[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 62 (Thursday, April 21, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2396-S2400]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           TEXT OF AMENDMENTS

  SA 3838. Mr. THUNE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 3801 proposed by Mr. Alexander (for himself and Mrs. 
Feinstein) to the bill H.R. 2028, making appropriations for energy and 
water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2016, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on 
the table; as follows:

       On page 16, line 11, before the period at the end, insert 
     the following: ``: Provided further, That of the amounts 
     provided under this heading, $48,000,000 shall be used for 
     rural water programs, of which $4,200,000 shall be derived 
     from amounts otherwise made available for the Northern Border 
     Regional Commission''.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 3839. Mr. THUNE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 3801 proposed by Mr. Alexander (for himself and Mrs. 
Feinstein) to the bill H.R. 2028, making appropriations for energy and 
water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2016, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on 
the table; as follows:

       On page 16, line 11, before the period at the end, insert 
     the following: ``: Provided further, That of the amounts 
     provided under this heading, $48,000,000 shall be used for 
     rural water programs, of which $4,200,000 shall be derived 
     from amounts otherwise made available for Western drought''.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 3840. Mrs. ERNST submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 3801 proposed by Mr. Alexander (for himself and Mrs. 
Feinstein) to the bill H.R. 2028, making appropriations for energy and 
water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2016, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on 
the table; as follows:

       On page 28, line 8, strike ``$5,400,000,000'' and insert 
     ``$5,398,000,000''.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 3841. Mr. REED (for himself and Ms. Collins) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3801 proposed by Mr. 
Alexander (for himself and Mrs. Feinstein) to the bill H.R. 2028, 
making appropriations for energy and water development and related 
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:


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       On page 23, line 15, before the period at the end, insert 
     the following: ``: Provided further, That of such amount 
     $220,600,000 shall be available for the Weatherization 
     Assistance Program, of which $6,000,000 shall be derived by 
     transfer from the amount otherwise available for Building 
     Technologies.''.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 3842. Mrs. FEINSTEIN submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed to amendment SA 3801 proposed by Mr. Alexander (for himself 
and Mrs. Feinstein) to the bill H.R. 2028, making appropriations for 
energy and water development and related agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes; which was ordered to 
lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of title II, add the following:
       Sec. 2__.  Section 205 of the Energy and Water Development 
     and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 (Public Law 
     114-113;129 Stat. 2242), is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (2)--
       (A) by striking ``feasibility studies described in clauses 
     (i)(II) and (ii)(I)'' and inserting ``feasibility study 
     described in clause (i)(II)''; and
       (B) by striking ``such studies'' and inserting ``such 
     study'';
       (2) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as paragraphs 
     (4) and (5), respectively; and
       (3) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:
       ``(3) not later than November 30, 2017, complete and submit 
     to the appropriate committees of the House of Representatives 
     and the Senate the feasibility study described in section 
     103(d)(1)(A)(ii)(I) of the Calfed Bay-Delta Authorization Act 
     (Public Law 108-361; 118 Stat. 1684);''.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 3843. Mr. McCAIN (for himself and Mr. Flake) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3801 proposed by Mr. 
Alexander (for himself and Mrs. Feinstein) to the bill H.R. 2028, 
making appropriations for energy and water development and related 
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of title III, add the following:
       Sec. 3___. (a) Not later than 30 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Western Area 
     Power Administration shall submit to the appropriate 
     committees of Congress a report that--
       (1) examines the use of a provision described in subsection 
     (b) in any power contracts of the Western Area Power 
     Administration that were executed before or on the date of 
     enactment of this Act; and
       (2) explains the circumstances for not including a 
     provision described in subsection (b) in power contracts of 
     the Western Area Power Administration executed before or on 
     the date of enactment of this Act.
       (b) A provision referred to in subsection (a) is a 
     termination clause described in section 11 of the general 
     power contract provisions of the Western Power 
     Administration, effective September 1, 2007.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 3844. Mr. ROUNDS (for himself and Mr. Thune) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3801 proposed by Mr. 
Alexander (for himself and Mrs. Feinstein) to the bill H.R. 2028, 
making appropriations for energy and water development and related 
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of title I, add the following:
       Sec. 1__.  Of the amounts made available under this title 
     for operation and maintenance, $2,000,000 shall be available 
     for Upper Missouri River Basin flood and drought monitoring 
     under section 4003(a) of the Water Resources Reform and 
     Development Act of 2014 (Public Law 113-121; 128 Stat. 1310).
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 3845. Mr. WHITEHOUSE submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed to amendment SA 3801 proposed by Mr. Alexander (for himself 
and Mrs. Feinstein) to the bill H.R. 2028, making appropriations for 
energy and water development and related agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes; which was ordered to 
lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of title I, add the following:
       Sec. 1__.  Of the amounts made available by this title for 
     flood and coastal storm damage reduction investigations, 
     construction, and operations and maintenance, the Secretary 
     of the Army shall use not less than $100,000,000 for coastal 
     projects.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 3846. Mr. THUNE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 3801 proposed by Mr. Alexander (for himself and Mrs. 
Feinstein) to the bill H.R. 2028, making appropriations for energy and 
water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2016, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on 
the table; as follows:

