[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 27 (Tuesday, February 12, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S1281]
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                           TEXT OF AMENDMENTS

  SA 188. Mr. CRUZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 47, to provide for the management of the natural 
resources of the United States, and for other purposes; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle B of title I, add the following:

     SEC. 11____. IDENTIFICATION OF FEDERAL LAND SUITABLE FOR 
                   DISPOSAL.

       (a) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Covered federal land.--
       (A) In general.--The term ``covered Federal land'' means 
     any Federal land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary 
     concerned.
       (B) Exclusion.--The term ``covered Federal land'' does not 
     include a unit of the National Park System.
       (2) Secretary concerned.--In this section, the term 
     ``Secretary concerned'' means--
       (A) the Secretary of the Interior, with respect to land 
     under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior; and
       (B) the Secretary of Agriculture, with respect to National 
     Forest System land.
       (b) Survey of Federal Land.--As soon as practicable after 
     the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary concerned 
     shall complete a survey of covered Federal land to identify 
     any covered Federal land that is suitable for disposal by the 
     Secretary concerned by competitive sale.
       (c) Report to Congress.--On completion of the survey under 
     subsection (b), the Secretary concerned shall submit to the 
     appropriate committees of Congress a report that--
       (1) describes the results of the survey; and
       (2) identifies at least 10 percent of the total acreage of 
     covered Federal land surveyed by the Secretary concerned that 
     is suitable for disposal by the Secretary concerned by 
     competitive sale.
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  SA 189. Mr. CRUZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 47, to provide for the management of the natural 
resources of the United States, and for other purposes; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of section 3001, add the following:
       (f) Acquisition Restrictions.--Section 200306(b) of title 
     54, United States Code, is amended--
       (1) in the first sentence, by striking ``Appropriations'' 
     and inserting the following:
       ``(1) In general.--Appropriations'';
       (2) in paragraph (1) (as so designated), in the second 
     sentence, by striking ``Appropriations'' and inserting the 
     following:
       ``(2) Preacquisition.--Appropriations''; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(3) Zero net gain.--
       ``(A) In general.--Appropriations from the Fund pursuant to 
     this section shall not be used for acquisition unless the 
     acquisition results in a zero net gain of Federal land.
       ``(B) Application.--The limitation under subparagraph (A) 
     shall apply only to an acquisition of land in a State more 
     than 50 percent of the land of which is Federal land.''.

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