S.Amdt. 1657

SA 1657. Mr. LANKFORD (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 1617 proposed by Mr.
Gardner (for himself, Mr. Manchin, Mr. Daines, Mr. Warner, Mr. Portman,
Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Alexander, Mr. King, Mr. Burr, Mr. Tester, Ms.
Collins, Mr. Udall, Mr. Boozman, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Blunt, Ms. Harris,
Mrs. Capito, Mr. Peters, Mr. Tillis, Ms. Baldwin, Ms. McSally, Mr.
Casey, Mr. Graham, Mr. Heinrich, Mr. Bennet, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr.
Sanders, Mr. Booker, Ms. Cortez Masto, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Wyden, Mr.
Kaine, Ms. Sinema, Ms. Rosen, Mr. Coons, Ms. Smith, Ms. Hassan, Mrs.
Gillibrand, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Durbin, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr.
Jones, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Brown, Ms. Hirono,
Ms. Warren, Mr. Murphy, Ms. Klobuchar, Ms. Duckworth, Ms. Stabenow, Mr.
Leahy, Mr. McConnell, Mr. Markey, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Perdue, Mr. Cramer,
and Mr. Schatz) to the bill H.R. 1957, to amend the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 to modernize and improve the Internal Revenue Service, and
for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end, add the following:

SEC. ___. LIMITATION REGARDING CERTAIN INFRASTRUCTURE
PROJECTS.

(a) Definition of Affected Project.--In this section, the
term ``affected project'' means an infrastructure project or
proposed infrastructure project any phase of which requires
the issuance by a Federal department or agency of a permit
under, or as a condition of, which a measure of environmental
mitigation may be required.
(b) Limitation.--Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, in any case in which Federal land suitable for
environmental mitigation is located within a 100-mile radius
of an affected project, no Federal department or agency may
require a sponsor of the affected project to acquire, or
otherwise pay for the use of, private land to offset the
environmental impacts of the affected project.
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