S.Amdt. 244

SA 244. Mr. JOHNSON 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 appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. _. PROHIBITION ON LISTING THE NORTHERN LONG-EARED BAT AS
AN ENDANGERED SPECIES.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law (including
regulations), the Director of the United States Fish and
Wildlife Service shall not list the northern long-eared bat
as an endangered species under the Endangered Species Act of
1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).
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