S.Amdt. 5007

SA 5007. Mr. McCAIN (for himself and Mr. Flake) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 4979 proposed by Mr.
Inhofe to the bill S. 2848, to provide for the conservation and
development of water and related resources, to authorize the Secretary
of the Army to construct various projects for improvements to rivers
and harbors of the United States, and for other purposes; which was
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of title VIII, add the following:

SEC. 80__. SALT CEDAR REMOVAL PERMIT REVIEWS.

(a) In General.--Except as provided in subsection (b), any
action by the Secretary relating to reviewing an application
for a permit under section 404 of the Federal Water Pollution
Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1344) or section 10 of the Act of
March 3, 1899 (commonly known as the ``Rivers and Harbors
Appropriation Act of 1899'') (33 U.S.C. 403), and any action
by the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife
Service (referred to in this section as the ``Director'')
pursuant to section 7 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973
(16 U.S.C. 1536), relating to the mechanized removal of salt
cedar from

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an area that consists of not more than 500 acres shall be
completed by the Secretary or the Director, as applicable, by
not later than 90 days after the date of receipt of the
application.
(b) Exception.--The Secretary may provide to an office
conducting a review described in subsection (a) an extension
of not longer than an additional 90 days to complete the
review, if the Secretary determines that such an extension is
warranted.

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