[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 107 (Tuesday, June 26, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S4447]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3187. Ms. MURKOWSKI (for herself and Mr. Sullivan) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill H.R. 2, to provide 
for the reform and continuation of agricultural and other programs of 
the Department of Agriculture through fiscal year 2023, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of part II of subtitle F of title VIII, add the 
     following:

     SEC. 86___. RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCE LAND USE DESIGNATION 
                   FOR TONGASS NATIONAL FOREST.

       (a) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Associated facility.--The term ``associated facility'' 
     means any facility or corridor needed to access, develop, 
     construct, or maintain renewable a renewable energy resource 
     project.
       (2) Renewable energy resource.--The term ``renewable energy 
     resource'' means public or private hydropower, geothermal, 
     wind, hydrokinetic, solar, wave, or biomass.
       (b) Renewable Energy Resource Land Use Designation.--As 
     soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this Act, 
     the Secretary shall amend the land and resource management 
     plan for the Tongass National Forest to include a renewable 
     energy resource land use designation to allow for the 
     planning, design, permitting, and development of renewable 
     energy resource projects, plans of operations, and associated 
     facilities.
       (c) Application of the Renewable Energy Resource Land Use 
     Designation.--The renewable energy resource land use 
     designation included in the land and resource management plan 
     for the Tongass National Forest under subsection (b) shall--
       (1) function as an overlay; and
       (2) take precedence over any underlying land use 
     designation, subject to applicable law, regardless of whether 
     the area is identified as an avoidance area in the land and 
     resource management plan for the Tongass National Forest.
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