[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 13]
[Senate]
[Page 18527]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




        ENDANGERED FISH RECOVERY PROGRAMS EXTENSION ACT OF 2012

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AUTHORIZING THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR TO ISSUE RIGHT-OF-WAY PERMITS

  Mr. PRYOR. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Energy 
Committee be discharged from further consideration of H.R. 6060 and the 
Senate proceed to its consideration and consideration of Calendar No. 
269, S. 302 en bloc.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, the clerk will report the 
bills by title en bloc.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (H.R. 6060) to amend Public Law 106-392 to maintain 
     annual base funding for the Upper Colorado and San Juan fish 
     recovery programs through fiscal year 2019.
       A bill (S. 302) to authorize the Secretary of the Interior 
     to issue right-of-way permits for a natural gas transmission 
     pipeline in nonwilderness areas within the boundary of Denali 
     National Park, and for other purposes.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bills 
en bloc.
  Mr. PRYOR. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the bills be 
read a third time and passed en bloc, the motions to reconsider be laid 
upon the table with no intervening action or debate, and that any 
statements related to the bills be printed in the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The bill (H.R. 6060) was ordered to a third reading, was read the 
third time, and passed.
  The bill (S. 302) was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, 
was read the third time, and passed, as follows:

                                 S. 302

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

     SECTION 1. DENALI NATIONAL PARK AND PRESERVE NATURAL GAS 
                   PIPELINE.

       (a) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Appurtenance.--
       (A) In general.--The term ``appurtenance'' includes 
     cathodic protection or test stations, valves, signage, and 
     buried communication and electric cables relating to the 
     operation of high-pressure natural gas transmission.
       (B) Exclusions.--The term ``appurtenance'' does not include 
     compressor stations.
       (2) Park.--The term ``Park'' means the Denali National Park 
     and Preserve in the State of Alaska.
       (3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
     of the Interior.
       (b) Permit.--The Secretary may issue right-of-way permits 
     for--
       (1) a high-pressure natural gas transmission pipeline 
     (including appurtenances) in nonwilderness areas within the 
     boundary of Denali National Park within, along, or near the 
     approximately 7-mile segment of the George Parks Highway that 
     runs through the Park; and
       (2) any distribution and transmission pipelines and 
     appurtenances that the Secretary determines to be necessary 
     to provide natural gas supply to the Park.
       (c) Terms and Conditions.--A permit authorized under 
     subsection (b)--
       (1) may be issued only--
       (A) if the permit is consistent with the laws (including 
     regulations) generally applicable to utility rights-of-way 
     within units of the National Park System;
       (B) in accordance with section 1106(a) of the Alaska 
     National Interest Lands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 3166(a)); 
     and
       (C) if, following an appropriate analysis prepared in 
     compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 
     (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), the route of the right-of-way is 
     the route through the Park with the least adverse 
     environmental effects for the Park; and
       (2) shall be subject to such terms and conditions as the 
     Secretary determines to be necessary.

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