bill_id,congress,bill_type,bill_number,title,policy_area,introduced_date,latest_action_date,latest_action_text,origin_chamber,sponsor_name,sponsor_state,sponsor_party,sponsor_bioguide_id,cosponsor_count,summary_text,update_date,url 105-hr-4867,105,hr,4867,"To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain public lands to the Town of Pahrump, Nevada, for use for a recreation complex.",Public Lands and Natural Resources,1998-10-20,1998-10-20,Referred to the House Committee on Resources.,House,"Rep. Gibbons, Jim [R-NV-2]",NV,R,G000152,1,"Directs the Secretary of the Interior to promptly convey to the town of Pahrump, Nevada, specified parcels of public land located in Pahrump. Subjects any such conveyance to the condition that the town use the interests conveyed solely for the purpose of development and operation of a public recreation complex. States that before the conveyance, actions required with respect to the conveyance under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, the Endangered Species Act of 1973, the National Historic Preservation Act, and other applicable Federal laws must be completed at no cost to the United States.",2025-04-07T15:23:30Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/4867 105-hr-4850,105,hr,4850,Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness Act of 1998,Public Lands and Natural Resources,1998-10-16,1998-10-16,Referred to the House Committee on Resources.,House,"Rep. Skaggs, David E. [D-CO-2]",CO,D,S000462,0,"Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness Act of 1998 - Designates certain lands in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System, which shall be known as the Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness. Provides that activities on, under, or affecting the lands designated as wilderness by this Act relating to the monitoring, operating, maintenance, repair, replacement, or use of the Colorado- Big Thompson Project (Project) and its facilities which were allowed as of June 1, 1998, shall be allowed to continue, and shall not be affected by the designation of such lands as wilderness. Allows any other activities necessary to respond to catastrophic events or emergencies and affecting continued use of such Project and its facilities, subject to reasonable restrictions established by the Secretary of the Interior to protect the wilderness values of such lands that will not permanently reduce the water supply capability of the Project or the Windy Gap Project.",2025-08-21T16:13:44Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/4850 105-hr-4842,105,hr,4842,"To release the reversionary interests retained by the United States in four deeds that conveyed certain lands to the State of Florida so as to permit the State to sell, exchange, or otherwise dispose of the lands, and to provide for the conveyance of certain mineral interests of the United States in the lands to the State of Florida.",Public Lands and Natural Resources,1998-10-15,1998-10-15,Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.,House,"Rep. Thurman, Karen L. [D-FL-5]",FL,D,T000253,1,"Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to release U.S. reversionary interests in four deeds that conveyed certain lands within the Blackwater River and Withlacoochee State Forests in Florida. Requires lands conveyed under the deeds to be used for public purposes. Authorizes the Secretary to convey to the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund of the State of Florida all of the U.S. mineral interests in any real property for which a reversionary interest is released. Provides for any proceeds derived from the sale of these mineral interests to be deposited into the fund established by the Sisk Act and to be available for expenditure, upon appropriation, for the acquisitions of lands and interests in lands in the same State.",2025-01-02T17:51:42Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/4842 105-s-2639,105,s,2639,"A bill to require the Secretary of the Interior to submit a report on the feasibility and desirability of recovering the costs of high altitude lifesaving missions on Mount McKinley in Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska.",Public Lands and Natural Resources,1998-10-15,1998-10-15,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.,Senate,"Sen. Murkowski, Frank H. [R-AK]",AK,R,M001085,0,"Requires the Secretary of the Interior to report to specified congressional committees on the feasibility and desirability of recovering the costs of high altitude lifesaving missions on Mount McKinley in Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska by: (1) requiring applicants for climbing permits to provide proof of insurance or a bond that is sufficient to pay the costs of a rescue and proof of health insurance that is sufficient to pay medical and hospital costs of treatment for injuries that may reasonably be anticipated to be sustained on a climb; or (2) other appropriate means.",2026-03-24T12:48:03Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/senate-bill/2639 105-hr-4829,105,hr,4829,"To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to transfer administrative jurisdiction over land within the boundaries of the Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site to the Archivist of the United States for the construction of a visitor center, and for other purposes.",Public Lands and Natural Resources,1998-10-14,1998-10-20,Received in the Senate.,House,"Rep. Solomon, Gerald B. H. [R-NY-22]",NY,R,S000675,0,"Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to transfer to the Archivist of the United States administrative jurisdiction over land located in the Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site, for construction of a visitor center.",2025-04-07T15:23:30Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/4829 105-hr-4816,105,hr,4816,"To authorize the acquisition of the Valles Caldera currently managed by the Baca Land and Cattle Company, to provide for an effective land and wildlife management program for this resource within the Department of Agriculture through the private sector, and for other purposes.",Public Lands and Natural Resources,1998-10-12,1998-10-12,Referred to the House Committee on Resources.,House,"Rep. Redmond, Bill [R-NM-3]",NM,R,R000567,1,"TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Valles Caldera National Preserve and Trust Title II: Acquisition of Inholdings and Disposal of Surplus Land Title I: Valles Caldera National Preserve and Trust - Valles Caldera Preservation Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to acquire all or part of the Baca ranch in New Mexico. Provides for the subsequent addition of such land to the Bandelier National Monument, under the administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to utilize funds appropriated for the National Park Service to acquire the Elk Meadows subdivision within the boundary adjusted to encompass the ranch addition. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to: (1) develop a study of management alternatives which may provide more coordinated land management within the Lower Alamo watershed, allow for improved management of elk and other wildlife populations ranging between the Santa Fe National Forest and the Bandelier National Monument, and include a proposed boundary adjustment between such Forest and Monument to facilitate those objectives; and (3) submit the study to specified congressional committees. Makes the acquisition of the ranch subject to all outstanding valid existing mineral interests. Directs the Secretary to negotiate the acquisition of any fractional interest in the subsurface estate on a willing seller basis for the appraised fair market value. (Sec. 105) Establishes: (1) upon the date of acquisition of the Baca ranch, the Valles Caldera National Preserve as a unit of the National Forest System; and (2) the Valles Caldera Trust, as a wholly owned Government corporation, to provide management and administrative services for the Preserve and for other specified purposes. (Sec. 107) Requires the Trust: (1) to be governed by a seven member Board of Trustees; and (2) to manage the land and resources of the Preserve, subject to specified requirements, including development of a comprehensive program for the management of lands, resources, and facilities within the Preserve. Authorizes the Trust to construct and upgrade roads and bridges and provide other facilities for recreational activities. Directs that the public be given reasonable access to the Preserve for recreational purposes. (Sec. 109) Sets forth provisions regarding authorities of the Secretary, termination of the Trust, and funding limitations. (Sec. 112) Requires the General Accounting Office to conduct an interim study, and a subsequent study, of the activities of the Trust. Title II: Acquisition of Inholdings and Disposal of Surplus Land - Acquisition of Inholdings and Disposal of Surplus Lands Facilitation Act - Directs the Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture to: (1) establish a multi-agency evaluation team to identify, by State, inholdings within federally designated areas and establish the dates upon which the lands or interests therein became inholdings; and (2) provide notice to the public in the Federal Register, and through other means as deemed appropriate, of a program of identification of inholdings within federally designated areas by which any owner who wants to sell such an inholding to the United States shall provide to the Secretaries such information as is required by the notice. Sets forth reporting and funding requirements. (Sec. 205) Directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish a program to complete appraisals and other legal requirements for the sale or exchange of land identified for disposal under approved land use plans maintained and in effect on this title's enactment date. Sets forth reporting and program termination requirements. (Sec. 206) Requires that gross proceeds generated by the sale or exchange of public land under this title be deposited in a Federal Land Disposal Account of the Treasury. (Sec. 207) Sets forth provisions regarding use of the Account, contaminated sites and sites difficult and uneconomic to manage, investment of principal, and program termination.",2025-04-07T15:23:30Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/4816 105-hr-4797,105,hr,4797,OCS Environmental Consistency Act of 1998,Public Lands and Natural Resources,1998-10-10,1998-10-10,Referred to the House Committee on Resources.,House,"Rep. Goss, Porter J. [R-FL-14]",FL,R,G000336,0,"OCS Environmental Consistency Act of 1998 - Amends the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 to mandate State receipt of an environmental impact statement prepared pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 as a prerequisite to State review of an exploration, development, or production plan.",2025-08-21T16:12:48Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/4797 105-s-2621,105,s,2621,Valles Caldera Preservation Act,Public Lands and Natural Resources,1998-10-10,1998-10-10,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.,Senate,"Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM]",NM,R,D000407,1,"TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Valles Caldera National Preserve and Trust Title II: Acquisition of Inholdings and Disposal of Surplus Land Title I: Valles Caldera National Preserve and Trust - Valles Caldera Preservation Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to acquire all or part of the Baca ranch in New Mexico. Provides for the subsequent addition of such land to the Bandelier National Monument, under the administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to utilize funds appropriated for the National Park Service to acquire the Elk Meadows subdivision within the boundary adjusted to encompass the ranch addition. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to: (1) develop a study of management alternatives which may provide more coordinated land management within the Lower Alamo watershed, allow for improved management of elk and other wildlife populations ranging between the Santa Fe National Forest and the Bandelier National Monument, and include a proposed boundary adjustment between such Forest and Monument to facilitate those objectives; and (3) submit the study to specified congressional committees. Makes the acquisition of the ranch subject to all outstanding valid existing mineral interests. Directs the Secretary to negotiate the acquisition of any fractional interest in the subsurface estate on a willing seller basis for the appraised fair market value. (Sec. 105) Establishes: (1) upon the date of acquisition of the Baca ranch, the Valles Caldera National Preserve as a unit of the National Forest System; and (2) the Valles Caldera Trust, as a wholly owned Government corporation, to provide management and administrative services for the Preserve and for other specified purposes. (Sec. 107) Requires the Trust: (1) to be governed by a seven member Board of Trustees; and (2) to manage the land and resources of the Preserve, subject to specified requirements, including development of a comprehensive program for the management of lands, resources, and facilities within the Preserve. Authorizes the Trust to construct and upgrade roads and bridges and provide other facilities for recreational activities. Directs that the public be given reasonable access to the Preserve for recreational purposes. (Sec. 109) Sets forth provisions regarding authorities of the Secretary, termination of the Trust, and funding limitations. (Sec. 112) Requires the General Accounting Office to conduct an interim study, and a subsequent study, of the activities of the Trust. Title II: Acquisition of Inholdings and Disposal of Surplus Land - Acquisition of Inholdings and Disposal of Surplus Lands Facilitation Act - Directs the Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture to: (1) establish a multi-agency evaluation team to identify, by State, inholdings within federally designated areas and establish the dates upon which the lands or interests therein became inholdings; and (2) provide notice to the public in the Federal Register, and through other means as deemed appropriate, of a program of identification of inholdings within federally designated areas by which any owner who wants to sell such an inholding to the United States shall provide to the Secretaries such information as is required by the notice. Sets forth reporting and funding requirements. (Sec. 205) Directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish a program to complete appraisals and other legal requirements for the sale or exchange of land identified for disposal under approved land use plans maintained and in effect on this title's enactment date. Sets forth reporting and program termination requirements. (Sec. 206) Requires that gross proceeds generated by the sale or exchange of public land under this title be deposited in a Federal Land Disposal Account of the Treasury. (Sec. 207) Sets forth provisions regarding use of the Account, contaminated sites and sites difficult and uneconomic to manage, investment of principal, and program termination.",2026-03-24T12:48:03Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/senate-bill/2621 105-hr-4760,105,hr,4760,To require the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to approve a permit required for importation of certain wildlife items taken in Tajikistan.,Public Lands and Natural Resources,1998-10-09,1998-10-09,Referred to the House Committee on Resources.,House,"Rep. Barcia, James A. [D-MI-5]",MI,D,B000134,0,Requires the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to approve a specified permit for the importation of certain wildlife items taken in Tajikistan in 1995.,2025-01-02T17:51:47Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/4760 105-s-2615,105,s,2615,"A bill to study options to improve and enhance the protection, management, and interpretation of the significant natural and other resources of certain units of the National Park System in northwest Alaska, to implement a pilot program to better accomplish the purposes for which those units were established by providing greater involvement by Alaska Native communities, and for other purposes.",Public Lands and Natural Resources,1998-10-09,1998-10-09,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.,Senate,"Sen. Murkowski, Frank H. [R-AK]",AK,R,M001085,0,"Directs the Secretary of the Interior to report within six months to specified congressional committees: (1) detailing the progress the Department of the Interior has made in implementing provisions of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (regarding revenue- producing visitor services and local hires) and the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act, on lands under the jurisdiction of the Department in Alaska; (2) including a detailed action plan on the future implementation of those provisions; (3) describing in detail the measures and actions that will be taken, with a description of anticipated results to be achieved during the next three fiscal years; and (4) identifying any laws, rules, regulations, and policies which act as a deterrent to hiring or contracting with Alaska Natives to perform and conduct activities and programs of agencies and bureaus under the Department's jurisdiction regarding activities on lands under its jurisdiction in Alaska. Requires the Secretary to: (1) implement pilot programs to employ residents of local communities at Bering Land Bridge National Preserve, Cape Krusenstern National Monument, Kobuk Valley National Park, and Noatak National Preserve (all National Park System units located in northwest Alaska); (2) report the results to such committees; and (3) consult with Native Corporations, nonprofit organizations, and tribal entities in the immediate vicinity of such units, and to the extent practicable, involve them in the development of interpretive materials and the pilot programs relating to such units.",2026-03-24T12:48:03Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/senate-bill/2615 105-hconres-344,105,hconres,344,To express the sense of the Congress regarding North Atlantic swordfish and other highly migratory species of fish.,Public Lands and Natural Resources,1998-10-08,1998-10-08,Referred to the House Committee on Resources.,House,"Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6]",NJ,D,P000034,0,"Expresses the sense of the Congress regarding the restoration, conservation, and protection of North Atlantic swordfish and other highly migratory species of fish. Calls for: (1) management measures to restore populations of such fish within seven years; (2) bycatch reduction measures; (3) time and area closures for longline and driftnet gear and time and length limits for longlines; (4) increased domestic observer coverage of longline and driftnet vessels; and (5) pursuit of conservation and management measures in international fishery negotiations by U.S. representatives.",2025-01-02T17:43:59Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-concurrent-resolution/344 105-hr-4735,105,hr,4735,Omnibus Parks Technical Corrections Act of 1998,Public Lands and Natural Resources,1998-10-08,1998-10-12,Received in the Senate.,House,"Rep. Hansen, James V. [R-UT-1]",UT,R,H000172,0,"TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Technical Corrections to Division I Title II: Technical Corrections to Division II Omnibus Parks Technical Corrections Act of 1998 - Title I: Technical Corrections to Division I - Amends the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 (the Act) to make technical corrections to provisions concerning the: (1) Presidio of San Francisco; (2) Colonial National Historical Park; (3) Merced Irrigation District; (4) Big Thicket National Preserve; (5) Kenai Natives Association land exchange; (6) Lamprey Wild and Scenic River; (7) Vancouver National Historic Reserve; (8) Memorial to Martin Luther King, Jr.; (9) Advisory Council on Historic Preservation; (10) Great Falls Historic District, New Jersey; (11) New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park; (12) Nicodemus National Historic Site; (13) Aleutian World War II National Historic Area; (14) Revolutionary War and War of 1812 Historic Preservation Study; (15) Shenandoah Valley Battlefields; (16) Washita Battlefield; (17) ski area permit rental charge; (18) Glacier Bay National Park; (19) Robert J. Lagomarsino visitor center; (20) National Park Service administrative reform; (21) Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor; (22) Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve; (23) recreation lakes; (24) Fossil Forest protection; (25) Opal Creek Wilderness and Scenic Recreation Area; (26) Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area; (27) Natchez National Historical Park; and (28) regulation of fishing in certain waters of Alaska. Title II: Technical Corrections to Division II - Amends the Act to make technical corrections to provisions concerning the: (1) National Coal Heritage Area; (2) Tennessee Civil War Heritage Area; (3) Augusta Canal National Heritage Area; (4) Essex National Heritage Area; (5) Ohio & Erie Canal National Heritage Corridor; and (6) Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area.",2025-04-07T15:23:30Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/4735 105-hr-4749,105,hr,4749,To approve a governing international fishery agreement between the United States and the Republic of Estonia.,Public Lands and Natural Resources,1998-10-08,1998-10-08,Referred to the House Committee on Resources.,House,"Rep. Saxton, Jim [R-NJ-3]",NJ,R,S000097,0,Declares that the Congress approves the governing international fishery agreement between the United States and the Republic of Estonia.,2025-01-02T17:51:48Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/4749 105-hr-4750,105,hr,4750,To approve a governing international fishery agreement between the United States and the Republic of Lithuania.,Public Lands and Natural Resources,1998-10-08,1998-10-08,Referred to the House Committee on Resources.,House,"Rep. Saxton, Jim [R-NJ-3]",NJ,R,S000097,0,"Approves, for purposes of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, the governing international fishery agreement between the United States and Lithuania. Declares that such agreement shall enter into force and effect with respect to the United States upon enactment of this Act.",2025-01-02T17:51:48Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/4750 105-hr-4754,105,hr,4754,"To direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a 12-month study of the effects of double-crested cormorants on commercial and recreational fish species, and to require the Secretary to prepare a long-term, comprehensive population management strategy for double-crested cormorants.",Public Lands and Natural Resources,1998-10-08,1998-10-08,Referred to the House Committee on Resources.,House,"Rep. Thompson, Bennie G. [D-MS-2]",MS,D,T000193,6,"Mandates, regarding double-crested cormorants: (1) a study and report to specified congressional committees on current and projected effects on U.S. commercial and recreational fish species; and (2) a long-term, comprehensive U.S. population management strategy.",2025-01-02T17:51:47Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/4754 105-hr-4717,105,hr,4717,Conservation and Reinvestment Act of 1998,Public Lands and Natural Resources,1998-10-07,1998-10-08,Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1954-1956),House,"Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]",AK,R,Y000033,20,"TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Outer Continental Shelf Impact Assistance Title II: State, Local, and Urban Conservation and Recreation Title III: Wildlife Conservation and Restoration Conservation and Reinvestment Act of 1998 - Title I: Outer Continental Shelf Impact Assistance - Establishes the Outer Continental Shelf Impact Assistance Fund (OCSIAF) to provide impact assistance to coastal States from a portion (27 percent) of allocable new OCS revenues (payments received by the United States as royalties, net profit share payments, and related late-payment interest from natural gas and oil leases under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act). Sets forth a formula for use by the Secretary of the Interior to determine the portion of the allocable share of new revenues attributable to each coastal State and county eligible to receive impact assistance payments. Mandates that such OCS funds be expended by the eligible coastal States and counties for certain environmental projects and activities. Requires: (1) an eligible county to submit for the Governor's approval a plan setting forth the projects and activities for which it proposes to expend OCSIA funds; and (2) the Governor of each recipient State to account to the Congress for all OCSIAF monies received for the previous fiscal year. Title II: State, Local, and Urban Conservation and Recreation - Amends the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (LWCFA) to require an amount equal to 23 percent of specified Outer Continental Shelf revenues to be deposited in the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) in the Treasury. (Sec. 203) Makes such funds available, without further appropriation, to carry out LWCFA for each fiscal year through FY 2015. Authorizes appropriations to maintain a certain minimum total annual income of the LWCF. Makes certain amounts covered into the LWCF available for expenditure without appropriation. Allocates such funds as follows: (1) 42 percent for Federal acquisition of certain lands, waters, or interests, with 25 percent of such Federal funds to the Secretary of Agriculture and 75 percent to the Secretary of the Interior; (2) 42 percent for financial assistance to the States for land acquisition, urban conservation, and recreation projects under specified LWCFA provisions, apportioning 60 percent of such State funds to all States equally, 20 percent on the basis of relative State population, and 20 percent on the basis of relative urban population; and (3) 16 percent for local governments through the Urban Parks and Recreation Recovery Program of the Department of the Interior. Provides for an LWCFA allocation of funds to Indian tribes and Alaska Native Village Corporations. Requires States to make at least 50 percent of the annual State apportionment under LWCFA available as grants to local governments. Replaces, within a five-year period, LWCFA requirements for comprehensive State plans with requirements for State action agendas. Allows each State to define its own priorities and criteria for selection of outdoor recreation and conservation acquisition and development projects eligible for LWCFA grants so long as it provides for public involvement in this process and publishes an accurate and current State Action Agenda for Community Recreation and Conservation. Requires such Agendas to: (1) be strategic, originating in broad- based and long-term needs, but focused on actions that can be funded over the next four years, and be updated every four years; (2) consider all providers of recreation and conservation lands, and correlate with other State, regional and local plans for parks, recreation, open space, and wetlands conservation; (3) address wetlands as important outdoor recreation and conservation resources, and incorporate a State wetlands priority conservation plan consistent with the national plan developed under the Emergency Wetlands Resources Act; and (4) be guided in part by recovery action programs developed by urban localities under the Urban Park and Recreation Recovery Act. Revises LWCFA conditions for approval of conversions. (Sec. 204) Amends the Urban Park and Recreation Recovery Act (UPRRA) to provide (in addition to the current types of at-risk recreation grants and recovery action program grants) for matching capital grants to local governments in the form of: (1) development grants for development and construction on existing or new neighborhood recreation sites, including indoor and outdoor recreation facilities, support facilities, and landscaping, but excluding routine maintenance and upkeep activities; and (2) acquisition grants for purchasing new parkland to be permanently dedicated and made accessible for public recreation use. Revises UPRRA requirements for: (1) eligibility; (2) matching grants; (3) coordination; and (4) conversion approval. Repeals the limitation on the use of UPRRA funds for acquisition of land or interests in land. Title III: Wildlife Conservation and Restoration - Amends the Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act (FAWRA) to require an amount equal to ten percent of specified Outer Continental Shelf revenues to be deposited in a new subaccount in the Federal aid to wildlife restoration fund (FAWRF), to be invested and to be made available without further appropriation, for apportionment in FY 1999 and thereafter for State wildlife conservation and restoration programs. (Sec. 305) Sets forth requirements for: (1) allocation of such subaccount receipts; (2) applications for approval of, and development grants for, State wildlife conservation and restoration programs; and (3) coordination. (Sec. 306) Allows certain subaccount funds for such a State wildlife conservation and restoration program to be used for law enforcement and public relations (Sec. 307) Prohibits a State from receiving FAWRA matching funds if it diverts any funds from wildlife conservation purposes.",2025-08-21T16:11:38Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/4717 105-hr-4724,105,hr,4724,El Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic Trail Act of 1998,Public Lands and Natural Resources,1998-10-07,1998-10-07,Referred to the House Committee on Resources.,House,"Rep. Rodriguez, Ciro D. [D-TX-28]",TX,D,R000568,0,El Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic Trail Act of 1998 - Amends the National Trails System Act to designate El Camino Real de los Tejas as a National Historic Trail.,2025-08-21T16:11:51Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/4724 105-hr-4729,105,hr,4729,Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge Protection Act of 1998,Public Lands and Natural Resources,1998-10-07,1998-10-07,Referred to the House Committee on Resources.,House,"Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]",AK,R,Y000033,11,Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge Protection Act of 1998 - Prohibits the Secretary of the Interior and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service from implementing any agreement that would allow for an expansion of the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress regarding whether the activities associated with the expansion of such airport or additional overflights of the Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge by air traffic using that airport may constitute a taking of an endangered species or threatened species prohibited by the Endangered Species Act of 1973.,2025-08-21T16:14:45Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/4729 105-s-2566,105,s,2566,Reinvestment and Environmental Restoration Act of 1998,Public Lands and Natural Resources,1998-10-07,1998-10-07,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.,Senate,"Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA]",LA,D,L000550,10,"TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Coastal Impact Assistance Title II: Land and Water Conservation Fund Reform Title III: Wildlife Conservation and Restoration Reinvestment and Environmental Restoration Act of 1998 - Title I: Coastal Impact Assistance - Coastal Conservation and Impact Assistance Act of 1998 - Establishes the Outer Continental Shelf Impact Assistance Fund (OCSIAF) to provide impact assistance to coastal States from a portion (27 percent) of allocable new OCS revenues (payments received by the United States as royalties, net profit share payments, and related late-payment interest from natural gas and oil leases under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act). Sets forth a formula for use by the Secretary of the Interior to determine the portion of the allocable share of new revenues attributable to each coastal State and county eligible to receive impact assistance payments. Mandates that such OCS funds be expended by the eligible coastal States and counties for certain environmental projects and activities. Requires: (1) an eligible county to submit for the Governor's approval a plan setting forth the projects and activities for which it proposes to expend OCSIA funds; and (2) the Governor of each recipient State to account to the Congress for all OCSIAF monies received for the previous fiscal year. Title II: Land and Water Conservation Fund Reform - Land and Water Conservation Fund Reform Act of 1998 - Amends the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (LWCFA) to require an amount equal to 16 percent of specified Outer Continental Shelf revenues to be deposited in the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) in the Treasury. (Sec. 203) Makes such funds available, without further appropriation, to carry out LWCFA for each fiscal year through FY 2015. Authorizes appropriations to maintain a certain minimum total annual income of the LWCF. Makes certain amounts covered into the LWCF available for expenditure without appropriation. Allocates such funds as follows: (1) 45 percent for Federal acquisition of certain lands, waters, or interests, with 25 percent of such Federal funds to the Secretary of Agriculture and 75 percent to the Secretary of the Interior; (2) 45 percent for financial assistance to the States for land acquisition, urban conservation, and recreation projects under specified LWCFA provisions, apportioning 60 percent of such State funds to all States equally, 20 percent on the basis of relative State population, and 20 percent on the basis of relative urban population; and (3) ten percent for local governments through the Urban Parks and Recreation Recovery Program of the Department of the Interior. Provides for an LWCFA allocation of funds to Indian tribes and Alaska Native Village Corporations. Requires States to make at least 50 percent of the annual State apportionment under LWCFA available as grants to local governments. Replaces, within a five-year period, LWCFA requirements for comprehensive State plans with requirements for State action agendas. Allows each State to define its own priorities and criteria for selection of outdoor recreation and conservation acquisition and development projects eligible for LWCFA grants so long as it provides for public involvement in this process and publishes an accurate and current State Action Agenda for Community Recreation and Conservation. Requires such Agendas to: (1) be strategic, originating in broad- based and long-term needs, but focused on actions that can be funded over the next four years, and be updated every four years; (2) consider all providers of recreation and conservation lands, and correlate with other State, regional and local plans for parks, recreation, open space, and wetlands conservation; (3) address wetlands as important outdoor recreation and conservation resources, and incorporate a State wetlands priority conservation plan consistent with the national plan developed under the Emergency Wetlands Resources Act; and (4) be guided in part by recovery action programs developed by urban localities under the Urban Park and Recreation Recovery Act. Revises LWCFA conditions for approval of conversions. (Sec. 204) Amends the Urban Park and Recreation Recovery Act (UPRRA) to provide (in addition to the current types of at-risk recreation grants and recovery action program grants) for matching capital grants to local governments in the form of: (1) development grants for development and construction on existing or new neighborhood recreation sites, including indoor and outdoor recreation facilities, support facilities, and landscaping, but excluding routine maintenance and upkeep activities; and (2) acquisition grants for purchasing new parkland to be permanently dedicated and made accessible for public recreation use. Revises UPRRA requirements for: (1) eligibility; (2) matching grants; (3) coordination; and (4) conversion approval. Repeals the limitation on the use of UPRRA funds for acquisition of land or interests in land. Title III: Wildlife Conservation and Restoration - Wildlife Conservation and Restoration Act of 1998 - Amends the Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act (FAWRA) to require an amount equal to seven percent of specified Outer Continental Shelf revenues to be deposited in a new subaccount in the Federal aid to wildlife restoration fund (FAWRF), to be invested and to be made available without further appropriation, for apportionment in FY 2000 and thereafter for State wildlife conservation and restoration programs. (Sec. 306) Sets forth requirements for: (1) allocation of such subaccount receipts; (2) applications for approval of, and development grants for, State wildlife conservation and restoration programs; and (3) coordination. (Sec. 307) Allows certain subaccount funds for such a State wildlife conservation and restoration program to be used for law enforcement and public relations (Sec. 308) Prohibits a State from receiving FAWRA matching funds if it diverts any funds from wildlife conservation purposes.",2026-03-24T12:48:03Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/senate-bill/2566 105-s-2557,105,s,2557,Valley Forge Museum of the American Revolution Act of 1998,Public Lands and Natural Resources,1998-10-06,1998-10-06,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA]",PA,R,S000709,1,"Valley Forge Museum of the American Revolution Act of 1998 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, in administering the Valley Forge National Historical Park, to enter into an agreement with the Valley Forge Historical Society to facilitate the planning, construction, and operation of the Valley Forge Museum of the American Revolution on Federal land within the boundary of the Park.",2025-08-21T16:12:32Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/senate-bill/2557 105-s-2548,105,s,2548,"A bill to redesignate the Marsh-Billings National Historical Park in the State of Vermont as the ""Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park"".",Public Lands and Natural Resources,1998-10-05,1998-10-05,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.,Senate,"Sen. Jeffords, James M. [R-VT]",VT,R,J000072,1,Redesignates the Marsh-Billings National Historical Park in Vermont as the Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park.,2026-03-24T12:48:03Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/senate-bill/2548 105-hconres-332,105,hconres,332,Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the policy of the Forest Service toward recreational shooting and archery ranges on Federal land.,Public Lands and Natural Resources,1998-10-02,1998-10-02,Referred to House Resources,House,"Rep. Kolbe, Jim [R-AZ-5]",AZ,R,K000306,5,"Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Forest Service should: (1) not close shooting or archery facilities without prior notification to the Congress and the general public unless there is an immediate threat to public safety; (2) avoid unreasonable restrictions in the issuance of special-use permits for firearm and archery sports facilities; (3) fully evaluate alternative sites in the Coronado National Forest, to the extent consistent with the environmental assessment, and provide a reasonable alternative that would allow the Tucson Rod and Gun Club to quickly open a safe facility for firearm and archery sports; and (4) adhere to its deadline of November 20, 1998, for a decision on a site for such Club.",2025-04-07T15:23:30Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-concurrent-resolution/332 105-hr-4656,105,hr,4656,City of North Las Vegas Public Land Acquisition Act of 1998,Public Lands and Natural Resources,1998-10-01,1998-10-01,Referred to the House Committee on Resources.,House,"Rep. Gibbons, Jim [R-NV-2]",NV,R,G000152,1,"City of North Las Vegas Public Land Acquisition Act of 1998 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to dispose of specified lands under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management in Clark County, Nevada. Permits Nevada or the unit of local government in whose jurisdiction the lands are located, to elect to obtain any such lands for local public purposes. Requires the Secretary, upon application by a unit of local government or regional governmental entity, to issue right-of-way grants on Federal lands in Clark County, Nevada, for all reservoirs, canals, channels, ditches, pipes, pipelines, tunnels, and other facilities and systems needed for: (1) the impoundment, storage, treatment, transportation, or distribution of water (other than water from the Virgin river) or wastewater; or (2) flood control management. Directs that, of the gross proceeds of sales of lands in a fiscal year: (1) five percent be paid directly to Nevada for use in the State's general education program; (2) ten percent be paid directly to the Southern Nevada Water Authority for water treatment and transmission facility infrastructure in Clark County; and (3) the remainder be deposited in a special account for use pursuant to the special account provisions specified under this Act. Requires that, in the case of a land exchange, the non-Federal party provide direct payments to Nevada and the Southern Nevada Water Authority. Allows amounts deposited in the special account to be expended by the Secretary for: (1) the acquisition of environmentally sensitive land in Nevada, with priority given to lands located within Clark County; (2) capital improvements at the Lake Mead National Recreation Area, the Desert National Wildlife Refuge, the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area and other areas administered by the Bureau in Clark County, and the Spring Mountains National Recreation Area; (3) development of a multispecies habitat conservation plan in Clark County; (4) development of parks, trails, and natural areas in Clark County pursuant to a cooperative agreement with a unit of local government; and (5) reimbursement of costs incurred by the Bureau's local offices in arranging sales or exchanges under this Act. Requires the Secretary to: (1) coordinate the use of the special account with the Secretary of Agriculture, Nevada, local governments, and other interested persons to ensure accountability and demonstrated results; and (2) submit an annual report on all transactions under this Act to the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and the House Committee on Resources. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) acquire with proceeds of the special account environmentally sensitive land and interests; and (2) transfer, upon request by a grantee of lands within Clark County that are subject to a lease or patent issued under the Recreation and Public Purposes Act, the reversionary interest in such lands to other non-Federal lands.",2025-08-21T16:13:44Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/4656 105-hr-4657,105,hr,4657,Spring Mountain Exchange Act of 1998,Public Lands and Natural Resources,1998-10-01,1998-10-01,Referred to the House Committee on Resources.,House,"Rep. Gibbons, Jim [R-NV-2]",NV,R,G000152,1,"Spring Mountain Exchange Act of 1998 - Requires the Secretary of the Interior to convey to Rhodes Design and Development Corporation certain Federal lands in Clark County, Nevada, in exchange for: (1) certain Corporation lands in Nevada; and (2) specified payments by the Corporation to the State of Nevada for use in its general education program and to the Southern Nevada Water Authority for water treatment and transmission facility infrastructure. Provides that such payments shall be considered to be a cost incurred by the Corporation and shall be compensated by the Secretary.",2025-08-21T16:14:25Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/4657 105-hr-4671,105,hr,4671,"To redesignate the Marsh-Billings National Historical Park in the State of Vermont as the ""Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park"".",Public Lands and Natural Resources,1998-10-01,1998-10-01,Referred to the House Committee on Resources.,House,"Rep. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT-At Large]",VT,I,S000033,0,Redesignates the Marsh-Billings National Historical Park in Vermont as the Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park.,2025-04-07T15:23:30Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/4671 105-sconres-123,105,sconres,123,A concurrent resolution to express the sense of the Congress regarding the policy of the Forest Service toward recreational shooting and archery ranges on Federal land.,Public Lands and Natural Resources,1998-10-01,1998-10-13,Referred to House Resources,Senate,"Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ]",AZ,R,M000303,4,"Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Forest Service should: (1) not close shooting or archery facilities without prior notification to the Congress and the general public unless there is an immediate threat to public safety; (2) avoid unreasonable restrictions in the issuance of special-use permits for firearm and archery sports facilities; (3) fully evaluate alternative sites in the Coronado National Forest, to the extent consistent with the environmental assessment, and provide a reasonable alternative that would allow the Tucson Rod and Gun Club to quickly open a safe facility for firearm and archery sports; and (4) adhere to its deadline of November 20, 1998, for a decision on a site for such Club.",2026-03-24T12:48:03Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/senate-concurrent-resolution/123 105-s-2530,105,s,2530,"A bill to designate certain lands in the Valley Forge National Historical Park as the Valley Forge National Cemetery, and for other purposes.",Public Lands and Natural Resources,1998-09-29,1998-09-29,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.,Senate,"Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA]",PA,R,S000709,0,Designates certain lands in the Valley Forge National Historical Park as the Valley Forge National Cemetery. Transfers administrative jurisdiction over such lands from the Secretary of the Interior to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. Directs the Secretary to report to the appropriate congressional committees on the feasibility of establishing a National Cemetery in Southwestern Pennsylvania.,2026-03-24T12:48:03Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/senate-bill/2530 105-hr-4630,105,hr,4630,Miwaleta Park Expansion Act,Public Lands and Natural Resources,1998-09-25,1998-10-01,Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands.,House,"Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4]",OR,D,D000191,1,"Milwaleta Park Expansion Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the county of Douglas, Oregon, without consideration, Milwaleta Park and an adjacent parcel of Bureau of Land Management lands for use as a county park.",2025-08-21T16:14:40Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/4630 105-hr-4610,105,hr,4610,"To require the Secretary of the Interior to make reimbursement for certain damages incurred as a result of bonding regulations adopted by the Bureau of Land Management on February 28, 1997, and subsequently determined to be in violation of Federal law.",Public Lands and Natural Resources,1998-09-23,1998-09-28,Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.,House,"Rep. Gibbons, Jim [R-NV-2]",NV,R,G000152,0,"Directs the Secretary of the Interior to reimburse all private and public entities for all monetary damages incurred as a result of bonding regulations promulgated on February 28, 1997, that were determined by the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on May 13, 1998, to have been adopted in violation of the Regulatory Flexibility Act. Allows any private or public entity to submit a claim for such damages. Directs the Secretary to reimburse a claimant within 90 days unless the Secretary finds that the damages were not caused by such regulations. Provides for the appeal of a rejected claim to the State court in which the claimant is domiciled. Grants a claimant the right to a civil trial by jury in the event the amount in dispute, litigation costs included, is $20,000 or greater.",2025-01-02T17:51:29Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/4610 105-hr-4614,105,hr,4614,"To provide for the conveyance of Federal land in New Castle, New Hampshire, to the town of New Castle, New Hampshire, and to require the release of certain restrictions with respect to land in such town.",Public Lands and Natural Resources,1998-09-23,1998-10-05,"On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Failed by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 230 - 168 (Roll No. 480).",House,"Rep. Sununu, John E. [R-NH-1]",NH,R,S001078,0,"Requires the Adminstrator of General Services to convey to the town of New Castle, New Hampshire, a certain parcel of Federal land currently leased to the town. Permits the land conveyed to be used to replace certain Land and Water Conservation Fund-assisted land in such town and requires it to be of reasonably equivalent recreational usefulness and location.",2025-04-07T15:24:01Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/4614 105-s-2512,105,s,2512,Natural Resources Institute Act of 1998,Public Lands and Natural Resources,1998-09-23,1998-09-23,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Kempthorne, Dirk [R-ID]",ID,R,K000088,0,"Natural Resources Institute Act of 1998 - Establishes the Natural Resources Institute at the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory to provide a neutral forum to develop scientific solutions that improve the economic and environmental viability of the Intermountain West region of the United States. Defines such region to include Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Utah, and the far eastern areas of Oregon and Washington. Lists as duties of the Institute: (1) to perform multidisciplinary research regarding natural resources; (2) to support formulation and implementation of natural resources public policy; (3) to act as an information resource center; and (4) to provide education and training. Creates a Board of Stakeholders for the Institute which shall incorporate the vested interests and stakeholder prospectuses into the design and operation of the Institute. Requires the Board to appoint, and define the requirements of, the Director of the Institute who shall exercise all authority granted to the Institute. Establishes a Science Advisory panel to: (1) oversee development and implementation of the Institute's technical strategy; and (2) provide oversight of the quality of science and recommendations for the research and development portfolio structure of the Institute. Authorizes the Institute to acquire from any Federal agency any unclassified data and nonproprietary knowledge and information obtained by Federal agencies to assist the Institute. Directs the Institute to work with Federal and State agencies, universities, the public, and the private sector to ensure that the Institute's information and products are useful and accessible.",2025-08-21T16:12:46Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/senate-bill/2512 105-s-2513,105,s,2513,Oregon Public Land Transfer and Protection Act of 1998,Public Lands and Natural Resources,1998-09-23,1998-10-21,Referred to the House Committee on Resources.,Senate,"Sen. Smith, Gordon H. [R-OR]",OR,R,S001142,0,"TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Rogue River National Forest Transfers Tile II: Protection of Oregon and California Railroad Grant Land Title III: Conveyance to Deschutes County, Oregon Oregon Public Land Transfer and Protection Act of 1998 - Title I: Rogue River National Forest Transfers - Provides for the transfer of: (1) specified lands in the Rogue River National Forest System, Oregon, from public domain status to the National Forest; and (2) other lands from the National Forest to public domain status. Restores the status of certain revested Oregon and California railroad grant land (O&C land) and revokes the reservation of such lands as part of the National Forest. Adds certain other revested railroad grant lands to such National Forest. Title II: Protection of Oregon and California Railroad Grant Land - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, in carrying out sales, purchases, and exchanges of Bureau of Land Management land located within six Oregon districts (the geographic area), to ensure that, upon the expiration of a ten-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act and each ten-year period thereafter, the total number of acres of O&C land, Coos Bay Wagon Road grant land, and public domain land in the geographic area that are available for timber harvesting is not less than such number on the date of enactment of this Act. Title III: Conveyance to Deschutes County, Oregon - Directs the Secretary to sell at fair market value to Deschutes County, Oregon, specified land in Deschutes County. Provides for the conveyance of such land only if the Secretary determines it suitable for sale through the land use planning process. States that the amount paid by the County for the conveyance of the land: (1) shall be deposited in a special account in the Treasury; and (2) may be used by the Secretary for the purchase of certain environmentally sensitive land in Oregon that is consistent with the goals and objectives of the land use planning process of the Bureau.",2026-03-24T12:48:03Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/senate-bill/2513 105-s-2503,105,s,2503,Guadalupe-Hidalgo Treaty Land Claims Equity Act of 1998,Public Lands and Natural Resources,1998-09-21,1998-09-26,"Subcommittee on Forests and Public Lands. Hearings held at Espanola, New Mexico. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 105-849.",Senate,"Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM]",NM,R,D000407,0,"Guadalupe-Hidalgo Treaty Land Claims Equity Act of 1998 - Establishes the Guadalupe-Hidalgo Treaty Land Claims Commission to determine the validity of certain land claims arising out of the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo in 1848. Authorizes the Secretary of State to negotiate bilateral agreements with the governments of Mexico and Spain to obtain their full cooperation with the Commission so that it will have access to certified copies of all relevant documents in those countries relating to community lands grants in the State of New Mexico. Directs the Commission to: (1) develop specified procedures for land grant evaluations, including some, acceptable to various Native American Tribes and Pueblos, that clearly protect the status quo regarding existing Indian Lands; and (2) submit the Code of Land Claims Procedure to specified congressional committees for hearings and examination, before beginning examination of specific community land claims. Makes eligible under this Act descendants of certain persons who were: (1) Mexican citizens before the Treaty; (2) members of a community land grant; and (3) U.S. citizens within ten years after the Treaty became effective. Authorizes three or more eligible descendants in New Mexico who are also descendants of the same community land grant to petition the Commission for such a determination on behalf of themselves and all other descendants. Directs the Commission to establish a Community Land Grant Study Center at the Onate Center in Alcalde, New Mexico, to be responsible for directing the research, study, and investigations necessary to assist the Commission in its duties. Authorizes appropriations.",2026-03-24T12:48:03Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/senate-bill/2503 105-s-2505,105,s,2505,"A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey title to the Tunnison Lab Hagerman Field Station in Gooding County, Idaho, to the University of Idaho.",Public Lands and Natural Resources,1998-09-21,1998-11-02,Became Public Law No: 105-346.,Senate,"Sen. Craig, Larry E. [R-ID]",ID,R,C000858,1,"Directs the Secretary of the Interior to convey the Tunnison Lab Hagerman Field Station and site in Gooding County, Idaho, excluding water rights and necessary access and utility easements and rights-of-way, to the University of Idaho for use for fish research. Requires the University to: (1) comply with the National Historic Preservation Act for all ground disturbing activities; and (2) protect prehistoric and historic resources in accordance with the archeological Resources Protection Act of 1979.",2025-04-07T15:23:30Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/senate-bill/2505 105-hr-4601,105,hr,4601,To prohibit the closure of certain National Weather Service weather stations until concerns of the Comptroller General about the National Weather Service modernization effort are addressed.,Public Lands and Natural Resources,1998-09-18,1998-09-22,Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.,House,"Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-14]",TX,R,P000583,0,Requires National Weather Service weather stations certified for closure under the Weather Service Modernization Act to be reopened and prohibits any such station from being closed unless the Comptroller General has removed the modernization effort from the high-risk program category and a new certification has been made.,2025-01-02T17:51:31Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/4601 105-hr-4593,105,hr,4593,Natural Resources Institute Act of 1998,Public Lands and Natural Resources,1998-09-17,1998-09-21,Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.,House,"Rep. Crapo, Mike [R-ID-2]",ID,R,C000880,0,"Natural Resources Institute Act of 1998 - Establishes the Natural Resources Institute at the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory to provide a neutral forum to develop scientific solutions that improve the economic and environmental viability of the Intermountain West region of the United States. Defines such region to include Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Utah, and the far eastern areas of Oregon and Washington. Lists as duties of the Institute: (1) to perform multidisciplinary research regarding natural resources; (2) to support formulation and implementation of natural resources public policy; (3) to act as an information resource center; and (4) to provide education and training. Creates a Board of Stakeholders for the Institute which shall incorporate the vested interests and stakeholder prospectuses into the design and operation of the Institute. Requires the Board to appoint, and define the requirements of, the Director of the Institute who shall exercise all authority granted to the Institute. Establishes a Science Advisory panel to: (1) oversee development and implementation of the Institute's technical strategy; and (2) provide oversight of the quality of science and recommendations for the research and development portfolio structure of the Institute. Authorizes the Institute to acquire from any Federal agency any unclassified data and nonproprietary knowledge and information obtained by Federal agencies to assist the Institute. Directs the Institute to work with Federal and State agencies, universities, the public, and the private sector to ensure that the Institute's information and products are useful and accessible.",2025-08-21T16:13:30Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/4593 105-hr-4585,105,hr,4585,Northwest Straits Marine Conservation Initiative Act,Public Lands and Natural Resources,1998-09-16,1998-09-22,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans.",House,"Rep. Metcalf, Jack [R-WA-2]",WA,R,M000669,0,"Northwest Straits Marine Conservation Initiative Act - Establishes the Northwest Straits Advisory Commission to: (1) monitor the health of the Northwest Straits marine ecosystem; (2) develop scientifically sound economic measurements of ecosystem degradation and environmental protection costs; (3) identify trends and activities adversely affecting, or preventing the restoration of, that ecosystem; (4) develop scientifically sound restoration recommendations, informed by the economic measurements; (5) help facilitate recommendation implementation by developing broad support among the authorities, stakeholder groups, and the public; (6) provide a public forum for discussions of Federal, State, local, tribal, and Canadian policies and actions regarding that ecosystem; (7) inform authorities and the public about that ecosystem and related issues; and (8) consult with tribes in the region to ensure that Commission work does not violate treaty rights. Authorizes the Commission to provide financial assistance, with or without compensation, to any marine resource committee. Authorizes the council or commission of each of seven specified counties in the State of Washington to establish a marine resource committee to address marine ecosystem issues within its county and work to achieve the benchmarks of this Act. Directs the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere to request the National Research Council to provide an independent review of, and report to the Congress, the Secretaries of Commerce and the Interior, and the Governor of the State of Washington on, the extent to which the Commission has fulfilled the benchmarks of this Act. Establishes the benchmarks, including broad county participation in the committees, net gain in highly ecologically productive nearshore, intertidal, and estuarine habitat, net reduction in shellfish harvest in closed contaminated areas, and increases in key marine indicator species. Mandates an annual Commission report to the public and a final report to the Congress and the President. Authorizes appropriations to carry out this Act. Terminates the Commission a specified period after enactment of this Act, unless it is reauthorized by the Congress.",2025-08-21T16:12:58Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/4585 105-s-2478,105,s,2478,A bill to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain land to FERC permit holders.,Public Lands and Natural Resources,1998-09-16,1998-09-17,Referred to Subcommittee on Forests and Public Lands.,Senate,"Sen. Gorton, Slade [R-WA]",WA,R,G000333,0,"Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to convey specified parcels of land (including roads) necessary for development of the small hydroelectric power project sites located within Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, Washington, to persons holding preliminary permits issued by, or having filed license applications with, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission covering such sites during the period of January 1, 1990, through December 31, 1996. Requires a licensee to pay the net proceeds from the sale of timber removed for project development to the Secretary. Requires such proceeds to be deposited in the Treasury and to be available to the Secretary for use in watershed and species management activities to ensure that the Northwest Forest Plan is being properly implemented on the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest.",2026-03-24T12:48:03Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/senate-bill/2478 105-s-2488,105,s,2488,Northwest Straits Marine Conservation Initiative Act,Public Lands and Natural Resources,1998-09-16,1998-09-16,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce.,Senate,"Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA]",WA,D,M001111,0,"Northwest Straits Marine Conservation Initiative Act - Establishes the Northwest Straits Advisory Commission to: (1) monitor the health of the Northwest Straits marine ecosystem; (2) develop scientifically sound economic measurements of ecosystem degradation and environmental protection costs; (3) identify trends and activities adversely affecting, or preventing the restoration of, that ecosystem; (4) develop scientifically sound restoration recommendations, informed by the economic measurements; (5) help facilitate recommendation implementation by developing broad support among the authorities, stakeholder groups, and the public; (6) provide a public forum for discussions of Federal, State, local, tribal, and Canadian policies and actions regarding that ecosystem; (7) inform authorities and the public about that ecosystem and related issues; and (8) consult with tribes in the region to ensure that Commission work does not violate treaty rights. Authorizes the council or commission of each of seven specified counties in the State of Washington to establish a marine resource committee to address marine ecosystem issues within its county and work to achieve the benchmarks of this Act. Directs the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere to request the National Research Council to provide an independent review of, and report to the Congress, the Secretaries of Commerce and the Interior, and the Governor of the State of Washington on, the extent to which the Commission has fulfilled the benchmarks of this Act. Establishes the benchmarks, including broad county participation in the committees, net gain in highly ecologically productive nearshore, intertidal, and estuarine habitat, net reduction in shellfish harvest in closed contaminated areas, and increases in key marine indicator species. Mandates an annual Commission report to the public and a final report to the Congress and the President. Terminates the Commission a specified period after enactment of this Act, unless it is reauthorized by the Congress.",2025-08-21T16:11:54Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/senate-bill/2488 105-hr-4570,105,hr,4570,Omnibus National Parks and Public Lands Act of 1998,Public Lands and Natural Resources,1998-09-15,1998-10-07,Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.,House,"Rep. Hansen, James V. [R-UT-1]",UT,R,H000172,0,"TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Boundary Adjustments and Related Conveyances Title II: Other Land Conveyances and Management Subtitle A: Southern Nevada Public Land Management Subtitle B: Conveyance of Canyon Ferry Reservoir Properties Subtitle C: Conveyance of National Forest Lands for Public School Purposes Subtitle D: Other Conveyances Title III: Heritage Areas Subtitle A: Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor of Pennsylvania Subtitle B: Automobile National Heritage Area of Michigan Subtitle C: Lackawanna Heritage Valley American Heritage Area of Pennsylvania Subtitle D: Miscellaneous Provisions Title IV: Historic Areas Title V: San Rafael Swell Subtitle A: San Rafael Swell National Heritage Area Subtitle B: San Rafael Swell National Conservation Area Subtitle C: Wilderness Areas within Conservation Area Subtitle D: Other Special Management Areas within Conservation Area Subtitle E: General Management Provisions Title VI: National Parks Title VII: Reauthorizations Title VIII: Rivers and Trails Title IX: Hazardous Fuels Reduction Subtitle A: Management of Wildland-Urban Interface Areas Subtitle B: Miscellaneous Provisions Title X: Miscellaneous Provisions Title XI: Amendments and Technical Corrections to 1996 Omnibus Parks Act Subtitle A: Technical Corrections to the Omnibus Parks Act Subtitle B: Other Amendments to Omnibus Parks Act Title XII: Dutch John Federal Property Disposition and Assistance Title XIII: Reclamation Project Conveyances and Miscellaneous Provisions Subtitle A: Sly Park Dam and Reservoir, California Subtitle B: Minidoka Project, Idaho Subtitle C: Carlsbad Irrigation Project, New Mexico Subtitle D: Palmetto Bend Project, Texas Subtitle E: Wellton-Mohawk Division, Gila Project, Arizona Subtitle F: Canadian River Project, Texas Subtitle G: Clear Creek Distribution System, California Subtitle H: Pine River Project, Colorado Subtitle I: Technical Corrections and Miscellaneous Provisions Title XIV: Provisions Specific to Alaska Title XV: Other Provisions Omnibus National Parks and Public Lands Act of 1998 - Title I: Boundary Adjustments and Related Conveyances - Increases the number of acres the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary) is authorized to acquire for the Fort Davis National Historic Site in Fort Davis, Texas, by 16. (Sec. 102) Authorizes the Secretary to acquire, by donation only, certain land known as Knob Creek Farm in Larue County, Kentucky. Modifies the boundary of the Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site to include such land. Requires the Secretary to study and report to the Congress on the Farm in order to: (1) identify significant resources associated with the Farm and the early boyhood of Abraham Lincoln; (2) evaluate the threats to the long-term protection of the Farm's cultural, recreational, and natural resources; and (3) examine the incorporation of the Farm into the operations of the Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site and establish a strategic management plan for implementing such incorporation. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 103) Modifies the boundaries of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in the State of Utah to exclude specified Federal lands and to include the East Clark Bench. Requires the Secretary to convey specified Federal lands to: (1) Garfield County School District, Utah, for use as the location for a school and for other education purposes; and (2) the State of Utah for inclusion of the lands in Kodachrome Basin State Park. Designates specified Federal lands as a utility corridor with regard to U.S. Route 89, in Kane County, Utah. (Sec. 104) Modifies the boundaries of the George Washington Birthplace National Monument to include the property known as George Washington's Boyhood Home, Ferry Farm in Stafford County, Virginia. Authorizes the Secretary to acquire no more than a less than fee interest in the property to ensure the preservation of the important cultural and natural resources associated with Ferry Farm. Requires the Secretary to submit to specified congressional committees a resource study of the property and upon completion of such study allows the Secretary to enter into agreements with the property owner or other entities for the purpose of providing programs, services, facilities, or technical assistance that further the property's preservation and public use. (Sec. 105) Adjusts the boundaries of the Wasatch-Cache National Forest and the Mount Naomi Wilderness, in Utah, to exclude the parcel of lands known as the D. Hyde property to correct a faulty land survey. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to: (1) convey such parcel to Darrell Edward Hyde of Cache County, Utah; and (2) release any claims against him for trespass or unauthorized use of the parcel before its conveyance. (Sec. 106) Modifies the boundaries of the Bandelier National Monument, New Mexico, to include specified lands within the Upper Alamo watershed. Authorizes the Secretary, within the boundaries of such added areas, to acquire lands by donation, purchase with donated or appropriated funds, exchange, or transfer with another Federal agency. Prohibits any lands or interests therein from being acquired except with the consent of the owner. Allows lands owned by New Mexico or a political subdivision thereof to be acquired only by donation or exchange. Authorizes the Secretary to acquire less than fee simple interests in land only if the Secretary determines that such acquisition will adequately protect the Monument from flooding, erosion, and degradation of its drainage waters. Authorizes appropriations. Title II: Other Land Conveyances and Management - Subtitle A: Southern Nevada Public Land Management - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to convey, under specified conditions, to the Clark County, Nevada, Department of Aviation certain real property in Ivanpah Valley, Nevada, for the development of an airport facility and related infrastructure. Requires conveyance of small parcels over 20 years as may be required for phased construction and development. Sets forth provisions concerning: (1) the determination of the fair market value of each conveyed parcel of land; and (2) a reversionary interest in such land if the Secretary determines that the Aviation Department is not developing or progressing toward the development of the conveyed lands as an airport facility. Withdraws the conveyed lands from mineral entry under the Mining Law of 1872 and the Mineral Leasing Act. Requires the Secretary of Transportation to consult with the Secretary in the preparation of an airspace management plan for the Ivanpah Airport which avoids, to the maximum extent practicable, overflights of the Mojave National Preserve in California consistent with Federal Aviation Administration recommendations for safety. Subtitle B: Conveyance of Canyon Ferry Reservoir Properties - Establishes the terms and conditions under which the Secretary shall convey 265 cabin sites and certain small contiguous parcels of the Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) around Canyon Ferry Reservoir, Montana, to the lessees of the properties, based upon the highest bidder. Grants the Canyon Ferry Recreation Association, Incorporated, the right to match the highest bid and purchase the property. Sets forth provisions regarding terms of conveyance if the highest bidder is other than CFRA and CFRA does not match the highest bid, rights and options of existing lessees, and applicable requirements if CFRA is the highest bidder or matches the highest bid. (Sec. 225) Sets forth provisions regarding management of the Silos Recreation Area, income generated by concessions at the Area, and use of the proceeds of conveyances under this subtitle. (Sec. 227) Establishes the Montana Fish and Wildlife Conservation Trust to acquire publicly accessible land and interests in land, easements, and conservation easements in Montana for specified purposes. (Sec. 228) Prohibits the sale of the 265 cabin sites and related BOR parcels unless and until the Board of Commissioners for Broadwater County, Montana, establishes the Canyon Ferry-Broadwater County Trust as a perpetual public trust and the Board deposits at least $3 million as the initial corpus of the Trust. Requires the Commissioners to appoint an advisory committee to establish priorities and prepare requests for the disbursement of funds from the County Trust with the Commissioners' approval. (Sec. 229) Establishes the Canyon Ferry Cabin Site Transfer Trust in Montana to: (1) receive any property not purchased by CFRA or a lessee before August 1 of the year that is at least 12 months after title to the first property is transferred by the Secretary to a lessee; (2) provide all appropriate real estate management services, including collecting rents, paying taxes, enforcing lease terms, and selling property; and (3) pay to the State Trust any income generated from the Cabin Trust, after the payment of management fees, costs, and expenses. Requires the Cabin Trust to allow a lessee that is unable to or unwilling to purchase a property to continue to lease the property under specified conditions. Sets forth provisions concerning: (1) rental payments for the continued leases; (2) limitations on the right to transfer such leases; (3) conveyance of the property by the Cabin Trust; (4) proceeds from the sale of a property; and (5) reimbursement to the Cabin Trust of a proportionate share of the costs incurred while completing transactions under this subtitle. Subtitle C: Conveyance of National Forest Lands for Public School Purposes - Provides for the transfer of up to 40 acres of certain National Forest System lands to a local governmental entity for local public school purposes only. Subtitle D: Other Conveyances - Provides for an exchange of specified Federal lands administered by the El Portal Administrative Site in California in exchange for specified non-Federal lands known as the Yosemite View parcel located adjacent to the Site. (Sec. 242) Authorizes the use of specified lands in Merced County, California, for an elementary school. (Sec. 243) Issues quitclaim deeds to specified individuals to certain family property in Big Horn County, Wyoming. (Sec. 245) Ratifies the ""Agreement to Exchange Utah School Trust Lands Between the State of Utah and the United States of America"" and sets forth the obligations and commitments of the United States, Utah, and Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration as a matter of Federal law. Repeals Federal law providing for the exchange of Federal lands in Utah in exchange for State lands and providing additional lands within Utah for the Goshute Indian Reservation, with the exception of provisions regarding: (1) payment to Utah of a portion of a royalty payment received by the United States for certain mining and mineral interests in Utah; (2) the limit on such payment; and (3) payment in lieu of taxes for certain entitlement lands in Utah. Requires a $50 million payment to Utah upon completion of all conveyances described in the Agreement. (Sec. 246) Provides for the exchange of specified Federal lands within the Routt National Forest, Colorado, for specified non-Federal lands known as the Miles parcel located adjacent to such Forest. Adjusts the boundary of the Forest to reflect the exchange. (Sec. 247) Transfers administrative jurisdiction over certain lands in Lake County, Oregon, located adjacent to or within the Hart Mountain National Antelope Refuge, from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Includes transferred lands within the Refuge. Withdraws such lands from the public land, mineral leasing, and mining laws. Requires BLM to retain jurisdiction over certain lands located south of the Refuge identified for cooperative management. Requires such lands that are within the Guano Creek Wilderness Study Area to be managed to maintain the values for which the Area was designated. Transfers administrative jurisdiction over other specified lands adjacent to or within the Refuge from the Fish and Wildlife Service to BLM. Removes such lands from the Refuge and designates them as public lands. (Sec. 248) Amends the Idaho Admission Act regarding school land lease or sale to provide for: (1) establishment of an earnings reserve fund; (2) authorization of a land bank fund for additional land purchases; and (3) elimination of land lease-time restrictions. (Sec. 249) Transfers certain property located in the San Joaquin Valley, California, from the administrative jurisdiction of the Federal Bureau of Prisons, U.S. Department of Justice to the Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Department of the Interior. (Sec. 250) Conveys specified parcels of land under the jurisdiction of the Forest Service in Kern County, California to Kern County. (Sec. 251) Absolves the United States from any liability that did not already exist with respect to the transfer of specified land from the city of St. George, Utah, to the United States located within the Red Cliffs Desert Reserve in Washington County, Utah. (Sec. 252) Requires the Secretary to convey: (1) without consideration and for educational purposes only, to Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Florida, all U.S. rights, title, and interests, if any, to a specified parcel of real property in Yavapai County, Arizona; and (2) subject to specified terms and conditions, to the County of Rio Arriba, New Mexico, all U.S. rights, title, and interests in and to the Old Coyote Administrative Site. (Sec. 254) Authorizes the Secretary to acquire private lands, easements, and buildings within the areas authorized for acquisition for Chickamauga-Chattanooga National Military Park. (Sec. 255) Provides for the transfer of: (1) specified lands in the Rogue River National Forest System, Oregon, from public domain status to the National Forest; and (2) other lands from the National Forest to public domain status. Restores the status of certain National Forest Land as revested Oregon and California railroad grant land (O&C land) and revokes the reservation of such lands as part of the National Forest. Adds certain other revested O&C lands to such National Forest. Directs the Secretary, in carrying out sales, purchases, and exchanges of lands located within six Bureau of Land Management districts in Oregon (the geographic area), to seek to ensure that such sales, purchases, and exchanges do not decrease the number of acres of O&C lands. Requires the Secretary, by April 1 of each fiscal year, to determine whether such reduction has occurred in the previous fiscal year and if so, to designate a number of acres of forested public domain lands within the O&C geographic area, equal to the number of acres of that reduction, for treatment as O&C lands, under specified conditions. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress on such designation for each fiscal year. Title III: Heritage Areas - Subtitle A: Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor of Pennsylvania - Amends the Delaware and Lehigh Navigation Canal National Heritage Corridor Act of 1988 (the Act) to change the name of the Delaware and Lehigh Navigation Canal National Heritage Corridor to the Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor. (Sec. 302) Includes among the Act's purposes enhancing economic development within the context of preservation. (Sec. 303) Modifies provisions regarding: (1) membership of, terms of office for, and confirmation of appointment to the Delaware and Lehigh National Corridor Commission; and (2) powers of the Commission to authorize the conveyance of real property acquired by the Commission to an appropriate nonprofit organization, to authorize the Commission to enter into cooperative agreements with a nonprofit organization, and to require any cooperative agreement to establish procedures for providing notice to the Commission of any action proposed by a nonprofit organization which may affect implementation of the Cultural Heritage and Corridor Management Plan. (Sec. 304) Authorizes the Commission to administer any grant or loan from amounts appropriated, donated, or otherwise made available to the Commission for the purpose of providing a grant or loan. (Sec. 305) Directs the Commission to implement the Plan by taking appropriate steps to preserve and interpret the cultural, natural, recreational, and scenic (currently, limited to historic) resources of the Canal and its surrounding area. (Sec. 306) Terminates the Commission ten years after the date of this Act's enactment. (Sec. 307) Requires specified actions by any Federal entity conducting or supporting activities directly affecting the historic, cultural, natural, recreational, or scenic resources of the Corridor (currently, the flow of the Canal or the natural resources of the Corridor). (Sec. 308) Reauthorizes and increases appropriations under the Act. (Sec. 309) Prohibits the Commission from interfering with private property rights or any local zoning ordinance or land use plan of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or any political subdivision. (Sec. 310) Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, upon request of the Commission, to provide grants and technical assistance to the Commission or units of government, nonprofit organizations, and other persons, for development and implementation of the plan. Subtitle B: Automobile National Heritage Area of Michigan - Establishes the Automobile National Heritage Area in the State of Michigan. Authorizes the Secretary to add or remove lands from the Area in response to a request from the Automobile National Heritage Area Partnership, Inc. (a nonprofit corporation established under Michigan laws). (Sec. 314) Designates the Partnership as the management entity for the Area and authorizes it to receive amounts appropriated to carry out this Act. Provides that if a management plan for the Area is not submitted to the Secretary within the time specified in this Act, the Partnership shall cease to be authorized to receive Federal funding until such a plan is submitted. Sets forth authorized uses of, and a limitation on, such funds by the Partnership. (Sec. 315) Requires the Board of Directors of the Partnership to develop and submit to the Secretary a management plan for the Area for review and approval. (Sec. 316) Authorizes the Secretary to provide technical assistance and, subject to the availability of appropriations, grants to government units, nonprofit organizations, and other persons upon request of the Partnership, and to the Partnership, regarding the management plan and its implementation. Prohibits the Secretary, as a condition of the award of technical assistance or grants, from requiring any recipient of such technical assistance or a grant to enact or modify land use restrictions. (Sec. 317) Declares that nothing in this Act shall be construed to: (1) modify, enlarge, or diminish any authority of Federal, State, or local governments to regulate any use of land under any other law or regulation; (2) grant powers of zoning or land use control to the Partnership; or (3) affect or to authorize the Partnership to interfere with the rights of any person with respect to private property or any local zoning ordinance or land use plan of the State of Michigan or a political subdivision thereof. (Sec. 318) Prohibits the Secretary from making any grant or providing any assistance under this Act after September 30, 2014. (Sec. 319) Authorizes appropriations. Limits Federal funding to 50 percent of the total cost of any activity carried out with any financial assistance or grant provided under this Act. Subtitle C: Lackawanna Heritage Valley American Heritage Area of Pennsylvania - Establishes the Lackawanna Heritage Valley American Heritage Area, comprised of all or parts of four coal-producing counties in northeast Pennsylvania, to be managed by the Lackawanna Heritage Valley Authority. (Sec. 323) Directs the Secretary to enter into a management compact with the Authority to determine Area goals and objectives. (Sec. 324) Directs the Authority to develop an Area management plan that presents comprehensive recommendations for the Area's conservation, funding, management, and development. Requires the plan to be submitted to the Secretary for approval within three years after the enactment of this subtitle. Outlines related management duties. Prohibits the Authority from using Federal funds to acquire real property under this subtitle. (Sec. 325) Provides for: (1) technical and financial assistance from the Secretary to the Authority to develop and implement the plan; (2) approval or disapproval of compacts and management plans; and (3) termination on September 30, 2012, of the Secretary's authority to make a grant or provide assistance under this subtitle. (Sec. 327) Authorizes appropriations. Prohibits Federal funding for the Area from exceeding 50 percent of total costs. Subtitle D: Miscellaneous Provisions - Extends, through FY 2000, the authorization of appropriations for preservation of structures on or eligible for inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places within the Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. (Sec. 332) Amends the Illinois and Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor Act of 1984 to extend the Illinois and Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor Commission to August 24, 2004. Repeals provisions granting the Commission extension authority. Title IV: Historic Areas - Requires the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the National Park Service and in consultation with the Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the International Midway Memorial Foundation, Inc., the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the Battle of Coral Sea Association, the American Legion, or other appropriate veterans groups, respectively, and Midway Phoenix Corporation, to study and report to specified congressional committees on the suitability and feasibility of establishing Midway Atoll as a national memorial to the Battle of Midway. Requires that the report include an inventory of all known facilities and structures of historical significance on Midway Atoll and its environs. