[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 106 (Tuesday, June 9, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S2831]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1611. Mr. ROUNDS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 1957, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
to modernize and improve the Internal Revenue Service, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end, add the following:

     SEC. ___. ACQUISITION OF EASEMENTS USING AMOUNTS FROM THE 
                   LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND.

       Section 200306 of title 54, United States Code, is amended 
     by adding at the end the following:
       ``(e) Acquisition of Easements.--
       ``(1) In general.--In acquiring easements under subsection 
     (a)(2)(C), the Secretary (acting through the Director of the 
     United States Fish and Wildlife Service) (referred to in this 
     subsection as the `Secretary') shall make available the 
     option of a 30-year easement as an alternative to a permanent 
     easement in any case in which a permanent easement is being 
     considered.
       ``(2) Compensation.--The Secretary shall establish the 
     amount of compensation for a 30-year easement made available 
     under paragraph (1) at a rate that encourages the use of 30-
     year easements as an alternative to permanent easements under 
     subsection (a)(2)(C).''.
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