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Black Hills National Cemetery Boundary Expansion Act [HB-337]
[Veterans ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Environmental ]
[Mining ]
Black Hills National Cemetery Boundary Expansion Act (Sec. 2) This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to: (1) complete environmental, cultural resource, and other due diligence activities on certain public land to confirm its suitability for inclusion in the Black Hills National Cemetery, South Dakota; and (2) notify the Department of the Interior of such activities. After completion of such activities and upon receipt by Interior of written confirmation of suitability from the VA, the land shall: (1) be withdrawn from all forms
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kristi Noem
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. on 02/07/2017
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Community Parks Revitalization Act [HB-343]
[Community Development ]
[Recreation ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Housing ]
[Children and Youth ]
Community Parks Revitalization Act This bill requires the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to carry out a community revitalization program of federal grants to eligible local governments located within standard metropolitan statistical areas for various park and recreation purposes, including grants for rehabilitation and construction, innovation and recreation programming, and recovery action programs. HUD may designate local governments not located in standard metropolitan statistical areas to receive such grants under a partial
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Sponsored by: Rep. Albio Sires
Referred To The Subcommittee On Federal Lands. on 02/10/2017
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California Desert Protection and Recreation Act of 2018 [S.32]
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[Energy ]
[Water ]
[Native American Affairs ]
[Recreation ]
California Desert Protection and Recreation Act of 2018 This bill amends the California Desert Protection Act of 1994 to, among other things: establish or designate wilderness areas, a special management area, off-highway vehicle recreation areas, and a national scenic area; release specified wilderness study areas; adjust national park and preserve boundaries; and specify land withdrawals and conveyances.Specified federal land shall be taken into trust for the Lone Pine Paiute-Shoshone Tribe. Lands and interests in land, including improvements,
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Sponsored by: Sen. Dianne Feinstein
Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. Reported By Senator Murkowski With An Amendment In The Nature Of A Substitute. With Written Report No. 115-421. on 12/06/2018
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Alaska Oil and Gas Production Act [S.49]
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[Environmental ]
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[Mining ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Alaska Oil and Gas Production Act This bill authorizes the exploration, leasing, development, production, and transportation of oil and gas to and from the Coastal Plain of Alaska. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) must establish a competitive oil and gas leasing program for oil and gas exploration, development, and production on the Coastal Plain. The bill amends the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act to repeal the prohibition against production of oil and gas from the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The BLM may not close land within
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Sponsored by: Sen. Dan Sullivan
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. (sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure: Cr S115-116) on 01/05/2017
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Black Hills National Cemetery Boundary Expansion Act [S.35]
[Veterans ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Environmental ]
[Mining ]
[Energy ]
[Real Estate ]
[National Security ]
Black Hills National Cemetery Boundary Expansion Act (Sec. 3) This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to: (1) complete environmental, cultural resource, and other due diligence activities on certain federal land to confirm its suitability for inclusion in the Black Hills National Cemetery, South Dakota; and (2) notify, and coordinate with, the Department of the Interior regarding such activities. After completion of such activities and upon receipt by Interior of written confirmation of suitability from the VA, the land shall:
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Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Enzi
Became Public Law No: 115-175. on 05/25/2018
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Southwestern Oregon Watershed and Salmon Protection Act [HB-310]
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[Mining ]
[Water ]
[Energy ]
Southwestern Oregon Watershed and Salmon Protection Act This bill withdraws specified federal land in Curry and Josephine Counties in Oregon from: (1) entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws; (2) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws, and (3) operation under the mineral leasing and geothermal leasing laws. The bill amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to revise the segment designations for the Chetco River in Oregon. The federal land within the boundaries of such segments of the Chetco River is withdrawn from: (1)
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Sponsored by: Rep. Peter DeFazio
Referred To The Subcommittee On Energy And Mineral Resources. on 02/10/2017
