[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 13 (Tuesday, January 27, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S546]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 243. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 73 proposed by Mr. Moran (for himself and Mr. Cruz) to the 
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 end of the amendment, add the following:

     SEC. _. PROHIBITION ON LISTING THE NORTHERN LONG-EARED BAT AS 
                   AN ENDANGERED SPECIES.

       Notwithstanding any other provision of law (including 
     regulations), the Director of the United States Fish and 
     Wildlife Service shall not list the northern long-eared bat 
     as an endangered species under the Endangered Species Act of 
     1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).
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