       On page 16, line 11, strike the period at the end and 
     insert the following: ``: Provided further, That the amounts 
     provided under this heading for facilities operation and 
     maintenance may be used for operations and maintenance, 
     including upgrades, of community water systems included in a 
     congressionally authorized water project and in existence 
     during the period in which that water project was 
     authorized.''.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 3847. Mr. ISAKSON (for himself and Mr. Perdue) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 2028, making 
appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes; 
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of title I, add the following:
       Sec. 1__.  Of the funds made available under this title for 
     construction that are in excess of the amount requested for 
     that purpose in the budget of the United States Government 
     most recently submitted by the President under section 1105 
     of title 31, United States Code, not less than $100,000,000 
     shall be used for projects related to deep-draft navigation.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 3848. Mr. RUBIO (for himself, Mr. Shelby, Mr. Nelson, and Mr. 
Sessions) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment 
SA 3801 proposed by Mr. Alexander (for himself and Mrs. Feinstein) to 
the bill H.R. 2028, making appropriations for energy and water 
development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 2016, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the 
table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:
       Sec. __.  None of the funds made available in this Act, or 
     any contributed or non-Federal funds, may be used--
       (1) to study reallocation of water within the Alabama-
     Coosa-Tallapoosa or Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint river 
     basins until the Secretary of the Army has executed a 
     Partnering Agreement--
       (A) with--
       (i) in the case of the Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa basin, each 
     of the States of Alabama and Georgia; and
       (ii) in the case of the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint 
     basin, each of the States of Alabama, Florida, and Georgia; 
     and
       (B) that outlines the participation of each State in 
     separate water reallocation studies for each basin; or
       (2) to reallocate water within the Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa 
     or Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint river basins until the 
     Secretary of the Army executes a final agreement with each 
     State through which the relevant river basin flows that 
     provides the explicit consent of each relevant State to any 
     reallocation.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 3849. Mr. RUBIO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 3801 proposed by Mr. Alexander (for himself and Mrs. 
Feinstein) to the bill H.R. 2028, making appropriations for energy and 
water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2016, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on 
the table; as follows:

       At the end of title I, add the following:
       Sec. 1__.  Section 601 of the Water Resources Development 
     Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-541; 114 Stat. 2693) is amended--
       (1) by redesignating subsection (p) as subsection (q); and
       (2) by inserting after subsection (o) the following:
       ``(p) Central Everglades Planning Project, Florida.--In 
     accordance with subsection (d), the project for environmental 
     restoration, Central Everglades planning project, Florida, is 
     authorized to be carried out by the Secretary substantially 
     in accordance with the plans, and subject to the conditions, 
     recommended in the final report of the Chief of Engineers 
     signed on December 23, 2014.''.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 3850. Mr. ISAKSON (for himself and Mr. Perdue) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 2028, making 
appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes; 
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:
       Sec. __.  None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used to reevaluate or revise any jurisdictional 
     determination for wetland delineations for the Atlantic and 
     Gulf Coast region that was valid as of January 1, 2008, or 
     that has an effective approval date of January 1, 2008, 
     through December 31, 2014.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 3851. Mr. WARNER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 3801 proposed by Mr.

