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To remove the use restrictions on certain land transferred to Rockingham County, Virginia, and for other purposes. [HB-954]
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To remove the use restrictions on certain land transferred to Rockingham County, Virginia, and for other purposes. (Sec. 1) This bill declares that the approximately one-acre portion of specified land transferred by the United States to Rockingham County, Virginia, that is used for purposes of a child care center, shall not be subject to the use restriction imposed in the deed for the transferred land. The bill eliminates the requirement that the county include information concerning the use of the transferred land for a child care center in biennial
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Sponsored by: Rep. Bob Goodlatte
Became Public Law No: 115-116. on 01/12/2018
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Thomasina E. Jordan Indian Tribes of Virginia Federal Recognition Act of 2017 [HB-984]
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Thomasina E. Jordan Indian Tribes of Virginia Federal Recognition Act of 2017 TITLE I--CHICKAHOMINY INDIAN TRIBE (Sec. 103) This bill extends federal recognition to the Chickahominy Tribe. The tribe and its members are made eligible for the services and benefits provided by the federal government to federally recognized Indian tribes, without regard to the existence of a reservation for the tribe. The bill establishes the service area of the tribe. (Sec. 104) The bill sets forth requirements for the tribe regarding its membership roll, governing
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Sponsored by: Rep. Gerald Connolly
Became Public Law No: 115-121. (txt | Pdf) on 01/29/2018
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A bill to remove the use restrictions on certain land transferred to Rockingham County, Virginia, and for other purposes. [S.331]
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A bill to remove the use restrictions on certain land transferred to Rockingham County, Virginia, and for other purposes. (Sec. 1) This bill declares that the approximately one-acre portion of specified land transferred by the United States to Rockingham County, Virginia, that is used for purposes of a child care center, shall not be subject to the use restriction imposed in the deed for the transferred land. The bill eliminates the requirement that the county include information concerning the use of the transferred land for a child care center
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Sponsored by: Sen. Tim Kaine
Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. Reported By Senator Murkowski Without Amendment. With Written Report No. 115-39. on 05/03/2017
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Wasteful EPA Programs Elimination Act of 2017 [HB-958]
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Wasteful EPA Programs Elimination Act of 2017 This bill terminates all existing grant programs of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), its National Clean Diesel Campaign, and its environmental justice programs. The EPA may not establish new grant programs. Federal funds may not be used by the EPA: to implement any ozone standard promulgated after this bill's enactment date; to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from mobile sources, or from fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating units; for the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program; for the
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Sponsored by: Rep. Sam Johnson
Referred To The Subcommittee On Environment. on 04/25/2017
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California Off-Road Recreation and Conservation Act [HB-857]
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California Off-Road Recreation and Conservation Act This bill amends the California Desert Protection Act of 1994 to, among other things: establish or designate wilderness areas, 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, outside the boundary of Joshua
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Sponsored by: Rep. Pete Aguilar
Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 722. on 12/05/2018
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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.287]
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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. (Sec. 1) This bill 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.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cory Gardner
Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. Reported By Senator Murkowski Without Amendment. With Written Report No. 115-38. on 05/03/2017
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Arapaho National Forest Boundary Adjustment Act of 2017 [S.289]
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Arapaho National Forest Boundary Adjustment Act of 2017 (Sec. 2) This bill adjusts the boundary of the Arapaho National Forest in Colorado to incorporate approximately 92.95 acres of land. The Department of Agriculture shall include all federal land within the boundary in the Bowen Gulch Protection Area established under the Colorado Wilderness Act of 1993.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cory Gardner
Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. Reported By Senator Murkowski Without Amendment. With Written Report No. 115-54. on 05/09/2017
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To update the map of, and modify the maximum acreage available for inclusion in, the Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument. [HB-835]
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To update the map of, and modify the maximum acreage available for inclusion in, the Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument. This bill 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.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jared Polis
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. on 03/20/2018
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Imperial Valley Desert Conservation and Recreation Act [HB-827]
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Imperial Valley Desert Conservation and Recreation Act This bill directs the Department of the Interior to convey to the state of California approximately 934 acres of specified public lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in San Diego County, upon termination of all mining claims to such lands, to be managed in accordance with the provisions of the California Wilderness Act. On the submission of an application by Imperial County, California, the Department of Transportation shall seek a conveyance from Interior of approximately
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Sponsored by: Rep. Juan Vargas
Referred To The Subcommittee On Federal Lands. on 02/16/2017
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Elkhorn Ranch and White River National Forest Conveyance Act [S.286]
