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| 114-s-3531 | 114 | s | 3531 | Scotchman Peaks Wilderness Act of 2016 | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2016-12-08 | 2016-12-08 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. | Senate | Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID] | ID | R | R000584 | 0 | Scotchman Peaks Wilderness Act of 2016 This bill designates approximately 13,961 acres of National Forest System land in Idaho, to be known as the Scotchman Peaks Wilderness, as wilderness and a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System. The wilderness area is withdrawn from specified public land, mining, mineral leasing, mineral materials, and geothermal leasing laws. The Department of Agriculture (USDA) may carry out management activities to maintain or restore fish and wildlife populations and habitats within the wilderness area if they would: promote healthy, viable, and more naturally distributed populations that would enhance wilderness values; and accomplish the purpose of the management activity with the minimum impact necessary. USDA may take measures within the wilderness area necessary for the control of fire, insects, and disease. Nothing in this bill creates a protective perimeter or buffer zone around the wilderness area. USDA shall ensure that Indian tribes have access to the wilderness area for: traditional and cultural purposes, and the exercise of any right reserved by treaty. | 2023-01-11T13:34:43Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/3531 |
| 114-s-3533 | 114 | s | 3533 | Litigation Relief for Forest Management Projects Act | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2016-12-08 | 2016-12-08 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT] | MT | R | D000618 | 1 | Litigation Relief for Forest Management Projects Act This bill amends the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 to prohibit any additional consultation from being required with respect to: (1) the listing of a species as threatened or endangered, or a designation of a critical habitat, if a land management plan has been adopted by the Department of Agriculture as of the designation date; or (2) any provision of such an adopted plan. The bill amends the Federal land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to prohibit any additional consultation from being required with respect to: (1) the listing of a species as threatened or endangered, or a designation of critical habitat, if a land use plan has been adopted by the Department of the Interior as of the designation date; or (2) any provision of such an adopted plan. | 2023-01-11T13:34:43Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/3533 |
| 114-s-3512 | 114 | s | 3512 | A bill to reauthorize the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Historic Preservation Program. | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2016-12-07 | 2016-12-07 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. | Senate | Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC] | SC | R | G000359 | 0 | This bill amends the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 to reauthorize for FY2017-FY2023 the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Historic Preservation Fund Grant Program. | 2023-01-11T13:34:43Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/3512 |
| 114-s-3514 | 114 | s | 3514 | Rim of the Valley Corridor Preservation Act | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2016-12-07 | 2016-12-07 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. | Senate | Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] | CA | D | B000711 | 0 | Rim of the Valley Corridor Preservation Act This bill adjusts the boundary of the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area in California as depicted on a specified map to include the area known as the Rim of the Valley Unit. The unit, and any lands or interests acquired by the United States and located within its boundaries, shall be administered as part of the recreation area. The Department of the Interior may acquire only through exchange, donation, or purchase from a willing seller any nonfederal land within the boundaries of the unit. Nothing in this bill authorizes the use of eminent domain to acquire lands or interests within the boundaries of the unit. No part of the Santa Susana Field Laboratory shall be considered for inclusion in the unit until specified cleanups of soil at the laboratory have been completed. | 2023-01-11T13:34:43Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/3514 |
| 114-s-3493 | 114 | s | 3493 | A bill to revise the boundaries of certain John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System units in New Jersey. | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2016-12-01 | 2016-12-01 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] | NJ | D | B001288 | 1 | This bill modifies certain boundaries of the John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System Units located in Middlesex and Monmouth Counties, New Jersey. | 2023-01-11T13:33:52Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/3493 |
| 114-s-3460 | 114 | s | 3460 | Local Community and Sportsmen Input in Monuments Act | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2016-09-29 | 2016-09-29 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6269) | Senate | Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT] | MT | R | D000618 | 0 | Local Community and Sportsmen Input in Monuments Act This bill makes the designation of a national monument by the President subject to the following consultation and approval requirements. No national monuments may be designated by the President unless: each county, borough, parish, or equivalent unit of local government within and adjacent to the boundaries of which the proposed monument is to be located has been consulted respecting the designation and has approved it; and the governor and the legislature of each state within the boundaries of which such monument is to be located has approved it. Any national monument that is designated subject to such requirements shall be open to hunting, fishing, other forms of recreation, grazing, and historic or traditional uses, unless the Department of the Interior, the Department of Agriculture (USDA), or the Department of the Army closes all or a portion of the monument to one or more of such uses in accordance with the purposes of federal law relating to monuments, ruins, sites, and objects of antiquity. Interior shall not impose any restrictions on hunting, fishing, grazing, wildlife management, or other historic or traditional uses at a national monument that is designated subject to this bill until the end of an appropriate review period which provides for, respecting the proposed restriction, concurrence by the applicable state wildlife management agencies, public input, and approval by Congress. | 2023-01-11T13:33:30Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/3460 |
| 114-s-3430 | 114 | s | 3430 | Bureau of Land Management Foundation Act | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2016-09-28 | 2016-09-28 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. | Senate | Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] | NM | D | H001046 | 2 | Bureau of Land Management Foundation Act This bill establishes the Bureau of Land Management Foundation as a charitable, nonprofit organization to encourage, accept, obtain, administer, and use private gifts of money, devises, and bequests of real and personal property for the benefit of, or in connection with, the activities and services of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). The foundation shall conduct and encourage programs and activities that support: educational, technical, scientific, and other assistance or activities to support the management of BLM lands with regard to wild free-roaming horses and burros, fish and wildlife and their habitats, National Conservation Lands, and recreation, cultural, and historic resources; and activities that support the reclamation and remediation of specified abandoned mine lands, specified orphaned oil and gas well sites, or public lands impacted by development connected to mineral exploration and development activities. Reclamation activities are to include the remediation of soil and water contamination; the restoration of wildlife habitat in order to restore the natural, scenic, historic, cultural, and ecological values of those areas; or promotion of the areas' economic potential. | 2023-01-11T13:33:31Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/3430 |
| 114-s-3437 | 114 | s | 3437 | A bill to establish a procedure for the conveyance of certain Federal property around the Dickinson Reservoir in the State of North Dakota. | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2016-09-28 | 2016-09-28 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. | Senate | Sen. Hoeven, John [R-ND] | ND | R | H001061 | 1 | This bill directs the Commissioner of Reclamation to: (1) provide to the holder of a permit for a cabin site located on federal property around the Dickinson Reservoir in North Dakota the first option to purchase the site for fair market value; and (2) convey to a permittee who exercises such option all U.S. interest in the site, easements for access to the site, a dock for the site, and the improvements on it. Beginning two years after enactment of this bill: (1) if a permittee has not exercised such option, the Commissioner shall transfer the site to Dickinson Parks & Recreation in Dickinson, North Dakota (the Department), without cost; and (2) the Commissioner shall transfer to the Department, without cost, land currently managed by the Department on which no cabin is located. Each such conveyance and transfer shall be made subject to specified mineral rights and rights-of-way of third parties. A permittee may not build any new permanent structure below an elevation of 2,430 feet. If a permittee builds such a structure, the permittee's site shall revert to the Department. Revenues from a sale of federal land pursuant to this bill shall be made available to the Commissioner for: (1) the costs of carrying out this bill, and (2) deferred maintenance activities relating to the operation of the dam in the Dickinson Reservoir. | 2023-01-11T13:33:30Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/3437 |
| 114-s-3395 | 114 | s | 3395 | Prescribed Burn Approval Act of 2016 | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2016-09-27 | 2016-12-14 | Became Public Law No: 114-275. | Senate | Sen. Thune, John [R-SD] | SD | R | T000250 | 1 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the Senate passed version is repeated here.) Prescribed Burn Approval Act of 2016 (Sec. 3) This bill prohibits the Forest Service from authorizing a prescribed burn (i.e., a planned fire intentionally ignited) on Forest Service land if, for the county or contiguous county in which such land is located, the national fire danger rating system is indicating an extreme fire danger level. Nonetheless, the Forest Service may authorize a prescribed burn under such a condition if it coordinates with the applicable state government and local fire officials. At the end of every fiscal year, the Forest Service shall submit a report that describes: the number and locations of prescribed burns during that fiscal year, and each prescribed burn during that year that was authorized by the Forest Service as an exception under this bill. | 2023-04-24T20:39:51Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/3395 |
| 114-s-3333 | 114 | s | 3333 | Mohave County Federal Land Management Act | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2016-09-15 | 2016-09-15 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. | Senate | Sen. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ] | AZ | R | F000444 | 1 | Mohave County Federal Land Management Act This bill directs the Department of the Interior to conduct sales of eligible lands in Mohave County, Arizona, which are administered by the Bureau of Land Management and have been designated for disposal by Interior. Interior and Mohave County shall jointly select which parcels of eligible land to offer for sale. Before carrying out a sale, Mohave County shall certify to Interior that qualified bidders have agreed to comply with: local zoning ordinances; and any master plan for the area approved by the county. Each sale of eligible land shall be: through a competitive bidding process, under which adjoining landowners are offered the first option, unless otherwise determined by Interior; for not less than fair market value, based on an appraisal; and conducted in accordance with the requirements regarding the administration of a sale of such land pursuant to this bill. The bill sets forth requirements for the disposition of proceeds from the sales of eligible lands under this bill. | 2023-01-11T13:33:34Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/3333 |
| 114-s-3334 | 114 | s | 3334 | Historic Routes Preservation Act | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2016-09-15 | 2016-09-15 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. | Senate | Sen. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ] | AZ | R | F000444 | 2 | Historic Routes Preservation Act This bill allows any state, county, political subdivision or agency of a state, company, or other person that asserts public acceptance of a right-of-way granted for the construction of highways over public lands to file a claim within a 25-year period. The bill sets forth a procedure for conclusively verifying, proving, and establishing the acceptance of such rights-of-way. | 2023-01-11T13:33:34Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/3334 |
| 114-s-3315 | 114 | s | 3315 | Second Division Memorial Modification Act | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2016-09-13 | 2016-09-22 | Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-509. | Senate | Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] | AK | R | M001153 | 1 | Second Division Memorial Modification Act This bill authorizes the Second Indianhead Division Association, Inc. Scholarship and Memorials Foundation to place three benches honoring the members of the Second Infantry Division killed in the Cold War in Korea, the War in Iraq, and the War in Afghanistan at the Second Division Memorial located in President's Park in the District of Columbia. No federal funds may be used for these modifications or augmentations. | 2023-01-11T13:33:35Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/3315 |
| 114-s-3316 | 114 | s | 3316 | Advancing Conservation and Education Act of 2016 | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2016-09-13 | 2016-09-22 | Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-509. | Senate | Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] | NM | D | H001046 | 1 | Advancing Conservation and Education Act of 2016 This bill allows the states of Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, or Wyoming (western states) to relinquish state land grant parcels wholly or primarily within eligible areas and select, in exchange, public land within the state. The bill defines "eligible areas" as lands within the outer boundaries of units or components of the National Park, National Wilderness Preservation, National Wildlife Refuge, or National Landscape Conservation Systems, areas identified by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) of the Department of the Interior as having wilderness characteristics, certain designated lands within the National Forest System or administered by the BLM, and sentinel landscapes designated by the Department of Agriculture, Department of Defense, or Interior. Interior shall create a process for the relinquishment of such parcels. A western state may select, and Interior may convey, lands that are mineral in character. The overall value of the state land grant parcels and the public land to be conveyed shall be equal. The bill sets forth requirements regarding hazardous materials on land conveyed, water rights, and grazing permits. | 2023-01-11T13:33:35Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/3316 |
