To provide limits on the designation of new federally protected land.

SA 18. Mrs. FISCHER 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 of the bill, add the following:

SEC. __. LIMITATION ON DESIGNATION OF NEW FEDERALLY PROTECTED
LAND.

(a) Definition of Federally Protected Land.--In this
section, the term ``federally protected land'' means any area
designated or acquired by the Federal Government for the
purpose of conserving historic, cultural, environmental,
scenic, recreational, developmental, or biological resources.
(b) Findings Required.--New federally protected land shall
not be designated unless the Secretary, prior to the
designation, publishes in the Federal Register--
(1) a finding that the addition of the new federally
protected land would not have a negative impact on the
administration of existing federally protected land; and
(2) a finding that, as of the date of the finding,
sufficient resources are available to effectively implement
management plans for existing units of federally protected
land.
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