[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 118 (Sunday, July 26, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S5885]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2507. Mr. BOOZMAN (for himself and Mr. Cotton) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 22, to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt employees with health 
coverage under TRICARE or the Veterans Administration from being taken 
into account for purposes of determining the employers to which the 
employer mandate applies under the Patient Protection and Affordable 
Care Act; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ____. PROHIBITION ON EMINENT DOMAIN FOR CERTAIN 
                   PROJECTS.

       Section 1222 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 
     16421) is amended--
       (1) by redesignating subsections (d) through (g) as 
     subsections (f) through (i), respectively; and
       (2) by inserting after subsection (c) the following:
       ``(d) Prohibition on Eminent Domain.--Notwithstanding any 
     other provision of law (including regulations), the 
     Secretary, SWPA, and WAPA may not carry out any Project under 
     this section through the use of eminent domain, unless the 
     use of eminent domain is explicitly authorized by--
       ``(1) the Governor and the head of each applicable public 
     utility commission or public service commission of the 
     affected State; and
       ``(2) the head of the governing body of each Indian tribe 
     the land of which would be affected.
       ``(e) Siting Requirement.--To the maximum extent 
     practicable, a Project carried out under this section shall 
     be sited on--
       ``(1) an existing Federal right-of-way; or
       ``(2) Federal land managed by--
       ``(A) the Bureau of Land Management;
       ``(B) the Forest Service;
       ``(C) the Bureau of Reclamation; or
       ``(D) the Corps of Engineers.''.
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