| 114-s-3317 | 114 | s | 3317 | A bill to prohibit the further extension or establishment of national monuments in the State of Utah except by express authorization of Congress. | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2016-09-13 | 2016-09-22 | Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-509. | Senate | Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT] | UT | R | L000577 | 1 | This bill prohibits any further extension or establishment of national monuments in Utah except by express authorization of Congress. | 2023-01-11T13:33:34Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/3317 |
| 114-s-3310 | 114 | s | 3310 | Environmental and Economic Benefits Restoration Act of 2016 | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2016-09-12 | 2016-09-12 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. | Senate | Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] | MN | D | K000367 | 1 | Environmental and Economic Benefits Restoration Act of 2016 This bill amends the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 to direct the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to establish a landscape-scale restoration program to provide financial and technical assistance for landscape-scale restoration projects on state, political subdivision, and private forest lands that maintain or improve benefits from trees and forests on such lands. The program shall: address the national private forest conservation priorities specified under the Act; and enhance public benefits from trees and forests, as identified in a state-wide assessment and a long-term state-wide forest resource strategy under the Act. The program shall also have one or more objectives, including to: protect or improve water quality or quantity; reduce wildfire risk; protect or enhance wildlife habitat, consistent with wildlife objectives established by the applicable state fish and wildlife agency; improve forest health, including addressing native, nonnative, and invasive pests; or enhance opportunities for new and existing markets in which the production and use of wood products strengthens local and regional economies. USDA shall establish a measurement system to measure the results of landscape-scale restoration projects assisted under this bill. USDA shall allocate from the amounts made available under this bill: 50% for the competitive process for distributing funds for landscape-scale restoration projects; and 50% proportionally to states to maximize the achievement of the restoration program's objectives and to address the highest national priorities, as identified in state-wide assessments and long-term state-wide forest resource strategies. The bill amends the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 to allocate funds and use specified authorities of the USDA or of the Department of the Interior, as appropriate, to assist cross-boundary hazardous fuel reduction and wildfire mitigation programs. | 2023-01-11T13:33:35Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/3310 |
| 114-s-3287 | 114 | s | 3287 | Bronzeville-Black Metropolis National Heritage Area Act | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2016-09-06 | 2016-09-06 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. | Senate | Sen. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL] | IL | R | K000360 | 1 | Bronzeville-Black Metropolis National Heritage Area Act This bill establishes the Bronzeville-Black Metropolis National Heritage Area in Chicago, Illinois. The Black Metropolis National Heritage Area Commission shall be the local coordinating entity for the heritage area and shall submit a management plan for the heritage area. | 2023-01-11T13:33:35Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/3287 |
| 114-s-3221 | 114 | s | 3221 | Buffalo Tract Protection Act | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2016-07-14 | 2016-07-14 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. | Senate | Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] | NM | D | H001046 | 1 | Buffalo Tract Protection Act This bill withdraws specified Bureau of the Land Management (BLM) lands in Placitas, New Mexico, from all forms of mineral development under all laws pertaining to mineral leasing or mineral materials, including locatable minerals. Nothing in this bill prohibits the disposal of the surface estate of such BLM lands under the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 or the Recreation and Public Purposes Act. Any disposal of the surface estate of the BLM lands shall be subject to the condition that the mineral estate of those lands shall remain under the ownership of the BLM, subject to the withdrawal under this bill. | 2023-01-11T13:33:13Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/3221 |
| 114-s-3232 | 114 | s | 3232 | Lowell National Historical Park Creative Partnerships Act | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2016-07-14 | 2016-07-14 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. | Senate | Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] | MA | D | M000133 | 0 | Lowell National Historical Park Creative Partnerships Act This bill requires any loan made in 1984 by the Lowell Historic Preservation Commission to the Lowell Development and Financial Corporation to enable it to furnish low-interest loans for the preservation, restoration, or development of certain properties in the Lowell National Historical Park or the Lowell Historic Preservation District in Massachusetts to have a maturity of 42 years. (Under current law, all such loans, regardless of the year in which they were made, must have a maturity of 35 years.) | 2023-01-11T13:33:13Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/3232 |
| 114-s-3254 | 114 | s | 3254 | Spearfish Canyon and Bismarck Lake Land Exchange Act | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2016-07-14 | 2016-09-22 | Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-509. | Senate | Sen. Thune, John [R-SD] | SD | R | T000250 | 1 | Spearfish Canyon and Bismarck Lake Land Exchange Act This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA), if South Dakota conveys to it four parcels of specified nonfederal lands, comprising 1,954 acres, to convey to South Dakota in exchange 1,468 acres known as the "Spearfish Canyon Area" and 524 acres known as the "Bismarck Lake Area" in the Black Hills National Forest in South Dakota. The values of the federal and nonfederal lands to be exchanged shall be equal. USDA shall complete any environmental analyses required under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 regarding the land exchange carried out under this bill. The nonfederal lands acquired by USDA shall be added to and administered as part of the forest. The federal lands acquired by South Dakota shall be managed by it for public recreation uses and the conservation of natural resources. | 2023-01-11T13:33:12Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/3254 |
| 114-s-3282 | 114 | s | 3282 | National Sea Grant College Program Amendments Act of 2016 | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2016-07-14 | 2016-07-19 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans. | Senate | Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] | MS | R | W000437 | 3 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) National Sea Grant College Program Amendments Act of 2016 (Sec.3) This bill amends the National Sea Grant College Program Act to reauthorize through FY2021 the National Sea Grant College Program. The bill requires the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to award Dean John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowships. Currently, NOAA has discretion in awarding such fellowships. Those fellowships support the placement of graduate students in fields related to ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes resources in positions with the executive and legislative branches. (Sec.4)NOAA must establish priorities for the use of donations given for the National Sea Grant Program. (Sec.8)An agency may appoint a recipient of a Dean John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship to a federal position within two years after such recipient successfully completes a fellowship. (Sec.9)The bill authorizes through FY2021 grants for university research on: (1) the biology, prevention, and control of aquatic nonnative species; (2) oyster diseases, oyster restoration, and oyster-related human health risks; (3) the biology, prevention, and forecasting of harmful algal blooms; and (4) sustainable aquaculture techniques and technologies. The bill also authorizes through FY2021 grants for: (1) fishery extension activities conducted by sea grant colleges or sea grant institutes to enhance existing core program funding; and (2) priority issues identified in the National Sea Grant Program's strategic plan. | 2023-01-11T13:33:10Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/3282 |
| 114-s-3192 | 114 | s | 3192 | Alex Diekmann Peak Designation Act of 2016 | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2016-07-13 | 2016-09-22 | Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-509. | Senate | Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT] | MT | R | D000618 | 1 | Alex Diekmann Peak Designation Act of 2016 This bill designates as the Alex Diekmann Peak the 9,765-foot peak located 2.2 miles west-northwest of Finger Mountain on the western boundary of the Lee Metcalf Wilderness in Montana. | 2023-01-11T13:33:14Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/3192 |
| 114-s-3203 | 114 | s | 3203 | Alaska Economic Development and Access to Resources Act | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2016-07-13 | 2016-09-22 | Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-509. | Senate | Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] | AK | R | M001153 | 2 | Alaska Economic Development and Access to Resources Act This bill addresses oil and gas production on federal lands in Alaska. The bill also authorizes the establishment of a state forest in Alaska. | 2023-01-11T13:33:14Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/3203 |
| 114-s-3204 | 114 | s | 3204 | King Cove Road Land Exchange Act | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2016-07-13 | 2016-09-22 | Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-509. | Senate | Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] | AK | R | M001153 | 1 | King Cove Road Land Exchange Act This bill declares that, if the state of Alaska offers to convey to the Department of the Interior 43,093 acres of state-owned land, Interior shall convey to Alaska, in exchange, 206 acres of federal land within the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge and 131 acres of federal land within the Izembek Wilderness, for purposes of: (1) designating a road corridor through the refuge, and (2) constructing a single-lane gravel road along the road corridor. The values of the federal and nonfederal lands to be exchanged shall be equal. Interior and Alaska shall select an appraiser to conduct appraisals of the federal and nonfederal lands in accordance with nationally recognized appraisal standards. The bill requires the route of the road corridor to follow a specified southern road alignment. The bill states that the exchange of the federal and nonfederal lands and the road to be constructed under this bill shall not constitute a major federal action requiring environmental impact review under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969. | 2023-01-11T13:33:14Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/3204 |
| 114-s-3205 | 114 | s | 3205 | Human-Powered Travel in Wilderness Areas Act | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2016-07-13 | 2016-07-13 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. | Senate | Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT] | UT | R | L000577 | 2 | Human-Powered Travel in Wilderness Areas Act This bill requires the Department of Agriculture (with respect to National Forest System land) and the Department of the Interior (with respect to public land) to authorize relevant local officials to determine all permissible forms of recreational use by nonmotorized transportation methods over any permitted routes within their jurisdictions. The bill defines "local officials" as officers or employees who are the heads of units or jurisdictions of the Bureau of Land Management, the National Park Service, the Forest Service, or the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. If a local official fails to make such a determination about a permitted route more than two years after this bill's enactment, then any form of recreational use by nonmotorized transportation methods shall be allowable on that route. | 2023-01-11T13:33:14Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/3205 |
| 114-s-3167 | 114 | s | 3167 | Appalachian Forest National Heritage Area Act of 2016 | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2016-07-12 | 2016-09-22 | Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-509. | Senate | Sen. Manchin, Joe, III [D-WV] | WV | D | M001183 | 3 | Appalachian Forest National Heritage Area Act of 2016 This bill establishes the Appalachian Forest National Heritage Area to include specified counties in the states of Maryland and West Virginia. The bill designates the Appalachian Forest Heritage Area, Inc., as the local coordinating entity for the area. The bill also requires the Appalachian Forest Heritage Area, Inc., to submit a management plan that provides for the protection, enhancement, and interpretation of cultural, natural, historical, educational, scenic, and recreational resources of the area. | 2023-01-11T13:33:15Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/3167 |
| 114-s-3102 | 114 | s | 3102 | Pershing County Economic Development and Conservation Act | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2016-06-28 | 2016-09-22 | Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-509. | Senate | Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV] | NV | R | H001041 | 1 | Pershing County Economic Development and Conservation Act This bill directs the Department of the Interior to conduct sales or exchanges of eligible lands in Pershing County, Nevada, identified as the "Checkerboard Lands Resolution Area." Interior and the county shall jointly select which parcels of eligible land to offer for sale or acre-for-acre exchange. For purposes of acre-for-acre exchanges, Interior shall identify management priority areas within the Checkerboard Lands Resolution Area, including those considered to be: greater sage-grouse habitat; part of an identified wildlife corridor or designated critical habitat; of value for outdoor recreation or public access for hunting, fishing, and other recreational purposes; of significant cultural, historic, ecological, or scenic value; or of value for improving federal land management. The bill prescribes requirements for the disposition of proceeds from the sales of lands under this bill. Interior shall offer for sale and convey to specified qualified entities, for fair market value, the remaining U.S. right, title, and interest in certain lands and interests in the county. Interior shall convey, without consideration, Unionville Cemetery to the county. The bill designates specified federal land in Nevada as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System. The bill releases specified wilderness study areas from further review for designation as wilderness. | 2023-01-11T13:32:37Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/3102 |
