Land Transfers
US Congress 116th Congress
Acadia National Park Boundary Clarification Act [HB-459]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Environmental ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Community Development ]
[Water ]
[Recreation ]
Declares that the boundary of Acadia National Park in Maine is confirmed to include approximately 1,441 acres of land and interests in the Schoodic Peninsula. The bill ratifies and approves the acquisition by the United States of such land and interests, effective as of September 26, 2013; and any alteration of such land or interests held or claimed by the United State that occurred after such date. The Department of the Interior may make certain technical and limited revisions to the permanent boundaries of the park. Interior shall reestablish
(continued...)
Spread the world
Gettr US Congress 116th Congress
Eastern Band of Cherokee Historic Lands Reacquisition Act [HB-453]
[Native American Affairs ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Gaming ]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Arts and Culture ]
[Recreation ]
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 specifies the structures that may be constructed with the TVA's consent
(continued...)
Spread the world
US Congress 116th Congress
Eminent Domain Just Compensation Act [HB-440]
[Real Estate ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[National Security ]
[Immigration ]
States that when the government seeks to obtain land or land rights essential to control or guard a U.S. land border, it may not take such land or land rights until a final judgment has been issued in a condemnation proceeding initiated under judicial process. The bill also transfers the authority to obtain such land rights from the Department of Justice to the Department of Homeland Security.
Spread the world
US Congress 116th Congress
Emancipation National Historic Trail Study Act [HB-434]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Recreation ]
[Tourism ]
Requires the Emancipation National Historic Trail, which extends approximately 51 miles and follows the migration route taken by newly freed slaves and other persons of African descent from Galveston, Texas, to Houston, Texas, to be studied for designation as a national scenic trail.
Spread the world
US Congress 116th Congress
Contra Costa Canal Transfer Act [HB-432]
[Water ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Infrastructure ]
Provides for the conveyance of the Contra Costa Canal and the Rock Slough fish screen facility from the Department of the Interior to the Contra Costa Water District in California.
Spread the world
US Congress 116th Congress
Yellowstone Gateway Protection Act [HB-426]
[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.
Spread the world
US Congress 116th Congress
Confirming State Land Grants for Education Act [HB-418]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Education ]
Allows the state of Utah, subject to valid existing rights, to select certain lands under the administrative jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) of the Department of the Interior that are identified as available for disposal by land exchange in the Record of Decision for the Pony Express Resource Management Plan and Rangeland Program Summary for Utah County in fulfillment of certain land grants made to Utah upon being admitted as a state to further the purposes of the State of Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration,
(continued...)
Spread the world
US Congress 116th Congress
Confirming State Land Grants for Education Act [HB-418]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Education ]
Allows the state of Utah, subject to valid existing rights, to select certain lands under the administrative jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) of the Department of the Interior that are identified as available for disposal by land exchange in the Record of Decision for the Pony Express Resource Management Plan and Rangeland Program Summary for Utah County in fulfillment of certain land grants made to Utah upon being admitted as a state to further the purposes of the State of Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration,
(continued...)
Spread the world
US Congress 116th Congress
Clear Creek National Recreation Area and Conservation Act [HB-403]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Environmental ]
[Recreation ]
[Animals ]
[Water ]
[Energy ]
[Mining ]
Establishes the Clear Creek National Recreation Area in California to promote environmentally responsible off-highway vehicle recreation and support other public recreational uses, including hunting, hiking, and rock and gem collecting. The Department of the Interior shall (1) use the 2006 Clear Creek Management Area Travel Management Plan, as modified by this bill or by Interior, to incorporate natural resource protection information unavailable in 2006 as the basis for an interim management plan to govern off-highway vehicle recreation in the
(continued...)
Spread the world
US Congress 116th Congress
Flagstaff Federal Reversion Relief Act [HB-402]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Real Estate ]
Removes any reversionary interest retained by the United States pursuant to the Act of July 27, 1866, in a specified parcel of land in Flagstaff, Arizona, that is owned by Win Oil Company, Inc.
Spread the world
US Congress 116th Congress
Lowell Observatory Conveyance Act [HB-401]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Science ]
Directs the Forest Service, if the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, requests the conveyance of a certain parcel of land in Coconino National Forest that was originally conveyed by the United States to Percival Lowell and his heirs for observatory purposes, to convey all interest of the United States in such land to the observatory.
Spread the world
US Congress 116th Congress
Crags, Colorado Land Exchange Act of 2019 [HB-387]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Real Estate ]
[Environmental ]
[Recreation ]
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 non-exclusive perpetual access easement for the BHI to and from such land on Forest Service Road (FSR) 371. The nonexclusive perpetual access easement granted
(continued...)
Spread the world
US Congress 116th Congress
To update the map of, and modify the maximum acreage available for inclusion in, the Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument. [HB-386]
[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.
Spread the world
US Congress 116th Congress
To provide for the conveyance of the Custer County Airport, and for other purposes. [HB-382]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Infrastructure ]
Directs the Forest Service to convey specified National Forest System acreage to Custer County in South Dakota if the county offers to acquire the land for its market value.
Spread the world
US Congress 116th Congress
California Desert Protection and Recreation Act of 2019 [HB-376]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Energy ]
[Water ]
[Recreation ]
[Native American Affairs ]
[Environmental ]
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
(continued...)
Spread the world
US Congress 116th Congress
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-375]
[Native American Affairs ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
Applies the Indian Reorganization Act 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 could not take land into trust for a specified tribe because that tribe had not been under federal jurisdiction when the Indian Reorganization Act was enacted.
Spread the world
US Congress 116th Congress
Lake Fannin Conveyance Act [HB-343]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Real Estate ]
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.
Spread the world
US Congress 116th Congress
Tulare Youth Recreation and Women’s History Enhancement Act [HB-340]
[Recreation ]
[Community Development ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Real Estate ]
Declares that, in order to promote recreational opportunities for youth and commemorate women's history in the city of Tulare, California, the United States authorizes the conveyance of, and relinquishes its reversionary interest in, specified Tulare Railroad Proposed Parcels that were retained as a right-of-way for the construction of a railroad and telegraph to the Pacific coast in 1866. The relinquishment of the U.S. reversionary interest shall be effective when Union Pacific Railroad conveys the parcels to the city of Tulare.
Spread the world
US Congress 116th Congress
Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians Land Affirmation Act of 2019 [HB-317]
[Native American Affairs ]
[Gaming ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
Ratifies and confirms the actions of the Department of the Interior to take approximately 1,427 acres of land in Santa Barbara County, California, into trust for the benefit of the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians. The bill also ratifies the actions of Interior to assume jurisdiction over the appeals relating to the acquisition of this land, and dismiss those appeals. The land is made part of the Santa Ynez Indian Reservation. The bill removes restrictions on the land pursuant to certain state laws. Under the bill, gaming is prohibited on this
(continued...)
Spread the world
US Congress 116th Congress
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to carry out a land exchange involving lands within the boundaries of the Cape Cod National Seashore, and for other purposes. [HB-313]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Real Estate ]
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.