Agriculture, and other relevant Federal 
     agencies, that increased greenhouse gas emissions, including 
     emissions from the pipeline described in section 2(a), will 
     not have a significant negative impact on farmers and 
     ranchers due to any of the following:
       (1) An increased frequency or severity of drought in the 
     United States.
       (2) An increased risk of invasive agricultural pests in the 
     United States.
       (3) A decrease in available irrigation water from reduced 
     snowpack in the United States.
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