[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 16 (Wednesday, January 27, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Pages S289-S290]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3031. Mr. BARRASSO (for himself, Ms. Heitkamp, Mr. Cassidy, Mr. 
Enzi, and Mr. Hoeven) 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 subtitle E of title IV, add the following:

     SEC. 44___. AUTHORITY TO APPROVE NATURAL GAS PIPELINES IN 
                   UNITS OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM.

       Section 100902 of title 54, United States Code, is 
     amended--
       (1) in subsection (a)(1)--
       (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking 
     ``Under regulations'' and inserting ``Notwithstanding section 
     28 of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 185), under 
     regulations'';
       (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``and'' at the end;
       (C) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period at the end 
     and inserting ``; and''; and
       (D) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(D) natural gas pipelines.''; and
       (2) in subsection (b)--
       (A) in paragraph (1)--
       (i) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``and'' at the end;
       (ii) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period at the end 
     and inserting ``; and''; and
       (iii) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(D) natural gas pipelines.'';
       (B) in paragraph (2), in the matter preceding subparagraph 
     (A), by striking ``A right of way under'' and inserting 
     ``Except as provided in paragraph (5), a right-of-way granted 
     under''; and
       (C) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(5) Right-of-way for natural gas pipelines.--
     Notwithstanding paragraph (2), a right-of-way granted under 
     paragraph (1)(D) shall--

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       ``(A) be for a term of not more than 30 years; and
       ``(B) not exceed 50 feet in width after construction of the 
     natural gas pipeline.''.
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