[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 12 (Monday, January 26, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S478]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 175. Mrs. FEINSTEIN 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 appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. _. CERTIFICATION REGARDING USE OF FIREARMS BY EPA 
                   EMPLOYEES.

       Section 3063 of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a), in the matter preceding paragraph 
     (1), by inserting ``certification under subsection (c) and'' 
     after ``Upon''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(c) Prior to authorizing a law enforcement officer of the 
     Environmental Protection Agency to carry firearms under 
     subsection (a), the Administrator of the Environmental 
     Protection Agency shall certify that--
       ``(1) the officer has been trained in the proper use of a 
     firearm; and
       ``(2) carrying a firearm is necessary for the officer to 
     carry out the duties of the officer under paragraphs (2) and 
     (3) of subsection (a).''.
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