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 402) Amends the National Historic Preservation Act to direct the Secretary, in order to provide a national historic light station program, to: (1) collect and disseminate information concerning such stations; (2) foster educational programs relating to the history, practice, and contribution to society of such stations; (3) sponsor or conduct research and study into the history of such stations; (4) maintain a listing of such stations; and (5) assess the effectiveness of the program regarding the conveyance of such stations. Directs the Secretary and the Administrator of General Services to establish a process for identifying and selecting an eligible entity to which a station could be conveyed for education, park, recreation, cultural, and historic preservation purposes. Requires: (1) the Secretary to review all applicants for the conveyance of a station identified as excess to an agency's needs and forward to the Administrator a single approved application for such station; and (2) the Administrator to convey such station, subject to specified conditions that include a requirement that active aids to navigation continue to be operated and maintained by the United States if considered necessary by the Administrator. Prohibits stations located within the exterior boundary of a National Park System unit or a refuge within the National Wildlife Refuge System from being conveyed or sold without the Secretary's approval. Requires: (1) a station to be offered for sale in accordance with terms developed by the Administrator if no applicants are approved for conveyance; and (2) net sale proceeds to be transferred to the National Maritime Heritage Grant Program. Requires any Federal department or agency to which a station is conveyed to maintain the station in accordance with the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 and the Secretary's Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 403) Establishes the Thomas Cole National Historic Site in New York State as an affiliated area of the National Park System. Provides that the Greene County Historical Society of Greene County, New York, shall continue to own, manage, and operate the Site. Requires the Society to administer the Site in a manner consistent with this Act and all laws generally applicable to National Park System units. Authorizes the Secretary enter into cooperative agreements with the: (1) Society to preserve the Thomas Cole House and other structures in the Site and to assist with education programs and research and interpretation of the Thomas Cole House and associated landscapes; (2) State of New York, the Society, the Thomas Cole Foundation, and other public and private entities to facilitate public understanding and enjoyment of the lives and works of the Hudson River artists through activities related to the preservation, interpretation, and use of the Site; and (3) acquire personal property and works of art associated with, and appropriate for, the interpretation of the Site and for display at the Site. Directs the Secretary, with the cooperation of the Society, to develop and submit to specified congressional committees a general management plan for the Site, including recommendations for regional wayside exhibits. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 404) Amends Federal law to include within the Valley Forge National Historical Park the Paoli Battlefield in Malvern, Pennsylvania. Authorizes appropriations to acquire Battlefield property, if a specified amount of non-Federal funds are available for the acquisition (and subsequent donation to the National Park Service) of such property. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into a cooperative agreement with Malvern Borough for the Borough management of the Battlefield Addition. (Sec. 405) Authorizes the Secretary to enter into cooperative agreements to provide to Arizona and the town of Springerville, Arizona, technical assistance to interpret, operate, and maintain the Casa Malpais National Historical Landmark and financial assistance for planning, staff training, and development of the Landmark, but not other routine operations. Provides that such agreements may also: (1) grant the Secretary, acting through the National Park Service, access to public portions of the property covered by the agreements for the purpose of interpreting the Landmark; and (2) prohibit changes or alterations to the Landmark except by mutual agreement between the Secretary and the other parties to all such agreements. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 406) Designates the Lower East Side Tenement at 97 Orchard Street, New York, New York, as a national historic site and an affiliated site of the National Park System. Requires the Secretary to coordinate the operation and interpretation of the Site with that of the Lower East Side Tenement Historic Site, the Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island, and Castle Clinton National Monument. Provides that the Lower East Side Tenement Museum shall continue to own, operate, and manage the Site. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into a cooperative agreement with the Museum to ensure the marking, interpretation, and preservation of the Site. Requires the Secretary, working with the Museum, to develop a general management plan for the Site to: (1) define the National Park Service's roles and responsibilities with regard to the interpretation and the preservation of the Site; and (2) outline how interpretation and programming for the Lower East Side Tenement Historic Site, the Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island, and Castle Clinton National Monuments will be integrated and coordinated so as to enhance the stories at each of the four Sites. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 407) Gateway Visitor Center Authorization Act of 1998 - Authorizes the Secretary to enter into an agreement with the Gateway Visitor Center Corporation to facilitate the construction and operation of the Gateway Visitor Center on Independence Mall, in Philadelphia. Authorizes: (1) the Corporation to operate the Center in cooperation with the Secretary and to provide at the Center information, interpretation, facilities, and services to visitors of Independence National Historical Park, its surrounding historic sites, the city of Philadelphia, and the region and, acting as a private nonprofit organization, to engage in activities appropriate for operation of a regional visitor center; and (2) the Secretary to undertake, at the Center, activities relating to the management of the Park. Requires revenues from activities engaged in by the Corporation to be used for the Center's operation and administration. Declares that nothing in this Act authorizes the Secretary or the Corporation to take any action in derogation of the preservation and protection of the values and resources of the Park. (Sec. 408) Establishes the Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site in Alabama as a unit of the National Park System. Requires the Secretary, with the full participation of Tuskegee University, to develop and submit to specified congressional committees a general management plan for the Site. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 409) Establishes the Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site, Arkansas, as a unit of the National Park System. Requires the Secretary, within two years after funds are made available, to: (1) prepare a general management plan for the Site; and (2) prepare and transmit to specified congressional committees a National Historic Landmark Theme Study on the history of desegregation in public education. Requires the Secretary, on the basis of the study, to identify possible new national historic landmarks appropriate to this theme and prepare a list in order of importance or merit of the most appropriate sites for national historic landmark designation. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 410) Amends the Weir Farm National Historic Site Establishment Act of 1990 to authorize the Secretaryto acquire not more than 15 additional acres of land contiguous or in close proximity to the Weir Farm National Historic Site, Connecticut, for the development of visitor and administrative facilities for the Site. Limits: (1) any parking area for the visitor and administrative facilities to 30 spaces; and (2) items sold in the visitor facilities to educational and interpretive materials related to the purpose of the Site. Prohibits the sale of food. Conditions development of visitor and administrative facilities on the acquired property to the Secretary entering into one or more agreements with the appropriate zoning authority of the towns of Ridgefield and Wilton for the purposes of: (1) developing the parking, visitor, and administrative facilities for the Site; and (2) managing bus traffic to the Site, including limiting parking for large tour buses to an offsite location. Increases the authorization of appropriations for acquisition of real and personal property for the Site. (Sec. 411) Establishes the Kate Mullany National Historic Site in New York State as a unit of the National Park System. Requires the Secretary to develop and submit to specified congressional committees a general management plan for the Site. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 412) Designates portions of the highway formerly designated as U.S. Route 66 that remain in existence as the Route 66 National Historic Highway. Directs the Secretary to: (1) facilitate the development of guidelines and a program of technical assistance and grants that will set priorities for the preservation of Route 66; (2) designate National Park Service (NPS) officials to perform the functions of the Cultural Resource Programs (NPS programs to support cultural resources related to Route 66; (3) support efforts of State and local public and private persons, nonprofit Route 66 preservation entities, Indian tribes, State Historic Preservation Offices, and entities in the States to preserve Route 66 by providing technical assistance, participating in cost-sharing programs, and making grants; (4) act as a clearinghouse for communication among such parties and Federal, State, and local agencies; and (5) assist the States in determining the appropriate form of, and establishing and supporting, a non-Federal entity or entities to perform the functions of the Cultural Resource Programs after those programs are terminated. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) collaborate with the Secretary of Transportation to address transportation factors that may conflict with preservation efforts and to take advantage of existing programs, such as the Scenic Byways program; and (2) sponsor a road sign program on Route 66 to be implemented on a cost-sharing basis with State and local organizations. Requires the Secretary to: (1) provide assistance in the preservation of Route 66 that is compatible with the idiosyncratic nature of the highway; (2) not prepare or require an overall management plan for Route 66, but to cooperate with public and private entities in developing local preservation plans to guide efforts to protect the most important or representative resources of Route 66; (3) develop a technical assistance program in the preservation of Route 66, including guidelines for setting priorities for preservation needs; (4) coordinate a program of historic research, curation, preservation strategies, and collection of oral and video histories of Route 66 designed for continuing use after the Cultural Resource Programs are terminated; (5) make available cost-share grants for the preservation of Route 66 for resources that meet the guidelines under the technical assistance program; and (6) provide information about existing cost-share opportunities. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 413) Authorizes the Secretary , in administering the Valley Forge National Historical Park, to enter into an agreement with the Valley Forge Historical Society to facilitate the planning, construction, and operation of the Valley Forge Museum of the American Revolution on Federal land within the boundary of the Park. Title V: San Rafael Swell - San Rafael Swell National Heritage and Conservation Act - Subtitle A: San Rafael Swell National Heritage Area - Designates the San Rafael Swell National Heritage Area in Utah. (Sec. 514) Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to make grants for specified uses, but not for acquisition of real property or any interest in real property. (Sec. 515) Prescribes necessary elements of: (1) any compact with respect to the Area entered into by the Secretary, the Secretary of Agriculture, and the Governor of Utah, in coordination with the Heritage Council established by this subtitle; and (2) the heritage plan setting forth the strategy to implement the goals and objectives of the Area. (Sec. 516) Establishes the Heritage Council to manage the Area and develop a heritage plan in accordance with the compact. (Sec. 517) Sets forth disclaimers with respect to land use regulation. (Sec. 518) Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle B: San Rafael Swell National Conservation Area - Establishes the San Rafael Swell National Conservation Area, which the Secretary shall manage to conserve, protect, and enhance its resources. (Sec. 523) Directs the Secretary to develop a comprehensive plan for the long-range management and protection of the Conservation Area. (Sec. 525) Establishes a San Rafael Swell National Conservation Area Advisory Council. Subtitle C: Wilderness Areas within the Conservation Area - Designates the following areas within the Conservation Area as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System: (1) Crack Canyon Wilderness Area; (2) Mexican Mountain Wilderness Area; (3) Muddy Creek Wilderness Area; and (4) San Rafael Reef Wilderness Area. (Sec. 533) Declares that grazing of livestock within designated wilderness areas: (1) shall be administered according to specified law and guidelines; and (2) shall not be reduced, increased, or withdrawn, except based solely on scientific analyses of range conditions. (Sec. 534) Declares that any public land administered by the Bureau of Land Management within the Conservation Area in Emery County, Utah, that is not designated as wilderness by this subtitle: (1) shall not be subject to management for preservation as wilderness; but (2) shall be managed for multiple uses and in accordance with certain land management plans. Subtitle D: Other Special Management Areas Within Conservation Area - Establishes within the Conservation Area a San Rafael Swell Desert Bighorn Sheep Management Area to provide for the prudent management of Desert Bighorn Sheep and their habitat in the Sid's Mountain area of the Conservation Area. Prescribes requirements for management and use of the Management Area. Directs the Secretary to include a management plan for the Area in the Conservation Area management plan. (Sec. 542) Directs the Secretary to designate within the Conservation Area certain semi-primitive nonmotorized use areas, which shall provide opportunities for: (1) isolation from the sights and sounds of humans (including their motorized vehicles); (2) a high degree of interaction with the natural environment; and (3) the practice of outdoor skills in settings that present moderate challenge and risk. (Sec. 543) Directs the Secretary to designate within the Conservation Area a specified scenic visual area of critical environmental concern to preserve the scenic value of the Interstate Route 70 corridor. Subtitle E: General Management Provisions - Requires the Secretary to permit domestic livestock grazing within areas of the Conservation Area where grazing was established before enactment of this Act, except in wilderness areas. (Sec. 552) Directs the Secretary to authorize the discovery of, protect, and (at the Secretary's discretion) interpret cultural or paleontological resources within the Conservation Area. (Sec. 553) Provides for the exchange of Federal lands or interests in lands with the State of Utah for any school and institutional trust lands of the State whose value or economic potential may be diminished by establishment of the Conservation Area. (Sec. 554) Declares that there is no express or implied Federal reservation of water or water rights arising from the designation of any area as part of the Conservation Area or as a wilderness or semi-primitive area under this Act. Authorizes the United States to acquire and exercise, in accordance with State law, such water rights as necessary to carry out its responsibilities on any land designated as part of the Conservation Area. (Sec. 555) Declares that nothing in this Act affects the State jurisdiction or responsibilities with respect to fish and wildlife management activities. Declares that the Congress does not intend that the designation of the Conservation Area or any wilderness or semi-primitive area lead to the creation of protective perimeters or buffer zones around the area, but only within it. Provides for: (1) the set back of boundaries from roads and rights-of- way; and (2) acquisition of land from non-governmental entities by exchange or purchase only. Title VI: National Parks - Amends Federal law to include in the land and water use management plan for the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, Michigan, provisions for appropriate improvements to Alger County Road H-58. Prohibits construction of a scenic shoreline drive in the Lakeshore. (Sec. 602) Modifies the boundary of the Arches National Park, Utah, to include the Lost Spring Canyon Addition (Area). Requires the Secretary of the Interior to transfer jurisdiction over the Federal lands contained in the Area from the Bureau of Land Management to the National Park Service to be administered in accordance with the laws and regulations applicable to the Park. Continues existing grazing leases, permits, or licenses for the Area for the lifetime of the existing permittee and of any direct descendants of the permittee born before enactment of this Act. Allows the sale of such grazing lease, permit, or license, except that the term of a sold lease, permit, or license shall not exceed ten years or its retirement date, whichever occurs first. Withdraws Federal lands within the Area from the public land and mineral leasing laws. Provides that the inclusion of the Area in the Park shall not affect the operation or maintenance by the Northwest Pipeline Corporation of the natural gas pipeline that passes through the Area. Directs the Secretary to transfer specified Federal lands to the State of Utah in exchange for specified State school trust lands, if the State offers such exchange within one year after enactment of this Act. Subjects such exchanged lands to valid existing rights. Specifies requirements to be satisfied by the State before undertaking or permitting any surface disturbing activities. Requires the State to preserve existing grazing, recreational, and wildlife uses of such lands. Permits Utah to authorize or undertake surface or mineral activities authorized by existing or future land management plans for the acquired lands. (Sec. 603) Excludes the main road on Cumberland Island (as described on the National Register of Historic Places), the spur road that provides access to Plum Orchard mansion, and the area extending ten feet on each side of the center line of both roads, from the boundaries of the Cumberland Island Wilderness and the potential wilderness area. Requires the Secretary to: (1) modify the boundaries of the Wilderness and the potential wilderness area to exclude each structure at Cumberland Island National Seashore that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and such land surrounding each excluded structure as the Secretary considers necessary to eliminate incompatible and competing management requirements; (2) restore Plum Orchard mansion at Cumberland Island National Seashore so that the condition of the restored mansion is at least equal to the condition of the mansion when it was donated to the United States; and (3) submit a comprehensive plan for the repair, stabilization, restoration, and subsequent maintenance of the mansion to such condition. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary to: (1) identify, document, and protect archaeological sites located on Federal land within the Seashore; and (2) prepare and implement a plan to preserve designated national historic sites within the Seashore. (Sec. 604) Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director of the National Park Service, to undertake feasibility studies and report to the Congress on the establishment of National Park System units in specified areas of the islands of Maui, Lanai, Kauai, and Molokai of Hawaii (including the feasibility of extending the present National Historic Park boundaries at Kalaupapa Settlement eastward to Halawa Valley along the island's north shore). (Sec. 605) Amends Federal law regarding Channel Islands National Park, California, to direct the Secretary to grant to specified individuals rights of use and occupancy of the Gherini Ranch on Santa Cruz Island for a term of 25 years. (Sec. 606) Authorizes the Secretary to acquire up to 15 acres of land known as the Warren Property or Mount Kimble, to be included in and administered as part of Morristown National Historical Park. (Sec. 607) Amends the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to allow the Secretary in any fiscal year to withhold from the special Treasury account established for a Federal agency 100 percent of the fees and charges (such as recreational use fees) collected by such agency in connection with any National Park System (NPS) unit at which entrance or admission fees cannot be collected by reason of deed restrictions. Requires such amounts to be retained for expenditure by the Secretary, without further appropriation, for such NPS unit. (Sec. 608) Provides for an additional map to depict lands added to the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area, Georgia, pursuant to this Act. Allows, after July 1, 1999, the Secretary to modify the boundaries of the Area to include other lands within 2,000 feet of each bank of the River by submitting a revised map or other boundary description to the Congress. Prohibits such revised boundaries from taking place if the Congress adopts a Joint Resolution disapproving the revision. Permits, before such date, a landowner whose land or portion thereof is within 2,000 feet of each bank of the River, to notify the Secretary that such land is not to be included within the revised boundaries of the Area. Requires the Secretary to modify the boundaries to exclude such land upon receipt of its legal description. Increases the total acreage limitation for the Area to 10,000 (currently, approximately 6,800). Repeals Federal provisions providing for exchange of Federal lands within the Area for non-Federal lands within its boundaries. