S.Amdt. 4701

SA 4701. Mr. ISAKSON (for himself and Mr. Perdue) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 4685 proposed by Mr.
McConnell (for Mr. Shelby (for himself and Ms. Mikulski)) to the bill
H.R. 2578, making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and
Justice, Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2016, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on
the table; as follows:

After section 217, insert the following:
Sec. 218.  None of the funds made available by this Act may
be used--
(1) to conduct an audit of--
(A) all Federal water contract violations in multi-State
water basins since 2005; and
(B) any contract violation notification the Department of
Justice has received from the Secretary of the Army regarding
all multi-State river basins since 2005;
(2) to develop and submit a record of how the Department of
Justice has handled the violations and notifications
described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (1);
(3) to develop and implement a comprehensive plan to
enforce Federal law and respond to the violations described
in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (1);
(4) to issue or submit a report relating to the violations
described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (1); or
(5) to enter into an agreement with the Secretary of the
Army to receive notifications relating to the violations
described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (1).
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