S.Amdt. 3635

SA 3635. Mr. BARRASSO (for himself and Ms. Cortez Masto) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3399 proposed by Mr.
Shelby to the bill H.R. 6147, making appropriations for the Department
of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes; which was ordered to
lie on the table; as follows:

On page 51, line 25, strike ``$56,735,000'' and insert
``$52,735,000''.
On page 142, between lines 16 and 17, insert the following:

application of bureau of land management rule

Sec. 433.  (a) In this section, the term ``project'' means
a system described in section 2801.9(a)(4) of title 43, Code
of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of enactment
of this Act).
(b) None of the funds made available by this Act shall be
used to apply the rule of the Bureau of Land Management
entitled ``Competitive Processes, Terms, and Conditions for
Leasing Public Lands for Solar and Wind Energy Development
and Technical Changes and Corrections'' (81 Fed. Reg. 92122
(December 19, 2016)) to a project that applied for a right-
of-way under section 501 of the Federal Land Policy and
Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1761) on or before December
19, 2016.
(c) The owner of a project that applied for a right-of-way
under section 501 of the Federal Land Policy and Management
Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1761) on or before December 19, 2016,
shall be obligated to pay with respect to the right-of-way
all rents and fees in effect before the effective date of the
rule described in subsection (b).
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