[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 108 (Thursday, June 11, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S2947]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1672. Mrs. LOEFFLER 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. ___. APPROVAL REQUIRED PRIOR TO THE ACQUISITION OF LAND, 
                   WATER, OR AN INTEREST IN LAND OR WATER.

       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) Approval required.--Appropriations from the Fund 
     under this section may not be used for the acquisition of 
     land, water, or an interest in land or water, unless, prior 
     to the acquisition, the Secretary or the Secretary of 
     Agriculture, as applicable, has received from the Governor of 
     the State in which the land, water, or interest in land or 
     water proposed to be acquired is located a written 
     certification that--
       ``(A)(i) the Governor of the State approves the proposed 
     acquisition of land, water, or an interest in land or water; 
     and
       ``(ii) the unit of local government in which the land, 
     water, or interest in land or water proposed to be acquired 
     is located has not passed a resolution objecting to the 
     proposed acquisition; or
       ``(B)(i) the Governor of the State disapproves the proposed 
     acquisition of land, water, or an interest in land or water; 
     but
       ``(ii) the unit of local government in which the land, 
     water, or interest in land or water proposed to be acquired 
     is located has passed a resolution expressing support for the 
     proposed acquisition.''.
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