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into cooperative agreements with other entities (currently, Georgia and its political subdivisions) to assure standardized acquisition, planning, design, construction, and operation of the Area. Decreases from $79.4 million to $25 million the cap on the authorization of appropriations for acquisition of land and interests in land for the Area. Authorizes the Secretary to accept the donation of funds and lands or interests in lands to carry out this Act. Requires the Secretary, within three years after enactment of this Act, to submit to specified congressional committees a revision of the general management plan for the Area. Prohibits the acquisition of lands and interests in lands under this Act without the owner's consent. (Sec. 609) Amends the Grand Canyon National Park Enlargement Act to prohibit the Secretary from demolishing or authorizing or permitting (by contract or otherwise) any other persons to demolish, the Thunderbird Lodge or the Kachina Lodge in the Grand Canyon National Park without congressional approval. Title VII: Reauthorization - Amends the National Historic Preservation Act to authorize (current law requires) the Secretary of the Interior to undertake a review of the nomination of a property for inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places as a national historic landmark when an objection to such inclusion has been made. Authorizes the Secretary to administer grants (current law requires the Secretary to administer a program of matching grants-in-aid) to the National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States. Requires a State or Indian tribe to be solely responsible for determining which professional employees are necessary to carry out its duties relating to the administration of an historic preservation program. Limits Federal properties under the jurisdiction of the Architect of the Capitol that are exempt from requirements of the National Historic Preservation Act to those properties depicted on a specified map to be kept on file in the office of the Secretary. Extends through FY 2004 funding for the Historic Preservation Fund. Requires Federal agencies: (1) prior to procuring buildings for carrying out agency responsibilities, to use historic properties available to the agency to the maximum extent feasible, especially in central business areas; and (2) when locating Federal facilities, to give first consideration to historic properties in historic districts, then to developed or undeveloped sites within such districts, and finally to historic properties outside of such districts. Requires any rehabilitation or construction undertaken pursuant to such Act to be architecturally compatible with the character of the surrounding historic district or properties. Extends through FY 2004 the budget authority for the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation. (Sec. 702) Reauthorizes the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Citizen Advisory Commission until October 31, 2008. (Sec. 703) Increases from $1 million to $4 million the authorization of additional appropriations for the New Jersey Coastal Heritage Trail Route. Extends the Secretary's authority with respect to such Route until May 4, 2004. Includes the township of Woodbridge, New Jersey, as a cultural site along the New Jersey Coastal Heritage Trail Route. (Sec. 704) Amends the National Parks and Recreation Act of 1978 to extend, for an additional ten years, the authorization for the Upper Delaware Citizens Advisory Council. Title VIII: Rivers and Trails - Amends the National Trails System Act to provide for the establishment, as components of the National Trails System, of national discovery trails which shall be extended, continuous interstate trails located so as to provide for outdoor recreation and travel and to connect representative examples of America's trails and communities. Permits such trails to be designated on nonfederal lands, with an owner's consent. Prohibits a trail from being considered feasible and desirable for designation as a national discovery trail unless : (1) the trail links one or more areas within the boundaries of a metropolitan area and joins with other trails, tying the National Trails System to significant recreation and resources areas; (2) the trail is supported by at least one competent trailwide volunteer-based organization and has extensive local and trailwide support by the public, user groups, and affected State and local governments; (3) the trail extends and passes through more than one State and, at a minimum, is a continuous, walkable route; and (4) the appropriate Secretary obtains written consent from affected landowners before entering nonpublic lands to conduct surveys or studies of nonpublic lands. Exempts national discovery trails from Federal provisions authorizing the Secretary to use condemnation proceedings to acquire private lands without the owner's consent. Designates as a national discovery trail the 6,000-mile American Discovery Trail which shall extend from Cape Henlopen State Park in Delaware to Point Reyes National Seashore in California, traveling northern and southern routes from Cincinnati, Ohio, to Denver, Colorado. Requires: (1) the Trail to be administered by the Secretary of the Interior in cooperation with at least one competent trailwide volunteer-based organization, affected land managing agencies, and State and local governments as appropriate; and (2) the responsible Secretary, within three complete fiscal years after designation of a national discovery trail, to submit a comprehensive plan for the protection, management, development, and use of the Federal portions of the trail and provide technical assistance to States, local units of government, and private landowners, as requested, for nonfederal portions of the trail. (Sec. 802) Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate segments of the Sudbury, Assabet, and Concord Rivers in Massachusetts as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. Requires the segments to be: (1) administered by the Secretary through cooperative agreements between the Secretary and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and its relevant political subdivisions; and (2) managed in accordance with the Sudbury, Assabet, and Concord Wild and Scenic River Study, River Conservation Plan which shall be deemed to satisfy the requirement for a comprehensive management plan pursuant to the Act. (Sec. 803) Requires the Secretary: (1) acting through the Director of the Bureau of Land Management, to establish the National Historic Trails Interpretive Center in Casper, Wyoming, for the interpretation of the historic trails in the vicinity of Casper, including the Oregon Trail, the Mormon Trail, the California Trail, the Pony Express Trail, the Bridger Trail, the Bozeman Trail, and various Indian routes; and (2) to construct, operate, and maintain facilities for the Center. Allows the Secretary to: (1) accept, retain, and expend donations of funds, property, or services from individuals, foundations, corporations, or public entities for development and operation of the Center; (2) collect an entrance fee from visitors to the Center; and (3) use such fees for the Center's operating expenses. Authorizes appropriations. Title IX: Hazardous Fuels Reduction - Community Protection and Hazardous Fuels Reduction Act of 1998 - Subtitle A: Management of Wildland-Urban Interface Areas - Requires the Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Service to identify wildlife-urban interface areas (the line, area, or zone where structures and other human development meet or intermingle with undeveloped wildland or vegetative fuel) with hazardous fuels buildups and other forest management needs. (Sec. 912) Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture or of the Interior to (temporarily) enter into forest product sales contracts in order to reduce hazardous fuels buildups in such areas, which may require the purchaser to undertake forest management projects under specified conditions in return for forest management credits. Limits such credits to $75 million per fiscal year. (Sec. 915) Requires the Secretaries of Agriculture and of the Interior to each establish and maintain a special fund in the Treasury to remain available, without further appropriation, for the purposes of planning, offering, and managing sales of forest products under this subtitle. Transfers $10 million to the fund by each Secretary respectively, under specified conditions. Terminates each fund at the expiration of the last day of the fifth full fiscal year occurring after the date of enactment of this Act. Provides that any monies remaining in each fund in the case of: (1) the Secretary of Agriculture, shall be used by the Secretary for the reduction of wildland fire hazardous fuels and for receipts for forest products from Federal land within the Secretary's jurisdiction; and (2) the Secretary of the Interior, shall be used for the reduction of hazardous fuels and for similar receipts under the Secretary's jurisdictions. (Sec. 916) Terminates the authority of the Secretary concerned to offer sales of forest products and to require the purchasers of such products to undertake forest management projects as a condition of such sales, at the end of the five-fiscal year beginning on the first October 1st occurring after the date of the enactment of this Act. Allows any contract for a sale of forest products entered into before the end of such specified period and still in effect at the end of such period, to remain in effect after the end of such period pursuant to the terms of the contract. Subtitle B: Miscellaneous Provisions - Requires the Secretary concerned to issue implementing regulations within a specified time. Authorizes program appropriations. Title X: Miscellaneous Provisions - Authorizes the Government of India to establish a memorial to honor Mahatma Gandhi on specified Federal land in the District of Columbia. Prohibits the United States from paying any expense of establishing the memorial. (Sec. 1002) National Cave and Karst Research Institute Act of 1997 - Requires the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the National Park Service, to establish the National Cave and Karst Research Institute in the vicinity and outside the boundaries of Carlsbad Caverns National Park, New Mexico. Limits Federal funding to matching funds. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 1003) Establishes the Guadalupe-Hidalgo Treaty Land Claims Commission to determine the validity of land claims arising out of the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo of 1848. Authorizes to petition the Commission, on behalf of themselves and all other descendants, ten or more eligible Mexican descendants in the State of New Mexico who are also descendants of the same community land grant. Directs the Commission to establish a Community Land Grant Study Center. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 1004) Designates specified public lands in the California Desert District of the Bureau of Land Management as the Otay Mountain Wilderness. Declares that such designation: (1) shall not preclude Federal, State, or local government drug interdiction and border operations or wildland fire management operations within the Wilderness; and (2) is not intended to lead to the creation of protective buffer zones around the Wilderness. (Sec. 1005) Directs the Secretary to: (1) purchase the Wilcox Ranch in Eastern Utah; and (2) transfer the surface estate to such lands to the State of Utah for management by the State Division of Wildlife Resources for wildlife habitat and public access. Authorizes the Secretary to use not more than $5 million from the land and water conservation fund for the purchase. (Sec. 1006) Requires the Secretary to acquire, by exchange, the mineral and geothermal interests of each company (Burlington Northern, Incorporated or the Weyerhaeuser Company) in the Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument in the State of Washington. Sets forth requirements and administrative procedures for such exchange, including requiring the Secretary, in exchange for all mineral and geothermal interests acquired from each company, to issue to each such company monetary credits with a value of $2.1 million that may be used for the payment of: (1) not more than 50 percent of the bonus or other payments made by successful bidders in any sales of mineral, oil, gas, or geothermal leases under the Mineral Leasing Act, the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, or the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 in the contiguous 48 States; (2) not more than ten percent of the bonus or other payments made by successful bidders in any sales of such leases under such Acts; (3) not more than 50 percent of any royalty, rental, or advance royalty payment made to the United States to maintain any mineral, oil, or gas, or geothermal lease in the 48 contiguous States issued under such Acts; or (4) not more than ten percent of any royalty, rental, or advance royalty payment made to the United States to maintain any mineral, oil, or gas, or geothermal lease in Alaska issued under such Acts. Requires the Secretary to accept credits in the same manner as cash for the payments. Requires that all amounts in the form of credits accepted by the Secretary for the payments be considered to be money received for the purpose of the Mineral Leasing Act and the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970. Directs the Secretary, not later than 30 days after the completion of the required exchange with a company, to establish an exchange account for that company for the monetary credits issued to it. Permits: (1) a company to transfer or sell any credits in the company's account to another person; and (2) such credits transferred or sold to be used only by a person that is qualified to bid on, or that holds, a mineral, oil, or gas lease under the Mineral Leasing Act, the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, or the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970. Terminates an account created for a company five years after creation. Requires the Secretary to report to specified congressional committees on: (1) all remaining privately held mineral interests within the boundaries of the Monument; and (2) a plan and a timetable by which the Secretary would propose to complete the acquisition of such interests. (Sec. 1007) Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (Secretary), with respect to the Emigrant Wilderness in the Stanislaus National Forest, California, to enter into an agreement with a non-Federal entity to retain, maintain, and operate at private expense 18 concrete dams and weirs at levels that applied to them before enactment of a specified Act (January 3, 1975). (Sec. 1008) Authorizes the Secretary to remove dead, downed, or severely root-sprung trees in accordance with certain alternative arrangements approved by the Council on Environmental Quality for forests and grasslands in Texas in specified National Forest areas in Colorado, Utah, California, Oregon, Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, Vermont, Idaho, Kentucky, and Florida. Authorizes the Secretary and the Secretary of the Interior, respectively, to request Council approval of alternative tree removal arrangements in cases of catastrophic forest conditions. (Sec. 1009) Amends the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to prohibit the Secretary of the Interior, with respect to public lands, or the Secretary of Agriculture, with respect to national forest system lands, from imposing liability without fault for fire suppression costs incurred by the United States with respect to a right-of-way if the right-of-way holder is a not-for-profit entity, including one that uses such right-of-way for electricity delivery to parties having an equity interest in the not-for-profit entity. (Sec. 1010) Directs the Secretaries of Agriculture and the Interior to conduct a study regarding improved outdoor recreational access for persons with disabilities. (Sec. 1011) Designates the site located directly below Inspirational Point within the San Jacinto Ranger District of the San Bernardino National Forest, California, on which communications facilities are located on August 1, 1998, to be used for communication purposes by the persons who operate such facilities until such time as such persons no longer require the use of such site and provide written notice to that effect to the Forest Service. (Sec. 1012) Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit fees from being assessed against a Federal, State, or local government agency (currently, Federal) regarding negotiations between the Secretary and persons concerning an agreement for the use of Outer Continental Shelf sand, gravel, and shell resources based on an assessment of the value of the resources and the public interest served by promoting development of them. (Sec. 1013) Subjects to the Mineral Leasing Act certain Federal reserved mineral interests conveyed by specified United States land patents. Authorizes any person who acquires a lease under the Act for such mineral interests to exercise the Federal right of entry reserved in such patents by occupying the surface required for purposes reasonably incident to exploration, extraction, and removal of the leased minerals. Prescribes permissible means of occupancy. (Sec. 1014) Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to enter into noncompetitive oil and gas production and reclamation contracts with well operators in the Wayne National Forest (Ohio) who meet specified statutory criteria pursuant to private land mineral leases, subject to the same laws and regulations that applied to such leases. Proscribes contractual arrangements authorizing deeper completions or additional drilling. Requires contracts to require contractors to provide a Federal oil and gas bond to ensure complete and timely reclamation of the former lease tract in accordance with regulations of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the Forest Service, unless the Secretary accepts in lieu thereof assurances from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Oil and Gas, that: (1) the contractor is in compliance with specified Ohio bonding requirements; (2) the United States is entitled to receive funding under Ohio law to properly plug and restore oil and gas sites and lease tracts; and (3) at least 20 percent of Ohio State severance tax revenues have been allocated to the State of Ohio Orphan Well Fund. Declares that, in entering into any contract under this Act, the Secretary shall reserve the right to require contractor compliance with BLM and Forest Service oil and gas lease bonding requirements whenever the Secretary finds that less than 20 percent of State severance tax revenues has been allocated to such Fund. (Sec. 1015) Authorizes the Washington Interdependence Council of the District of Columbia to establish a memorial in the District to honor and commemorate the accomplishments of Benjamin Banneker. Prohibits the use of Federal funds to pay any expense for establishment of such memorial. (Sec. 1016) Requires the United States, subject to specified conditions, to recognize as not infringing upon any U.S. ownership rights to coalbed methane any: (1) contract or lease covering any land that was conveyed by the United States under specified Acts that was entered into by a person who has title to the land derived under those Acts and conveys rights to explore for, extract, and sell coalbed methane from the land; or (2) coalbed methane production from such land by a person who has title to the land and who, on or before the date of enactment of this subtitle, has filed an application with the State oil and gas regulating agency for a permit to drill an oil and gas well to a completion target located in a coal formation. Title XI: Amendments and Technical Corrections to 1996 Omnibus Parks Act - Subtitle A: Technical Corrections to the Omnibus Parks Act - Amends the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 (the Act) to make technical corrections to provisions concerning the: (1) Presidio of San Francisco; (2) Colonial National Historical Park; (3) Merced Irrigation District; (4) Big Thicket National Preserve; (5) Kenai Natives Association land exchange; (6) Lamprey Wild and Scenic River; (7) Vancouver National Historic Reserve; (8) Memorial to Martin Luther King, Jr.; (9) Advisory Council on Historic Preservation; (10) Great Falls Historic District, New Jersey; (11) New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park; (12) Nicodemus National Historic Site; (13) Aleutian World War II National Historic Area; (14) Revolutionary War and War of 1812 Historic Preservation Study; (15) Shenandoah Valley Battlefields; (16) Washita Battlefield; (17) ski area permit rental charge; (18) Glacier Bay National Park; (19) Robert J. Lagomarsino visitor center; (20) National Park Service administrative reform; (21) Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor; (22) Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve; (23) recreation lakes; (24) Fossil Forest protection; (25) Opal Creek Wilderness and Scenic Recreation Area; (26) Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area; (27) Natchez National Historical Park; (28) regulation of fishing in certain waters of Alaska;(29) National Coal Heritage Area; (30) Tennessee Civil War Heritage Area; (31) Augusta Canal National Heritage Area; (32) Essex National Heritage Area; (33) Ohio & Erie Canal National Heritage Corridor; and (34) Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area. Subtitle B: Other Amendments to Omnibus Parks Act - Amends the Act to extend, until October 27, 2003, the authority of the Black Revolutionary War Patriots Foundation to establish a memorial on Federal land in the District of Columbia or its environs. (Sec. 1152) Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire, in partnership with other entities, a less than fee interest in lands at Thompson Island within the Boston Harbor Islands Recreation Area in Massachusetts. Title XII: Dutch John Federal Property Disposition and Assistance - Dutch John Federal Property Disposition and Assistance Act of 1998 - Provides for the transfer or disposal of certain Federal properties at Dutch John, Utah. (Sec. 1206) Transfers lands designated for disposal from the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Agriculture (Secretary), acting through the Chief of the Forest Service, to the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation (BLM), and, if appropriate, the Postal Service. Removes such lands from inclusion in the Ashley National Forest and the Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to transfer administrative jurisdiction over certain lands acquired for the Central Utah Project and developed for wildlife mitigation to the Secretary. Incorporates such lands into the Ashley or Uinta National Forests. Directs the Secretary to transfer administrative jurisdiction over certain lands to the Postal Service. (Sec. 1209) Requires the Secretary of the Interior to conduct appraisals to determine the fair market value of properties designated for disposal. (Sec. 1210) Conveys specified infrastructure facilities, land, and public schools to Daggett County, and certain facilities of the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources to the Division, without consideration. Sets forth requirements for the purchase of disposed residential properties. Bases priority in purchasing on seniority of reclamation lease or residency in Dutch John. Limits households to one residential lot. Sets forth requirements for the purchase of unoccupied lots, special use lands, and church land. Transfers all water rights to the Dutch John municipal water system to the County, subject to certain conditions. Requires the Secretary to consider issuance of a special use permit affording Flaming Gorge Reservoir public shoreline access and use within the vicinity of Dutch John in conjunction with commercial visitor facilities provided under such a permit. (Sec. 1212) Directs the Secretary, before transfer or disposal of any land that contains cultural resources and may be eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places, to prepare a memorandum of agreement, for review and approval by the Utah Office of Historical Preservation and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, that contains a strategy for protecting or mitigating adverse effects on cultural resources. Conveys such land to the County upon completion of actions required under the agreement. (Sec. 1213) Requires the Secretary of the Interior to provide training and transitional operating assistance to County personnel designated as successors to operators of conveyed infrastructure facilities. Provides for annual payments to the County, for up to 15 years, for purposes of defraying administrative transition costs. Makes available a limited amount of electric power and energy from the Colorado River Storage Project for the Dutch John community. (Sec. 1214) Authorizes appropriations. Title XIII: Reclamation Project Conveyances and Miscellaneous Provisions - Subtitle A: Sly Park Dam and Reservoir, California - Sly Park Unit Conveyance Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to convey the Sly Park Dam and Reservoir, Camp Creek Diversion Dam and Tunnel, and conduits and canals held by the United States (the project) to the El Dorado Irrigation District, California, in consideration of the District accepting the Government's obligations for the Project and subject to District payment of the net present value of the remaining repayment obligation. Requires the transfer to be completed within 180 days if no changes in project operations are expected, and within two years if the District intends to change project operations. Requires the Secretary to: (1) bear all administrative costs if transfer does not occur within the authorized period; and (2) pay one-half of such costs otherwise. (Sec. 1316) Exempts the project from application of the Reclamation Act of 1902 upon such conveyance, except that the District is required to make payments into the Central Valley Project Restoration Fund for 31 years after the enactment of the Act. Calculates the District's obligation in the same manner as Central Valley Project water contractors. Subtitle B: Minidoka Project, Idaho - Burley Irrigation District Conveyance Act - Directs the Secretary to convey to the Burley Irrigation District, Idaho, the Southside Pumping Division of the Minidoka Project, Idaho, and related water rights in consideration of the District accepting the Government's obligations for the Project. Provides transfer completion and administrative costs requirements identical to those provided under subtitle A. (Sec. 1325) Continues the right of the Minidoka Irrigation District to the joint use of the gravity portion of the Southside Canal under a current contract. Directs the Secretary to: (1) allocate to the District storage space in three area reservoirs; and (2) provide the District with reserved power. Subtitle C: Carlsbad Irrigation Project, New Mexico - Carlsbad Irrigation Project Acquired Land Conveyance Act - Directs the Secretary to convey to the Carlsbad Irrigation District, New Mexico, specified real property within the Carlsbad Project in New Mexico and all U.S. interests in Project irrigation and drainage system and related ditch rider houses, the maintenance shop and buildings, and Pecos River Flume. Provides transfer completion and administrative costs requirements identical to those provided under subtitle A. (Sec. 1336) Directs the Secretary to: (1) provide a written identification of all mineral and grazing leases in effect on Project lands; and (2) notify all leaseholders of the conveyance authorized by this title. Requires the District to assume all U.S. rights and obligations under existing mineral and grazing leases, licenses, and permits and entitles the District to any associated receipts. Requires receipts paid into the reclamation fund as Project credits to be made available for the payment of administrative costs. Subtitle D: Palmetto Bend Project, Texas - Palmetto Bend Conveyance Act - Requires the Secretary to convey the Palmetto Bend reclamation project, Texas, to the Lavaca-Navidad River Authority and the Texas Water Development Board, jointly, in consideration of their accepting the Government's obligations for the project and subject to their payment of the net present value of the remaining repayment obligation. Provides transfer completion and administrative costs requirements identical to those provided under subtitle A. (Sec. 1344) Prohibits Lake Texana from being used to wheel water originating from the Texas, Colorado River. Subtitle E: Wellton-Mohawk Division, Gila Project, Arizona - Wellton- Mohawk Division Title Transfer Act of 1998 - Directs the Secretary to convey to the Wellton-Mohawk Irrigation and Drainage District, Arizona, the Wellton-Mohawk Division, Gila Project in Arizona, in consideration of the District accepting the Government's obligations for the Project and subject to the payment of fair market value for District lands that have been withdrawn from public use for reclamation purposes. Provides transfer completion and administrative costs requirements identical to those provided under subtitle A. (Sec. 1357) Requires the Secretary and the Secretary of Energy to deliver Colorado River water and Parker-Davis Project Priority Use power to the District under the terms of existing contracts. Subtitle F : Canadian River Project, Texas - Canadian River Project Prepayment Act - Authorizes prepayment of amounts due under a Bureau of Reclamation water reclamation project contract for the Canadian River Project, Texas. Directs the Secretary, upon such payment, to convey to the Canadian River Municipal Water Authority all U.S. rights and interests to the Project pipeline and related facilities authorized under such contract. Subtitle G: Clear Creek Distribution System, California - Clear Creek Distribution System Conveyance Act - Directs the Secretary to convey title to the Clear Creek Distribution System, California, to the Clear Creek Community Services District in consideration of the District accepting the Government's obligations for the System. Provides transfer completion and administrative costs requirements identical to those provided under subtitle A. Subtitle H: Pine River Project, Colorado - Vallecito Dam and Reservoir Conveyance Act - Directs the Secretary to convey to the Pine River Irrigation District, Colorado, an undivided five-sixths interest in the Pine River Project (the Vallecito Dam and Reservoir and associated interests) in consideration of the District accepting the Government's obligations under the Project. Requires the District, prior to such conveyance, to submit to the Secretary a plan to manage the Project similarly to the manner in which it was previously managed. Provides transfer completion and administrative costs requirements identical to those provided under subtitle A. Directs the Secretary, at the option of the Southern Ute Indian Tribe in Colorado, to convey to the Tribe an undivided one-sixth interest in the Project, all interests in lands in such area over which the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) holds administrative jurisdiction, and associated water rights. (Sec. 1384) Directs the: (1) Secretary to submit to the District, the BIA, and the State of Colorado a description of the current condition of Vallecito Dam; and (2) District to work with the Army Corps of Engineers to develop a flood control plan for the operation of such Dam. Provides for: (1) the transfer of certain inundated lands along the Reservoir; and (2) appropriate administrative jurisdiction over such lands after such transfer. Subtitle I: Technical Corrections and Miscellaneous Provisions - Amends the Reclamation Safety of Dams Act of 1978 to reduce (from 60 to 30 days after the Secretary of the Interior has transmitted a report on an existing dam to the Congress) the required waiting period before the obligation of reclamation funds provided under such Act. Amends the Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1992 to direct the Secretary to participate in the planning, design, and construction of the: (1) Albuquerque Metropolitan Area Water Reclamation and Reuse Project; and (2) Phoenix Metropolitan Water Reclamation and Reuse Project. Adds as a purpose of the Albuquerque project to reclaim and use nonpotable surface water in the Albuquerque metropolitan area. Directs the Secretary to refund all amounts received by the United States as collections under the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982 for charges that were assessed for failure to file certain certification or reporting forms. Allows certain administrative fees to be retained. Authorizes appropriations. Amends the Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1996 to extend the period of contract repayment for: (1) the city of Corpus Christi, Texas, and the Nueces River Authority under the Nueces River reclamation project, Texas; and (2) the Canadian River Municipal Water Authority under the Canadian River reclamation project, Texas. