[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 176. Mr. DAINES 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:
In section 2 of the amendment, strike subsection (b) and
insert the following:
(b) Environmental Impact Statement.--The Final Supplemental
Environmental Impact Statement issued by the Secretary of
State in January 2014, regarding the pipeline referred to in
subsection (a), and the environmental analysis, consultation,
and review described in that document (including
appendices)--
(1) shall be considered to fully satisfy--
(A) all requirements of the National Environmental Policy
Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.); and
(B) any other provision of law that requires Federal agency
consultation or review (including the consultation or review
required under section 7(a) of the Endangered Species Act of
1973 (16 U.S.C. 1536(a))) with respect to the pipeline and
facilities referred to in subsection (a); and
(2) shall be modified to include a provision requiring that
the designation of National Monuments in any States in which
the pipeline or cross-border facilities described in
subsection (a) is to be located shall be subject to--
(A) consultation with each unit of local government within
the boundaries of which the proposed National Monument is to
be located; and
(B) the approval by the Governor and legislature of each
State within the boundaries of which the proposed National
Monument is to be located.
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