S.Amdt. 994

SA 994. Mr. MERKLEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 948 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 3055, making
appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science,
and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and
for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place in title I of division C, insert
the following:
Sec. 1__.  There is appropriated $2,000,000 to the Director
of the United States Geological Survey to coordinate with the
Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and
other Federal, State, Tribal, and local agencies, research
universities, nonprofit organizations, and other partners to
determine the science needs and develop an action plan for a
multiyear integrated program to assess, monitor, and conserve
saline lake ecosystems in Great Basin States and the wildlife
that depend on those ecosystems, and to begin implementation
of that program.
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