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Alexander (for himself and Mrs. Feinstein) to the bill H.R. 2028, 
making appropriations for energy and water development and related 
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 56, line 13, strike the period at the end and 
     insert the following: ``: Provided further, That of the 
     amounts appropriated under this heading, not less than 
     $543,000 shall be used to implement the requirements of the 
     Digital Accountability and Transparency Act of 2014 (Public 
     Law 113-101; 128 Stat. 1146).''
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 3852. Mr. BLUMENTHAL submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed by him to the bill H.R. 2028, making appropriations for energy 
and water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2016, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on 
the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:
       Sec. ___.  Out of amounts collected by the Federal Energy 
     Regulatory Commission, the Federal Energy Regulatory 
     Commission shall fund the Office of Public Participation 
     under section 319 of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 825q-1) 
     with the resources necessary for the Office to fulfill the 
     statutory duties of the Office.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 3853. Mr. BLUMENTHAL submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed by him to the bill H.R. 2028, making appropriations for energy 
and water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2016, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on 
the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:
       Sec. ___.  The portion of the project for navigation, 
     Stonington Harbor, Connecticut, authorized by the Act of May 
     23, 1828 (4 Stat. 288; chapter 73) that consists of the inner 
     stone breakwater that begins at coordinates N. 682,146.42, E. 
     1231,378.69, running north 83.587 degrees west 166.79' to a 
     point N. 682,165.05, E. 1,231,212.94, running north 69.209 
     degrees west 380.89' to a point N. 682,300.25, E. 
     1,230,856.86, shall no longer be authorized as a Federal 
     project as of the date of enactment of this Act.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 3854. Mr. PAUL (for himself and Mr. Lee) submitted an amendment 
intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3801 proposed by Mr. Alexander 
(for himself and Mrs. Feinstein) to the bill H.R. 2028, making 
appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes; 
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. RESTORING THE PROMISE OF BUDGET CONTROL ENERGY AND 
                   WATER APPROPRIATIONS.

       (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the 
     ``Restoring the Promise of Budget Control Energy and Water 
     Appropriations Act''.
       (b) Reduction in Spending.--The amounts appropriated under 
     this Act shall be reduced on a pro rata basis by the amount 
     necessary to reduce the total amount of spending under this 
     Act by $1,959,000,000.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 3855. Mr. PAUL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 3801 proposed by Mr. Alexander (for himself and Mrs. 
Feinstein) to the bill H.R. 2028, making appropriations for energy and 
water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2016, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on 
the table; as follows:

       At the end of title V, add the following:
       Sec. 5___.  None of the funds made available by this Act 
     may be used to carry out any water supply reallocation study 
     with respect to the Wolf Creek Dam, Lake Cumberland, 
     Kentucky, project authorized under the first section of the 
     Act of July 24, 1946 (60 Stat. 636, chapter 595).
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 3856. Mr. LEE (for himself, Mr. Rubio, and Mr. Johnson) submitted 
an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3801 proposed by 
Mr. Alexander (for himself and Mrs. Feinstein) to the bill H.R. 2028, 
making appropriations for energy and water development and related 
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of title III, add the following:
       Sec. __.  None of the funds made available in this title 
     may be used by the Secretary of Energy to adopt, implement, 
     administer, or enforce a new or revised regulation or issue 
     guidance regarding enforcement of an existing regulation for 
     which the total direct and indirect monetary cost to the non-
     Federal sector of complying with the new or revised 
     regulation or regulatory guidance exceeds $100,000,000, 
     unless specifically approved by Congress.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 3857. Mr. PERDUE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 3801 proposed by Mr. Alexander (for himself and Mrs. 
Feinstein) to the bill H.R. 2028, making appropriations for energy and 
water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2016, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on 
the table; as follows:

