S.Amdt. 3031

SA 3031. Mr. BARRASSO (for himself, Ms. Heitkamp, Mr. Cassidy, Mr.
Enzi, and Mr. Hoeven) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 2953 proposed by Ms. Murkowski to the bill S. 2012, to
provide for the modernization of the energy policy of the United
States, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table;
as follows:

At the end of subtitle E of title IV, add the following:

SEC. 44___. AUTHORITY TO APPROVE NATURAL GAS PIPELINES IN
UNITS OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM.

Section 100902 of title 54, United States Code, is
amended--
(1) in subsection (a)(1)--
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking
``Under regulations'' and inserting ``Notwithstanding section
28 of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 185), under
regulations'';
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``and'' at the end;
(C) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period at the end
and inserting ``; and''; and
(D) by adding at the end the following:
``(D) natural gas pipelines.''; and
(2) in subsection (b)--
(A) in paragraph (1)--
(i) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``and'' at the end;
(ii) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period at the end
and inserting ``; and''; and
(iii) by adding at the end the following:
``(D) natural gas pipelines.'';
(B) in paragraph (2), in the matter preceding subparagraph
(A), by striking ``A right of way under'' and inserting
``Except as provided in paragraph (5), a right-of-way granted
under''; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
``(5) Right-of-way for natural gas pipelines.--
Notwithstanding paragraph (2), a right-of-way granted under
paragraph (1)(D) shall--

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``(A) be for a term of not more than 30 years; and
``(B) not exceed 50 feet in width after construction of the
natural gas pipeline.''.
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