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into contracts with the Solano County Water Agency, or any of its member unit contractors for water from the Solano Project, California, pursuant to the Act of February 21, 1911 (subject to a limitation on the portion of the Project that may be used) for: (1) the impounding, storage, and carriage of nonproject water for domestic, municipal, industrial, and other beneficial purposes, using any facilities associated with the Project; and (2) the exchange of water among Project contractors for such purposes, using facilities associated with the Project. Authorizes the Secretary to use otherwise available amounts to provide up to $2 million in financial assistance to the Medford Irrigation District and the Rogue River Valley Irrigation District for the design and construction of fish passage and protective facilities at North Fork Little Butte Creek Diversion Dam and South Fork Little Butte Creek Diversion Dam in the Rogue River basin, Oregon, if the Secretary determines in writing that these facilities will enhance the fish recovery efforts currently underway at the Rogue River Basin Project, Oregon. (Sec. 1392) Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to construct: (1) a temperature control device and associated monitoring facilities on Folsom Dam to be operated as part of the Central Valley Project for the benefit and propagation of fall-run chinook salmon and steelhead trout in the American River, California; and (2) such a device and facilities on existing non-Federal facilities delivering Central Valley Project water from Folsom Reservoir. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 1393) Colusa Basin Watershed Integrated Resources Management Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to provide financial assistance for use by the Colusa Basin Drainage District, California, or by local agencies for planning, design, environmental compliance, and construction required to carry out eligible projects in the Colusa Basin Watershed to: (1) reduce the risk of damage to urban and agricultural areas from flooding or the discharge of drainage water or tailwater; (2) assist in groundwater recharge efforts to alleviate overdraft and land subsidence; (3) construct, restore or preserve wetland and riparian habitat; and (4) capture surface or stormwater for conservation, conjunctive use, and increased water supplies. Requires the Secretary to ensure that funded projects are not inconsistent with watershed protection and environmental restoration efforts being carried out under the Central Valley Project Improvement Act or the CALFED Bay-Delta Program. Directs the Secretary to require that the District and cooperating non-Federal agencies or organizations pay: (1) 25 percent of project costs; and (2) 100 percent of project operation, maintenance, and replacement and rehabilitation costs. Permits funds appropriated pursuant to this Act to be made available: (1) to fund all costs incurred for planning, design, and environmental compliance activities by the District or by local agencies in accordance with agreements with the Secretary; and (2) only to a District or a local agency that has entered into a binding agreement with the Secretary under which the District or local agency is required to pay the non-Federal share of construction costs and which governs the funding of planning, design, and compliance activities costs. Authorizes appropriations. Title XIV: Provisions Specific to Alaska - Amends the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA) to include lands conveyed to a Native Corporation pursuant to an exchange authorized under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) or other applicable law among lands that are exempt, as long as such lands are not developed, leased, or sold to third parties, from adverse possession claims, real property taxes, specified judgments, and involuntary distributions or conveyances related to the involuntary dissolution of a Native Corporation or Settlement Trust. Specifies that lands shall not be considered developed, leased, or sold to a third party as a result of an exchange or conveyance between or among Native Corporations and trusts, partnerships, corporations, or joint ventures (trusts) whose beneficiaries, partners, shareholders, or joint venturers (beneficiaries) are Native Corporations. Makes certain prohibitions regarding actions by a trustee inapplicable to actions by any trustee whose right, title, or interest in land arises pursuant to an agreement between or among Native Corporations and trusts whose beneficiaries are Native Corporations. (Sec. 1402) Amends ANILCA to revise the definition of ""developed"" to: (1) require any purposeful modification of land to be performed by a Native individual or Native Corporation; and (2) prohibit any lands previously developed by third-party trespassers from being considered to have been developed. (Sec. 1403) Amends ANCSA to authorize a Native Regional Corporation, upon request, to obtain the retained mineral estate of the Native Allotments that are totally surrounded by ANCSA land selections. Limits a Regional Corporation to a total of not more than 12,000 acres. (Sec. 1404) Amends the Alaska Land Status Technical Corrections Act of 1992 to treat the establishment of the Gold Creek account and conveyance of land, if any, as though 3,520 acres of land had been conveyed to Gold Creek Susitna Association, Incorporated, under ANCSA for which rights to subsurface estate are provided to CIRI (Cook Inlet Region Incorporated). Requires, within one year from enactment, that CIRI select 3,520 acres of subsurface estate in land from the area designated for selection by a specified document. Limits total land selections to five, each of which shall be compact and in whole sections, except when separated by unavailable land or when the remaining entitlement is less than a whole section. (Sec. 1405) Amends ANCSA to exempt certain bonds received by a household, an individual Native, or a descendant of a Native from a Native Corporation from being taken into account as an asset or resource in determining eligibility for need based Federal programs. (Sec. 1406) Amends ANCSA to include the Haida Corporation and the Haida Traditional Use Sites with respect to transferring the administration of mining claims on Regional Corporation lands and not subjecting any revenues remitted to Haida Corporation to distribution under such Act. (Sec. 1407) Amends ANCSA to exempt revenues received by a Regional Corporation from the sale of sand, gravel, stone, pumice, peat, clay, or cinder resources from the revenue sharing requirements otherwise applicable to revenues received for timber resource and subsurface estate sales. (Sec. 1408) Amends ANILCA to: (1) provide for the approval of certain protested Alaska Native allotment applications; and (2) require the Secretary, in selecting individuals to provide certain visitor services, to give preference to the Native Corporations (currently, the Native Corporation) most directly affected by the establishment or expansion of any conservation system unit by or under the provisions of such Act. Requires any allotment application which is open and pending and which is legislatively approved by this section, to be made subject to any easement, trail, or right-of-way in existence on the date of the applicant's commencement of use and occupancy. (Sec. 1410) Requires a report to the Congress concerning local hires under ANILCA and their inability to obtain competitive service positions. (Sec. 1411) Amends ANCSA to authorize and confirm the authority of a Native Corporation to provide benefits to its shareholders who are Natives or descendants of Natives or to its shareholders' immediate family members who are Natives or descendants of Natives to promote the health, education, or welfare of such shareholders or family members. Provides that eligibility for such benefits need not be based on share ownership in the Native Corporation and that such benefits may be provided on a basis other than pro rata based on share ownership. (Sec. 1412) Provides that a Settlement Trust shall not alienate land or any interest in land received from the settlor Native Corporation (except if the recipient of the land is the settlor corporation or the land is conveyed for a homesite by the Trust to a beneficiary of the Trust who is also a legal resident under Alaska law of the Native village of the settlor corporation and the conveyance does not exceed 1.5 acres). (Sec. 1413) Prohibits temporarily the Secretaries of Agriculture or the Interior from issuing or implementing any rules or regulations asserting jurisdiction or management (of fish or game resources) pursuant to title VIII of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act over the navigable waters transferred to Alaska pursuant to the Submerged Lands Act of 1953 or the Alaska Statehood Act of 1959. (Sec. 1414) Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, not later than December 11, 1998, to grant Chugach Alaska Corporation a road and related easement for access to the Carbon Mountain and Katalla vicinity pursuant to conveyances under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. (Sec. 1415) Provides that in exchange for lands, partial estates, and land selection rights identified in the document entitled ""The Calista Conveyance and Relinquishment Document"" (CCRD), the United States will establish a property account for the Calista Corporation in Alaska in the amount identified in the CCRD, and in accordance with the provisions of this subtitle. Specifies the content of the CCRD and terms and conditions of the property account and exchange of lands, partial estates, and land selection rights. Title XV: Other Provisions - Establishes as a unit of the National Park System the Adams National Historical Park in Quincy, Massachusetts, to preserve certain properties associated with John and John Quincy Adams, the second and sixth Presidents of the United States, and their wives. Requires the Park to be administered by the Secretary of the Interior. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into cooperative agreements for the Park's preservation, development, interpretation, and use. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 1502) Amends Federal law to authorize the Secretary to acquire and include certain lands owned by the Brookline Conservation Land Trust in the Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site, Massachusetts. (Sec. 1503) Designates the Biscayne National Park visitor center located on the shore of Biscayne Bay on Convoy Point as the Dante Fascell Visitor Center at Biscayne National Park. (Sec. 1504) Designates all unreserved and unappropriated ocean islands within three miles off the Pacific coast of California that are under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management as the California Coastal Rocks and Islands Wilderness. Declares that the Wilderness shall remain under the Bureau's jurisdiction, is managed by the California Department of Fish and Game under a memorandum of understanding, and shall be administered by the Secretary of the Interior. (Sec. 1505) Amends the Colorado Wilderness Act of 1993 to designate certain lands in the San Isabel National Forest, Colorado, as the Spanish Peaks Wilderness. (Sec. 1506) Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a feasibility study, and report to specified congressional committees, on whether: (1) the Rosie the Riveter Park located in Richmond, California, is suitable for designation as an affiliated site to the National Park Service; and (2) the Rosie the Riveter Memorial Committee established by the City of Richmond, California, with respect to that park is eligible for technical assistance for interpretative functions relating to the park, including preservation of oral histories from former workers at the Richmond Kaiser Shipyards.",2025-08-21T16:12:26Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/4570 105-hr-4575,105,hr,4575,To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to acquire interests in real property for addition to the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park.,Public Lands and Natural Resources,1998-09-15,1998-09-21,Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands.,House,"Rep. Wamp, Zach [R-TN-3]",TN,R,W000119,1,"Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire private lands, easements, and buildings within the areas authorized for acquisition for Chickamauga-Chattanooga National Military Park to be administered by the Secretary as part of the Park.",2025-04-07T15:23:30Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/4575 105-s-2469,105,s,2469,A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to make technical corrections to a map relating to the Coastal Barrier Resources System.,Public Lands and Natural Resources,1998-09-15,1998-10-05,Referred to the House Committee on Resources.,Senate,"Sen. Graham, Bob [D-FL]",FL,D,G000352,1,Mandates corrections to a specified Coastal Barrier Resources System map relating to the State of Florida as necessary to exclude certain lots and the adjacent body of water within the Ocean Reef Harbor Course South development.,2025-04-07T13:48:02Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/senate-bill/2469 105-s-2470,105,s,2470,A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to make technical corrections to a map relating to the Coastal Barrier Resources System.,Public Lands and Natural Resources,1998-09-15,1998-10-05,Referred to the House Committee on Resources.,Senate,"Sen. Graham, Bob [D-FL]",FL,D,G000352,1,Mandates corrections to a map depicting a specified unit of the Coastal Barrier Resources System in Florida to exclude Pumpkin Key from the System.,2025-04-07T13:48:02Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/senate-bill/2470 105-s-2472,105,s,2472,"A bill to amend the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to exempt the holder of a right-of-way on public lands granted, issued, or renewed for an electric energy generation, transmission, or distribution system from certain strict liability requirements otherwise imposed in connection with such a right-of-way.",Public Lands and Natural Resources,1998-09-15,1998-09-16,Referred to Subcommittee on Forests and Public Lands.,Senate,"Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]",OR,D,W000779,6,"Amends the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to prohibit the Secretary concerned from imposing liability without fault against any holder of a right-of-way on public lands granted, issued, or renewed for an electric energy generation, transmission, or distribution system, to recover fire suppression costs incurred by the United States in connection with such a right-of-way.",2026-03-24T12:48:03Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/senate-bill/2472 105-s-2474,105,s,2474,A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to make corrections to certain maps relating to the Coastal Barrier Resources System.,Public Lands and Natural Resources,1998-09-15,1998-10-05,Referred to the House Committee on Resources.,Senate,"Sen. Hollings, Ernest F. [D-SC]",SC,D,H000725,0,"Mandates corrections to the Coastal Barrier Resources System Units map SC-03 (Huntington Beach-3, South Carolina) as necessary to ensure that depictions of areas on that map are consistent with the depictions of areas appearing on the Amendments to the Coastal Barrier Resources System map dated May 15, 1997.",2025-04-07T13:48:02Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/senate-bill/2474 105-s-2464,105,s,2464,A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to make corrections to certain maps relating to the Coastal Barrier Resources System.,Public Lands and Natural Resources,1998-09-14,1998-09-14,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce.,Senate,"Sen. Hollings, Ernest F. [D-SC]",SC,D,H000725,0,Mandates corrections to specified Coastal Barrier Resources System maps as necessary to: (1) ensure that depictions on those maps are consistent with the depictions of areas on other specified maps; and (2) exclude Pumpkin Key from the System.,2025-01-14T18:51:33Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/senate-bill/2464 105-s-2465,105,s,2465,Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail Study Act of 1998,Public Lands and Natural Resources,1998-09-14,1998-09-15,"Referred to Subcommittee on Parks, Preservation and Recreation.",Senate,"Sen. Sarbanes, Paul S. [D-MD]",MD,D,S000064,1,"Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail Study Act of 1998 - Amends the National Trails System Act to require study for potential addition to the national trails system of the Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail (the route of the War of 1812 British invasion of Maryland and Washington, DC, and the route of the American defense to victory at Fort McHenry on September 14, 1814).",2026-03-24T12:48:03Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/senate-bill/2465 105-hr-4554,105,hr,4554,Endangered Species Land Management Reform Act,Public Lands and Natural Resources,1998-09-11,1998-09-11,Referred to the House Committee on Resources.,House,"Rep. Thomas, William M. [R-CA-21]",CA,R,T000188,0,"Endangered Species Land Management Reform Act - Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to prohibit a Federal agency from taking an action affecting privately owned property that results in the diminishment of the value of any portion of property by an amount equal to or greater than half of the value of that portion unless compensation is offered. Provides for any agency that takes such an action to: (1) compensate the property owner for the diminution in value of any portion of that property resulting from the action; or (2) at the owner's option, buy that portion of the property by paying fair market value of the portion, based on the property's value before the diminution and without regard to the presence on the property of an endangered or threatened species, or the use of the property by such a species. Requires a property owner seeking compensation to make a written request for compensation to the agency whose action would limit otherwise lawful use of the property. Permits such an owner to elect arbitration through alternative dispute resolution or seek compensation due in a civil action if the parties have not reached an agreement on compensation within 180 days after the written request is made. Entitles an owner who prevails in a civil action against any agency to, and makes such agency liable for, just compensation, plus reasonable attorney's fees and other litigation costs, including appraisal fees. Establishes in the Treasury the Species Conservation Fund to consist of such amounts as are appropriated to the Fund. Provides for amounts in the Fund to be available, without further appropriation, to carry out projects on privately owned land to conserve endangered or threatened species and their habitats, including for acquiring real property, waters, or interests. Sets a limitation on mitigation requirements.",2025-08-21T16:12:58Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/4554 105-hr-4555,105,hr,4555,Endangered Species Criminal and Civil Penalties Liability Reform Act,Public Lands and Natural Resources,1998-09-11,1998-09-11,Referred to the House Committee on Resources.,House,"Rep. Thomas, William M. [R-CA-21]",CA,R,T000188,0,"Endangered Species Criminal and Civil Penalties Liability Reform Act - Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to define ""take"" to mean to knowingly and intentionally perform any act with the knowledge that the act would constitute harassing, harming, pursuing, hunting, shooting, wounding, killing, trapping, capturing, or collecting an individual member of a species that was present at the time and location of the act, or to attempt to engage in such conduct. Prohibits a person from being liable for any criminal or civil penalty for a violation committed while conducting an otherwise lawful activity and not for the purpose of a prohibited taking, unless: (1) the Secretary of the Interior provides the person with notice of the violation; and (2) the person fails to terminate and correct the activity constituting the violation by not later than 30 days after the date of the notice. Requires each conservation plan developed to include provisions under which persons who have entered into, and are in compliance with, the conservation plan may not, without their consent, be required to undertake any additional mitigation measures for species covered by the plan if the measures would require payment or compliance with use, development, or management restrictions on any land, waters, or water related rights, in addition to payments or compliance, respectively, otherwise required under the terms of the plan. Requires such provisions, among other matters, to identify modifications to the plan or additional conservation measures, if any, that the Secretary may require under extraordinary circumstances. Makes it an affirmative defense, in any enforcement action or citizen suit in which it is alleged that a defendant acted or failed to act with respect to a member of an endangered or threatened species, that the defendant could not reasonably have known that the fish or wildlife or plant concerned is a member of an endangered or threatened species. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) enter into ""safe harbor"" agreements with non-Federal persons to benefit the conservation of endangered or threatened species by creating, restoring, or improving habitat or by maintaining currently unoccupied habitat; and (2) provide a grant of up to $10,000 to any individual private landowner to assist the landowner in carrying out such an agreement.",2025-08-21T16:13:38Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/4555 105-hr-4556,105,hr,4556,Endangered Species Fair Regulatory Process Reform Act,Public Lands and Natural Resources,1998-09-11,1998-09-11,Referred to the House Committee on Resources.,House,"Rep. Thomas, William M. [R-CA-21]",CA,R,T000188,0,"Endangered Species Fair Regulatory Process Reform Act - Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to specify findings to be included within a petition to add a species to either an endangered or threatened species list. Directs the Secretary of the Interior, upon publication of a proposed rule determining that a species is endangered or threatened, to make public all information on which the determination is based, including information that does not support such determination (with certain Federal disclosure exceptions). Requires an independent scientific peer review in the case of a regulation proposed to implement a finding that any species is endangered or threatened, or that any species currently listed in such manner should be removed from such list. Provides for the selection of referees for the peer review. Requires the Secretary to issue rules that establish criteria that must be met for scientific and commercial data to be used as the basis of any of the above determinations. Prohibits the Secretary from making any such determination unless it is supported by data obtained by species observation in the field. Directs the Secretary to make such determinations and revisions by a rule made on the record after opportunity for an agency hearing in the State in which the largest population of the species exists. Limits such hearing to 30 days. Prohibits the Secretary from adding to or removing a species from such lists unless such action is supported by substantial evidence. Requires the Secretary to prepare and publish with a final rule an analysis of the economic impact of such rule. Prohibits the Secretary from releasing any experimental population on or affecting private property except by a rulemaking. Requires the Secretary to: (1) approve or disapprove an application for an incidental take permit within 90 days; and (2) provide the applicant with specific written reasons for disapproving any such application, along with measures that, if included, would result in application approval.",2025-08-21T16:11:21Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/4556 105-hr-4548,105,hr,4548,To make a technical correction to the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area Act of 1986.,Public Lands and Natural Resources,1998-09-10,1998-09-16,Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands.,House,"Rep. Smith, Linda [R-WA-3]",WA,R,S000587,0,"Amends the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area Act to exclude from the boundaries of such Area specified land owned by the Port of Camas-Washougal in Clark County, Washington.",2025-04-07T15:23:30Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/4548 105-s-2457,105,s,2457,A bill to make a technical correction to the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area Act of 1986.,Public Lands and Natural Resources,1998-09-10,1998-09-11,"Referred to Subcommittee on Parks, Preservation and Recreation.",Senate,"Sen. Gorton, Slade [R-WA]",WA,R,G000333,1,"Amends the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area Act to exclude from the boundaries of such Area specified land owned by the Port of Camas-Washougal in Clark County, Washington.",2026-03-24T12:48:03Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/senate-bill/2457 105-s-2458,105,s,2458,"A bill to amend the Act entitled ""An Act to provide for the creation of the Morristown National Historical Park in the State of New Jersey, and for other purposes"" to authorize the acquisition of property known as the ""Warren Property"".",Public Lands and Natural Resources,1998-09-10,1998-10-21,Referred to the House Committee on Resources.,Senate,"Sen. Torricelli, Robert G. [D-NJ]",NJ,D,T000317,1,"Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire up to 15 acres of land known as the Warren Property or Mount Kemble, to be included in and administered as part of Morristown National Historical Park.",2026-03-24T12:48:03Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/senate-bill/2458 105-hr-4523,105,hr,4523,Lorton Technical Corrections Act of 1998,Public Lands and Natural Resources,1998-09-09,1998-10-08,Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.,House,"Rep. Davis, Tom [R-VA-11]",VA,R,D000136,2,"Lorton Technical Corrections Act of 1998 - Amends the National Capital Revitalization and Self-Government Improvement Act of 1997, with respect to closure of the Lorton Correctional Complex, to repeal the transfer of Lorton property to the Department of the Interior. Requires transfer of such property to the General Services Administration (GSA). Requires Fairfax County to submit to the Administrator of General Services (GSA Administrator) a reuse plan that aims to maximize use of the land for open space, park land, or recreation, while outlining permissible or required uses, potential development densities, and any time limits on such development factors of the property. Requires the Department of the Interior to notify GSA of any property it requests to be transferred to it for a land exchange by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service within Virginia. Requires GSA to transfer such property to the Department at no cost. Prescribes conditions on the transfer of Lorton property east of Ox Road (Route 123). Requires the transfer at no cost to the Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority or