S.Amdt. 143

SA 143. Mr. CARDIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2 proposed by Ms. Murkowski (for herself, Mr. Hoeven, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Risch, Mr. Lee, Mr. Flake, Mr. Daines, Mr. Manchin, Mr. Cassidy, Mr. Gardner, Mr. Portman, Mr. Alexander, and Mrs. Capito) to the bill S. 1, to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end, add the following:

SEC. ___. QUARTERLY JOBS REPORTS.

(a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, and not less frequently than once every 90 days thereafter during the period described in subsection (b), the Secretary of Labor shall prepare and submit to Congress a report that describes, for the period covered by the report, the quantity of construction, operations, and maintenance jobs--

(1) directly associated with the Keystone XL Pipeline described in section 1, in accordance with section ES4.3.1 of the final environmental impact statement issued by the Secretary of State referred to in section 1(c); or

(2) in the renewable energy development and production sectors (including wind energy, solar energy, geothermal energy, biomass and biofuels, and hydropower) of the United States.

(b) Description of Period.--The period referred to in subsection (a) is the 6-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act.