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Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Reauthorization Act of 2015 [S.710]
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Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Reauthorization Act of 2015 (Sec. 2) Requires an Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to be the head of the HUD Office of Native American Programs. TITLE I--BLOCK GRANTS AND GRANT REQUIREMENTS (Sec. 101) Amends the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (NAHASDA) to require any income realized by a recipient from an affordable and self-determined housing assistance grant to: (1) be considered nonprogram income, and (2) have no restrictions
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Local Taxpayer Relief Act [S.658]
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Local Taxpayer Relief Act Amends the Impact Aid Improvement Act of 2012 to make permanent amendments that Act made to the Impact Aid program (which compensates local educational agencies [LEAs] for the financial burden of federal activities affecting their school districts) that: require the valuation of the federal property located within the boundaries of an LEA by calculating the valuation, for property tax purposes, of all property within the LEA's boundaries and then multiplying that value by the proportion of that property that is federal
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New Mexico Navajo Water Settlement Technical Corrections Act [S.501]
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New Mexico Navajo Water Settlement Technical Corrections Act (Sec. 2) Amends the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to expand the current authorization for the construction or rehabilitation and operation and maintenance of conjunctive use wells in the San Juan River Basin, Little Colorado River Basin, and Rio Grande Basin in New Mexico to include the planning and design of those wells. Revises the percentages of funds authorized for the Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project, conjunctive use wells, and San Juan River Irrigation Projects that
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Authorizing Alaska Production Act [S.494]
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Authorizing Alaska Production Act Authorizes the exploration, leasing, development, production, and economically feasible and prudent transportation of oil and gas in and from the Coastal Plain of Alaska. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish a competitive oil and gas leasing program for oil and gas exploration, development, and production on the Coastal Plain. Amends the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act to repeal the prohibition against production of oil and gas from the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. States that,
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Douglas County Conservation Act of 2015 [S.472]
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Douglas County Conservation Act of 2015 Directs the Forest Service to convey approximately 67 acres of certain Forest Service land (Lake Tahoe-Nevada State Park) to the state of Nevada to be used for the conservation of wildlife or natural resources or for a public park. Directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to make publicly available a prospectus to solicit one or more concessionaires for the approximately 125 acres of land identified as the Round Hill Pines Resort and the approximately 448 acres of land identified as the Zephyr Shoals.
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Thomasina E. Jordan Indian Tribes of Virginia Federal Recognition Act of 2015 [S.465]
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Thomasina E. Jordan Indian Tribes of Virginia Federal Recognition Act of 2015 TITLE I--CHICKAHOMINY INDIAN TRIBE (Sec. 103) Extends federal recognition to the Chickahominy Tribe. Makes the tribe and its members eligible for all services and benefits provided by the federal government to federally recognized Indian tribes, without regard to the existence of a reservation for the tribe. Establishes the service area of the tribe. (Sec. 104) Sets forth requirements for the tribe regarding its membership roll, governing documents, and governing body.
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IRRIGATE Act Irrigation Rehabilitation and Renovation for Indian Tribal Governments and Their Economies Act [S.438]
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IRRIGATE Act Irrigation Rehabilitation and Renovation for Indian Tribal Governments and Their Economies Act TITLE I--INDIAN IRRIGATION FUND (Sec. 101) This bill establishes the Indian Irrigation Fund (Fund), from which the Department of the Interior may make expenditures to carry out this Act. (Sec. 102) The Department of the Treasury may deposit into such Fund for each of FY2016-FY2037 specified amounts of revenues that would otherwise be deposited in the reclamation fund. Interior may expend such amounts as provided in advance in appropriations
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California Desert Conservation and Recreation Act of 2015 [S.414]
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California Desert Conservation and Recreation Act of 2015 Amends the California Desert Protection Act of 1994 to, among other things: (1) establish or designate national monuments, wilderness areas, a special management area, off-highway vehicle recreation areas, a national scenic area, and an area of critical environmental concern; (2) release specified wilderness study areas; (3) adjust national park and preserve boundaries; and (4) specify land withdrawals, exchanges, and acquisitions. Directs that specified federal land be taken into trust for
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Natural Gas Gathering Enhancement Act [S.411]
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Natural Gas Gathering Enhancement Act Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to grant a right of way for natural gas pipelines through a unit of the National Park System for a maximum term of 30 years, and a maximum width of 50 feet. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to permit the use of rights of way for natural gas pipelines through public lands, forest, and other reservations of the United States, and specified national parks in California. Defines "gas gathering line and associated field compression unit" as: (1) a pipeline installed
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Indian Trust Asset Reform Act [S.383]
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Indian Trust Asset Reform Act TITLE I--RECOGNITION OF TRUST RESPONSIBILITY (Sec. 102) This bill reaffirms the federal government's fiduciary responsibilities to Indians. TITLE II--INDIAN TRUST ASSET MANAGEMENT DEMONSTRATION PROJECT Indian Trust Asset Management Demonstration Project Act of 2015 (Sec. 203) The Department of the Interior must establish an Indian trust asset management demonstration project that allows tribes to propose Indian trust asset management plans. To be approved by Interior, these plans must establish objectives and priorities
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Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians Restoration Act of 2015 [S.35]
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Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians Restoration Act of 2015 (Sec. 4) Extends federal recognition to the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Montana. (Sec. 5) Makes the Tribe and each member eligible for all services and benefits provided by the United States to Indians and federally recognized Indian tribes, without regard to the existence of a reservation for the Tribe or the location of the residence of any member on or near an Indian reservation. Considers the federal service area of the Tribe to be the area comprised of Blaine, Cascade,
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Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act of 2016 [S.3273]
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Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act of 2016
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American Energy and Conservation Act of 2016 [S.3110]
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American Energy and Conservation Act of 2016
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Emergency Wildfire and Forest Management Act of 2016 [S.3085]
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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
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Fairness, Accountability, and Certainty for Taxpayers in Coal Leasing Act [S.3079]
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Fairness, Accountability, and Certainty for Taxpayers in Coal Leasing Act
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Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 [S.3068]
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Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 Provides FY2017 appropriations for the Department of the Interior, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and related agencies. TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Provides appropriations to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for: Management of Lands and Resources; Land Acquisition; Oregon and California Grant Lands; Range Improvements; Service Charges, Deposits, and Forfeitures; and Miscellaneous Trust Funds. Prohibits appropriations provided by this bill
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Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act [S.3022]
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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,
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Tribal Forestry Participation and Protection Act of 2016 [S.3014]
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Tribal Forestry Participation and Protection Act of 2016
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Salish and Kootenai Water Rights Settlement Act of 2016 [S.3013]
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Salish and Kootenai Water Rights Settlement Act of 2016
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Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act of 2016 [S.3004]
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Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act of 2016