| 114-s-3103 | 114 | s | 3103 | Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Park Act of 2016 | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2016-06-28 | 2016-06-28 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. | Senate | Sen. Scott, Tim [R-SC] | SC | R | S001184 | 0 | Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Park Act of 2016 This bill establishes the Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Park in South Carolina for the preservation and interpretation of the nationally significant historical values and cultural resources associated with Fort Sumter, Fort Moultrie, and Sullivan's Island Life Saving Station Historic District. The Department of the Interior shall arrange for the interpretation of historical events and activities that occurred in the vicinity of Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie, including: the Battle of Sullivan's Island on June 28, 1776; the Siege of Charleston during 1780; and the Civil War, including the bombardment of Fort Sumter by Confederate forces on April 12, 1861; and the development of the coastal defense system of the United States during the period from the Revolutionary War to World War II, including that of Sullivan's Island Life Saving Station. Interior may enter into cooperative agreements with public and private entities and individuals to carry out this bill. | 2023-01-11T13:32:37Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/3103 |
| 114-s-3098 | 114 | s | 3098 | A bill to remove reversionary clauses on property owned by the municipality of Anchorage, Alaska. | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2016-06-23 | 2016-06-23 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. | Senate | Sen. Sullivan, Dan [R-AK] | AK | R | S001198 | 0 | This bill directs the Department of the Interior to convey, without consideration, to the Municipality of Anchorage, Alaska, the reversionary interests of the United States in and to specified nonfederal land in Anchorage for the purpose of unencumbering its title and enabling its economic development. | 2023-01-11T13:32:37Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/3098 |
| 114-s-3099 | 114 | s | 3099 | Access for Sportfishing Act of 2016 | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2016-06-23 | 2016-11-28 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 692. | Senate | Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL] | FL | D | N000032 | 1 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) Access for Sportfishing Act of 2016 (Sec.2)This bill requires the National Park Service to meet several requirements before implementing any fishing restrictions in Biscayne National Park located in Homestead, Florida. The requirements include basing any restriction on sound fisheries management, coordinating with the state of Florida, prioritizing scientific information relied upon by the state of Florida, and ensuring any restriction is the least restrictive measure necessary. (Sec.3)Additionally, the bill amends the Shark Conservation Act of 2010 to make shark feeding illegal in all U.S. waters. The bill alsoamends the Billfish Conservation Act to maintain a prohibition on the sale of marlin, sailfish, and spearfish while ensuring that the exemption for traditional fisheries does not create new markets for these species. Nothing in this bill shall affect the authority of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to establish conservation and management regulationsunder the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act. | 2023-01-11T13:32:37Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/3099 |
| 114-s-3085 | 114 | s | 3085 | Emergency Wildfire and Forest Management Act of 2016 | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2016-06-22 | 2016-06-22 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. | Senate | Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS] | KS | R | R000307 | 0 | Emergency Wildfire and Forest Management Act of 2016 This bill sets forth a procedure for the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to request declarations for major wildfire disasters on federal land. This bill shall apply whenever the appropriate department prepares an environmental assessment (EA) or an environmental impact statement (EIS) under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) for a forest management activity whose primary purpose is to: reduce hazardous fuel loads, reduce fuel connectivity through the installation of fuel and fire breaks, restore forest health and resilience, protect a municipal water supply, or perform a combination of two or more such activities. In an EA or EIS, the department concerned shall develop only these two alternatives: the forest management activity proposed, or the alternative of no action. A categorical exclusion shall be available to the department concerned to: (1) expedite specified critical response actions, (2) expedite salvage operations in response to catastrophic events, (3) meet forest plan goals for early successional forests, and (4) improve and restore forest health and reduce the risk of wildfire. (A "categorical exclusion" under NEPA is a category of actions which do not individually or cumulatively have a significant effect on the human environment and which have been found to have no such effect in procedures adopted by a federal agency in implementing environmental regulations and for which, therefore, neither an Environmental Assessment nor an Environmental Impact Statement is required.) The bill establishes the State-Supported Forest Management Fund to cover the cost of certain forest management activities on National Forest System (NFS) or public land. The Tribal Forest Protection Act of 2004 is amended regarding protection of tribal forest assets and management of Indian forest land authorized to include NFS and public land. USDA shall issue grants for a state and private forest landscap… | 2023-01-11T13:32:38Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/3085 |
| 114-s-3087 | 114 | s | 3087 | American Fisheries Advisory Committee Act | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2016-06-22 | 2016-11-17 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 674. | Senate | Sen. Sullivan, Dan [R-AK] | AK | R | S001198 | 2 | American Fisheries Advisory Committee Act (Sec. 2)This bill amends the Saltonstall-Kennedy Act to direct the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)to establish the American Fisheries Advisory Committee. NOAA must establish six regions within the committee.The committee must consist of members chosen regionally and across all sectors of the fishing industry.Additionally, the committee must: (1)identify the needs of the fishing industry, (2)develop grant proposals to fund projects that address the industry needs, (3)review grant applications, and (4)provide NOAA with grant applicants for approval. NOAA may not approve a grant application unlessthe application selected for funding meets the proposal criteria developed by the committee. (Sec.3) An individual awarded a grant under this bill must publicize the title and abstract of the project. | 2023-01-11T13:32:38Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/3087 |
| 114-s-3080 | 114 | s | 3080 | Santa Ana River Wash Plan Land Exchange Act | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2016-06-21 | 2016-06-21 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. | Senate | Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] | CA | D | F000062 | 0 | Santa Ana River Wash Plan Land Exchange Act This bill directs the Department of the Interior to: (1) quitclaim to the San Bernardino Valley Water Conservation District in California approximately 327 acres of identified federal land administered by the Bureau of Land Management, and (2) in exchange for such land accept from the Conservation District a conveyance of approximately 310 acres of its land. | 2023-01-11T13:32:38Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/3080 |
| 114-s-3066 | 114 | s | 3066 | Coal Cleanup Taxpayer Protection Act | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2016-06-16 | 2016-06-16 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. | Senate | Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] | WA | D | C000127 | 3 | Coal Cleanup Taxpayer Protection Act This bill amends the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act to prohibit the Office of Surface Mining and Reclamation Enforcement (OSMRE)and state regulatory authoritiesfrom accepting new self-bonds for coal reclamation.In addition, any existing self-bonds or corporate bondsutilized for coal reclamationare required to be converted to surety or collateral bonds. The OSMRE may approve state or federal alternative coal miningbond programs thatresult in no greater risk of financial liability to the federalgovernment than a surety or collateral bond program. The bill also requires the Department of Interior to issue rules establishing limitations on surety bondsto minimize the financial liability to the federal or stategovernment. | 2023-01-11T13:32:39Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/3066 |
| 114-s-3048 | 114 | s | 3048 | Southeastern Oregon Mineral Withdrawal and Economic Preservation and Development Act | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2016-06-10 | 2016-06-10 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S3796) | Senate | Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] | OR | D | W000779 | 1 | Southeastern Oregon Mineral Withdrawal and Economic Preservation and Development Act This bill establishes the Southeastern Oregon Withdrawal Area, comprising 2.065 million acres of specified federal land in Malheur County, Oregon, which shall be withdrawn from certain public land, mining, and mineral leasing laws. The Department of Agriculture (USDA) shall make grants for projects in Oregon to develop modern and efficient water systems. USDA shall establish an Agricultural Center for Excellence in the county. The Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 is amended to make the rural firefighters and emergency medical service assistance program permanent and require grant amounts to fund the operating expenses of firefighters in rural areas. The Departments of Homeland Security, of Defense, and of the Interior shall establish programs for transferring surplus equipment that can be used in firefighting. Interior shall establish a program of strategic fuel breaks from which firefighters can operate safely to preserve critical sage grouse habitat and support the nearby ranching community. USDA shall make grants for infrastructure projects for drinking water and wastewater systems and for improvement of broadband or cellular service. The Department of Transportation (DOT) shall study rural air services and infrastructure for Ontario (Oregon) Municipal Airport. DOT shall: make a grant for the construction of an intermodal transfer facility in the county; furnish financial assistance for projects that would improve the downtown area of Ontario, surrounding communities, and local transportation; and make grants to the state to support Lake Owyhee Road Transportation Improvement Projects. The Department of Labor shall make grants for workforce training activities in the county. | 2023-01-11T13:32:39Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/3048 |
| 114-s-3049 | 114 | s | 3049 | Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks Conservation Act | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2016-06-10 | 2016-09-22 | Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-509. | Senate | Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM] | NM | D | U000039 | 1 | Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks Conservation Act This bill designates specified lands in New Mexico administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) of the Department of the Interior as wilderness and as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System. Such wilderness areas shall also be administered as components of the National Landscape Conservation System. The bill designates approximately 100 acres of specified BLM land in New Mexico as a potential wilderness area, upon which Interior shall permit only those uses already permitted. When specified conditions have been met, this area shall be incorporated into the Robledo Mountains Wilderness. The bill releases from further review for designation as wilderness the public land in Dona Ana County, New Mexico, administered by the BLM and not designated as wilderness. The bill withdraws the Potrillo Mountains Complex from the Potrillo Mountains Wilderness; it closes a specified route from public access, making it available only for administrative and law enforcement uses, including border security. In implementing a management plan for the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument in New Mexico, Interior shall include a watershed health assessment to identify opportunities for watershed restoration. Any land or interest that is within specified state trust land acquired by the United States shall become part of the monument. Interior shall convey to the state of New Mexico specified BLM land in exchange for specified parcels of state trust land within the monument. | 2023-01-11T13:32:39Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/3049 |
| 114-s-3038 | 114 | s | 3038 | Coastal Coordination Act of 2016 | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2016-06-08 | 2016-12-09 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 724. | Senate | Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL] | FL | D | N000032 | 1 | Coastal Coordination Act of 2016 TITLE I--COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT ACT OF 1972 AMENDMENTS (Sec.101)This bill amends the findings in the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (CZMA) about the national interest in coastal zones to include coastal resilience, tourism, and energy development. The revised findings also state that the participation and coordination of local governments are important to protecting state coastal interests. (Sec. 103) The Coastal Resource Improvement Program under CZMA is expanded to add to its grant objectives the preservation or redevelopment of working waterfronts. (Sec. 104) Interstate compacts are authorized for the management of state coastal zones and shared interstate resources. NOAA may provide mediation for disputes between a federal agency and a coastal state or two or more coastal states. (Sec. 105) Objectives for coastal zone enhancement grants under CZMA are expanded to include interstate water resource and coastal management planning, policies to ensure sufficient state response to the environmental, economic, and social impacts of oil spills or other accidents, and maximizing the efficiency of processing permits for coastal zone activities. (Sec. 106) NOAA is required to evaluate the National Estuarine Research Reserve System periodically to determine if any of the protected areas in the estuarine reserves should be expanded. (Sec. 107) NOAA must submit to Congress a report summarizing any actions it takes in accordance with this bill for five consecutive fiscal years. TITLE II--GULF OF MEXICO REGIONAL COORDINATION (Sec.202) The purposes of this title are to: (1) expand and strengthen the cooperative voluntary efforts to conserve and restore the Gulf of Mexico; (2) recognize and enable the Gulf of Mexico Alliance as a coordinating entity; and (3) enable grant funding for coordination management, scientific research, conservation, and restoration activities. (Sec.203)This title also authorizes eligible entities (i.e., a consortium of the five states that have a shoreline on… | 2023-01-11T13:32:40Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/3038 |
