S.Amdt. 3260

SA 3260. 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:

At the end of subtitle D of title II, add the following:

SEC. 23___. INTERSTATE TRANSMISSION DETERMINATION REQUIRED
WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN TRANSMISSION
INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS.

Section 1222 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C.
16421) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(h) Interstate Transmission Requirement.--The Secretary
shall not carry out a Project under subsection (a) or (b)
unless the Secretary has issued a determination that the laws
of the applicable State do not allow for interstate
transmission projects.''.
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