[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 19 (Tuesday, February 2, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S507]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3210. Mr. LANKFORD 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 426, after line 23, add the following:
       (e) Certain Land Acquisition Requirements.--Section 200306 
     of title 54, United States Code (as amended by subsection 
     (d)), is amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(e) Non-road Deferred Maintenance Backlog.--If the non-
     road deferred maintenance backlog on Federal land is greater 
     than $1,000,000,000, acquisitions of land under this section 
     may not exceed the level of deferred maintenance backlog 
     funding.
       ``(f) Maintenance Needs.--In making an acquisition of land 
     under this section, funds appropriated for the acquisition 
     shall include any funds necessary to address maintenance 
     needs at the time of acquisition on the acquired land.
       ``(g) Congressional Approval of Certain Land 
     Acquisitions.--For any acquisition of land under this section 
     for which the cost of the land is greater than $50,000 per 
     acre--
       ``(1) before acquiring the land, the Secretary shall submit 
     to Congress a report that describes the land proposed to be 
     acquired; and
       ``(2) no acquisition may be made unless the proposed 
     acquisition is--
       ``(A) reported to Congress in accordance with paragraph 
     (1); and
       ``(B) approved by the enactment of a bill or joint 
     resolution.''.
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