| 114-s-3027 | 114 | s | 3027 | Acadia National Park Schoodic Peninsula Land Ratification and Approval Act | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2016-06-07 | 2016-09-06 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 607. | Senate | Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME] | ME | I | K000383 | 1 | Acadia National Park Schoodic Peninsula Land Ratification and Approval Act (Sec. 2) This bill confirms that the boundary of Acadia National Park in Maine includes approximately 1,441 acres of land and interests in the Schoodic Peninsula. (Sec. 3) The Department of the Interior may only acquire land or interests in land within the boundaries of the park in accordance with specified law. The bill repeals certain provisions authorizing Interior to accept property for the extension of Acadia National Park (formerly named Lafayette National Park). (Sec. 4) Interior shall reestablish and appoint members to the Acadia National Park Advisory Commission. (Sec. 5) Certain land in the park that was conveyed by Interior to the town of Tremont, Maine, shall no longer be used exclusively for school purposes, but for public purposes, subject to the conditions that: (1) use of the property (on such land) shall not degrade or adversely impact the park's resources or values; and (2) such land shall remain in public ownership for recreational, educational, or similar public purposes. | 2023-01-11T13:32:40Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/3027 |
| 114-s-3028 | 114 | s | 3028 | Daniel J. Evans Olympic National Park Wilderness Act | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2016-06-07 | 2016-12-14 | Became Public Law No: 114-272. | Senate | Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] | WA | D | C000127 | 1 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the Senate passed version is repeated here.) Daniel J. Evans Olympic National Park Wilderness Act (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Washington Park Wilderness Act of 1988 to redesignate the Olympic Wilderness as the "Daniel J. Evans Wilderness." | 2023-04-24T20:39:51Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/3028 |
| 114-s-3020 | 114 | s | 3020 | A bill to update the map of, and modify the maximum acreage available for inclusion in, the Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument. | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2016-06-06 | 2016-09-06 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 606. | Senate | Sen. Gardner, Cory [R-CO] | CO | R | G000562 | 0 | (Sec. 1) This bill revises the title, number, and date of the map depicting the Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument in Colorado and increases from 6,000 to 6,300 the maximum number of acres that may be made available for inclusion in the monument. | 2023-01-11T13:32:40Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/3020 |
| 114-s-3022 | 114 | s | 3022 | Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2016-06-06 | 2016-06-06 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. | Senate | Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] | RI | D | W000802 | 8 | Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act This bill designates specified National Forest System lands, National Park System lands, and public lands in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming as wilderness and as components or additions to existing components of the National Wilderness Preservation System. The bill also designates specified federal lands as biological connecting corridors and as special corridor management areas. The Wild and Scenic Rivers Act is amended to designate segments of specified rivers and creeks in Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. The bill designates specified areas as wildland recovery areas. The Department of Agriculture shall develop a wildland recovery plan for each recovery area. A specified panel of independent scientists shall study roadless lands greater than 1,000 acres that are within the National Forest System in the Wild Rockies bioregion in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, or Wyoming, but not designated as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System, for their role in maintaining biological diversity in the Northern Rockies and as part of the overall forest reserve system. Any new or existing road construction or reconstruction or timber harvest is prohibited in those lands after the evaluation. Oil or gas leasing, mining, or other development that impairs the natural and roadless qualities of the land is also prohibited. The Department of the Interior may apply the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act in carrying out this bill. | 2023-01-11T13:32:40Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/3022 |
| 114-s-3005 | 114 | s | 3005 | Alaska Land Use Council Act | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2016-05-26 | 2016-05-26 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. | Senate | Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] | AK | R | M001153 | 1 | Alaska Land Use Council Act This bill establishes the Alaska Land Use Council for improving coordination, efficiency, and cooperation among federal, state, and Alaska Native corporations and Tribal land managers in addressing land and resource issues. The council must be comprised of specific members and shall meetat least four times a year.In addition, the council may appoint advisory members to assist the council with specific matters on an ad hoc basis. The council must study and advise certain governmental agencies, Alaska Native tribes and corporations of any: (1)ongoing and proposed land and resource uses in the state, and (2)matters submitted by council members for advice.A committee of land use advisors may be established by the council to assist the council in implementing programs. The council shall terminate 15 years after the enactment of this bill, unless Congress grants an extension. | 2023-01-11T13:32:52Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/3005 |
| 114-s-3006 | 114 | s | 3006 | Alaska Mental Health Trust Land Exchange Act of 2016 | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2016-05-26 | 2016-05-26 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. | Senate | Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] | AK | R | M001153 | 2 | Alaska Mental Health Trust Land Exchange Act of 2016 This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA), if the Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority offers to convey to it certain nonfederal land, to convey certain federal land to the Trust Authority in exchange. Before carrying out the land exchange, USDA shall complete any necessary land surveys and required pre-exchange clearances, mitigation activities, and approvals related to: threatened and endangered species, cultural and historic resources, wetland and floodplains, and hazardous materials. USDA and the Trust Authority shall select an appraiser to conduct appraisals of the federal and nonfederal lands in accordance with nationally recognized standards. The Trust Authority shall agree to pay, without compensation, all costs associated with the exchange. Upon acquisition by USDA, the nonfederal land shall become part of Tongass National Forest, and shall be withdrawn from: entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws; location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and disposition under the mineral leasing, mineral materials, and geothermal leasing laws. | 2023-01-11T13:32:52Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/3006 |
| 114-s-2991 | 114 | s | 2991 | Methow Headwaters Protection Act of 2016 | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2016-05-25 | 2016-09-22 | Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-509. | Senate | Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] | WA | D | M001111 | 1 | Methow Headwaters Protection Act of 2016 This bill withdraws approximately 340,079 acres of federal land and interests in land located within the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest in the state of Washington from: entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws; location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and disposition under the mineral leasing and geothermal leasing laws. Any land or interest in land within the Proposed Withdrawal area acquired by the United States shall, upon acquisition, be immediately withdrawn in accordance with this bill. | 2023-01-11T13:32:52Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/2991 |
| 114-s-2954 | 114 | s | 2954 | Ste. Genevieve National Historical Park Establishment Act of 2016 | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2016-05-19 | 2016-09-06 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 605. | Senate | Sen. Blunt, Roy [R-MO] | MO | R | B000575 | 1 | Ste. Genevieve National Historical Park Establishment Act of 2016 (Sec. 3) This bill establishes the Ste. Genevieve National Historical Park in Missouri as a unit of the National Park System. The historical park shall not be established until: sufficient land has been acquired for the Historical Park to constitute a manageable unit; and the Department of the Interior has entered into an agreement providing that land owned by Missouri, the city of Ste. Genevieve, or other entity within the Ste. Genevieve Historic District National Historic Landmark (historic district) shall be managed consistent with this bill's purposes. Interior may acquire, by donation, purchase, or exchange, any land or interest in land located within the boundary of the historical park or any nationally significant property identified in the special resource study that is within the historic district. Interior shall revise the boundary of the historical park to include any property from within the historic district that is acquired by Interior. Interior shall prepare and submit a general management plan for the historical park. Interior may arrange for interpretive tours and educational programs at related historic and cultural sites within the historic district. Interior may furnish technical assistance and enter into cooperative agreements with the owner of a nationally significant property within the historical park or the historic district, for the identification, marking, interpretation, improvement, and restoration of such property. The federal cost share of any activity carried out under a cooperative agreement under this bill shall be a maximum of 50% of the total cost of that activity. The nonfederal share of an activity may be in the form of fairly valued donated property, goods, or services. Any payment made by Interior under this bill shall be subject to an agreement that the conversion, use, or disposal of a property or project for purposes contrary to this bill's purposes shall entitle the federal government to reimbu… | 2023-01-11T13:32:53Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/2954 |
| 114-s-2923 | 114 | s | 2923 | Saint-Gaudens National Park for the Arts Redesignation Act | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2016-05-12 | 2016-06-15 | Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 114-502. | Senate | Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] | NH | D | S001181 | 1 | Saint-Gaudens National Park for the Arts Redesignation Act This bill redesignates the Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site, in New Hampshire, as the "Saint-Gaudens National Park for the Arts." | 2023-01-11T13:32:54Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/2923 |
| 114-s-2886 | 114 | s | 2886 | A bill to reauthorize the Fisheries Restoration and Irrigation Mitigation Act of 2000. | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2016-04-28 | 2016-04-28 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2560; text of measure as introduced: CR S2560) | Senate | Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] | OR | D | W000779 | 1 | This bill reauthorizes the Fisheries Restoration and Irrigation Mitigation Act through FY2024 to fund the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in carrying out projects in the Pacific Northwest. Projects under the Act are designed to: (1) decrease fish mortality associated with the withdrawal of water for irrigation and other purposes without impairing the continued withdrawal of water, and (2) decrease the incidence of juvenile and adult fish entering water supply systems. | 2023-01-11T13:33:06Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/2886 |
| 114-s-2892 | 114 | s | 2892 | Timber Innovation Act of 2016 | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2016-04-28 | 2016-04-28 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. | Senate | Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] | MI | D | S000770 | 15 | Timber Innovation Act of 2016 This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to establish a performance-driven research and development program to advance tall wood building construction in the United States. "Tall wood building" means a building designed to be over 85 feet high and constructed with large panelized wood construction (mass timber), including cross-laminated timber, nail laminated timber, glue laminated timber, laminated strand lumber, and laminated veneer lumber. USDA shall for FY2017-FY2021 carry out an annual competition for a tall wood building design in accordance with the requirements for prize competitions carried out under the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980. In carrying out a wood innovation grant program, USDA may make a wood innovation grant to one or more specified eligible entities in order to accelerate the adoption of emerging technologies in the development of innovative wood products for tall wood building construction. USDA shall carry out a program of education and technical assistance for mass timber applications. USDA shall collaborate and partner with one or more nonfederal entities, including governments of other countries, to: enhance tall wood building commercialization of the United States, develop technical assistance related to tall wood building commercialization, and carry out the program. | 2023-01-11T13:33:06Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/2892 |
| 114-s-2839 | 114 | s | 2839 | A bill to amend the Gullah/Geechee Cultural Heritage Act to extend the authorization for the Gullah/Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor Commission. | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2016-04-21 | 2016-09-06 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 604. | Senate | Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC] | SC | R | G000359 | 0 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) (Sec. 1) This bill amends the Gullah/Geechee Cultural Heritage Act to extend the authorization for the Gullah/Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor Commission through October 12, 2021. | 2023-01-11T13:33:08Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/2839 |
| 114-s-2807 | 114 | s | 2807 | Preserving Public Access to Public Waters Act | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2016-04-18 | 2016-06-15 | Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 114-502. | Senate | Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA] | LA | R | C001075 | 1 | Preserving Public Access to Public Waters Act This bill directs the Department of the Interior to obtain approval from the relevant fish and wildlife management agency of a state or territory before restricting fishing access to state or territorial marine waters that are within the jurisdiction of the National Park Service, including coastal waters and estuaries. | 2023-01-11T13:31:25Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/2807 |
| 114-s-2805 | 114 | s | 2805 | A bill to modify the boundary of Voyageurs National Park in the State of Minnesota, and for other purposes. | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2016-04-14 | 2016-09-06 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 603. | Senate | Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] | MN | D | F000457 | 1 | (Sec. 1) This bill modifies the boundaries of Voyageurs National Park in Minnesota. The bill transfers to the National Park Service of the Department of the Interior administrative jurisdiction over: any land managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) within the boundaries of the park, and any additional public land identified by the BLM as appropriate for transfer within the boundaries of the park. Any land located within or adjacent to the boundaries of the park that is owned by Minnesota (or a political subdivision) may be acquired by Interior through donation or exchange only. Upon completion of any such acquisition from Minnesota, Interior shall revise the park's boundaries to reflect the acquisition. | 2023-01-11T13:31:25Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/2805 |
