[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 12 (Monday, January 26, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S477]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
SA 166. Ms. MURKOWSKI (for herself and Mr. Sullivan) 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 appropriate place, insert the following:
SEC. _. RELEASE OF CERTAIN WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS.
(a) Bureau of Land Management Land.--With respect to Bureau
of Land Management land identified as a wilderness study area
and recommended for a wilderness designation under section
603(a) of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976
(43 U.S.C. 1782(a)), if, within 1 year of receiving the
recommendation, Congress has not designated the wilderness
study area as wilderness, the area shall no longer be subject
to--
(1) section 603(c) of that Act; or
(2) Secretarial Order No. 3310 issued by the Secretary of
the Interior on December 22, 2010.
(b) Fish and Wildlife Service Land.--With respect to land
administered by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service
that has been recommended by the President or the Secretary
of the Interior for designation as wilderness under the
Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), if, within 1 year of
receiving the recommendation, Congress has not designated the
land as wilderness, the land shall no longer be managed in a
manner that protects the wilderness character of the land.
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