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Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians Restoration Act of 2017 [S.39]
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Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians Restoration Act of 2017 (Sec. 4) This bill extends federal recognition to the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Montana. (Sec. 5) The bill makes the tribe and its members eligible for services and benefits provided to federally recognized tribes and their members, without regard to the existence of a reservation or the location of the residence of any member. The service area of the tribe is considered to be the area comprised of Blaine, Cascade, Glacier, and Hill Counties, Montana. (Sec. 7) The tribe
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Sponsored by: Sen. Steve Daines
Committee On Indian Affairs. Reported By Senator Hoeven Without Amendment. With Written Report No. 115-75. on 05/22/2017
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Ukpeagvik Inupiat Corporation Gravel Exchange Amendment Act [HB-348]
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[Mining ]
Ukpeagvik Inupiat Corporation Gravel Exchange Amendment Act This bill amends the Barrow Gas Field Transfer Act of 1984 with respect to the conveyance to the Ukpeagvik Inupiat Corporation (UIC) of all right, title, and interest held by the United States to sand and gravel underlying the surface estate owned by UIC in the Barrow gas fields and Walakpa gas discovery site. This conveyance shall include all U.S. right, title, and interest to specified sand and gravel deposits underlying the surface estate owned by UIC that are contiguous to the Barrow
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Sponsored by: Rep. Don Young
Referred To The Subcommittee On Energy And Mineral Resources. on 02/10/2017
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States' Medical Marijuana Property Rights Protection Act [HB-331]
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[Healthcare ]
[Real Estate ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Property Tax ]
[Public Safety ]
States' Medical Marijuana Property Rights Protection Act This bill amends the Controlled Substances Act to exempt real property from civil forfeiture due to medical marijuana-related conduct that is authorized by state law.
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations. on 01/31/2017
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To amend the Act of June 18, 1934, to reaffirm the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to take land into trust for Indian tribes, and for other purposes. [HB-130]
[Native American Affairs ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
To amend the Act of June 18, 1934, to reaffirm the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to take land into trust for Indian tribes, and for other purposes. This bill amends the Indian Reorganization Act to make it applicable to all federally recognized Indian tribes, regardless of when a tribe became recognized. The amendments made by this bill are retroactively effective as if included in the Indian Reorganization Act. (This effectively overrules the Supreme Court's decision in Carcieri v. Salazar, which held that the Department of the Interior
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Indian, Insular And Alaska Native Affairs. on 02/10/2017
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Adopting rules for the One Hundred Fifteenth Congress. [HR-5]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Ethics ]
[Human Rights ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Social Security ]
Adopting rules for the One Hundred Fifteenth Congress. Adopts the Rules of the House of Representatives for the 114th Congress as the Rules for the 115th Congress, with amendments. (Sec. 2) Directs the Sergeant-at-Arms to impose a fine against a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner for use of an electronic device for still photography or for audio or visual recording or broadcasting in contravention of clause 5 of Rule XVII and any applicable Speaker of the House of Representatives' announced policy on electronic devices. Prohibits a Member,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kevin McCarthy
Introduced In House on 01/03/2017
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King Cove Road Land Exchange Act [HB-218]
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[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Environmental ]
[Energy ]
[Construction ]
King Cove Road Land Exchange Act (Sec. 4) 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:
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Sponsored by: Rep. Don Young
The House Rose From The Committee Of The Whole House On The State Of The Union To Report H.r. 218. on 07/20/2017
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Swan Lake Hydroelectric Project Boundary Correction Act [HB-219]
[Energy ]
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[Water ]
Swan Lake Hydroelectric Project Boundary Correction Act (Sec. 2) This bill directs the Department of the Interior, after consulting with the U.S. Forest Service, to modify the boundary of the Swan Lake Hydroelectric Project (FERC No. 2911) in southeast Alaska and to convey any additional land necessary for the project to the State of Alaska.
Sponsored by: Rep. Gregorio Sablan
Became Public Law No: 115-200. (txt | Pdf) on 07/20/2018
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To remove reversionary clauses on property owned by the municipality of Anchorage, Alaska. [HB-213]
[Real Estate ]
[Community Development ]
[Economic Development ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
To remove reversionary clauses on property owned by the municipality of Anchorage, Alaska. 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.
