[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 135 (Thursday, September 8, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5481-S5482]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 5007. Mr. McCAIN (for himself and Mr. Flake) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 4979 proposed by Mr. 
Inhofe to the bill S. 2848, to provide for the conservation and 
development of water and related resources, to authorize the Secretary 
of the Army to construct various projects for improvements to rivers 
and harbors of the United States, and for other purposes; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of title VIII, add the following:

     SEC. 80__. SALT CEDAR REMOVAL PERMIT REVIEWS.

       (a) In General.--Except as provided in subsection (b), any 
     action by the Secretary relating to reviewing an application 
     for a permit under section 404 of the Federal Water Pollution 
     Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1344) or section 10 of the Act of 
     March 3, 1899 (commonly known as the ``Rivers and Harbors 
     Appropriation Act of 1899'') (33 U.S.C. 403), and any action 
     by the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife 
     Service (referred to in this section as the ``Director'') 
     pursuant to section 7 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 
     (16 U.S.C. 1536), relating to the mechanized removal of salt 
     cedar from

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     an area that consists of not more than 500 acres shall be 
     completed by the Secretary or the Director, as applicable, by 
     not later than 90 days after the date of receipt of the 
     application.
       (b) Exception.--The Secretary may provide to an office 
     conducting a review described in subsection (a) an extension 
     of not longer than an additional 90 days to complete the 
     review, if the Secretary determines that such an extension is 
     warranted.

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