S.Amdt. 5027

SA 5027. Mr. DAINES submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 4979 proposed by Mr. McConnell (for Mr. Inhofe (for
himself and Mrs. Boxer)) 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 I, add the following:

SEC. 10__. ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW OF ENERGY EXPORT FACILITIES.

To the extent that the National Environmental Policy Act of
1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) applies to the issuance of a
permit for the construction, operation, or maintenance of a
facility for the export of bulk commodities (including any
permit denied by the Corps of Engineers in a letter dated May
9, 2016), the permit shall not be considered denied until
each applicable Federal agency has completed all reviews
required for the facility under that Act.
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