[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 171 (Tuesday, October 29, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S6249]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1219. Mr. CORNYN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 948 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 3055, making 
appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, 
and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and 
for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        On page 237, line 7, insert ``: Provided further, That the 
     Service shall issue guidance to field offices for 
     streamlining consultations under section 7(a)(2) of the 
     Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1536(a)(2)) 
     relating to Federal actions that authorize, fund, or carry 
     out an activity that is covered by an approved Habitat 
     Conservation Plan, is permitted under section 10(a)(1)(B) of 
     that Act (16 U.S.C. 1539(a)(1)(B)), and affects a species 
     that is listed as a threatened or endangered species under 
     that Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) and covered by the approved 
     Habitat Conservation Plan'' before the period at the end.
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