To clarify certain provisions relating to the natural gas pipeline authorized in the Denali National Park and Preserve.

SA 3308. Ms. MURKOWSKI 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___. DENALI NATIONAL PARK AND PRESERVE NATURAL GAS
PIPELINE.

(a) Permit.--Section 3(b)(1) of the Denali National Park
Improvement Act (Public Law 113-33; 127 Stat. 516) is amended
by striking ``within, along, or near the approximately 7-mile
segment of the George Parks Highway that runs through the
Park''.
(b) Terms and Conditions.--Section 3(c)(1) of the Denali
National Park Improvement Act (Public Law 113-33; 127 Stat.
516) is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ``and'' after the
semicolon;
(2) by striking subparagraph (B); and
(3) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (B).
(c) Applicable Law.--Section 3 of the Denali National Park
Improvement Act (Public Law 113-33; 127 Stat. 515) is amended
by adding at the end the following:
``(d) Applicable Law.--A high pressure gas transmission
pipeline (including appurtenances) in a nonwilderness area
within the boundary of the Park, shall not be subject to
title XI of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation
Act (16 U.S.C. 3161 et seq.).''.
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