[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 126 (Thursday, July 26, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S5432]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3635. Mr. BARRASSO (for himself and Ms. Cortez Masto) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3399 proposed by Mr. 
Shelby to the bill H.R. 6147, making appropriations for the Department 
of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes; which was ordered to 
lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 51, line 25, strike ``$56,735,000'' and insert 
     ``$52,735,000''.
       On page 142, between lines 16 and 17, insert the following:


             application of bureau of land management rule

       Sec. 433.  (a) In this section, the term ``project'' means 
     a system described in section 2801.9(a)(4) of title 43, Code 
     of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of enactment 
     of this Act).
       (b) None of the funds made available by this Act shall be 
     used to apply the rule of the Bureau of Land Management 
     entitled ``Competitive Processes, Terms, and Conditions for 
     Leasing Public Lands for Solar and Wind Energy Development 
     and Technical Changes and Corrections'' (81 Fed. Reg. 92122 
     (December 19, 2016)) to a project that applied for a right-
     of-way under section 501 of the Federal Land Policy and 
     Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1761) on or before December 
     19, 2016.
       (c) The owner of a project that applied for a right-of-way 
     under section 501 of the Federal Land Policy and Management 
     Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1761) on or before December 19, 2016, 
     shall be obligated to pay with respect to the right-of-way 
     all rents and fees in effect before the effective date of the 
     rule described in subsection (b).
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