To require the Secretary of the Interior to submit recommendations to Congress on incorporating Internet-based lease sales for the sale of Federal oil and gas in certain circumstances.

SA 3237. 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:

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At the end of subtitle B of title III, add the following:

SEC. 31__. REPORT ON INCORPORATING INTERNET-BASED LEASE
SALES.

Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this
Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall submit to Congress a
report containing recommendations for the incorporation of
Internet-based lease sales at the Bureau of Land Management
in accordance with section 17(b)(1)(C) of the Mineral Leasing
Act (30 U.S.C. 226(b)(1)(C)) in the event of an emergency or
other disruption causing a disruption to a sale.
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