[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 17 (Thursday, January 28, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S389]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3128. Mr. BOOZMAN 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:

       On page 340, beginning on line 10, strike ``Interior 
     pursuant to'' and all that follows through ``agencies'' on 
     line 11 and insert ``Interior and the Corps of Engineers 
     pursuant to an agreement between the 3 agencies''.
       Beginning on page 340, strike line 18 and all that follows 
     through page 341, line 3, and insert the following:
       (1) Establishment.--Not later than 180 days after the date 
     of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, the Secretary of the 
     Interior, and the Secretary of the Army, acting through the 
     Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, shall 
     establish the joint NEWS Office and Interagency Coordination 
     Committee on the Nexus of Energy and Water for Sustainability 
     (or the ``NEWS Committee'') to carry out the duties described 
     in paragraph (3).
       (2) Administration.--
       (A) Chairs.--The Secretary, the Secretary of the Interior, 
     and the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works shall 
     jointly manage the
       On page 344, line 12, strike ``5-'' and insert ``4-''.
       On page 345, after line 25, add the following:
       (d) Sunset.--This section terminates on the date that is 5 
     years after the date on which the NEWS Committee is 
     established.
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