Again, relating to waters located within Yukon Charlie National Preserve, including waters subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. The Acting CHAIR. The time of the gentleman from Virginia has expired. (On request of Mr. Hastings…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 60, beginning on line 6, strike section 120. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Washington is recognized for 5…

I want to commend the gentleman. We agree with his position on this, and we oppose the amendment as well.

Again, what I worry about here is we're talking about safety. We're talking about inspecting boats that may be unsafe. I think that is an important issue that we should not deal with in an across-the-board way here in this bill. I think…

Section 120 provides that for 2012 through 2014, the movement of livestock across public land shall not be subject to NEPA review. Proponents of this provision will argue that moving cattle from one location to another shouldn't require a…

It's within a national park. Announcement by the Acting Chair The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Virginia has the floor. Members will yield time appropriately to each other. The gentleman from Virginia is recognized.

We have people in the law enforcement area who make mistakes, but we don't get rid of law enforcement. We don't say we're no longer going to protect people, the other people. We go through a process to see what that officer did. I think…

Now, we want them to do this safely. We don't want to go through what we went through, which was one of the greatest disasters in the history of the country.

I just hope that we can have reports not only about the ones that are turned down. As you say, it may be that the other ones are part of the public record, but I think the report should come back with both of these if it's going to come to…

Section 116 would prohibit the National Park Service from carrying out boat inspection or safety checks on the Yukon River within the Yukon-Charley National Preserve in Alaska. This provision was put in at the request of Mr. Young from…

I would hope we could clarify this. There seems to be a misunderstanding here. I hope that we can, if my amendment doesn't prevail, that we could try to work together to clarify this before conference.

Reclaiming my time, the thing is this has happened before. I can remember one of our colleagues putting in a provision in one of these bills, I think it was the Merchant Marine and Fisheries bill years ago, about one of the boats that was…