[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 203 (Wednesday, December 2, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S7187]
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  PROVIDING FOR A REPORT ON THE MAINTENANCE OF FEDERAL LAND HOLDINGS 
        UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR

  Mr. INHOFE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 349, S. 434.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by tile.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 434) to provide for a report on the maintenance 
     of Federal land holdings under the jurisdiction of the 
     Secretary of the Interior.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill, 
which had been reported from the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources, with an amendment to strike all after the enacting clause 
and insert in lieu thereof the following

                                 S. 434

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled,

     SECTION 1. BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT LAND ACQUISITION DATA.

       The Secretary of the Interior (acting through the Director 
     of the Bureau of Land Management) shall--
       (1) collect centralized data on land acquired for 
     administration by the Bureau of Land Management using amounts 
     from the Land and Water Conservation Fund established under 
     section 200302 of title 54, United States Code, including 
     data on--
       (A) the method used for the acquisition; and
       (B) the type of interest acquired;
       (2) not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of 
     this Act, and annually thereafter, submit to Congress a 
     report describing the information collected under paragraph 
     (1); and
       (3) develop guidance to ensure that land acquisition data 
     collected under paragraph (1) is entered correctly and 
     properly coded in the data system of the Bureau of Land 
     Management.

  Mr. INHOFE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
committee-reported substitute amendment be agreed to; that the bill, as 
amended, be considered read a third time and passed; that the 
committee-reported amendment to the title be agreed to; and that the 
motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The committee-reported amendment in the nature of a substitute was 
agreed to.
  The bill (S. 434), as amended, was ordered to be engrossed for a 
third reading, was read the third time, and passed.
  The committee-reported amendment to the title was agreed to as 
follows
         Amend the title so as to read: ``A bill to require the 
     collection of certain data relating to Bureau of Land 
     Management land acquisitions, and for other purposes.''.

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