Sponsored by: Rep. Don Young
Referred To The Subcommittee On Federal Lands. on 02/10/2017
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Canyon Village Land Conveyance Act [HB-231]
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[Native American Affairs ]
Canyon Village Land Conveyance Act This bill amends the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to require the Department of the Interior to convey to Kian Tr'ee Corporation, an Alaska Native village corporation, for the Native village of Canyon Village, the surface estate of up to 6,400 acres of public land selected by the corporation. Interior must convey an equal acreage of subsurface estate to Doyon Limited, an Alaska Native regional corporation.
Sponsored by: Rep. Don Young
Subcommittee Hearings Held. on 02/06/2018
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American Indian Empowerment Act of 2017 [HB-215]
[Native American Affairs ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
American Indian Empowerment Act of 2017 This bill requires the Department of the Interior, upon the request of an Indian tribe, to transfer land held in trust for the tribe to the tribe as restricted fee tribal land. (Restricted fee tribal land is land that is owned by a tribe and has restrictions against alienation and taxation.) Tribes may lease, or grant an easement or right-of-way on, restricted fee land for any period of time without Interior's review and approval. Tribal laws that establish a system of land tenure governing the use of restricted
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Sponsored by: Rep. Don Young
Subcommittee Hearings Held. on 10/25/2017
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Eastern Band of Cherokee Historic Lands Reacquisition Act [HB-146]
[Native American Affairs ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Gaming ]
[Recreation ]
[Arts and Culture ]
[Energy ]
[Water ]
Eastern Band of Cherokee Historic Lands Reacquisition Act This bill takes specified lands and easements in Monroe County, Tennessee, into trust for the use and benefit of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. These lands include the Sequoyah Museum, the Chota Memorial, the Tanasi Memorial, and land to provide support for these properties and cultural programs. The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) maintains its right to carry out river control and development on these lands, including temporarily and intermittently flooding certain lands. The bill
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Sponsored by: Rep. David Roe
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Indian Affairs. on 04/17/2018
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To reaffirm the trust status of land taken into trust by the United States pursuant to the Act of June 18, 1934, for the benefit of an Indian tribe that was federally recognized on the date that the land was taken into trust, and for other purposes. [HB-131]
[Native American Affairs ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
To reaffirm the trust status of land taken into trust by the United States pursuant to the Act of June 18, 1934, for the benefit of an Indian tribe that was federally recognized on the date that the land was taken into trust, and for other purposes. This bill reaffirms the trust status of land taken into trust by the United States pursuant to the Indian Reorganization Act before the enactment of this bill for the benefit of an Indian tribe that was federally recognized when the land was taken into trust. Department of the Interior actions to take
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Indian, Insular And Alaska Native Affairs. on 02/10/2017
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Arbuckle Project Maintenance Complex and District Office Conveyance Act of 2017 [HB-132]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Water ]
Arbuckle Project Maintenance Complex and District Office Conveyance Act of 2017 (Sec. 2) This bill directs the Department of the Interior to convey to the Arbuckle Master Conservancy District in Murray County, Oklahoma, all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the Maintenance Complex and District Office of the Arbuckle Project. The bill shields the federal government from being held liable by any court for damages arising out of any act, omission, or occurrence related to the complex and office, except for damages caused by
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Sponsored by: Rep. Tom Cole
Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 656. on 11/15/2018
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American Energy Independence and Job Creation Act [HB-49]
[Energy ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Environmental ]
[Climate Change ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
American Energy Independence and Job Creation Act This bill directs the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to implement a competitive leasing program for the exploration, development, and production of the oil and gas resources on the Coastal Plain, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), Alaska. The bill amends the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act of 1980 to repeal the prohibition against leasing or other development leading to production of oil and gas from ANWR. The bill requires BLM to conduct its first lease sale within 22 months.
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Sponsored by: Rep. Don Young
Referred To The Subcommittee On Energy. on 04/25/2017