| 114-s-2705 | 114 | s | 2705 | Coral Reef Sustainability Through Innovation Act of 2016 | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2016-03-17 | 2016-03-17 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | Senate | Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] | HI | D | H001042 | 5 | Coral Reef Sustainability Through Innovation Act of 2016 This bill amends the Coral Reef Conservation Act to authorize the 12 federal agencies on the U.S. Coral Reef Task Force, which includes the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, to carry out, either individually or cooperatively, prize competitions that promote coral reef research and conservation. The prize competitions should be designed to help the United States achieve its goal of developing new and effective ways to advance the understanding, monitoring, and sustainability of coral reef ecosystems. Priority is given to establish programs that address communities, environments, or industries that are in distress due to the decline or degradation of coral reef ecosystems. | 2023-01-11T13:31:44Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/2705 |
| 114-s-2706 | 114 | s | 2706 | Recreation Not Red-Tape Act | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2016-03-17 | 2016-03-17 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1594) | Senate | Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] | OR | D | W000779 | 0 | Recreation Not Red-Tape Act This bill amends the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act to require the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the Forest Service to adopt a consistent and uniform special recreation permitting process with respect to outfitters and guides. The Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture (USDA) shall sell National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Passes entrance and recreation fees through federal websites. Interior and USDA should: work with the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs to ensure that veterans have access to outdoor programs, and increase programs focused on improving education about and access to outdoor recreation opportunities on public lands for individuals age 55 or older. Interior and USDA shall make available, free of charge, a certain quantity of America the Beautiful passes for use by specified schools or their students and their families. Interior and USDA shall study the overall impact that recreation on federal recreational land and water has on the U.S. economy and labor market. The Forest Service, BLM, and National Park Service may develop respective management plans for extending the recreation season or increasing recreation use during the offseason. The Forest Service and BLM shall include metrics on recreation use in specified evaluations of lands under their jurisdictions. The Army Corps of Engineers, the Bureau of Reclamation, and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission shall consider how land and water management decisions can enhance recreation opportunities and the recreation economy. The bill amends the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 to prescribe requirements for deposit, administration, and distribution of revenues collected from rental charges for certain ski area permits issued on National Forest System lands. The bill establishes: (1) a National Recreation Area System, (2) a private sector volunteer enhancement program, and (3) a priority trail maintenance program. … | 2023-01-11T13:31:44Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/2706 |
| 114-s-2731 | 114 | s | 2731 | Cape Cod National Seashore Land Exchange Act | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2016-03-17 | 2016-03-17 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. | Senate | Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] | MA | D | M000133 | 0 | Cape Cod National Seashore Land Exchange Act This bill directs the Department of the Interior, through the National Park Service, to convey 1.09 acres of federal land within the Cape Cod National Seashore in Massachusetts to the owner of 1.02 acres of non-federal land within the Seashore, if the owner conveys the non-federal acres to Interior, subject to acceptable title. The land acquired by Interior shall be administered as part of the Cape Cod National Seashore. | 2023-01-11T13:31:43Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/2731 |
| 114-s-2690 | 114 | s | 2690 | Modernizing the Pittman-Robertson Fund for Tomorrow's Needs Act of 2016 | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2016-03-16 | 2016-03-16 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID] | ID | R | R000584 | 6 | Modernizing the Pittman-Robertson Fund for Tomorrow's Needs Act of 2016 This bill amends the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to make it one of the purposes of the Act to extend financial and technical assistance to the states for the promotion of hunting and recreational shooting. The bill also prescribes a formula for the allocation of funds apportioned to a state that may be used for any activity or project to recruit or retain hunters and recreational shooters. Amounts apportioned to the states from any taxes on pistols, revolvers, bows, and arrows may be used for hunter recruitment and recreational shooter recruitment. The funds apportioned to a state for wildlife restoration management may be used for related public relations. If a state has not used all of the tax revenues apportioned to it for firearm and bow hunter education and safety program grants, it may use its remaining apportioned funds for the enhancement of hunter recruitment and recreational shooter recruitment. Up to $5 million of the revenues covered into wildlife restoration fund in the Treasury from any tax imposed for a fiscal year on the sale of certain bows, arrows, and archery equipment shall be available to the Department of the Interior exclusively for making hunter recruitment and recreational shooter recruitment grants that promote a national hunting and shooting sport recruitment program, including related communication and outreach activities. | 2023-01-11T13:31:44Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/2690 |
| 114-s-2681 | 114 | s | 2681 | San Juan County Settlement Implementation Act of 2016 | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2016-03-15 | 2016-09-22 | Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-509. | Senate | Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] | NM | D | H001046 | 1 | San Juan County Settlement Implementation Act of 2016 This bill authorizes the Department of the Interior to retire any coal preference right lease application for which it has made an affirmative commercial quantities determination by: issuing bidding rights in exchange for relinquishment of the application, and making a payment to the relevant state of 50% of the dollar amount of any bidding right subsequently used in lieu of any monetary bonus in a coal lease sale or of rental or royalty under a federal coal lease. Interior shall make such payments from amounts that would otherwise be deposited in the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts under the Mineral Leasing Act. The bill declares such bidding rights fully transferable to any other person. The bill cancels specified land selections made by the Navajo Nation pursuant to the Navajo-Hopi Land Settlement Act of 1974. Subject to specified exclusions, the Navajo Nation may make new land selections to replace those canceled. The bill designates approximately 7,242 acres of land as the Ah-shi-sle-pah Wilderness and incorporates approximately 2,250 acres of specified federal land into the Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness. | 2023-01-11T13:31:44Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/2681 |
| 114-s-2667 | 114 | s | 2667 | Gulf States Protection and Restoration Coordination Act | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2016-03-10 | 2016-03-10 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | Senate | Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] | MS | R | W000437 | 0 | Gulf States Protection and Restoration Coordination Act This bill amends the Coastal Zone Management Act to designate the Gulf of Mexico Alliance (GOMA) as a regional coordination entity of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The regional coordination would strengthen collaboration efforts among federal, state, local, and private participants in the five Gulf states (Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas) to restore and protect the Gulf of Mexico ecosystem. The designation authorizes the GOMA to: unify the efforts of participants to efficiently restore and protect the ecosystem, provide grants to implement specific action plans that meet coordination goals, improve water quality in the ecosystem, publish information about living coastal and marine resources in the ecosystem, develop public outreach programs that foster stewardship of the ecosystem, and serve as the liaison to the Mexican members of the Gulf of Mexico States Accord and Mexican counterparts. Any grants issued by the GOMA for ecosystem research can be used to: monitor and develop strategies that address water quality needs, investigate the effects of natural and human-induced changes, restore and sustain living coastal and marine resources, restore and conserve key habitats, or eliminate contamination problems. In addition, the GOMA is required to submit to NOAA an annual report that describes the goals, objectives, and benefits of any efforts undertaken to strengthen cooperation among participants in restoring and protecting the Gulf of Mexico ecosystem. Furthermore, NOAA is required to submit to Congress an assessment, every three years, on the effectiveness of the GOMA's ability to coordinate regional restoration and protection efforts in the ecosystem. | 2023-01-11T13:31:45Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/2667 |
| 114-s-2652 | 114 | s | 2652 | A bill to extend the authorization of the Highlands Conservation Act. | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2016-03-08 | 2016-03-08 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. | Senate | Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] | NY | D | G000555 | 2 | This bill amends the Highlands Conservation Act to reauthorize through FY2021: (1) land conservation partnership projects in the highlands regions of Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania; and (2) Forest Service and Department of Agriculture programs to assist states, units of local government, and private forest and farm landowners in the conservation of land and natural resources in that region. | 2023-01-11T13:31:45Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/2652 |
| 114-s-2654 | 114 | s | 2654 | Crab Emergency Disaster Assistance Act of 2016 | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2016-03-08 | 2016-03-08 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations. | Senate | Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] | CA | D | B000711 | 0 | Crab Emergency Disaster Assistance Act of 2016 This bill appropriates funds to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to provide disaster relief funds to the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission. These funds will assist fisherman and small businesses, including restaurants, which have suffered economic hardship due to the shutdown of the commercial Dungeness and rock crab season on the U.S. West Coast. These funds become available when the Department of Commerce makes a determination declaring a commercial fishery failure or fishery disaster for either the Dungeness crab fishery or the rock crab fishery. Dungeness and rock crab fisheries on the West Coast may contain dangerous levels of domoic acid, a neurotoxin produced by harmful algal blooms that can cause shellfish poisoning. The bill appropriates funds to NOAA for the sampling and monitoring of domoic acid found in the fisheries. In addition, NOAA must distribute grants for research on harmful algal blooms and domoic acid toxicity. | 2023-01-11T13:31:45Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/2654 |
| 114-s-2622 | 114 | s | 2622 | Fort Ontario Study Act | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2016-03-03 | 2016-03-03 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. | Senate | Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] | NY | D | G000555 | 1 | Fort Ontario Study Act This bill directs the Department of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of Fort Ontario in Oswego, New York, which was used as a military installation during the French and Indian War, the Revolutionary War, and the War of 1812. Interior shall: (1) evaluate the site's national significance, and (2) determine the suitability and feasibility of designating it as a unit of the National Park System. | 2023-01-11T13:31:46Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/2622 |
| 114-s-2627 | 114 | s | 2627 | Mojave National Preserve Boundary Adjustment Act of 2016 | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2016-03-03 | 2016-06-15 | Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 114-502. | Senate | Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV] | NV | R | H001041 | 1 | Mojave National Preserve Boundary Adjustment Act of 2016 This bill directs the Department of the Interior to transfer administrative jurisdiction over 520 acres of federal land from the National Park Service to the Bureau of Land Management. Interior may acquire by donation up to four acres of land identified in the land protection plan of the Mojave National Preserve as suitable for acquisition to be used for mitigation for every one acre of land removed from the Preserve. The acquired land shall become part of the Preserve. Interior shall permit cattle grazing on the acquired land according to National Park Service laws and policies. | 2023-01-11T13:31:46Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/2627 |
| 114-s-2628 | 114 | s | 2628 | National Emergency Medical Services Commemorative Work Act | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2016-03-03 | 2016-03-17 | Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 114-496. | Senate | Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] | DE | D | C001088 | 4 | National Emergency Medical Services Commemorative Work Act This bill authorizes the National Emergency Medical Services Memorial Foundation to establish a commemorative work on federal land in the District of Columbia and its environs to pay tribute to the commitment and service represented by emergency medical services. The Foundation shall: (1) be solely responsible for acceptance of contributions for, and payment of the expenses of, the establishment of the commemorative work; and (2) transmit excess funds received for such work to the Department of the Interior for deposit into a National Park Foundation account. | 2023-01-11T13:31:46Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/2628 |
| 114-s-2620 | 114 | s | 2620 | A bill to facilitate the addition of park administration at the Coltsville National Historical Park, and for other purposes. | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2016-03-02 | 2016-09-06 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 602. | Senate | Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] | CT | D | B001277 | 1 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) (Sec. 1) This bill amends the Carl Levin and Howard P. "Buck" McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 to revise a condition for establishment of the Coltsville National Historical Park in Connecticut to require the state, the city, or the private property owner, as appropriate, to enter into a written agreement with the Department of the Interior to donate at least 10,000 square feet of space in the Colt Armory Complex (currently referred to as the East Armory). | 2023-01-11T13:31:47Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/2620 |
