[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 107 (Wednesday, June 10, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S2897]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1657. Mr. LANKFORD (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 1617 proposed by Mr. 
Gardner (for himself, Mr. Manchin, Mr. Daines, Mr. Warner, Mr. Portman, 
Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Alexander, Mr. King, Mr. Burr, Mr. Tester, Ms. 
Collins, Mr. Udall, Mr. Boozman, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Blunt, Ms. Harris, 
Mrs. Capito, Mr. Peters, Mr. Tillis, Ms. Baldwin, Ms. McSally, Mr. 
Casey, Mr. Graham, Mr. Heinrich, Mr. Bennet, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. 
Sanders, Mr. Booker, Ms. Cortez Masto, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Wyden, Mr. 
Kaine, Ms. Sinema, Ms. Rosen, Mr. Coons, Ms. Smith, Ms. Hassan, Mrs. 
Gillibrand, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Durbin, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. 
Jones, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Brown, Ms. Hirono, 
Ms. Warren, Mr. Murphy, Ms. Klobuchar, Ms. Duckworth, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. 
Leahy, Mr. McConnell, Mr. Markey, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Perdue, Mr. Cramer, 
and Mr. Schatz) 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. ___. LIMITATION REGARDING CERTAIN INFRASTRUCTURE 
                   PROJECTS.

       (a) Definition of Affected Project.--In this section, the 
     term ``affected project'' means an infrastructure project or 
     proposed infrastructure project any phase of which requires 
     the issuance by a Federal department or agency of a permit 
     under, or as a condition of, which a measure of environmental 
     mitigation may be required.
       (b) Limitation.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, in any case in which Federal land suitable for 
     environmental mitigation is located within a 100-mile radius 
     of an affected project, no Federal department or agency may 
     require a sponsor of the affected project to acquire, or 
     otherwise pay for the use of, private land to offset the 
     environmental impacts of the affected project.
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