       On page 14, line 6, strike ``$10,000,000'' and insert 
     ``$9,725,000''.
       On page 15, line 10, strike ``$1,114,394,000'' and insert 
     ``$1,083,837,000''.
       On page 16, line 15, strike ``$55,606,000'' and insert 
     ``$54,081,000''.
       On page 17, line 8, strike ``$36,000,000'' and insert 
     ``$35,012,000''.
       On page 17, line 24, strike ``$59,000,000'' and insert 
     ``$57,382,000''.
       On page 23, line 13, strike ``$2,073,000,000'' and insert 
     ``$2,016,158,000''.
       On page 23, line 25, strike ``$206,000,000'' and insert 
     ``$200,351,000''.
       On page 24, line 13, strike ``$1,057,903,000'' and insert 
     ``$836,418,000''.
       On page 25, line 8, strike ``$632,000,000'' and insert 
     ``$614,670,000''.
       On page 25, line 15, strike ``$14,950,000'' and insert 
     ``$14,540,000''.
       On page 25, line 25, strike ``$200,000,000'' and insert 
     ``$194,516,000''.
       On page 26, line 18, strike ``$6,500,000'' and insert 
     ``$6,321,000''.
       On page 26, line 22, strike ``$122,000,000'' and insert 
     ``$118,654,000''.
       On page 27, line 10, strike ``$255,000,000'' and insert 
     ``$248,007,000''.
       On page 27, line 18, strike ``$717,741,000'' and insert 
     ``$698,060,000''.
       On page 28, line 8, strike ``$5,400,000,000'' and insert 
     ``$5,251,932,000''.
       On page 28, line 16, strike ``$292,669,000'' and insert 
     ``$284,644,000''.
       On page 28, line 22, strike ``$20,000,000'' and insert 
     ``$19,451,000''.
       On page 29, line 11, strike ``$37,000,000'' and insert 
     ``$35,985,000''.
       On page 30, line 8, strike ``$5,000,000'' and insert 
     ``$4,862,000''.
       On page 30, line 14, strike ``$232,142,000'' and insert 
     ``$225,776,000''.
       On page 35, line 10, strike ``$1,000,000'' and insert 
     ``$972,000''.
       On page 36, line 20, strike ``$45,643,000'' and insert 
     ``$44,391,000''.
       On page 38, line 1, strike ``$307,144,000'' and insert 
     ``$298,722,000''.
       On page 39, line 11, strike ``$4,070,000'' and insert 
     ``$3,958,000''.
       On page 53, line 11, strike ``$151,000,000'' and insert 
     ``$146,859,000''.
       On page 53, line 18, strike ``$31,000,000'' and insert 
     ``$30,149,000''.
       On page 54, line 1, strike ``$25,000,000'' and insert 
     ``$24,314,000''.
       On page 54, line 7, strike ``$15,000,000'' and insert 
     ``$14,588,000''.
       On page 55, line 4, strike ``$10,000,000'' and insert 
     ``$9,725,000''.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 3858. Mr. SULLIVAN (for himself and Ms. Murkowski) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3801 proposed by Mr. 
Alexander (for himself and Mrs. Feinstein) to the bill H.R. 2028, 
making appropriations for energy and water development and related 
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of title I, add the following:
       Sec. __.  None of the funds made available in this title 
     may be used by the Secretary of the Army to enforce any 
     compensatory mitigation requirement under section 404 of the 
     Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1344) for a 
     project that is being constructed in an existing right-of-
     way.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 3859. Mr. COONS (for himself and Mr. Markey) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 2028, making 
appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes; 
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:
       Sec. ____. (a) In General.--Not later than 1 year after the 
     date of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter for 2 
     years, the Comptroller General of the United States shall 
     conduct a review of--
       (1) energy production in the United States; and
       (2) the effects, if any, of crude oil exports from the 
     United States on consumers, independent refiners, and 
     shipbuilding and ship repair yards.
       (b) Contents of Report.--Not later than 1 year after 
     commencing each review under subsection (a), the Comptroller 
     General of the United States shall submit to the Committees 
     on Appropriations, Energy and Natural Resources, Banking, 
     Housing, and Urban Affairs, Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation, and Foreign Relations of the

