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Fort Frederica National Monument Boundary Expansion Act [S.89]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Recreation ]
Expands the boundary of the Fort Frederica National Monument on St. Simons Island, Georgia, and increases the maximum number of acres that may be included in the monument from 250 to 305 acres.
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Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park Boundary Revision Act [S.88]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Environmental ]
[Recreation ]
Redesignates the Ocmulgee National Monument in Georgia as the Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park. The boundary of the park is adjusted to include 2,100 acres of land. The Department of the Interior may acquire lands and interests within the boundaries of the park by donation, purchase, or exchange, but not by condemnation. Interior shall conduct a special resource study of the Ocmulgee River corridor between the cities of Macon, Georgia, and Hawkinsville, Georgia, to evaluate the national significance of the study area, and determine the suitability
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Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park Boundary Adjustment Act [S.87]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
Modifies the boundary of the Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park in Georgia to include approximately eight acres of land or interests in land identified as Wallis House and Harriston Hill.
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California Desert Protection and Recreation Act of 2019 [S.67]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Energy ]
[Water ]
[Recreation ]
[Native American Affairs ]
[Environmental ]
[Climate Change ]
Provides for conservation, additional recreational opportunities, and renewable energy development in the California Desert Conservation Area. Specifically, the bill, among other things establishes or designates wilderness areas, a special management area, off-highway vehicle recreation areas, and a national scenic area; releases specified wilderness study areas; adjusts national park and preserve boundaries; and specifies land withdrawals, transfers, and conveyances. Specified federal land shall be taken into trust for the Lone Pine Paiute-Shoshone
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Yellowstone Gateway Protection Act [S.60]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Mining ]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
Withdraws specified National Forest System land in the Custer Gallatin National Forest in Park County, Montana, identified on the map titled "Emigrant Crevice Proposed Withdrawal Area," dated November 10, 2016, from (1) location, entry, and patent under mining laws; and (2) disposition under all laws pertaining to mineral and geothermal leasing. Any land within the withdrawal area that is acquired by the federal government after enactment of this bill must be immediately withdrawn in accordance with this bill.
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Arapaho National Forest Boundary Adjustment Act of 2019 [S.59]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Agriculture ]
Adjusts the boundary of the Arapaho National Forest in Colorado to incorporate approximately 92.95 acres of land described as lots 3, 4, 8, and 9. A lot may be included in the boundary's adjustment only after the Department of Agriculture (USDA) has obtained written consent for its inclusion from the owner of the lot. USDA shall include all federal land within the boundary in the Bowen Gulch Protection Area.
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Udall Park Land Exchange Completion Act [S.55]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Real Estate ]
[Community Development ]
[Economic Development ]
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.
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La Paz County Land Conveyance Act of 2019 [S.54]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Mining ]
[Environmental ]
[Recreation ]
Directs the Department of the Interior, after receiving a request from La Paz County, Arizona, to convey to the county 5,935 acres of specified federal land. Interior shall exclude from such conveyance any federal land that contains significant cultural, environmental, wildlife, or recreational resources. The federal land is withdrawn from the operation of U.S. mining and mineral leasing laws.
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Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians Restoration Act of 2019 [S.51]
[Native American Affairs ]
Extends federal recognition to the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Montana. 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. The tribe must submit a membership roll to the Department of the Interior as a condition of receiving recognition,
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Cottonwood Land Exchange Act of 2019 [S.48]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Agriculture ]
Directs the Department of Agriculture, upon request by Yavapai County, Arizona, to convey to the county 80 acres of land within Coconino National Forest in exchange for 369 acres of county land.
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John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act [S.47]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Environmental ]
[Recreation ]
[Energy ]
[Science ]
[Funding ]
[Water ]
[Mining ]
[Education ]
[Climate Change ]
Sets forth provisions regarding various programs, projects, activities, and studies for the management and conservation of natural resources on federal lands. Specifically, the bill addresses, among other matters land conveyances, exchanges, acquisitions, withdrawals, and transfers; national parks, monuments, memorials, wilderness areas, wild and scenic rivers, historic and heritage sites, and other conservation and recreation areas; wildlife conservation; helium extraction; small miner waivers of claim maintenance fees; wildland fire operations;
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Lake Fannin Recreation Area Conveyance Act [S.43]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Recreation ]
Directs the Forest Service, upon request by Fannin County in Texas, to convey approximately 2,025 acres of National Forest System land to the county.
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Crags, Colorado Land Exchange Act [S.36]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Real Estate ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Agriculture ]
Directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA), if the Broadmoor Hotel, Inc. (BHI) offers to convey to 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 the BHI 83 acres of specified federal land within the forest, together with a nonexclusive perpetual access easement for the BHI to and from such land on Forest Service Road (FSR) 371. The nonexclusive perpetual access easement granted to
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A bill to update the map of, and modify the maximum acreage available for inclusion in, the Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument. [S.33]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
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.
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Mill Springs Battlefield National Monument Act [S.32]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Military ]
[Arts and Culture ]
[Recreation ]
[Veterans ]
Establishes the Mill Springs Battlefield National Monument in Kentucky as a unit of the National Park System to preserve and interpret the nationally significant historic resources of the Mill Springs Battlefield and its role in the Civil War.
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To clarify certain land descriptions under the Northern Arizona Land Exchange and Verde River Basin Partnership Act of 2005. [HB-1091]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Real Estate ]
Revises requirements governing a land exchange in Arizona between the Forest Service and the Yavapai Ranch. Specifically, the bill expands the meaning of federal land to include 25 acres within the Kaibab National Forest at the Gila and Salt River Meridian in Coconino County, Arizona. Therefore, the Forest Service must convey those acres to Yavapai Ranch.
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Santa Ana River Wash Plan Land Exchange Act [HB-1067]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Water ]
[Real Estate ]
Directs the Department of the Interior to conduct a land exchange upon request by the San Bernadino Valley Water Conservation District in California. Specifically, Interior must (1) convey to the district in 327 acres of identified federal land administered by the Bureau of Land Management and any portion of an identified federal parcel necessary to equalize the values of the lands exchanged, and (2) accept in exchange 310 acres of district land and any portion of an identified nonfederal parcel necessary to equalize the values of the lands exchanged.
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Fort Scott National Historic Site Boundary Modification Act [HB-1061]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
Allows the Department of the Interior to acquire by purchase 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 is modified accordingly.
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ANTIQUITIES Act America’s Natural Treasures of Immeasurable Quality Unite, Inspire, and Together Improve the Economies of States Act [HB-1050]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Environmental ]
[Recreation ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Community Development ]
[Economic Development ]
[Science ]
Provides for the administration of certain National Monuments and the designation of certain lands in New Mexico and Nevada as wilderness. directs the National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Forest Service, and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to administer each specified national monument in accordance with (1) the one or more presidential proclamations that apply to the monument, (2) any Act of Congress enacted before December 4, 2017, that provides for an adjustment to the boundary
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Pala Band of Mission Indians Land Transfer Act of 2020 [HB-1031]
[Native American Affairs ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Gaming ]
[Real Estate ]
Directs the Department of the Interior to take approximately 700 acres of land in San Diego County, California, into trust for the benefit of the Pala Band of Mission Indians, if the tribe transfers title to that land to the United States. The land is made part of the Pala Indian Reservation. The bill generally prohibits gaming on any of the land taken into trust.