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Construction Authorization and Choice Improvement Act [HB-2496]
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Construction Authorization and Choice Improvement Act (Sec. 2) This bill authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to carry out the replacement of the existing VA Medical Center in Denver, Colorado, in FY2015 in an amount not to exceed $900 million. (Sec. 3) The 40-mile distance requirement for a veteran to use a non-VA medical facility under the veterans choice program of the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 shall be construed to allow a veteran to access a non-VA medical facility if: the veteran resides more than
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Sponsored by: Rep. Mike Coffman
Passed Senate Without Amendment By Voice Vote. (consideration: Cr S3289-3290) on 05/22/2015
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Crags, Colorado Land Exchange Act of 2015 [HB-2223]
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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.
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Sponsored by: Rep. Jared Polis
Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 341. on 12/16/2015
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Sage-Grouse Protection and Conservation Act [HB-1997]
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Sage-Grouse Protection and Conservation Act This bill addresses the management of the greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) and the Gunnison sage-grouse (Centrocercus minimus) in California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. If the Department of Agriculture (USDA) or the Department of the Interior receives, or has already received, from one of those states a statewide conservation and management plan for the protection and recovery of those sage-grouse species, the appropriate
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Sponsored by: Rep. Dan Newhouse
Introduced In House on 04/23/2015
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VA Construction, Accountability, and Reform Act [HB-1681]
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VA Construction, Accountability, and Reform Act This bill authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to carry out the major medical facility project to replace the VA Medical Center in Denver, Colorado (Aurora Project). The Secretary may not pay any bonus during FY2015-FY2016. If the Aurora Project is not completed by September 30, 2016, the Secretary may not pay any bonus until the date on which the Secretary certifies to Congress that such Project is fully operational. The aggregate amount of subsequent fiscal year bonuses is capped through
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Sponsored by: Rep. Jared Polis
Referred To The Subcommittee On Oversight And Investigations. on 04/07/2015
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Elkhorn Ranch and White River National Forest Conveyance Act of 2015 [HB-1554]
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Elkhorn Ranch and White River National Forest Conveyance Act of 2015 (Sec. 2) This bill requires 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) is 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
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Sponsored by: Rep. Jared Polis
Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 340. on 12/16/2015
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Arapaho National Forest Boundary Adjustment Act of 2015 [HB-1324]
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Arapaho National Forest Boundary Adjustment Act of 2015 (Sec. 2) This bill adjusts the boundary of the Arapaho National Forest in Colorado to incorporate approximately 92.95 acres of specified land. The Department of Agriculture shall include all federal land within such boundary in the Bowen Gulch Protection Area established under the Colorado Wilderness Act of 1993. The bill declares that nothing in this Act opens privately owned lands within the boundary to public motorized use or denies motorized access through boundary lands for owners of any
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Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Lieu
Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 339. on 12/16/2015
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A resolution commending the Seattle Seahawks for winning Super Bowl XLVIII and the 12th Man for their critical support. [SR-358]
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Congratulates: (1) the Seattle Seahawks for winning Super Bowl XLVIII; and (2) the Denver Broncos and quarterback Peyton Manning on a historic season.
Sponsored by: Sen. Patty Murray
Submitted In The Senate, Considered, And Agreed To Without Amendment And With A Preamble By Unanimous Consent. (consideration: Cr S964; Text Of Measure As Introduced: Cr S958-959) on 02/12/2014
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Hermosa Creek Watershed Protection Act of 2014 [S.841]
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Hermosa Creek Watershed Protection Act of 2013 - Designates specified federal lands in San Juan National Forest in Colorado as: (1) the Hermosa Creek Watershed and Protection Area, and (2) the Hermosa Creek Special Management Area. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to develop a management plan for the long-term protection and management of the Special Management Area. Designates specified land within the Protection Area as the Hermosa Creek Wilderness. Directs the Secretary of the Interior, upon the expiration of a specified permit,
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Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Bennet
Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. Reported By Senator Landrieu With An Amendment In The Nature Of A Substitute. With Written Report No. 113-292. on 12/10/2014
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Radiation Exposure Compensation Act Amendments of 2013 [S.773]
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Radiation Exposure Compensation Act Amendments of 2013 - Amends the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act to extend the Radiation Exposure Compensation Trust Fund until 19 years after enactment of this Act. Prescribes additional periods of required presence in an affected area during atmospheric nuclear testing for individuals filing leukemia or specified disease claims. Increases the amount of compensation an individual filing a claim may receive to $150,000. Expands "affected area" to include Colorado, Idaho, Montana, and New Mexico, as well as
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Sponsored by: Sen. Tom Udall
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 04/18/2013
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Thompson Divide Withdrawal and Protection Act of 2013 [S.651]
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Thompson Divide Withdrawal and Protection Act of 2013 - Withdraws the Thompson Divide Withdrawal and Protection Area (the Thompson Divide) in Colorado from: (1) entry, appropriation, and disposal under the public land laws; (2) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and (3) operation of the mineral leasing, mineral materials, and geothermal leasing laws. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to provide a written notice to holders of valid existing mineral leases or other mineral interests within the Thompson Divide of the potential
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Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Bennet
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. on 03/22/2013
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Water Resources Development Act of 2013 [S.601]
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Water Resources Development Act of 2013
Sponsored by: Sen. Barbara Boxer
See Also H.r. 3080. on 10/31/2013
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Pike National Historic Trail Study Act of 2013 [S.524]
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Pike National Historic Trail Study Act of 2013 - Amends the National Trails System Act to require a study for the designation of Pike's Trail, a series of routes that follow the route taken by Lt. Zebulon Montgomery Pike during the 1806-1807 Pike expedition that began in Fort Bellefontaine, Missouri, and ended in Natchitoches, Louisiana, as a national historic trail.
