[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 198 (Monday, November 15, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S8091]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4559. Ms. SINEMA (for herself and Mr. Kelly) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr. 
Reed and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2022 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense 
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel 
strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. PROTECTION OF THE GRAND CANYON.

       (a) Withdrawal of Federal Land From Mining Laws.--
       (1) Definition of map.--In this subsection, the term 
     ``Map'' means the Bureau of Land Management map entitled 
     ``Grand Canyon Protection Act'' and dated January 22, 2021.
       (2) Withdrawal.--Subject to valid existing rights, the 
     approximately 1,006,545 acres of Federal land in the State of 
     Arizona within the area depicted on the Map, including any 
     land or interest in land that is acquired by the United 
     States after the date of enactment of this Act, is withdrawn 
     from--
       (A) all forms of entry, appropriation, and disposal under 
     the public land laws;
       (B) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and
       (C) operation of the mineral leasing and geothermal leasing 
     laws and mineral materials laws.
       (3) Availability of map.--The Map shall be kept on file and 
     made available for public inspection in the appropriate 
     offices of the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land 
     Management.
       (b) GAO Study on Domestic Uranium Stockpiles.--
       (1) In general.--The Comptroller General of the United 
     States shall conduct a study of uranium stockpiles in the 
     United States that are available to meet future national 
     security requirements.
       (2) Requirements.--The study conducted under paragraph (1) 
     shall identify--
       (A)(i) existing and potential future national security 
     program demands for uranium; and
       (ii) existing and projected future inventories of domestic 
     uranium that could be available to meet national security 
     needs; and
       (B) the extent to which national security needs are capable 
     of being met with existing uranium stockpiles.
       (3) Deadline for completion of study.--Not later than 1 
     year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller 
     General of the United States shall provide a briefing on the 
     study conducted under paragraph (1) to--
       (A) the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate;
       (B) the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the 
     Senate;
       (C) the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the 
     Senate;
       (D) the Committee on Armed Services of the House of 
     Representatives;
       (E) the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of 
     Representatives; and
       (F) the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of 
     Representatives.
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