[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 138 (Tuesday, August 3, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S5774]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2428. Mr. COTTON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 2137 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for Ms. Sinema (for herself, 
Mr. Portman, Mr. Manchin, Mr. Cassidy, Mrs. Shaheen, Ms. Collins, Mr. 
Tester, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Warner, and Mr. Romney)) to the bill H.R. 
3684, to authorize funds for Federal-aid highways, highway safety 
programs, and transit programs, and for other purposes; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        At the end of the amendment, add the following:

   DIVISION __--REGULATIONS RELATING TO THE TAKING OF DOUBLE-CRESTED 
                               CORMORANTS

     SEC. __. REGULATIONS RELATING TO THE TAKING OF DOUBLE-CRESTED 
                   CORMORANTS.

       (a) Force and Effect.--
       (1) In general.--Subject to subsection (b), sections 21.47 
     and 21.48 of title 50, Code of Federal Regulations (as in 
     effect on January 1, 2016), shall have the force and effect 
     of law.
       (2) Public notice.--The Secretary of the Interior, acting 
     through the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife 
     Service (referred to in this section as the ``Secretary''), 
     shall notify the public of the authority provided by 
     paragraph (1) in a manner determined to be appropriate by the 
     Secretary.
       (b) Sunset.--The authority provided by subsection (a)(1) 
     shall terminate on the effective date of a regulation 
     promulgated by the Secretary after the date of enactment of 
     this Act to control depredation of double-crested cormorant 
     populations.
       (c) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section limits 
     the authority of the Secretary to promulgate regulations 
     relating to the taking of double-crested cormorants under any 
     other law.
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