S.Amdt. 82

SA 82. Mr. MERKLEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 2 proposed by Ms. Murkowski (for herself, Mr. Hoeven, Mr.

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Barrasso, Mr. Risch, Mr. Lee, Mr. Flake, Mr. Daines, Mr. Manchin, Mr.
Cassidy, Mr. Gardner, Mr. Portman, Mr. Alexander, and Mrs. Capito) to
the bill S. 1, to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline; which was ordered
to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. __. APPLICATION.

This Act shall not apply until the date on which the
President (or a designee) determines, in consultation with
the Secretary of Agriculture, and other relevant Federal
agencies, that increased greenhouse gas emissions, including
emissions from the pipeline described in section 2(a), will
not have a significant negative impact on farmers and
ranchers due to any of the following:
(1) An increased frequency or severity of drought in the
United States.
(2) An increased risk of invasive agricultural pests in the
United States.
(3) A decrease in available irrigation water from reduced
snowpack in the United States.
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