Sponsored by: Sen. Claire McCaskill
Committee On Energy And Natural Resources Subcommittee On National Parks. Hearings Held. With Printed Hearing: S.hrg. 113-93. on 07/31/2013
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Sangre de Cristo National Historical Park Establishment Act [S.503]
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Sangre de Cristo National Historical Park Establishment Act - Establishes the Sangre de Cristo National Historical Park in Colorado as a unit of the National Park System. Requires the Park to be composed of cultural and historical sites and byways within the Sangre de Cristo Mountain Range-San Luis Valley region of southern Colorado. Directs the Secretary of the Interior, through the National Park Service (NPS), to study the feasibility of including additional cultural and historical sites in Huerfano and Las Animas Counties in the Park. Allows
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Sponsored by: Sen. Mark Udall
Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr S1271) on 03/07/2013
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San Juan Mountains Wilderness Act [S.341]
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San Juan Mountains Wilderness Act- (Sec. 3) Designates specified lands in the Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre, and Gunnison National Forests and specified land of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in Colorado as parts of the Lizard Head Wilderness and of the Mount Sneffels Wilderness in the National Wilderness Preservation System. Designates certain BLM land as the McKenna Peak Wilderness. (Sec. 4) Designates specified lands in such National Forests and San Juan National Forest as the Sheep Mountain Special Management Area (the Special Management Area).
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Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Bennet
Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. Reported By Senator Wyden With Amendments. With Written Report No. 113-99. on 09/10/2013
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W21 [S.2771]
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Water in the 21st Century Act or W21 - Establishes within the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) a WaterSense program to identify and promote water efficient products, buildings, landscapes, facilities, processes, and services. Requires the EPA to identify other voluntary approaches to encourage recycling and reuse technologies to improve water efficiency or lower water use and to implement those approaches, if appropriate. Establishes a State Residential Water Efficiency and Conservation Incentives Program to provide financial incentives for
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Sponsored by: Sen. Dianne Feinstein
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Environment And Public Works. on 07/31/2014
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Sage-Grouse Accountability and Private Conservation Act of 2014 [S.2575]
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Sage-Grouse Accountability and Private Conservation Act of 2014 - Directs the Department of the Interior to report on the status of the greater sage-grouse conservation efforts by December 15, 2014. Requires the report to include a description of: (1) public (federal and state) and private programs and expenditures, (2) existing state management plans as well as plans that have been announced but not yet implemented, and (3) plans by land management agencies. Authorizes the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to provide funding under its agricultural
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jon Tester
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Environment And Public Works. on 07/09/2014
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A bill to amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to modify the Pilot Project offices of the Federal Permit Streamlining Pilot Project. [S.244]
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Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to revise the list of Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Federal Permit Streamlining Pilot Project offices. Replaces the Miles City, Montana, field office with the Montana/Dakotas State Office, Montana (Billings).
Sponsored by: Sen. Heidi Heitkamp
Received In The House. on 06/20/2013
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Sage Grouse Protection and Conservation Act [S.2394]
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Sage Grouse Protection and Conservation Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) or the Secretary of the Interior to give effect to a statewide conservation and management plan for the protection and recovery of the greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) and the Gunnison sage-grouse (Centrocercus minimus) from either California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, or Wyoming. Requires the appropriate Secretary to: hold for at least 10 years actions to list the species as endangered
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Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Lee
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Environment And Public Works. on 05/22/2014
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Colorado News, Emergency, Weather, and Sports Act of 2014 [S.2375]
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[Media and Advertising ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Colorado News, Emergency, Weather, and Sports Act of 2014 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 and federal copyright law to allow cable operators or satellite carriers to offer certain Colorado-based television broadcast stations to eligible Colorado counties located in a New Mexico-based designated market area if the counties meet specified criteria according to U.S. television household estimates by Nielsen Media Research.
Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Bennet
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Commerce, Science, And Transportation. on 05/21/2014
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National Discovery Trails Act of 2014 [S.2346]
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National Discovery Trails Act of 2014 - Amends the National Trails System Act to establish national discovery trails which shall be extended, continuous interstate trails located so as to provide for outdoor recreation and travel and to connect representative examples of America's trails and communities. Authorizes the designation of such trails on federal lands and, with the consent of the owner, on non-federal lands. Designates as a national discovery trail the 6,000-mile American Discovery Trail which shall extend from Cape Henlopen State
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Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Cardin
Committee On Energy And Natural Resources Subcommittee On National Parks. Hearings Held. on 07/23/2014