[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 11 (Thursday, January 22, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S444]
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SA 143. Mr. CARDIN 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 end, add the following:
SEC. ___. QUARTERLY JOBS REPORTS.
(a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, and not less frequently than once
every 90 days thereafter during the period described in
subsection (b), the Secretary of Labor shall prepare and
submit to Congress a report that describes, for the period
covered by the report, the quantity of construction,
operations, and maintenance jobs--
(1) directly associated with the Keystone XL Pipeline
described in section 1, in accordance with section ES4.3.1 of
the final environmental impact statement issued by the
Secretary of State referred to in section 1(c); or
(2) in the renewable energy development and production
sectors (including wind energy, solar energy, geothermal
energy, biomass and biofuels, and hydropower) of the United
States.
(b) Description of Period.--The period referred to in
subsection (a) is the 6-year period beginning on the date of
enactment of this Act.
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