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

  SA 3034. Mr. JOHNSON 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 appropriate place, insert the following:

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

       Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 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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