[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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