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     Senate and the Committees on Natural Resources, Energy and 
     Commerce, Financial Services, and Foreign Affairs of the 
     House of Representatives a report that includes--
       (1) a statement of the principal findings of the review; 
     and
       (2) recommendations for Congress and the President to 
     address any job loss in the shipbuilding and ship repair 
     industry or adverse impacts on consumers and refiners that 
     the Comptroller General of the United States attributes to 
     unencumbered crude oil exports in the United States.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 3860. Mr. PETERS (for himself and Ms. Stabenow) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3801 proposed by Mr. 
Alexander (for himself and Mrs. Feinstein) to the bill H.R. 2028, 
making appropriations for energy and water development and related 
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of title V, add the following:
       Sec. 5__.  None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used in any way to authorize construction of a repository 
     (as defined in section 2 of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 
     1982 (42 U.S.C. 10101)) for the permanent disposal of nuclear 
     energy waste within--
       (1) Lake Ontario, Lake Erie, Lake Huron (including Lake St. 
     Clair), Lake Michigan, or Lake Superior;
       (2) the connecting channels (including Saint Mary's River, 
     Saint Clair River, Detroit River, Niagara River, or Saint 
     Lawrence River to the Canadian Border); or
       (3) any stream, river, lake, or other body of water within 
     the drainage basin of the lakes described in paragraph (1).
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 3861. Ms. KLOBUCHAR submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by her to the bill H.R. 2028, making appropriations for energy and 
water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2016, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on 
the table; as follows:

       On page 23, line 15, strike the period at the end and 
     insert the following: ``: Provided further, That of such 
     amount $10,000,000 shall be available for onshore distributed 
     wind research, development, and demonstration.''.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 3862. Mr. KING submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 3801 proposed by Mr. Alexander (for himself and Mrs. 
Feinstein) to the bill H.R. 2028, making appropriations for energy and 
water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2016, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on 
the table; as follows:

