S.Amdt. 3128

SA 3128. Mr. BOOZMAN 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:

On page 340, beginning on line 10, strike ``Interior
pursuant to'' and all that follows through ``agencies'' on
line 11 and insert ``Interior and the Corps of Engineers
pursuant to an agreement between the 3 agencies''.
Beginning on page 340, strike line 18 and all that follows
through page 341, line 3, and insert the following:
(1) Establishment.--Not later than 180 days after the date
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, the Secretary of the
Interior, and the Secretary of the Army, acting through the
Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, shall
establish the joint NEWS Office and Interagency Coordination
Committee on the Nexus of Energy and Water for Sustainability
(or the ``NEWS Committee'') to carry out the duties described
in paragraph (3).
(2) Administration.--
(A) Chairs.--The Secretary, the Secretary of the Interior,
and the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works shall
jointly manage the
On page 344, line 12, strike ``5-'' and insert ``4-''.
On page 345, after line 25, add the following:
(d) Sunset.--This section terminates on the date that is 5
years after the date on which the NEWS Committee is
established.
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