S.Amdt. 2507

SA 2507. Mr. BOOZMAN (for himself and Mr. Cotton) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 22, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or the Veterans Administration from being taken into account for purposes of determining the employers to which the employer mandate applies under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ____. PROHIBITION ON EMINENT DOMAIN FOR CERTAIN PROJECTS.

Section 1222 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16421) is amended--

(1) by redesignating subsections (d) through (g) as subsections (f) through (i), respectively; and

(2) by inserting after subsection (c) the following:

“(d) Prohibition on Eminent Domain.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law (including regulations), the Secretary, SWPA, and WAPA may not carry out any Project under this section through the use of eminent domain, unless the use of eminent domain is explicitly authorized by--

“(1) the Governor and the head of each applicable public utility commission or public service commission of the affected State; and

“(2) the head of the governing body of each Indian tribe the land of which would be affected.

“(e) Siting Requirement.--To the maximum extent practicable, a Project carried out under this section shall be sited on--

“(1) an existing Federal right-of-way; or

“(2) Federal land managed by--

“(A) the Bureau of Land Management;

“(B) the Forest Service;

“(C) the Bureau of Reclamation; or

“(D) the Corps of Engineers.”.