[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 62 (Thursday, April 21, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S2399]
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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.
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