S.Amdt. 3149

SA 3149. Mr. DAINES submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 4638, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2025 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 end of subtitle H of title X, add the following:

SEC. 10__. CONSULTATION UNDER CERTAIN LAND AND RESOURCE
MANAGEMENT PLANS AND LAND USE PLANS.

(a) National Forest System Land and Resource Management
Plans.--Section 6(d) of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable
Resources Planning Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1604(d)) is amended
by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:
``(2) No additional consultation required after approval of
land management plans.--Notwithstanding any other provision
of law, the Secretary shall not be required to reinitiate
consultation under section 7 of the Endangered Species Act of
1973 (16 U.S.C. 1536) or section 402.16 of title 50, Code of
Federal Regulations (or a successor regulation), on a
completed land and resource management plan that has no on-
the-ground effects when--
``(A) a new species is listed or a new critical habitat is
designated under that Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.); or
``(B) new information reveals effects of the land and
resource management plan that may affect a species listed or
critical habitat designated under that Act in a manner or to
an extent not previously considered.''.
(b) Bureau of Land Management Land Use Plans.--Section 202
of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43
U.S.C. 1712) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(g) No Additional Consultation Required After Approval of
Land Use Plans.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the Secretary shall not be required to reinitiate
consultation under section 7 of the Endangered Species Act of
1973 (16 U.S.C. 1536) or section 402.16 of title 50, Code of
Federal Regulations (or a successor regulation), on a
completed land use plan that has no on-the-ground effects
when--
``(1) a new species is listed or a new critical habitat is
designated under that Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.); or
``(2) new information reveals effects of the land use plan
that may affect a species listed or critical habitat
designated under that Act in a manner or to an extent not
previously considered.''.
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