       At the end of the general provisions of title III, add the 
     following:
       Sec. 3__.  None of the funds made available by this Act or 
     any other Act may be used by the Federal Energy Regulatory 
     Commission to enforce, pursue, implement, or otherwise 
     require compliance with license conditions or requirements 
     that apply or may be applied to any dam project that--
       (1) operates as a water storage facility;
       (2) does not generate power onsite;
       (3) is connected to a downstream power-generating facility, 
     through ownership or impact, that--
       (A) is authorized by any law that predates the Federal 
     Power Act (16 U.S.C. 791a et seq.); and
       (B) is subject to the jurisdiction of the International 
     Joint Commission; and
       (4) is on land that--
       (A) is not Federal land; or
       (B) is Federal land held in trust by the Secretary of the 
     Interior for an Indian tribe.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 3863. Mr. CARPER (for himself and Mr. Coons) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3801 proposed by Mr. 
Alexander (for himself and Mrs. Feinstein) to the bill H.R. 2028, 
making appropriations for energy and water development and related 
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 3, line 21, before the period at the end, insert 
     the following: ``: Provided, That funds made available under 
     this heading for shore protection shall be prioritized for 
     projects in areas that have suffered repetitive losses 
     outside of the normal beach renourishment cycle and in which 
     the normal beach renourishment cycle has been delayed''.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 3864. Mr. GRAHAM (for himself, Mr. Kirk, Ms. Ayotte, Ms. Collins, 
Mr. Portman, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Markey, and 
Mr. Brown) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment 
SA 3801 proposed by Mr. Alexander (for himself and Mrs. Feinstein) to 
the bill H.R. 2028, making appropriations for energy and water 
development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 2016, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the 
table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:
       Sec. __. (a) Congress finds that--
       (1) climate change is real;
       (2) human activity contributes to climate change;
       (3) climate change is already affecting the people of the 
     United States and poses an increasing risk to--
       (A) the health of the people of the United States; and
       (B) the security, economy, and infrastructure of the United 
     States; and
       (4) over 180 countries, including China, India, and Brazil, 
     have made commitments to reducing greenhouse gas emissions 
     that contribute to climate change, which creates 
     opportunities for workers of the United States and innovative 
     private industries to benefit from global clean energy 
     markets.
       (b) It is the sense of Congress that--
       (1) the United States should be a world leader in 
     addressing climate change;
       (2) Congress is best positioned to address policies that 
     leave for future generations a prosperous economy and healthy 
     environment;
       (3) Congress has a responsibility to take actions that 
     reduce emissions and combat climate change; and
       (4) Congress should support research and development to 
     bolster clean energy technology.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 3865. Mrs. FISCHER (for herself, Mr. Moran, Mr. Gardner, Mr. 
Roberts, Mr. Bennet, and Mr. Sasse) submitted an amendment intended to 
be proposed to amendment SA 3801 proposed by Mr. Alexander (for himself 
and Mrs. Feinstein) to the bill H.R. 2028, making appropriations for 
energy and water development and related agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes; which was ordered to 
lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of title II, add the following:
       Sec. 2__.  None of the funds made available by this Act 
     that would be provided to, or impact, any Bureau of 
     Reclamation reservoir project, operations, administration of 
     water rights, or other action in the Republican River Basin 
     may be used in a manner that does not comply with, or is not 
     in accordance with, each applicable--
       (1) resolution of the Republican River Compact 
     Administration; and
       (2) State order necessary to carry out such a resolution.
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  SA 3866. Mr. COTTON (for himself and Mr. Boozman) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3801 proposed by Mr. 
Alexander (for himself and Mrs. Feinstein) to the bill H.R. 2028, 
making appropriations for energy and water development and related 
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of title III, add the following:
       Sec. 3__.  None of the funds made available in this title 
     may be used to carry out a project approved under section 
     1222 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16421).
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  SA 3867. Mr. CARDIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 3801 proposed by Mr. Alexander (for himself and Mrs. 
Feinstein) to the bill H.R. 2028, making appropriations for energy and 
water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2016, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on 
the table; as follows:

       At the end of title I, add the following:
       Sec. __.  Section 2102 of the Water Resources Reform and 
     Development Act of 2014 (Public Law 113-121; 128 Stat. 1273) 
     is amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(d) Guidance.--The Secretary shall publish on the website 
     of the Corps of Engineers guidance on the implementation of 
     this section and the amendments made by this section.''.
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  SA 3868. Mr. CARDIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 3801 proposed by Mr. Alexander (for himself and Mrs. 
Feinstein) to the bill H.R. 2028, making appropriations for energy and 
water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2016, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on 
the table; as follows:

       At the end of title I, add the following:
       Sec. __.  The Secretary of the Army shall--
       (1) carry out a study of the oyster aquaculture industry in 
     the Chesapeake Bay, including--
       (A) an examination of existing Federal and State 
     regulations in each relevant district of the Corps of 
     Engineers;
       (B) the number, structure, funding, and regulation of 
     oyster hatcheries in each relevant State;
       (C) the number of oyster aquaculture leases in place in 
     each relevant district of the Corps of Engineers;

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       (D) the period of time required to secure an oyster 
     aquaculture lease from each relevant jurisdiction; and
       (E) the experience of the private sector in applying for 
     oyster aquaculture permits from different jurisdictions of 
     the Corps of Engineers and different States; and
       (2) submit to Congress a report on the findings of the 
     study under paragraph (1).

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