| 114-s-2608 | 114 | s | 2608 | American Discovery Trail Act of 2016 | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2016-03-01 | 2016-09-06 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 601. | Senate | Sen. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL] | IL | R | K000360 | 1 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) American Discovery Trail Act of 2016 (Sec. 3) This bill authorizes the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture to place on federal land at points along the American Discovery Trail (from Cape Henlopen State Park, Delaware, to Point Reyes National Seashore, California) acceptable signage donated to the United States for that purpose. No federal funding may be used to acquire the signage authorized for placement by this bill. | 2023-01-11T13:31:47Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/2608 |
| 114-s-2568 | 114 | s | 2568 | California Desert Conservation, Off-Road Recreation, and Renewable Energy Act | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2016-02-23 | 2016-02-23 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S961-962) | Senate | Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] | CA | D | F000062 | 0 | California Desert Conservation, Off-Road Recreation, and Renewable Energy Act This bill designates specified lands in the California Desert Conservation Area or San Bernardino National Forest in California as wilderness areas. Specified wilderness study areas are released from further study. There is established the Vinagre Wash Special Management Area. Boundaries are revised for Death Valley National Park, Mojave National Preserve, and Joshua Tree National Park. The bill designates specified off-highway vehicle recreation areas within the Conservation Area in San Bernardino County, California. The Department of the Interior or the Department of Agriculture (USDA), as appropriate, shall complete a study to identify Bureau of Land Management (BLM) lands within the Conservation Area suitable for addition to: (1) the national off-highway vehicle recreation areas designated by this Act, or (2) the Johnson Valley Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation Area. There is established the Alabama Hills National Scenic Area in Inyo County, California. Specified federal land in California shall be taken into trust for the Lone Pine Paiute-Shoshone Tribe's reservation. The bill authorizes: a conveyance of specified federal land to Reginald Cook, a specified transfer of certain BLM land to Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, and a conveyance of specified BLM land to Imperial County Holtville Airport. Interior or USDA (as appropriate) shall: assess the impacts of climate change on the Conservation Area, and establish policies and procedures to ensure preservation of wildlife corridors and facilitate species migration likely to occur due to climate change. Interior and USDA shall ensure that members of specified tribes have access to designated areas for traditional and cultural purposes. The bill releases federal reversionary interests in certain land in the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. The California Desert Protection Act of 1994 is amended to authorize the acquisition of land for the Joshua Tree N… | 2023-01-11T13:31:59Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/2568 |
| 114-s-2569 | 114 | s | 2569 | Great Lakes Fishery Research Authorization Act of 2016 | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2016-02-23 | 2016-02-23 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI] | MI | D | P000595 | 4 | Great Lakes Fishery Research Authorization Act of 2016 This bill authorizes the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to conduct critical monitoring, scientific assessments, and research in support of fisheries within the Great Lakes Basin between the United States and Canada. In support of the fisheries within the Great Lakes Basin, the USGS Great Lakes Science Center shall: (1) execute a comprehensive, multi-lake, freshwater fisheries science program; (2) work cooperatively with regional, state, tribal, and local governments; and (3) consult with interested groups, including academia and Canadian agencies. To protect and improve the Great Lakes, the USGS Great Lakes Science Center may provide: deep-water ecosystem research, fish behavior and habitat reports, fish population assessments, invasive species research, use of biological equipment and laboratory capabilities necessary to support fishery management decisions, and studies that assess impacts on Great Lakes Fishery resources. | 2023-01-11T13:31:59Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/2569 |
| 114-s-2524 | 114 | s | 2524 | Bolts Ditch Access and Use Act | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2016-02-09 | 2016-09-06 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 600. | Senate | Sen. Gardner, Cory [R-CO] | CO | R | G000562 | 1 | Bolts Ditch Access and Use Act (Sec. 2) This bill directs the Department of Agriculture to permit by special use authorization nonmotorized access and use of the Bolts Ditch headgate and the Bolts Ditch within the Holy Cross Wilderness in Colorado for the diversion of water and use, maintenance, and repair of the ditch and headgate by the town of Minturn, Colorado. | 2023-01-11T13:32:01Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/2524 |
| 114-s-2412 | 114 | s | 2412 | Tule Lake National Historic Site Establishment Act of 2015 | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2015-12-17 | 2016-09-06 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 599. | Senate | Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] | CA | D | B000711 | 1 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) Tule Lake National Historic Site Establishment Act of 2015 (Sec. 3) This bill establishes the Tule Lake National Historic Site in California as a unit of the National Park System in order to preserve, protect, and interpret the site of incarceration and segregation of U.S. citizens of Japanese descent and resident immigrants of Japanese citizenry at Tule Lake during World War II. The National Park Service (NPS) and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service shall enter into an agreement to allow the NPS to manage and interpret the resources of the portions of the site within the Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge. The resources of the Lava Beds National Monument may be used to administer the site. The Department of the Interior shall prepare a general management plan for the site. (Sec. 4) The boundaries of the World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument are revised to exclude from the monument the Tule Lake Unit, consisting of portions of the Tule Lake Segregation Center National Historic Landmark and Camp Tule Lake, and incorporate the excluded lands and interests into the site. Any funds available for the purposes of the excluded lands and interests shall become available for the purposes of the site. (Sec. 5) Such sums as are necessary may be used to carry out this bill. | 2023-01-11T13:32:21Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/2412 |
| 114-s-2421 | 114 | s | 2421 | A bill to provide for the conveyance of certain property to the Tanana Tribal Council located in Tanana, Alaska, and to the Bristol Bay Area Health Corporation located in Dillingham, Alaska, and for other purposes. | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2015-12-17 | 2016-09-27 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 650. | Senate | Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] | AK | R | M001153 | 1 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) (Sec. 1) This bill directs the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to convey to the Tanana Tribal Council in Tanana, Alaska, all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to certain property (including all land, improvements, and appurtenances) containing 11.25 acres, in the village of Tanana for use in connection with health and social services programs. The bill states that this conveyance by warranty deed shall supersede and render of no future effect any quitclaim deed to the property executed by HHS and the Council. This conveyance: (1) shall be made by warranty deed; and (2) shall not require any consideration from the Council for the property, impose any obligation, term, or condition on the Council, or allow for any U.S. reversionary interest in the property. The Council shall not be liable for soil, surface water, groundwater, or other contamination resulting from the disposal, release, or presence of environmental contamination (including oil or petroleum products, hazardous substances, hazardous materials, hazardous waste, pollutants, toxic substances, solid waste, or any other environmental contamination or hazard under any federal or Alaska law). HHS shall be accorded any easement or access to the conveyed property as may be necessary to satisfy any retained obligations and liability. HHS shall comply with requirements under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 respecting certain deeds for the transfer of U.S.-owned real property on which any hazardous substance was stored for one year or more, disposed of, or known to have been released. (Sec. 2) HHS shall convey to the Bristol Bay Area Health Corporation in Dillingham, Alaska, all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to certain property included in the Dental Annex Subdivision (including all land, improvements, and appurtenan… | 2023-01-11T13:32:20Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/2421 |
| 114-s-2383 | 114 | s | 2383 | Utah Test and Training Range Encroachment Prevention and Temporary Closure Act | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2015-12-10 | 2016-09-13 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 625. | Senate | Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] | UT | R | H000338 | 1 | Utah Test and Training Range Encroachment Prevention and Temporary Closure Act TITLE I--AUTHORIZATION FOR TEMPORARY CLOSURE OF CERTAIN PUBLIC LAND ADJACENT TO THE UTAH TEST AND TRAINING RANGE (Sec. 102) This bill directs the Departments of the Interior and the Air Force to enter into a memorandum of agreement to authorize the Air Force to impose limited closures of approximately 703,621 acres of specified public land administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in Utah for military operations and national security and public safety purposes. Within 180 days of enactment of this bill, Interior and the Air Force shall complete a draft of the memorandum of agreement. During the 30-day period beginning when the draft is completed, there shall be an opportunity for public comment on the draft, including an opportunity for the Utah Test and Training Range Community Resource Advisory Group established by this bill to comment on it. The memorandum of agreement shall allow Interior to continue management of the BLM land in accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 and applicable land use plans, while allowing for temporary closure of such land. Interior and the Air Force shall establish within the memorandum of agreement a framework for resolving any disagreement over the issuance of permits or rights-of-way on the BLM land. The bill states that the memorandum of agreement shall be for a term to be determined by Interior and the Air Force, not exceeding 25 years. The memorandum may be terminated earlier if the Air Force determines that temporary closure of the BLM land is no longer necessary to fulfill Utah Test and Training Range mission requirements. If corrective action is necessary on the BLM land as a result of an action of the Air Force, the Air Force shall: render the land safe for public use, and communicate the safety of the land to Interior when it is rendered safe for such use. Nothing in this title impacts grazing management on the BLM land. Interior shall continue managem… | 2023-01-11T13:32:22Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/2383 |
| 114-s-2386 | 114 | s | 2386 | Stonewall National Historic Site Establishment Act | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2015-12-10 | 2015-12-10 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. | Senate | Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] | NY | D | G000555 | 10 | Stonewall National Historic Site Establishment Act This bill establishes the Stonewall National Historic Site in New York as a unit of the National Park System. The boundary of the Historic Site shall be identical to that of the Stonewall National Historic Landmark. The Department of the Interior may enter into an agreement with New York City, New York, delineating the respective roles and responsibilities of the National Park Service and New York City in operating, maintaining, and interpreting the Historic Site. Interior shall prepare a general management plan for the Historic Site. | 2023-01-11T13:32:22Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/2386 |
| 114-s-2379 | 114 | s | 2379 | Udall Park Land Exchange Completion Act of 2015 | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2015-12-09 | 2016-04-21 | Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 114-500. | Senate | Sen. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ] | AZ | R | F000444 | 1 | Udall Park Land Exchange Completion Act of 2015 This bill directs the Department of the Interior to convey, without consideration, to the city of Tucson, Arizona, the reversionary interest of the United States in and to an approximately 172.8-acre parcel of land owned by the city for the purpose of unencumbering the title to such land to enable its economic development. | 2023-01-11T13:32:22Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/2379 |
| 114-s-2380 | 114 | s | 2380 | RPPA Commercial Recreation Concessions Pilot Program Act of 2015 | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2015-12-09 | 2016-09-22 | Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-509. | Senate | Sen. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ] | AZ | R | F000444 | 1 | RPPA Commercial Recreation Concessions Pilot Program Act of 2015 This bill amends the Recreation and Public Purposes Act to direct the Department of the Interior to establish a pilot program that authorizes commercial recreation concessions on land patented or leased under the Act. Interior shall enter into at least 10 agreements with parties to whom such land has been patented or leased for the establishment of these concessions. A party to such an agreement may enter into agreements with third parties to establish such concessions. | 2023-01-11T13:32:22Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/2380 |
| 114-s-2341 | 114 | s | 2341 | A bill to designate a portion of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as wilderness. | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2015-12-02 | 2015-12-02 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] | CO | D | B001267 | 36 | This bill amends the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966 to designate a specified portion of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System under the Wilderness Act. | 2023-01-11T13:32:23Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/2341 |
