S.Amdt. 3150

SA 3150. Mr. HATCH 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 B of title III, add the following:

SEC. 31__. ONLINE AUCTIONS AUTHORIZED.

Section 36 of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 192) is
amended by adding before the period at the end the following:
``And provided further, that in the event of a protest
activity or other unforeseen event causing a disruption to a
sale under this section, the Secretary of the Interior, as
expeditiously as practicable and in any case during the same
quarter as the originally announced sale, shall hold the sale
through an Internet-based lease sale in accordance with
section 17(b)(1)(C)''.
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