the Fairfax County Park Authority of any property identified in the Fairfax County reuse plan for park purposes. Requires the GSA Administrator to report to specified congressional committees on related plans and costs. Authorizes appropriations.",2025-08-21T16:12:16Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/4523 105-hr-4527,105,hr,4527,"To provide for the extension of the New Jersey Coastal Heritage Trail into the Township of Woodbridge, New Jersey.",Public Lands and Natural Resources,1998-09-09,1998-09-15,Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands.,House,"Rep. Franks, Bob [R-NJ-7]",NJ,R,F000349,1,"Includes the Township of Woodbridge, New Jersey, as a cultural site along the New Jersey Coastal Heritage Trail Route.",2025-01-02T17:51:16Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/4527 105-s-2450,105,s,2450,Lorton Technical Corrections Act of 1998,Public Lands and Natural Resources,1998-09-09,1998-09-18,Referred to Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management.,Senate,"Sen. Warner, John [R-VA]",VA,R,W000154,1,"Lorton Technical Corrections Act of 1998 - Amends the National Capital Revitalization and Self-Government Improvement Act of 1997, with respect to closure of the Lorton Correctional Complex, to repeal the transfer of Lorton property to the Department of the Interior. Requires transfer of such property to the General Services Administration (GSA). Requires Fairfax County to submit to the Administrator of General Services (GSA Administrator) a reuse plan that aims to maximize use of the land for open space, park land, or recreation, while outlining permissible or recreation uses, potential development densities, and any time limits on such development factors of the property. Requires the Department of the Interior to notify GSA of any property it requests to be transferred to it for a land exchange by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service within Virginia. Requires GSA to transfer such property to the Department at no cost. Prescribes conditions on the transfer of Lorton property east of Ox Road (Route 123). Requires the transfer at no cost to the Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority or the Fairfax County Park Authority of any property identified in the Fairfax County reuse plan for park purposes. Requires the GSA Administrator to report to specified congressional committees on related plans and costs. Authorizes appropriations.",2025-08-21T16:12:19Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/senate-bill/2450 105-s-2451,105,s,2451,A bill to improve protection and management of the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area in the State of Georgia.,Public Lands and Natural Resources,1998-09-09,1998-09-10,"Referred to Subcommittee on Parks, Preservation and Recreation.",Senate,"Sen. Coverdell, Paul [R-GA]",GA,R,C000813,0,"Amends Federal law establishing the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area in Georgia with regard to boundaries, acquisition of property, cooperative agreements, and funding. Authorizes appropriations.",2026-03-24T12:48:03Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/senate-bill/2451 105-hr-4423,105,hr,4423,"To amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to provide that the Gulf of Mexico red snapper fishery shall be managed in accordance with such fishery management plans, regulations, and other conservation and management as applied to that fishery on April 13, 1998.",Public Lands and Natural Resources,1998-08-06,1998-08-10,Executive Comment Requested from Commerce.,House,"Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-14]",TX,R,P000583,0,"Amends the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to require that the Gulf of Mexico red snapper fishery be managed in accordance with fishery management plans, regulations, and other conservation and management as applied to that fishery on April 13, 1998, except as may be otherwise provided in a plan, plan amendment, or regulation approved in accordance with specified existing provisions. Declares that regulations relating to that fishery published by the National Marine Fisheries Service in the Federal Register on April 14, 1998, shall have no force or effect.",2025-01-02T17:51:16Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/4423 105-hr-4430,105,hr,4430,New York Canal National Heritage Corridor Act of 1998,Public Lands and Natural Resources,1998-08-06,1998-08-10,Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands.,House,"Rep. LaFalce, John J. [D-NY-29]",NY,D,L000556,2,"New York Canal National Heritage Corridor Act of 1998 - Establishes the New York Canal National Heritage Corridor as an affiliated unit of the National Park System, whose boundaries shall include the counties that are located along the New York Canal Corridor and connecting waterways. Authorizes the Secretaries of the Interior, of Housing and Urban Development, of Agriculture, and of Transportation, and the heads of other appropriate Federal agencies, upon the request of local governments within the Heritage Corridor, to give financial assistance to implement Corridor activities through any program under which such local governments may be assisted. Provides that nothing in this Act shall be construed as a restriction on land use, development, or any other local or individual action.",2025-08-21T16:14:27Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/4430 105-hr-4447,105,hr,4447,Forest Tax Relief Act,Public Lands and Natural Resources,1998-08-06,1998-08-27,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry, Resource Conservation and Research.",House,"Rep. Bono, Mary [R-CA-44]",CA,R,B001228,4,"Forest Tax Relief Act - Terminates the participation of the Forest Service in the Recreational Fee Demonstration Program. Prohibits the Secretary of Agriculture from imposing or collecting any fee under the authority of such Program (authorized by the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996).",2025-08-21T16:11:28Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/4447 105-hr-4467,105,hr,4467,Open Space Protection Act of 1998,Public Lands and Natural Resources,1998-08-06,1998-08-13,Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands.,House,"Rep. Gephardt, Richard A. [D-MO-3]",MO,D,G000132,36,"Open Space Protection Act of 1998 - Amends the Land and Water Conservation Act of 1965 to appropriate from the Land and Water Conservation Fund $900 million for every fiscal year from FY 1999 through 2015, with specified portions available for: (1) Federal purposes (Federal share); (2) financial assistance to the States for State and local natural areas, open space, parklands, or recreational areas; (3) grants to local governments through the Urban Parks and Recreation Recovery Program; (4) grants (through FY 2004) for land acquisition in connection with the American Battlefield Protection Program; and (5) grants (for FY 2004 through 2014) for the restoration and acquisition of historical and cultural sites found within the National Park Service, Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Land Management and the National Forest Service. (Sec. 3) Requires the President to: (1) require the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to prepare Federal priority lists for expenditure of the Federal share; and (2) name in the annual budget submission the specific purposes for which the Secretaries shall use such funds, unless Congress specifies otherwise. (Sec. 4) Requires Indian-Alaska Native Village Corporations to be treated as one State for allocation purposes. Authorizes the Secretary to approve conversion of property improved or developed with Federal assistance to other than public recreation uses only if the State demonstrates no prudent or feasible alternative exists (with the exception of those properties that are no longer viable as an outdoor conservation and recreation facility due to changes in demographics, or that must be abandoned because of environmental contamination endangering public health and safety). Requires any conversion to satisfy any conditions the Secretary deems necessary to assure the substitution of other conservation and recreation properties which are: (1) of at least equal market value and reasonably equivalent usefulness and location; and (2) in accord with the existing State Plan for Conservation and Recreation. Declares that wetland areas and interests identified in the action agenda, and proposed for acquisition as suitable replacement property (acceptable to the Secretary) within that same State, shall be considered to be of reasonably equivalent usefulness with the property proposed for conversion. (Sec. 5) Amends the Urban Park and Recreation Recovery Act to include in the list of local governments eligible to compete for Federal assistance grants for the Urban Park and Recreation Recovery Program: (1) all political subdivisions included in Metropolitan, Primary, or Consolidated Statistical Areas; (2) any other city or town within a Metropolitan Area with a total population of 50,000 or more in the 1970, 1980, 1990, or subsequent census; and (3) any other political subdivision, county, parish, or township with a total of 250,000 or more in the 1970, 1980, 1990, or subsequent census. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to make to local governments matching capital: (1) development grants to cover costs of development and construction on existing or new neighborhood recreation sites, including indoor and outdoor recreation facilities, support facilities, and landscaping (but not routine maintenance and upkeep activities); and (2) acquisition grants to cover the direct and incidental costs of purchasing new parkland to be permanently dedicated and made accessible for public conservation and recreation. Authorizes the Secretary to approve conversion of property improved or developed with Federal assistance to other than public recreation uses only if the grantee demonstrates no prudent or feasible alternative exists (with the exception of those properties that are no longer a viable recreation facility due to changes in demographics or that must be abandoned because of environmental contamination endangering public health and safety). Requires any conversion to satisfy any conditions the Secretary deems necessary to assure the substitution of other conservation and recreation properties which are: (1) of at least equal market value and reasonably equivalent usefulness and location; and (2) in accord with the current conservation and recreation recovery action program. Repeals the prohibition against using funds under such Act to acquire land or interests in land.",2025-08-21T16:13:31Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/4467 105-hr-4469,105,hr,4469,"To establish terms and conditions under which the Secretary of the Interior shall, for fair market value, convey certain properties around Canyon Ferry Reservoir, Montana, to the lessees of those properties.",Public Lands and Natural Resources,1998-08-06,1998-08-13,Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands.,House,"Rep. Hill, Rick [R-MT-At Large]",MT,R,H000605,0,"Directs the Secretary of the Interior to sell at fair market value 265 cabin sites and related appurtenances around the Canyon Ferry Reservoir, Montana. Requires: (1) a sealed bidding process for such sale; (2) a required minimum bid to be met; and (3) the Canyon Ferry Recreation Association to have the right to match the highest bid offered for such properties. Outlines other conveyance terms, including: (1) allowing individual cabin leaseholders who cannot purchase their site to continue to lease such site for two consecutive five-year periods; and (2) directing the Secretary to complete the conveyance within one year after enactment of this Act. Directs the Secretary to: (1) negotiate an agreement with the Broadwater County, Montana, Board of Supervisors to transfer management of the Silo's recreation area; and (2) assess the need for creating a harbor adjacent to the eastern shore of the south half of the Reservoir. Authorizes the County Commissions of Broadwater and Lewis and Clark Counties in Montana to jointly establish the Canyon Ferry Lake Trust for the deposit and use of funds for various improvements to the Reservoir and Canyon Ferry area.",2025-01-02T17:51:15Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/4469 105-hr-4483,105,hr,4483,Rosie the Riveter National Park Service Affiliated Site Study Act of 1998,Public Lands and Natural Resources,1998-08-06,1998-08-13,Executive Comment Requested from Interior.,House,"Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-7]",CA,D,M000725,0,"Rosie the Riveter National Park Service Affiliated Site Study Act of 1998 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a feasibility study, and report to specified congressional committees, on whether: (1) the Rosie the Riveter Park located in Richmond, California, is suitable for designation as an affiliated site to the National Park Service; and (2) the Rosie the Riveter Memorial Committee established by the City of Richmond, California, with respect to that park is eligible for technical assistance for interpretative functions relating to the park, including preservation of oral histories from former workers at the Richmond Kaiser Shipyards.",2025-08-21T16:11:34Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/4483 105-hr-4500,105,hr,4500,Atlantic Swordfish Management Improvement Act of 1998,Public Lands and Natural Resources,1998-08-06,1998-08-14,Executive Comment Requested from Commerce.,House,"Rep. Saxton, Jim [R-NJ-3]",NJ,R,S000097,0,"Atlantic Swordfish Management Improvement Act of 1998 - Prohibits the Secretary of Commerce from issuing any new fishing permit authorizing a vessel to fish in the U.S. Atlantic swordfish pelagic longline fishery unless the vessel had a valid fishing permit to fish that fishery on August 1, 1998. Prohibits renewing or transferring a permit for such fishing after August 1, 1998, if no swordfish was reported landed under such a permit after January 1, 1987. Directs the Secretary to ensure that the total fishing capacity of all vessels with valid permits for that fishery and the landings of swordfish under those permits do not increase above the capacity and landings between January 1, 1987, and August 1, 1998. Allows (notwithstanding the first sentence of this paragraph) a new permit for a replacement vessel for a vessel that is an actual or constructive total loss if the loss was not caused by the willful misconduct of the owner or the owner's agent and if the replacement vessel otherwise qualifies under U.S. laws for such a permit.",2025-08-21T16:11:26Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/4500 105-hr-4501,105,hr,4501,To require the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to improve the access for persons with disabilities to outdoor recreational opportunities made available to the public.,Public Lands and Natural Resources,1998-08-06,1998-11-10,Became Public Law No: 105-359.,House,"Rep. Schaffer, Bob [R-CO-4]",CO,R,S000112,6,Directs the Secretaries of Agriculture and the Interior to conduct a study regarding improved outdoor recreational access for persons with disabilities.,2025-04-07T15:23:53Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/4501 105-hr-4505,105,hr,4505,Northern Colorado Headwaters Wilderness Act of 1998,Public Lands and Natural Resources,1998-08-06,1998-08-14,Executive Comment Requested from USDA.,House,"Rep. Skaggs, David E. [D-CO-2]",CO,D,S000462,1,"Northern Colorado Headwaters Wilderness Act of 1998 - Amends the Colorado Wilderness Act of 1993 to designate specified lands in the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests as wilderness. Directs the Forest Supervisor of the Arapaho National Forest to: (1) consult with the Commissioners of Clear Creek County, Colorado, and with residents in the immediate vicinity, to identify appropriate measures to regulate activities on national forest lands adjacent to Alice Township and St. Mary's Glacier that interfere with access to such areas by emergency or law-enforcement vehicles, that may adversely affect public health, or that impede access by local residents; (2) take steps to implement such measures; and (3) inform specified House and Senate Committees regarding the amount of any additional funding required to implement such measures.",2025-08-21T16:14:19Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/4505 105-hr-4365,105,hr,4365,To designate certain lands in the Valley Forge National Historical Park as the Valley Forge National Cemetery.,Public Lands and Natural Resources,1998-07-31,1998-08-12,Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits.,House,"Rep. Fox, Jon D. [R-PA-13]",PA,R,F000332,20,Designates certain lands in the Valley Forge National Historical Park as the Valley Forge National Cemetery. Transfers administrative jurisdiction over such lands from the Secretary of the Interior to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.,2025-01-02T17:51:01Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/4365 105-hr-4371,105,hr,4371,"To provide for the conveyance of the Woodland Lake Park tract in Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest in the State of Arizona to the town of Pinetop-Lakeside, Arizona.",Public Lands and Natural Resources,1998-07-31,1998-08-10,Executive Comment Requested from USDA.,House,"Rep. Hayworth, J. D. [R-AZ-6]",AZ,R,H000413,0,"Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to convey the Woodland Lake Park tract in Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest to the town of Pinetop-Lakeside, Arizona, for use as a public park and for other recreational purposes.",2025-01-02T17:50:58Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/4371 105-hr-4372,105,hr,4372,To provide for the development of a management plan for the Woodland Lake Park tract in Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest in the State of Arizona reflecting the current use of the tract as a public park.,Public Lands and Natural Resources,1998-07-31,1998-08-10,Executive Comment Requested from USDA.,House,"Rep. Hayworth, J. D. [R-AZ-6]",AZ,R,H000413,0,"Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the supervisor of the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest in Arizona, to develop a plan for the Woodland Lake Park tract designed to ensure management for recreational purposes consistent with the current use of the tract as a public park. Prohibits the Secretary from conveying any U.S. right, title, or interest in and to the such tract unless the conveyance is: (1) is made to the town of Pinetop-Lakeside; or (2) specifically authorized by a law enacted after the date of the enactment of this Act.",2025-01-02T17:51:15Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/4372 105-hr-4373,105,hr,4373,"To provide for the sale of the Woodland Lake Park tract in Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest in the State of Arizona to the town of Pinetop-Lakeside, Arizona.",Public Lands and Natural Resources,1998-07-31,1998-08-10,Executive Comment Requested from USDA.,House,"Rep. Hayworth, J. D. [R-AZ-6]",AZ,R,H000413,0,"Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to sell the Woodland Lake Park tract in Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest to the town of Pinetop-Lakeside, Arizona, for use as a public park and for other recreational purposes.",2025-01-02T17:50:58Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/4373 105-s-2401,105,s,2401,"A bill to authorize the addition of the Paoli Battlefield site in Malvern, Pennsylvania, to Valley Forge National Historical Park.",Public Lands and Natural Resources,1998-07-31,1998-10-10,Referred to the House Committee on Resources.,Senate,"Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA]",PA,R,S000709,0,"Directs the Secretary of the Interior to submit to specified congressional committees a resource study of the Paoli Battlefield Site and the Brandywine Battlefield Site in Pennsylvania, which shall identify: (1) the full range of resources and historic themes associated with the battlefields and their relationship to the American Revolutionary War and the Valley Forge National Historical Park; and (2) alternatives for National Park Service involvement at the sites (including cost estimates for any necessary acquisition, development, interpretation, operation, and maintenance associated with the alternatives identified). Authorizes appropriations.",2026-03-24T12:48:03Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/senate-bill/2401 105-s-2402,105,s,2402,"An act to direct the Secretaries of Agriculture and Interior to convey certain lands in San Juan County, New Mexico, to San Juan College.",Public Lands and Natural Resources,1998-07-31,1998-10-10,Referred to the House Committee on Resources.,Senate,"Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM]",NM,R,D000407,1,"Directs the Secretaries of Agriculture and the Interior to convey certain lands (Old Jicarilla Site) in San Juan County, New Mexico, to San Juan College, Farmington, New Mexico. Revokes a specified Public Land Order as it pertains to such land conveyance.",2026-03-24T12:48:03Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/senate-bill/2402 105-s-2413,105,s,2413,An act prohibiting the conveyance of Woodland Lake Park tract in Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest in the State of Arizona unless the conveyance is made to the town of Pinetop-Lakeside or authorized by Act of Congress.,Public Lands and Natural Resources,1998-07-31,1998-11-02,Became Public Law No: 105-344.,Senate,"Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ]",AZ,R,M000303,1,"Prohibits the Secretary of Agriculture from conveying any U.S. right, title, or interest in and to the Woodland Lake Park tract unless the conveyance is: (1) made to the town of Pinetop-Lakeside; or (2) specifically authorized by a law enacted after the date of the enactment of this Act.",2026-03-24T12:48:03Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/senate-bill/2413 105-s-2414,105,s,2414,"A bill to establish terms and conditions under which the Secretary of the Interior shall convey leaseholds in certain Properties around Canyon Ferry Reservoir, Montana.",Public Lands and Natural Resources,1998-07-31,1998-08-01,Referred to Subcommittee on Water and Power.,Senate,"Sen. Burns, Conrad R. [R-MT]",MT,R,B001126,0,"Directs the Secretary of the Interior to sell at fair market value 265 cabin sites and related appurtenances around the Canyon Ferry Reservoir, Montana. Requires: (1) a sealed bidding process for such sale; (2) a required minimum bid to be met; and (3) the Canyon Ferry Recreation Association to have the right to match the highest bid offered for such properties. Outlines other conveyance terms, including: (1) allowing individual cabin leaseholders who cannot purchase their site to continue to lease such site for two consecutive five-year periods; and (2) directing the Secretary to complete the conveyance within one year after enactment of this Act. Directs the Secretary to: (1) negotiate an agreement with the Broadwater County, Montana, Board of Supervisors to transfer management of the Silo's and White Earth recreation areas; and (2) assess the need for creating a harbor adjacent to the eastern shore of the south half of the Reservoir. Establishes the Canyon Ferry Lake Trust for the deposit and use of funds for various improvements to the Reservoir and Canyon Ferry area.",2026-03-24T12:48:03Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/senate-bill/2414 105-s-2417,105,s,2417,"A bill to provide for allowable catch quota for red snapper in the Gulf of Mexico, and for other purposes.",Public Lands and Natural Resources,1998-07-31,1998-07-31,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce.,Senate,"Sen. Sessions, Jeff [R-AL]",AL,R,S001141,2,"Sets, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the allowable commercial fisheries and recreational catch quotas for Gulf of Mexico red snapper. Makes those quotas not subject to the performance of bycatch reduction devices that would reduce the amounts of red snapper that may be harvested. Sets the recreational bag limit for day catch. Sets the minimum size limit. Prohibits, during a specified period of years, the establishment of any fishery closing date designed for the preservation of Gulf red snapper that is inconsistent with a recommendation of the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council. Mandates completion of the review of turtle excluding devices (TEDs) regarding whether TEDs serve effectively as functioning bycatch reduction devices and, if so, certification of TEDs as functioning bycatch reduction devices. Requires a peer-reviewed study and report to specified congressional committees estimating the bycatch reduction achieved in the Gulf by bycatch reduction devices.",2025-01-14T18:51:33Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/senate-bill/2417 105-hr-4356,105,hr,4356,To amend the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to assure that the full amount deposited in the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund is spent for the purposes for which the Fund was established.,Public Lands and Natural Resources,1998-07-30,1998-08-10,Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.,House,"Rep. English, Phil [R-PA-21]",PA,R,E000187,0,Amends the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to declare that moneys in the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund shall be available for reclamation and restoration purposes without further appropriation and without fiscal year limitation.,2025-01-02T17:51:14Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/4356 105-hr-4357,105,hr,4357,"To establish the Fort Presque Isle National Historic Site in Erie, Pennsylvania.",Public Lands and Natural Resources,1998-07-30,1998-08-10,Executive Comment Requested from Interior.,House,"Rep. English, Phil [R-PA-21]",PA,R,E000187,8,"Establishes the Fort Presque Isle National Historic Site in Erie, Pennsylvania. