[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 16 (Wednesday, January 27, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S267]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2983. Ms. MURKOWSKI (for Mr. Inhofe (for himself and Mr. King)) 
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2953 
proposed by Ms. Murkowski 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 of section 2309 (relating to electric 
     transmission infrastructure permitting), add the following:
       (d) Geomatic Data.--If a Federal or State department or 
     agency considering an aspect of an application for Federal 
     authorization requires the applicant to submit environmental 
     data, the department or agency--
       (1) shall consider any such data gathered by geomatic 
     techniques, including tools and techniques used in land 
     surveying, remote sensing, cartography, geographic 
     information systems, global navigation satellite systems, 
     photogrammetry, geophysics, geography, or other remote means; 
     and
       (2) may grant a conditional approval for Federal 
     authorization, subject to the verification of those data 
     through a subsequent onsite inspection.
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