S.Amdt. 4559

SA 4559. Ms. SINEMA (for herself and Mr. Kelly) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr.
Reed and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize
appropriations for fiscal year 2022 for military activities of the
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel
strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ___. PROTECTION OF THE GRAND CANYON.

(a) Withdrawal of Federal Land From Mining Laws.--
(1) Definition of map.--In this subsection, the term
``Map'' means the Bureau of Land Management map entitled
``Grand Canyon Protection Act'' and dated January 22, 2021.
(2) Withdrawal.--Subject to valid existing rights, the
approximately 1,006,545 acres of Federal land in the State of
Arizona within the area depicted on the Map, including any
land or interest in land that is acquired by the United
States after the date of enactment of this Act, is withdrawn
from--
(A) all forms of entry, appropriation, and disposal under
the public land laws;
(B) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and
(C) operation of the mineral leasing and geothermal leasing
laws and mineral materials laws.
(3) Availability of map.--The Map shall be kept on file and
made available for public inspection in the appropriate
offices of the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land
Management.
(b) GAO Study on Domestic Uranium Stockpiles.--
(1) In general.--The Comptroller General of the United
States shall conduct a study of uranium stockpiles in the
United States that are available to meet future national
security requirements.
(2) Requirements.--The study conducted under paragraph (1)
shall identify--
(A)(i) existing and potential future national security
program demands for uranium; and
(ii) existing and projected future inventories of domestic
uranium that could be available to meet national security
needs; and
(B) the extent to which national security needs are capable
of being met with existing uranium stockpiles.
(3) Deadline for completion of study.--Not later than 1
year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller
General of the United States shall provide a briefing on the
study conducted under paragraph (1) to--
(A) the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate;
(B) the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the
Senate;
(C) the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the
Senate;
(D) the Committee on Armed Services of the House of
Representatives;
(E) the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of
Representatives; and
(F) the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of
Representatives.
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