,,ii  #aadth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #dhe  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,february #ab1      
#bjae,mr4 ,boozman 7for himself and ,mr4
 ,cotton7 introduced the following bill2
 which was read twice and referred to   
the ,committee on ,energy and ,natural  
,resources  ,a ,,bill  ,to prohibit the 
use of eminent domain in carrying out   
certain projects4  #a4 ,short title     
,this ,act may be cited as the ,assuring
 ,private ,property ,rights ,over ,vast 
,access to ,land ,act or the ,,approval 
,act4  #b4 ,prohibition on eminent      
domain for certain projects ,section    
#abbb of the ,energy ,policy ,act of    
#bjje 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #afdba7 is         
amended--  7#a7 by redesignating        
subsections 7d7 through 7g7 as          
subsections 7f7 through 7i71            
respectively2 and  7#b7 by inserting    
after subsection 7c7 the following3  7d7
 ,prohibition on eminent domain         
,notwithstanding any other provision of 
law 7including regulations71 the        

,secretary1 ,,swpa1 and ,,wapa may not  
carry out any ,project under this       
section through the use of eminent      
domain1 unless the use of eminent domain
 is explicitly authorized by--  7#a7 the
 ,governor and the head of each         
applicable public utility commission or 
public service commission of the        
affected ,state2 and  7#b7 the head of  
the governing body of each ,indian tribe
 the land of which would be affected4   
7e7 ,siting requirement ,to the maximum 
extent practicable1 a ,project carried  
out under this section shall be sited   
on--  7#a7 an existing ,federal         
right-of-way2 or  7#b7 ,federal land    
managed by--  7,a7 the ,bureau of ,land 
,management2  7,b7 the ,forest ,service2
  7,c7 the ,bureau of ,reclamation2 or  
7,d7 the ,corps of ,engineers4  4