[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 16 (Wednesday, January 27, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S266]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2980. Mrs. SHAHEEN (for herself and Mr. Gardner) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 2012, to 
provide for the modernization of the energy policy of the United 
States, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; 
as follows:

       At the end, add the following:

                        TITLE VI--OTHER MATTERS

     SEC. 6001. ASSESSMENT AND ANALYSIS OF OUTDOOR RECREATION 
                   ECONOMY OF THE UNITED STATES.

       (a) Assessment and Analysis.--The Secretary of Commerce, 
     acting through the Director of the Bureau of Economic 
     Analysis, shall conduct an assessment and analysis of the 
     outdoor recreation economy of the United States and the 
     effects attributable to such economy on the overall economy 
     of the United States.
       (b) Considerations.--In conducting the assessment required 
     by subsection (a), the Secretary may consider employment, 
     sales, and contributions to travel and tourism, and such 
     other contributing components of the outdoor recreation 
     economy of the United States as the Secretary considers 
     appropriate.
       (c) Consultation.--In carrying out the assessment required 
     by subsection (a), the Secretary shall consult with the 
     following:
       (1) The heads of such agencies and offices of the Federal 
     Government as the Secretary considers appropriate, including 
     the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of the Interior, 
     the Director of the Bureau of the Census, and the 
     Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
       (2) Representatives of businesses, including small business 
     concerns, that engage in commerce in the outdoor recreation 
     economy of the United States.
       (d) Report.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than December 31, 2016, the 
     Secretary of Commerce shall submit to the appropriate 
     committees of Congress a report on the findings of the 
     Secretary with respect to the assessment conducted under 
     subsection (a).
       (2) Appropriate committees of congress.--In this 
     subsection, the term ``appropriate committees of Congress'' 
     includes the following:
       (A) The Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, 
     the Committee on Environment and Public Works, the Committee 
     on Energy and Natural Resources, and the Committee on Small 
     Business and Entrepreneurship of the Senate.
       (B) The Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Committee 
     on Small Business of the House of Representatives.
       (e) Small Business Concern Defined.--In this section, the 
     term ``small business concern'' has the meaning given such 
     term under section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
     632).
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