[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 12 (Monday, January 26, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S476]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
SA 160. Ms. MURKOWSKI submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by her to the bill S. 1, to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline; which was
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of section of 2 of the amendment, add the
following:
(f) Prohibition of Additional Federal Mitigation Measures
for Connected Actions.--
(1) In general.--No Federal agency shall require mitigation
measures with respect to any of the specific projects
identified in section 4.8.5 of the final environmental
statement described in subsection (b) that are in addition to
the mitigation measures described in that subsection.
(2) Savings clause.--Nothing in paragraph (1) prevents a
State or local agency from requiring mitigation measures with
respect to the projects referred to in that paragraph under
applicable State or local law.
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