[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 139 (Wednesday, September 14, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S5726]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 5070. Mr. SASSE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 4979 proposed by Mr. McConnell (for Mr. Inhofe (for 
himself and Mrs. Boxer)) 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__. PROTECTION OF CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT.

       Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary 
     or the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency 
     may not enter into an agreement related to resolving a 
     dispute or claim with an individual that would restrict in 
     any way the individual from speaking to members of Congress 
     or their staff on any topic not otherwise prohibited from 
     disclosure by Federal law or required by executive order to 
     be kept secret in the interest of national defense or the 
     conduct of foreign affairs.
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