| 114-s-2309 | 114 | s | 2309 | African American Civil Rights Network Act of 2016 | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2015-11-19 | 2016-09-08 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 623. | Senate | Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] | OH | D | B000944 | 1 | African American Civil Rights Network Act of 2016 (Sec. 3) This bill requires the Department of the Interior to establish within the National Park Service (NPS) an African American Civil Rights Network that encompasses: (1) all NPS units and programs that relate to the African American civil rights movement during the period from 1939 through 1968; (2) other federal, state, local, and privately owned properties that relate to the African American civil rights movement and that are included in, or eligible for, the National Register of Historic Places; and (3) other governmental and nongovernmental facilities and programs of an educational, research, or interpretive nature that are directly related to such movement. In carrying out the network, Interior must: (1) review civil rights movement studies and reports that may already be underway or completed, such as the Civil Rights Framework Study; (2) produce and disseminate educational materials, such as handbooks, maps, interpretive guides, or electronic information; (3) provide technical assistance; and (4) adopt an official, uniform symbol or device for the network and issue regulations for the symbol's use. | 2023-01-11T13:32:33Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/2309 |
| 114-s-2318 | 114 | s | 2318 | A bill to reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund for 10 years, and for other purposes. | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2015-11-19 | 2015-11-19 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. | Senate | Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY] | WY | R | B001261 | 0 | This bill extends the authorization of appropriations for the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) through FY2025. Appropriations deposited into the LWCF shall be allocated in the ratio of 60% and 40% for state and federal purposes, respectively. | 2023-01-11T13:32:32Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/2318 |
| 114-s-2325 | 114 | s | 2325 | Digital Coast Act | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2015-11-19 | 2016-11-29 | Held at the desk. | Senate | Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] | WI | D | B001230 | 3 | Digital Coast Act (Sec.4)This bill requires the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to establish a constituent-driven Digital Coast program. (This program currently exists under NOAA to provide data, tools, and training that communities use to manage their coastal resources.) The program must: (1) provide an online resource that integrates geospatial data, decision-support tools, training, and best practices to address coastal management issues and needs, and to enhance resilient communities, ecosystem values, and coastal economic growth and development; and (2) provide for the documentation, dissemination, and archiving of the data. NOAA must focus on filling data needs and gaps for critical coastal management issues and support continued improvement in existing efforts to coordinate the acquisition and integration of key data sets needed for coastal management, and other purposes. NOAA may enter into financial agreements to carry out the program. NOAA may enter into contracts with private sector entities as may be necessary to collect, process, and provide remote sensing and other geospatial data and products. Additionally, NOAA may establish public tools that are capable of tracking ocean and Great Lakes economy data for each coastal state. | 2023-01-11T13:32:32Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/2325 |
| 114-s-2326 | 114 | s | 2326 | Billy Frank Jr. Tell Your Story Act | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2015-11-19 | 2015-11-19 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S8165) | Senate | Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] | WA | D | C000127 | 0 | Billy Frank Jr. Tell Your Story Act This bill redesignates the Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge in Washington state as the Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge. The bill also establishes, as a unit of the National Park System, the Medicine Creek Treaty National Memorial within the Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge to commemorate the location of the signing of the Medicine Creek Treaty of 1854 between the U.S. government and leaders of the Muckleshoot, Nisqually, Puyallup, and Squaxin Island Indian Tribes. The Department of the Interior must: (1) establish the boundaries of the Medicine Creek Treaty National Memorial and to provide for its administration and interpretation by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; and (2) coordinate with representatives of the Muckleshoot, Nisqually, Puyallup, and Squaxin Island Indian Tribes in providing for that interpretation. | 2023-01-11T13:32:32Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/2326 |
| 114-s-2286 | 114 | s | 2286 | Catastrophic Wildfire Prevention Act of 2015 | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2015-11-17 | 2015-11-17 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. | Senate | Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT] | UT | R | L000577 | 2 | Catastrophic Wildfire Prevention Act of 2015 Directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA), with respect to National Forest System lands, and the Department of the Interior, with respect to public lands, to implement authorized wildfire prevention projects in at-risk forests and on threatened and endangered species habitat in a manner that focuses on surface, ladder, and canopy fuels reduction activities. Requires projects carried out on threatened and endangered species habitat to: (1) provide enhanced protection from wildfire, including catastrophic wildfire, for the endangered species, threatened species, or their habitat; and (2) comply with applicable recovery plan guidelines. Requires projects carried out in at-risk forests to move the federal land from condition class II or III toward condition class I, as those classes were developed by the Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station in a specified general technical report. Permits use in a project of: (1) domestic livestock grazing to reduce surface fuel loads and to recover burned areas; and (2) timber harvesting and thinning to reduce ladder and canopy fuel loads for the prevention of wildfire, including catastrophic wildfires. Directs USDA and Interior to review public petitions for, and make determinations with respect to, the designation of federal lands as at-risk forests or as threatened and endangered species habitats. Requires notice in the Federal Register of proposed projects and final designated projects and permits public comment on projects as specified. Instructs USDA and Interior to prepare an environmental assessment for projects that include timber harvesting or grazing. Instructs USDA and Interior to research what impact any listing of a species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 would have on both forage and timber forest fuel loads. Requires endangered species recovery plans and critical habitat determinations to include a wildfire risk assessment analysis. | 2023-01-11T13:32:33Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/2286 |
| 114-s-2242 | 114 | s | 2242 | Save Oak Flat Act | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2015-11-05 | 2015-11-05 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. | Senate | Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] | VT | I | S000033 | 3 | Save Oak Flat Act This bill amends the Carl Levin and Howard P. "Buck" McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 to repeal the authorization and requirement for a land exchange between the Department of Agriculture and Resolution Copper Mining, LLC. under which 2,422 acres of Forest Service land located in Pinal County, Arizona, are to be exchanged for various parcels of land owned by Resolution Copper. | 2023-01-11T13:32:35Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/2242 |
| 114-s-2254 | 114 | s | 2254 | Hardrock Mining and Reclamation Act of 2015 | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2015-11-05 | 2015-11-05 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S7817-7818) | Senate | Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM] | NM | D | U000039 | 4 | Hardrock Mining and Reclamation Act of 2015 This bill prohibits the United States from issuing a patent for any mining claim, millsite, or tunnel site located unless a patent application meeting all applicable requirements was filed with the Department of the Interior by September 30, 1994. The holder of each unpatented mining claim, millsite, or tunnel site shall pay Interior a maintenance fee of $150 for each claim, millsite, or tunnel site, as well as a location fee of $50. Any claimholder failing to perform assessment work or fee a maintenance fee shall forfeit the claim, millsite, or tunnel site. Production of all locatable minerals from any mining claim shall be subject to a reasonable royalty established by Interior of between 2% and 5% of the gross income from mining for production of all locatable minerals, which may be reduced in certain circumstances. Interior shall establish a comprehensive inspection, collection, fiscal, and production accounting and auditing system The bill prescribes requirements for exploration permits and mining permits. Any mining operator shall provide Interior with specified financial assurances to ensure the completion of reclamation and the restoration of any land or water adversely affected by the mineral activities. The operator shall restore land and water subject to mineral activities carried out under a permit to a condition capable of supporting: the uses that the land and water was capable of supporting before surface disturbance by the operator; or other beneficial uses that conform to applicable land use plans. The Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 is amended to require Interior, for land under the Bureau of Land Management, and the Department of Agriculture, for National Forest System land, to review specified public lands, especially federal land in which mineral activities pose a reasonable likelihood of substantial adverse impacts on National Conservation System units, to inform decisions on withdrawal of land from mining operations. The bill esta… | 2023-01-11T13:32:35Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/2254 |
| 114-s-2257 | 114 | s | 2257 | National Park Service Centennial Act | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2015-11-05 | 2015-12-08 | Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-492. | Senate | Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] | WA | D | C000127 | 0 | National Park Service Centennial Act This bill establishes the National Park Centennial Challenge Fund in the Treasury to finance signature projects and programs to enhance the National Park System (NPS) as it approaches its centennial in 2016. There is also established in the Treasury a Public Lands Centennial Fund. The Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture shall jointly establish a program under which funds from the Centennial Fund are made available to federal land or water management agencies to support projects that: enhance visitor services and outdoor recreational opportunities, restore lands and waters, repair facilities or trails, or increase energy and water efficiency. National Park Foundation Endowment Act The National Park Foundation shall establish the Second Century Endowment for the National Park Service. The National Park Service Second Century Fund is established in the Treasury. Interior shall undertake a broad program of the highest quality interpretation and education. This bill makes permanent the Volunteers in the Parks Program. Interior may establish a Visitor Services Management Authority (VSMA) to administer commercial visitor services programs and activities of the NPS, including the award and administration of commercial visitor facilities and services management contracts pursuant to this Act. A VSMA revolving fund is established for expenses necessary for the management, improvement, enhancement, operation, construction, and maintenance of commercial visitor services and facilities and payment of possessory interest and leasehold surrender interest. | 2023-01-11T13:32:34Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/2257 |
| 114-s-2240 | 114 | s | 2240 | Federal Land Invasive Species Control, Prevention, and Management Act | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2015-11-04 | 2016-04-28 | Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 114-501. | Senate | Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY] | WY | R | B001261 | 6 | Federal Land Invasive Species Control, Prevention, and Management Act Directs the Department of the Interior (respecting federal land administered through the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Reclamation, National Park Service, or U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) and the Department of Agriculture (USDA) (respecting federal land administered through the U.S. Forest Service) to plan and carry out activities on land directly managed by the department concerned to control and manage invasive species in order to inhibit or reduce their populations and to effectuate restoration or reclamation efforts. Requires the department concerned to develop a strategic plan for the implementation of an invasive species program that endeavors to achieve an annual 5% net reduction of invasive species populations on land managed by that department. Requires each strategic plan to be developed: (1) in coordination with eligible states, their political subdivisions, and federally recognized Indian tribes; and (2) according to the priorities established by at least one governor of an eligible state in which an ecosystem affected by an invasive species is located. Requires the USDA and Interior to prioritize the use of the least costly option necessary to perform effectively, based on sound scientific data and other commonly used cost-effective benchmarks in an area. Requires projects and activities carried out under this Act to be coordinated with affected local governments according to certain criteria regarding the development and revision of land use plans under the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976. | 2023-01-11T13:32:35Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/2240 |
| 114-s-2223 | 114 | s | 2223 | Black Hills National Cemetery Boundary Expansion Act | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2015-10-29 | 2016-09-06 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 598. | Senate | Sen. Thune, John [R-SD] | SD | R | T000250 | 2 | Black Hills National Cemetery Boundary Expansion Act (Sec. 3) This bill transfers jurisdiction over approximately 200 acres of Bureau of Land Management land from the Department of the Interior to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for inclusion in the Black Hills National Cemetery, South Dakota. The VA shall reimburse Interior for reasonable transfer costs, including survey costs. The cemetery's boundary is modified to include such federal land. For the period such land is under the administrative jurisdiction of the VA, it shall be withdrawn from all forms of appropriation under the public land laws, including the mining laws, the mineral leasing laws, and the geothermal leasing laws. | 2023-01-11T13:32:35Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/2223 |
| 114-s-2189 | 114 | s | 2189 | Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act Reauthorization of 2015 | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2015-10-21 | 2015-10-21 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. | Senate | Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] | NM | D | H001046 | 9 | Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act Reauthorization of 2015 Amends the Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act (FLTFA) to reauthorize and make permanent the program for the completion of appraisals and satisfaction of other legal requirements for the sale or exchange of public land identified for disposal in approved land use plans under the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976. Makes the FLTFA inapplicable to land eligible for sale under specified public land laws. | 2023-01-11T13:29:31Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/2189 |
