[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 140 (Thursday, August 5, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S5980]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2607. Mrs. HYDE-SMITH 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 title VIII of division D, add the following:

     SEC. 408___. PILOT PROGRAM ON FEDERAL LAND DATA AND ANALYSIS 
                   CONSORTIUM.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 120 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior 
     (referred to in this section as the ``Secretary''), in 
     partnership with eligible partners described in subsection 
     (b), shall carry out a pilot program (referred to in this 
     section as the ``program'') to develop a Federal Land Data 
     and Analysis Consortium for Orphaned and Abandoned Wells.
       (b) Eligible Partners.--An eligible partner referred to in 
     subsection (a) is an institution of higher education or a 
     private sector partner that has demonstrated research 
     capabilities in the area of remote sensing, mesh networking, 
     data visualization monitoring, machine learning or artificial 
     intelligence, data capture, or data analysis.
       (c) Authorized Activities.--Eligible partners with respect 
     to which the Secretary enters into a partnership under the 
     program may assist the Secretary in identifying, 
     categorizing, and prioritizing orphaned and abandoned wells 
     that are the greatest risk to public health and safety on 
     Federal land and Tribal land.
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