[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 27 (Tuesday, February 12, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S1281]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  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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