| 114-s-2165 | 114 | s | 2165 | A bill to amend title 54, United States Code, to permanently authorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund. | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2015-10-08 | 2015-10-19 | Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 270. | Senate | Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] | WA | D | C000127 | 7 | Amends the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to make permanent the authorization for the Land and Water Conservation Fund. | 2018-06-02T07:11:00Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/2165 |
| 114-s-2169 | 114 | s | 2169 | A bill to amend title 54, United States Code, to extend the Land and Water Conservation Fund. | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2015-10-08 | 2015-10-19 | Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 271. | Senate | Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] | MT | D | T000464 | 6 | This bill extends the authorization for the Land and Water Conservation Fund through December 11, 2015. | 2018-06-02T07:11:02Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/2169 |
| 114-s-2177 | 114 | s | 2177 | Medgar Evers House Study Act | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2015-10-08 | 2016-09-06 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 597. | Senate | Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS] | MS | R | C000567 | 1 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) Medgar Evers House Study Act (Sec. 2) This bill directs the Department of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of the home of the late civil rights activist Medgar Evers, which is located at 2332 Margaret Walker Alexander Drive in Jackson, Mississippi. Interior shall: (1) evaluate the national significance of the site, and (2) determine the suitability and feasibility of designating it as a unit of the National Park System. | 2023-01-11T13:29:31Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/2177 |
| 114-s-2164 | 114 | s | 2164 | A bill to extend the secure rural schools and community self-determination program and to make permanent the payment in lieu of taxes program and the land and water conservation fund. | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2015-10-07 | 2015-10-07 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. | Senate | Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] | OR | D | W000779 | 0 | This bill extends the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Program through FY2025 at FY2011 funding levels. This Program provides payments to state jurisdictions to compensate for the cost of providing services in tax-exempt federal lands within such jurisdictions. Payments under such Act for FY2016 and each fiscal year thereafter shall be exempt from direct spending reductions under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. The bill eliminates the fiscal year limitation on funding for the Payments in Lieu of Taxes Program. This Program compensates local governments for tax revenue lost due to tax-exempt federal lands within their boundaries. The bill amends the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act to make permanent the authorization for the Land and and Water Conservation Fund. Amounts in such Funds remain available for expenditure to carry out such Act without further appropriation or fiscal year limitation. Not less than 1.5% the annual authorized funding amount under such Act shall be made available for projects that secure recreational public access to existing federal public land for hunting, fishing, and other recreational purposes. | 2023-01-11T13:29:32Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/2164 |
| 114-s-2101 | 114 | s | 2101 | A bill to amend title 54, United States Code, to extend the Land and Water Conservation Fund. | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2015-09-29 | 2015-09-29 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. | Senate | Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC] | NC | R | B001135 | 9 | This bill extends funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund through November 30, 2015. | 2023-01-11T13:29:44Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/2101 |
| 114-s-2087 | 114 | s | 2087 | Fort Scott National Historic Site Boundary Modification Act | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2015-09-28 | 2016-09-06 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 596. | Senate | Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS] | KS | R | M000934 | 0 | Fort Scott National Historic Site Boundary Modification Act (Sec. 2) This bill allows the Department of the Interior to acquire by purchase with appropriated funds or by donation (as under current law) the lands and interests in land, together with buildings and improvements, known as Fort Scott in the city of Fort Scott in Bourbon County, Kansas. The proviso that the buildings so acquired shall not include the structure known as "Lunette Blair" is repealed (thereby allowing its acquisition). The boundary of the Fort Scott National Historic Site in Kansas shall be modified accordingly. | 2023-01-11T13:29:44Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/2087 |
| 114-s-2069 | 114 | s | 2069 | Mount Hood Cooper Spur Land Exchange Clarification Act | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2015-09-22 | 2015-12-16 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 336. | Senate | Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] | OR | D | W000779 | 1 | Mount Hood Cooper Spur Land Exchange Clarification Act (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to revise details of the Cooper Spur-Government Camp land exchange between the United States and Oregon. After the final appraised value of the federal and nonfederal lands is determined and approved by Department of Agriculture (USDA), the USDA shall not be required to reappraise or update such value for a period of up to three years, unless the condition of any of the lands is significantly and substantially altered by fire, windstorm, or other events. It is the intent of Congress that the land exchange be completed within one year of this Act's enactment. Conveyance conditions are revised regarding reservation of a conservation easement for the protection of an identified wetland, reservation of a nonexclusive trail easement, and equalization of values of the exchange properties. | 2023-01-11T13:29:45Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/2069 |
| 114-s-2047 | 114 | s | 2047 | Protecting Local Fishing Jobs and Communities Act of 2015 | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2015-09-17 | 2015-09-17 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | Senate | Sen. Ayotte, Kelly [R-NH] | NH | R | A000368 | 0 | New England Fishermen Preservation Act This bill prohibits the Department of Commerce from requiring sectors of the Northeast Multispecies Fishery to comply with the independent, third-party monitoring program, unless the program is fully funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The program monitors annual catch limits for fishing vessels in that sector. Currently, those sectors are required to develop and implement those programs, and are responsible for the program costs. | 2023-01-11T13:29:46Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/2047 |
| 114-s-2039 | 114 | s | 2039 | A bill to designate the mountain at the Devils Tower National Monument, Wyoming, as Devils Tower, and for other purposes. | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2015-09-16 | 2016-03-17 | Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 114-496. | Senate | Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY] | WY | R | E000285 | 1 | This bill declares that the mountain at the Devils Tower National Monument in Wyoming shall be known and designated as "Devils Tower." | 2023-01-11T13:29:46Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/2039 |
| 114-s-2031 | 114 | s | 2031 | American Soda Ash Competitiveness Act | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2015-09-15 | 2015-10-01 | Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 114-368. | Senate | Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY] | WY | R | B001261 | 19 | American Soda Ash Competitiveness Act Sets at 2%, for a five-year period, the royalty rate on the quantity or gross value of the output of sodium compounds and related products at the point of shipment to market from federal land. | 2023-01-11T13:29:46Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/2031 |
| 114-s-2024 | 114 | s | 2024 | Fort Frederica National Monument Boundary Expansion Act of 2015 | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2015-09-10 | 2015-09-10 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. | Senate | Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA] | GA | R | I000055 | 0 | Fort Frederica National Monument Boundary Expansion Act of 2015 Expands the boundary of the Fort Frederica National Monument on Saint Simon Island, Georgia. Increases the maximum number of acres that may be included in the monument from 250 to 525 acres. | 2023-01-11T13:29:46Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/2024 |
| 114-s-2025 | 114 | s | 2025 | National Oceans and Coastal Security Act | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2015-09-10 | 2015-09-10 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | Senate | Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] | RI | D | W000802 | 0 | National Oceans and Coastal Security Act This bill authorizes the Department of Commerce and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation to establish the National Oceans and Coastal Security Fund as a tax exempt fund for supporting programs and activities to protect, conserve, and restore ocean and coastal resources and coastal infrastructure. Donations from a foreign government may not be deposited into the fund. Commerce must prioritize projects that have non-federal partners sharing the project costs. According to a specified allocation formula, the Foundation must award a minimum percentage of funds as grants to eligible coastal states while awarding a lesser percentage of funds to entities including states, Indian tribes, regional bodies, associations, non-governmental organizations, and academic institutions. The bill amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to require the President to ensure that a certain percent of offshore energy revenues are deposited into the fund. | 2023-01-11T13:29:46Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/2025 |
| 114-s-2018 | 114 | s | 2018 | A bill to convey, without consideration, the reversionary interests of the United States in and to certain non-Federal land in Glennallen, Alaska. | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2015-09-09 | 2016-09-06 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 595. | Senate | Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] | AK | R | M001153 | 0 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) (Sec. 1) This bill directs the Department of the Interior to convey, without consideration, to SEND North in Anchorage, Alaska, the reversionary interests of the United States in and to a specified area of 210 acres located in the city of Glennallen and owned by SEND North for the purpose of unencumbering its title and enabling its economic development. | 2023-01-11T13:29:46Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/2018 |
| 114-s-2004 | 114 | s | 2004 | A bill to amend section 320301 of title 54, United States Code, to modify the authority of the President of the United States to declare national monuments, and for other purposes. | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2015-08-06 | 2015-08-06 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. | Senate | Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT] | UT | R | L000577 | 2 | This bill declares that any proclamation of a national monument or reservation of a parcel of land as part of a national monument shall expire three years after the proclamation or reservation unless specifically approved by: (1) a federal law enacted after the date of the proclamation or reservation; and (2) a state law, for each state where the land involved is located, that is enacted after such date. | 2023-01-11T13:29:56Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/2004 |
| 114-s-1941 | 114 | s | 1941 | Crags, Colorado Land Exchange Act of 2015 | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2015-08-05 | 2015-12-16 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 333. | Senate | Sen. Gardner, Cory [R-CO] | CO | R | G000562 | 1 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) Crags, Colorado Land Exchange Act of 2015 (Sec. 4) This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA), if the Broadmoor Hotel, Inc., (BHI) offers to convey to the USDA 320 acres of specified nonfederal land in the Pike National Forest in Teller County, Colorado, and a permanent trail easement for the Barr Trail in El Paso County, Colorado, to accept the offer and convey to BHI 83 acres of specified federal land within the Forest, together with a non-exclusive perpetual access easement for BHI to and from such land on Forest Service Road 371. The nonexclusive perpetual access easement granted to BHI shall allow: (1) BHI to fully maintain, at its own expense, and use Forest Service Road 371 from its junction with Forest Service Road 368 in accordance with historic BHI use and maintenance patterns; and (2) full and continued public and administrative access and use of FSR 371 in accordance with the existing Forest Service travel management plan, or as it may be revised by USDA. (Sec. 5) The USDA shall determine the values of the lands to be exchanged through appraisals following specified requirements. The values shall be equal, or if they are not equal, equalized as prescribed by this Act. The appraised value of the federal land parcel shall not reflect any increase or diminution in value due to the existing special use permit to BHI on the parcel and its improvements. The Barr Trail easement donation shall not be appraised for purposes of this Act. (Sec. 6) The lands acquired by the USDA under this Act shall, without further USDA action, be permanently withdrawn from all forms of appropriation and disposal under the public land laws (including the mining and mineral leasing laws) and the Geothermal Steam Act of 1930, except to the extent necessary to permit the disposal of the federal land parcel to BHI. The land acquired by the USDA under this Act shall become part of the Pike… | 2023-01-11T13:29:58Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/1941 |
| 114-s-1942 | 114 | s | 1942 | Elkhorn Ranch and White River National Forest Conveyance Act of 2015 | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2015-08-05 | 2015-12-16 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 334. | Senate | Sen. Gardner, Cory [R-CO] | CO | R | G000562 | 1 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) Elkhorn Ranch and White River National Forest Conveyance Act of 2015 (Sec. 2) All interest of the United States in 148 acres of identified land shall be conveyed by patent to the Gordman-Leverich Partnership (GLP), a Colorado Limited Liability Partnership. The conveyance: (1) shall be subject to the valid existing rights of the lessee of federal oil and gas lease COC-75070 and any other valid existing rights, and (2) shall reserve to the United States the right to collect rent and royalty payments on such lease for its duration. The conveyance must: (1) be completed within 180 days after enactment of this Act; and (2) be without consideration, except that all costs incurred by the Department of the Interior relating to any survey, platting, legal description, or other activities carried out to prepare and issue the patent shall be paid to Interior by GLP before conveyance of the land. | 2023-01-11T13:29:58Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/1942 |
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