[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 18 (Monday, February 1, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S429]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3150. Mr. HATCH 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 B of title III, add the following:

     SEC. 31__. ONLINE AUCTIONS AUTHORIZED.

       Section 36 of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 192) is 
     amended by adding before the period at the end the following: 
     ``And provided further, that in the event of a protest 
     activity or other unforeseen event causing a disruption to a 
     sale under this section, the Secretary of the Interior, as 
     expeditiously as practicable and in any case during the same 
     quarter as the originally announced sale, shall hold the sale 
     through an Internet-based lease sale in accordance with 
     section 17(b)(1)(C)''.
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