[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 12 (Monday, January 26, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S474]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 150. Mr. CARDIN 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:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. COMMUNITY RIGHT TO PROTECT LOCAL WATER SUPPLIES.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 60 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act and prior to construction of the 
     pipeline described in section 2(a), the President, or the 
     designee of the President, shall provide to each municipality 
     or county that relies on drinking water from a source that 
     may be affected by a tar sands spill from the pipeline an 
     analysis based on the Final Supplemental Environmental Impact 
     Statement referred to in section 2(b) of the potential risks 
     to public health and the environment from a leak or rupture 
     of that pipeline.
       (b) Notification to Governors.--The President shall provide 
     a copy of the analysis described in subsection (a) to the 
     Governor of each State in which an affected municipality or 
     county is located.
       (c) Effect on Construction.--Construction of the pipeline 
     described in section 2(a) may not begin if the Governor of a 
     State with an affected municipality or county submits, not 
     later than 30 days after receiving an analysis under 
     subsection (b), a petition to the President requesting that 
     the pipeline not be located in the affected municipality or 
     county.
       (d) Withdrawal.--A petitioner may withdraw a petition 
     submitted by that petitioner under subsection (c) at any 
     time.
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