[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 12 (Monday, January 26, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Pages S487-S488]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 242. Mr. CARDIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 1, to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       In lieu of the matter proposed to be inserted, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. ___. COMMUNITY RIGHT TO PROTECT LOCAL WATER SUPPLIES.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 60 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act and prior to construction of the 
     pipeline described in section 2(a), the President, or the 
     designee of the President, shall provide to each municipality 
     or county that relies on drinking water from a source that 
     may be affected by a tar sands spill from the pipeline, and 
     to the Governors of each State in which an affected 
     municipality or county is located, an analysis based on the 
     Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement described 
     in section 2(b) of the potential risks to public health and 
     the environment from a leak or rupture of that pipeline.
       (b) Effect on Construction.--Construction of the pipeline 
     described in section 2(a) may not begin if the Governor of a 
     State

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     with an affected municipality or county submits, not later 
     than 30 days after receiving an analysis under subsection 
     (a), a petition to the President requesting additional review 
     of the pipeline.
       (c) Withdrawal.--A petitioner may withdraw a petition 
     submitted by that petitioner under subsection (b) at any 
     time.

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