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to administer such site and submit a general management plan to specified congressional committees.",2025-01-02T17:50:58Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/4357 105-s-2385,105,s,2385,San Rafael Swell National Heritage and Conservation Act,Public Lands and Natural Resources,1998-07-30,1998-09-10,Subcommittee on Forests and Public Lands. Hearings held.,Senate,"Sen. Bennett, Robert F. [R-UT]",UT,R,B000382,1,"TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: San Rafael Swell National Heritage Area Title II: San Rafael Swell National Conservation Area Subtitle A: Establishment of Conservation Area Subtitle B: Wilderness Areas Within Conservation Area Subtitle C: Other Special Management Areas Title III: General Management Provisions San Rafael Swell National Heritage and Conservation Act - Title I: San Rafael Swell National Heritage Area - San Rafael Swell National Heritage Area Act - Establishes the San Rafael Swell National Heritage Area in Utah. (Sec. 104) Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to make grants for specified uses, but not for acquisition of real property or any interest in real property. (Sec. 105) Prescribes necessary elements of: (1) any compact with respect to the Area entered into by the Secretary, the Secretary of Agriculture, and the Governor of Utah, in coordination with the Heritage Council established by this title; and (2) the heritage plan setting forth the strategy to implement the goals and objectives of the Area. (Sec. 106) Establishes the Heritage Council to manage the Area and develop a heritage plan in accordance with the compact. (Sec. 107) Sets forth disclaimers with respect to land use regulation. (Sec. 108) Authorizes appropriations. Title II: San Rafael Swell National Conservation Area - Subtitle A: Establishment of Conservation Area - Establishes the San Rafael Swell National Conservation Area, which the Secretary of the Interior shall manage to conserve, protect, and enhance its resources. (Sec. 203) Directs the Secretary to develop a comprehensive plan for the long-range management and protection of the Conservation Area. (Sec. 205) Establishes a San Rafael Swell National Conservation Area Advisory Council. Subtitle B: Wilderness Areas Within Conservation Area - Designates the following areas within the Conservation Area as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System: (1) Crack Canyon Wilderness Area; (2) Mexican Mountain Wilderness Area; (3) Muddy Creek Wilderness Area; and (4) San Rafael Reef Wilderness Area. (Sec. 223) Declares that grazing of livestock within designated wilderness areas: (1) shall be administered according to specified law and guidelines; and (2) shall not be reduced, increased, or withdrawn, except based solely on scientific analyses of range conditions. (Sec. 224) Declares that any public land administered by the Bureau of Land Management within the Conservation Area in Emery County, Utah, that is not designated as wilderness by this subtitle: (1) shall not be subject to management for preservation as wilderness; but (2) shall be managed for multiple uses and in accordance with certain land management plans. Subtitle C: Other Special Management Areas - Establishes within the Conservation Area a San Rafael Swell Desert Bighorn Sheep Management Area to provide for the prudent management of Desert Bighorn Sheep and their habitat in the Sid's Mountain area of the Conservation Area. (Sec. 231) Prescribes requirements for management and use of the Management Area. Directs the Secretary to include a management plan for the Area in the Conservation Area management plan. (Sec. 232) Directs the Secretary to designate within the Conservation Area certain semi-primitive nonmotorized use areas, which shall provide opportunities for: (1) isolation from the sights and sounds of humans (including their motorized vehicles); (2) a high degree of interaction with the natural environment; and (3) the practice of outdoor skills in settings that present moderate challenge and risk. (Sec. 233) Directs the Secretary to designate within the Conservation Area a specified scenic visual area of critical environmental concern to preserve the scenic value of the Interstate Route 70 corridor. Title III: General Management Provisions - Requires the Secretary to permit domestic livestock grazing within areas of the Conservation Area where grazing was established before enactment of this Act, except in wilderness areas. (Sec. 302) Directs the Secretary to authorize the discovery of, protect, and (at the Secretary's discretion) interpret cultural or paleontological resources within the Conservation Area. (Sec. 303) Provides for the exchange of Federal lands or interests in lands with the State of Utah for any school and institutional trust lands of the State whose value or economic potential may be diminished by establishment of the Conservation Area. (Sec. 304) Declares that there is no express or implied Federal reservation of water or water rights arising from the designation of any area as part of the Conservation Area or as a wilderness or semi-primitive area under this Act. Authorizes the United States to acquire and exercise, in accordance with State law, such water rights as necessary to carry out its responsibilities on any land designated as part of the Conservation Area. (Sec. 305) Declares that nothing in this Act affects the State jurisdiction or responsibilities with respect to fish and wildlife management activities. Declares that the Congress does not intend that the designation of the Conservation Area or any wilderness or semi-primitive area lead to the creation of protective perimeters or buffer zones around the area, but only within it. Provides for: (1) the set back of boundaries from roads and rights-of-way; and (2) acquisition of land from non-governmental entities by exchange or purchase only.",2026-03-24T12:48:03Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/senate-bill/2385 105-s-2393,105,s,2393,A bill to protect the sovereign right of the State of Alaska and prevent the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior from assuming management of Alaska's fish and game resources.,Public Lands and Natural Resources,1998-07-30,1998-07-31,Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 516.,Senate,"Sen. Murkowski, Frank H. [R-AK]",AK,R,M001085,0,Prohibits temporarily the Secretaries of Agriculture or the Interior from issuing or implementing any rules or regulations asserting jurisdiction or management (of fish or game resources) pursuant to title VIII of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act over the navigable waters transferred to Alaska pursuant to the Submerged Lands Act of 1953 or the Alaska Statehood Act of 1959.,2016-10-26T06:43:08Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/senate-bill/2393 105-hr-4345,105,hr,4345,To authorize the continued use on national forest and other public lands of the alternative arrangements that were approved by the Council on Environmental Quality for windstorm-damaged national forests and grasslands in Texas.,Public Lands and Natural Resources,1998-07-29,1998-08-10,Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.,House,"Rep. Chenoweth-Hage, Helen [R-ID-1]",ID,R,C000345,5,"Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to remove dead, downed, or severely root-sprung trees in accordance with certain alternative arrangements approved by the Council on Environmental Quality for forests and grasslands in Texas in specified National Forest areas in Colorado, Utah, California, Oregon, Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, Vermont, Idaho, Kentucky, and Florida. Authorizes the Secretary and the Secretary of the Interior, respectively, to request Council approval of alternative tree removal arrangements in cases of catastrophic forest conditions.",2025-01-02T17:50:57Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/4345 105-hr-4351,105,hr,4351,To amend the Act that established the Keweenaw National Historical Park to require the Secretary of the Interior to consider nominees of various local interests in appointing members of the Keweenaw National Historical Parks Advisory Commission.,Public Lands and Natural Resources,1998-07-29,1998-08-04,Executive Comment Requested from Interior.,House,"Rep. Stupak, Bart [D-MI-1]",MI,D,S001045,0,"Directs the Secretary of the Interior, in appointing members to the Keweenaw National Historical Park Advisory Commission, only to consider the nominees submitted by the Governor of Michigan and various local councils. (Current law requires the Secretary to make appointments from such nominees.)",2025-01-02T17:50:57Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/4351 105-hr-4326,105,hr,4326,Oregon Public Lands Transfer and Protection Act of 1998,Public Lands and Natural Resources,1998-07-24,1998-10-30,Became Public Law No: 105-321.,House,"Rep. Smith, Robert [R-OR-2]",OR,R,S000607,0,"Oregon Public Lands Transfer and Protection Act of 1998 - Provides for the transfer of: (1) specified lands in the Rogue River National Forest System, Oregon, from public domain status to the National Forest; and (2) other lands from the National Forest to public domain status. Restores the status of certain revested Oregon and California railroad grant lands (O&C lands) and revokes the reservation of such lands as part of the National Forest. Adds certain other revested railroad grant lands to such National Forest. (Sec. 3) Directs the Secretary of the Interior, in carrying out sales, purchases, and exchanges of Bureau of Land Management (BLM) lands located within six Oregon districts (the geographic area), to ensure that, upon the expiration of a ten-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act and each ten-year period thereafter, the total number of acres of O&C lands, Coos Bay Wagon Road grant lands, and public domain lands in the geographic area that are available for timber harvesting is not less than such number on the date of enactment of this Act. (Sec. 4) Transfers administrative jurisdiction over certain lands in Lake County, Oregon, located adjacent to or within the Hart Mountain National Antelope Refuge, from BLM to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Includes transferred lands within the Refuge. Withdraws such lands from the public land, mineral leasing, and mining laws. Requires BLM to retain jurisdiction over certain lands located south of the Refuge identified for cooperative management. Requires such lands that are within the Guano Creek Wilderness Study Area to be managed to maintain the values for which the Area was designated. Transfers administrative jurisdiction over other specified lands adjacent to or within the Refuge from the Fish and Wildlife Service to BLM. Removes such lands from the Refuge and designates them as public lands. (Sec. 5) Increases from 300 to 1,000 acres the area included within the Bandon Marsh National Wildlife Refuge, Oregon. (Sec. 6) Amends the Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1992 to authorize the Secretary to participate in the design, planning, and construction of the Willow Lake Natural Treatment System Project for the reclamation and reuse of wastewater within and outside of the service area of Salem, Oregon. Limits the Federal share of project costs to 25 percent. Prohibits the Secretary from providing funds for project operation and maintenance. (Sec. 7) Authorizes the Secretary, acting through BLM, to make available for sale at fair market value to Deschutes County, Oregon, a parcel of land in such County, to be used for private residential development and the provision of community amenities and services. Requires the amount paid to be deposited in a special account and used to purchase environmentally sensitive land to be utilized within the BLM land use planning process.",2025-04-07T15:32:07Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/4326 105-hr-4334,105,hr,4334,To prohibit the construction of new facilities and structures within the boundaries of the George Washington Memorial Parkway along the Potomac River in Virginia between the Francis Scott Key Bridge and the Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Bridge.,Public Lands and Natural Resources,1998-07-24,1998-07-24,Referred to the House Committee on Resources.,House,"Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]",AK,R,Y000033,0,Prohibits the construction of facilities or structures within the boundaries of the George Washington Memorial Parkway between the Francis Scott Key Bridge and the Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Bridge along the Potomac River in the State of Virginia.,2025-01-02T17:50:59Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/4334 105-s-2351,105,s,2351,A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to make corrections to a map relating to the Coastal Barrier Resources System.,Public Lands and Natural Resources,1998-07-24,1998-10-05,Referred to the House Committee on Resources.,Senate,"Sen. Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [D-DE]",DE,D,B000444,0,"Directs the Secretary of the Interior to make corrections to a specified Coastal Barrier Resources map as necessary to move the boundary of the otherwise-protected area to the Cape Henlopen Sate Park boundary to the extent necessary to exclude from the otherwise- protected area the adjacent property leased by the Barcroft Company and Cape Shores Associates, privately held corporations under the law of the State of Delaware, and to include in the otherwise-protected area the northeastern corner of Cape Henlopen State Park seaward of the Lewes and Rehoboth Canal.",2025-04-07T13:48:01Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/senate-bill/2351 105-hr-4320,105,hr,4320,Hyde Farm-Cache National Forest Boundary Adjustment Act,Public Lands and Natural Resources,1998-07-23,1998-07-31,Executive Comment Requested from USDA.,House,"Rep. Hansen, James V. [R-UT-1]",UT,R,H000172,0,"Hyde Farm-Cache National Forest Boundary Adjustment Act - Adjusts the boundaries of the Wasatch-Cache National Forest and the Mount Naomi Wilderness, in Utah, to exclude the parcel of lands known as the D. Hyde property to correct a faulty land survey. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to: (1) convey such parcel to Darrell Edward Hyde of Cache County, Utah; and (2) release any claims against him for trespass or unauthorized use of the parcel before its conveyance.",2025-08-21T16:11:22Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/4320 105-hr-4303,105,hr,4303,Prompt Compensation Act of 1998,Public Lands and Natural Resources,1998-07-22,1998-07-28,Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.,House,"Rep. Hunter, Duncan [R-CA-52]",CA,R,H000981,10,"Prompt Compensation Act of 1998 - Amends the Declaration of Taking Act to require (current law authorizes): (1) the petitioner in a proceeding in a U.S. court outside of the District of Columbia instituted for the acquisition of land for the United States for public use, to file within 90 days after filing the petition (currently, at any time before judgment) a declaration that such lands are thereby taken; (2) the petitioner, upon the filing of such declaration, to deposit with the court the amount estimated by the acquiring authority to be just compensation for the land taken as stated in such declaration; and (3) the court, upon application of the parties in interest, to order that such compensation be awarded.",2025-08-21T16:13:04Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/4303 105-hr-4287,105,hr,4287,Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Boundary Adjustments Act,Public Lands and Natural Resources,1998-07-21,1998-08-06,Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote.,House,"Rep. Cannon, Chris [R-UT-3]",UT,R,C000116,0,"Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Boundary Adjustments Act - Modifies the boundaries of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in the State of Utah to exclude specified Federal lands and to include the East Clark Bench. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to convey specified Federal lands to: (1) Garfield County School District, Utah, for use as the location for a school and for other education purposes; and (2) the State of Utah for inclusion of the lands in Kodachrome Basin State Park. Designates specified Federal lands as a utility corridor with regard to U.S. Route 89, in Kane County, Utah.",2025-08-21T16:14:19Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/4287 105-hr-4289,105,hr,4289,Wilcox Ranch Wildlife Habitat Acquisition Act,Public Lands and Natural Resources,1998-07-21,1998-08-06,Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote.,House,"Rep. Hansen, James V. [R-UT-1]",UT,R,H000172,0,Wilcox Ranch Wildlife Habitat Acquisition Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) purchase the Wilcox Ranch in Eastern Utah; and (2) transfer the surface estate to such lands to the State of Utah for management by the State Division of Wildlife Resources for wildlife habitat and public access. Authorizes the Secretary to use not more than $5 million from the land and water conservation fund for the purchase.,2025-08-21T16:12:35Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/4289 105-hconres-303,105,hconres,303,"Expressing the sense of the Congress that the President should declare Kneeling Nun Mountain in Grant County, New Mexico, to be a national monument, and for other purposes.",Public Lands and Natural Resources,1998-07-20,1998-07-24,Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands.,House,"Rep. Torres, Esteban Edward [D-CA-34]",CA,D,T000316,23,"Urges: (1) the President to declare the Federal land on and around Kneeling Nun Mountain in Grand County, New Mexico, to be a national monument in accordance with the Antiquities Act of 1906; and (2) the Secretary of the Interior, until such time as the President makes such declaration, to protect and preserve the Federal land from private encroachment and environmental damage.",2025-01-02T17:43:44Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-concurrent-resolution/303 105-hr-4263,105,hr,4263,Four Corners Interpretive Center Act,Public Lands and Natural Resources,1998-07-17,1998-07-30,Executive Comment Requested from Interior.,House,"Rep. Cannon, Chris [R-UT-3]",UT,R,C000116,3,"Four Corners Interpretive Center Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to establish the Four Corners Interpretive Center within the boundaries of the Four Corners Monument Tribal Park using land designated and made available by the Navajo Nation or the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe. Authorizes the Secretary, under specified conditions, to award a Federal grant to a recipient (Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, or Utah, or any consortium of two or more of these States) for up to 50 percent of the cost to construct the Center. Authorizes appropriations.",2025-08-21T16:13:44Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/4263 105-hr-4267,105,hr,4267,Timber-Dependent Counties Stabilization Act of 1998,Public Lands and Natural Resources,1998-07-17,1998-07-29,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry, Resource Conservation and Research.",House,"Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4]",OR,D,D000191,1,"Timber-Dependent Counties Stabilization Act of 1998 - Revises the existing rate for State sharing of Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management timber sale receipts through a specified date, and permits States to choose either rate after such date. Makes a conforming amendment to the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993.",2025-08-21T16:11:20Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/4267 105-hr-4268,105,hr,4268,National Parks Air Tour Management Act of 1998,Public Lands and Natural Resources,1998-07-17,1998-07-24,Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands.,House,"Rep. Duncan, John J., Jr. [R-TN-2]",TN,R,D000533,8,"National Parks Air Tour Management Act of 1998 - Amends Federal aviation law to prohibit a commercial air tour operator from conducting commercial air tour operations over a national park or tribal lands, except in accordance with this Act, conditions prescribed for that operator by the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), and with any applicable commercial air tour management plan for the park or tribal lands. (Sec. 3) Sets forth specified requirements with respect to: (1) the granting of authority to commercial air tour operators to conduct air tour operations over national parks or tribal lands, with specified exceptions; (2) establishment of commercial air tour management plans; and (3) determination of whether a flight is a commercial air tour operation. (Sec. 4) Directs the Administrator of the FAA and the Director of the National Park Service (Director) to establish, jointly, an advisory group to provide continuing advice and counsel with respect to the operation of commercial air tours over and near national parks. (Sec. 5) Directs the Administrator of the FAA to report to the Congress on the effects proposed overflight fees are likely to have on the commercial air tour industry. Directs the Administrator of the FAA and the Director to report jointly to the Congress on the effectiveness of this Act in providing incentives for the development and use of quiet aircraft technology. (Sec. 6) Exempts any unit of the National Park System, or any other land or water, located in Alaska from the requirements of this Act.",2025-08-21T16:13:25Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/4268 105-s-2317,105,s,2317,National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act of 1998,Public Lands and Natural Resources,1998-07-16,1998-09-23,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans.",Senate,"Sen. Chafee, John H. [R-RI]",RI,R,C000269,0,"National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act of 1998 - Transfers to the Corps of Engineers, without reimbursement, certain land of the Upper Mississippi River Wildlife and Fish Refuge in Minnesota. Terminates the jurisdiction of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service over: (1) the Killcohook Coordination Area in New Jersey and Delaware; and (2) Lake Elsie National Wildlife Refuge in Richland County, North Dakota. Revokes Executive Orders 6582, 8648, and 8152. Renames the Klamath Forest National Wildlife Refuge as the Klamath Marsh National Wildlife Refuge. Amends the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1996 to specify the periods of imprisonment for knowing violations of the Act (not more than one year) and for other violations (not more than 180 days).",2025-04-07T15:33:15Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/senate-bill/2317 105-hr-4230,105,hr,4230,El Portal Administrative Site Land Exchange Act,Public Lands and Natural Resources,1998-07-15,1998-08-06,Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote.,House,"Rep. Radanovich, George [R-CA-19]",CA,R,R000004,0,El Portal Administrative Site Land Exchange Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to exchange a specified parcel of land administered as part of the El Portal Administrative Site in California for specified non-Federal lands located adjacent to such site and known as the Yosemite View parcel.,2025-08-21T16:12:05Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/4230 105-s-2309,105,s,2309,Gateway Visitor Center Authorization Act of 1998,Public Lands and Natural Resources,1998-07-15,1998-10-10,By Senator Murkowski from Committee on Energy and Natural Resources filed written report. Report No. 105-406.,Senate,"Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA]",PA,R,S000709,1,"Gateway Visitor Center Authorization Act of 1998 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to enter into an agreement with the Gateway Visitor Center Corporation to facilitate the construction and operation of the Gateway Visitor Center on Independence Mall, in Philadelphia. Authorizes: (1) the Corporation to operate the Center in cooperation with the Secretary and to provide at the Center information, interpretation, facilities, and services to visitors of Independence National Historical Park, its surrounding historic sites, the city of Philadelphia, and the region and to engage in activities appropriate for operation of a regional visitor center; and (2) the Secretary to undertake, at the Center, activities relating to the management of the Park. Requires revenues from the operation of the Center's facilities and services to be used to pay for the Center's operation expenses. Declares that nothing in this Act authorizes the Secretary or the Corporation to take any action in derogation of the preservation and protection of the values and resources of the Park.",2026-03-24T12:48:03Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/senate-bill/2309 105-hr-4207,105,hr,4207,"To direct the Secretary of Transportation to convey the Mukilteo Light Station to the City of Mukilteo, Washington.",Public Lands and Natural Resources,1998-07-14,1998-10-21,See H.R.2204.,House,"Rep. Metcalf, Jack [R-WA-2]",WA,R,M000669,0,"Directs the Secretary of Transportation to convey all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the Mukilteo Light Station (including land, the lighthouse structure, a garage, two dwellings, and an office building) to the City of Mukilteo, Washington. Subjects such conveyance to the condition that the lighthouse maintain its navigational functions.",2025-01-02T17:50:59Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/4207 105-hr-4210,105,hr,4210,New Mexico Forest Health and Fire Prevention Act of 1998,Public Lands and Natural Resources,1998-07-14,1998-07-23,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry, Resource Conservation and Research.",House,"Rep. Redmond, Bill [R-NM-3]",NM,R,R000567,0,"New Mexico Forest Health and Fire Prevention of 1998 - Directs the District 3 Regional Forester of the State of New Mexico to commence a statewide program to restore and protect forest resources located on Federal forest lands within New Mexico through the performance of recovery projects in identified recovery areas. Requires: (1) the initial project under such program to be the thinning of Monument Canyon Research Natural Area located near Jemez Springs, New Mexico, on the Santa Fe National Forest; and (2) the research scientists located at such Area to provide the initial project standards and guidelines. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, for each fiscal year of the New Mexico program, to allocate amounts from the Forest Health and Fire Prevention Fund (to be established under this Act) to Region 3 of the Forest Service for the purpose of conducting five-year recovery projects in identified recovery areas. Requires the District 3 Regional Forester to: (1) identify recovery areas within which allocated amounts should be used to conduct such projects; (2) prioritize such areas for the purpose of their receiving allocated amounts; and (3) select, in accordance with specified requirements, projects to be carried out within each area. Prohibits the selection or implementation of a project in specified locations, including units of the National Wilderness Preservation System. Credits to the Fund: (1) authorized and appropriated amounts; (2) unobligated amounts in, or that would otherwise be deposited in, the roads and trails fund; and (3) the Federal share of revenues generated by recovery projects undertaken pursuant to the Program. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Comptroller General to conduct a specified audit of the program at the end of the fourth full fiscal year following the implementation date.",2025-08-21T16:11:30Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/4210 105-s-2297,105,s,2297,A bill to provide for the distribution of certain publications in units of the National Park System under a sales agreement between the Secretary of the Interior and a private contractor.,Public Lands and Natural Resources,1998-07-14,1998-09-25,Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 635.,Senate,"Sen. Gorton, Slade [R-WA]",WA,R,G000333,0,"Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior acting through the Director of the National Park Service (the Secretary) to enter into cooperative agreements with a cooperator (i.e., a private person or entity which enters into such an agreement) under which the cooperator shall be authorized to distribute commercial informational publications in one or more units of the National Park System. Directs that such agreement provide appropriate terms and conditions for: (1) approval by the Secretary of the content, including advertising, of the publication; (2) requiring that the publication include appropriate information about the National Park Service and System, and individual units of the System; (3) the distribution of such publications; and (4) the sharing of revenues generated by the publication. Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) cooperator qualifications; and (2) use of the proceeds.",2026-03-24T12:48:03Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/senate-bill/2297 105-s-2284,105,s,2284,Minuteman Missile National Historic Site Establishment Act of 1998,Public Lands and Natural Resources,1998-07-09,1998-10-16,Executive Comment Requested from DOD.,Senate,"Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD]",SD,D,J000177,1,"Minuteman Missile National Historic Site Establishment Act of 1998 - Establishes the Minuteman Missile National Historic Site in South Dakota as a unit of the National Park System consisting of lands and interests comprising the areas surrounding the Minuteman II ICBM launch control facilities known as Delta 1 and Delta 9. Authorizes the Secretary to acquire lands and interests within the boundaries of the historic site by donation, purchase with donated or appropriated funds, exchange or transfer from another Federal agency. Prohibits the Secretary from acquiring any lands contaminated with hazardous substances, unless all remedial action necessary to protect human health and the environment has been taken. Requires the Secretary to: (1) prepare a general management plan for the historic site, including an evaluation of a location for a visitor facility and administrative site; and (2) in developing the plan, to consider coordinating and consolidating administrative, management, and personnel function with Badlands National Park. Authorizes appropriations. Requires the Secretary of the Air Force to transfer to the Secretary any funds specifically appropriated to the Air Force for the maintenance, protection, or preservation of the facilities.",2026-03-24T12:48:03Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/senate-bill/2284 105-s-2272,105,s,2272,Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site Boundary Adjustment Act of 1998,Public Lands and Natural Resources,1998-07-08,1998-11-10,Became Public Law No: 105-365.,Senate,"Sen. Burns, Conrad R. [R-MT]",MT,R,B001126,0,"Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site Boundary Adjustment Act of 1998 - Adjusts the boundaries of the Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site, Montana.",2026-03-24T12:48:03Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/senate-bill/2272