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Elkhorn Ranch and White River National Forest Conveyance Act (Sec. 2) This bill requires all interest of the United States in 148 acres of identified land to 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 conveyance
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Sponsored by: Sen. Cory Gardner
Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. Reported By Senator Murkowski Without Amendment. With Written Report No. 115-92. on 06/07/2017
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Crags, Colorado Land Exchange Act [S.280]
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Crags, Colorado Land Exchange Act (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 nonexclusive perpetual access easement for BHI to and from such land on Forest Service Road 371. The nonexclusive
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Sponsored by: Sen. Cory Gardner
Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. Reported By Senator Murkowski Without Amendment. With Written Report No. 115-45. on 05/09/2017
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A bill to provide for the correction of a survey of certain land in the State of Alaska. [S.267]
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A bill to provide for the correction of a survey of certain land in the State of Alaska. (Sec. 1) 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: Sen. Dan Sullivan
Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. Reported By Senator Murkowski Without Amendment. With Written Report No. 115-98. on 06/08/2017
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Target Practice and Marksmanship Training Support Act [HB-788]
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Target Practice and Marksmanship Training Support Act This bill amends the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to facilitate the construction and expansion of public target ranges by: (1) authorizing a state to pay up to 90% of the costs of acquiring land for, expanding, or constructing a public target range; (2) authorizing a state to elect to allocate 10% of a specified amount apportioned to it from the federal aid to wildlife restoration fund for those costs; (3) limiting the federal share of those costs under such Act to 90%; and (4)
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Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Reported By The Committee On Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-707, Part I. on 05/29/2018
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Tulare Youth Recreation and Women's History Enhancement Act [HB-805]
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Tulare Youth Recreation and Women's History Enhancement Act This bill 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
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Sponsored by: Rep. David Valadao
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. on 06/26/2018
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A bill to provide for the conveyance of certain property to the Tanana Tribal Council located in Tanana, Alaska, and to the Bristol Bay Area Health Corporation located in Dillingham, Alaska, and for other purposes. [S.269]
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A bill to provide for the conveyance of certain property to the Tanana Tribal Council located in Tanana, Alaska, and to the Bristol Bay Area Health Corporation located in Dillingham, Alaska, and for other purposes. (Sec. 1) This bill directs the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to convey to the Tanana Tribal Council in Tanana, Alaska, all interest of the United States in and to certain property (including all land, improvements, and appurtenances) containing 11.25 acres, in the village of Tanana for use in connection with health and
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Sponsored by: Sen. Dan Sullivan
Referred To The Subcommittee On Environment. on 03/30/2018
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Acadia National Park Boundary Clarification Act [S.257]
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Acadia National Park Boundary Clarification Act This bill confirms that the boundary of Acadia National Park in Maine includes 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 States that occurred after such date. The Department of the Interior may only acquire land or interests in land within or outside of the boundaries
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Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Collins
Committee On Energy And Natural Resources Subcommittee On National Parks. Hearings Held. on 07/19/2017
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Military Infrastructure Consolidation and Efficiency Act of 2017 [HB-753]
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Military Infrastructure Consolidation and Efficiency Act of 2017 This bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to: (1) develop a force structure plan (plan) for the Armed Forces based on a DOD assessment of threats to U.S. national security for FY2018-FY2038; (2) conduct a comprehensive inventory of military installations world-wide for each military department; and (3) submit a certification of whether the need exists for DOD to consolidate, close, or realign military installations (installation actions). DOD may begin a round for the selection
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Sponsored by: Rep. Jackie Speier
Referred To The Subcommittee On Readiness. on 02/21/2017
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Acadia National Park Boundary Clarification Act [HB-763]
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Acadia National Park Boundary Clarification Act This bill confirms that the boundary of Acadia National Park in Maine includes 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 Statethat occurred after such date. The Department of the Interior may only acquire land or interests in land within or outside of the boundaries
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Sponsored by: Rep. Chellie Pingree
Referred To The Subcommittee On Federal Lands. on 02/10/2017
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To prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from issuing oil and gas leases on portions of the Outer Continental Shelf located off the coast of New Jersey. [HB-728]
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To prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from issuing oil and gas leases on portions of the Outer Continental Shelf located off the coast of New Jersey. This bill prohibits the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management from issuing a lease, permit, or license for oil exploration or extraction on submerged lands of the Outer Continental Shelf that are located within 125 miles off the coastline of New Jersey.
Sponsored by: Rep. Leonard Lance
Referred To The Subcommittee On Energy And Mineral Resources. on 02/10/2017
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Crags, Colorado Land Exchange Act of 2017 [HB-618]
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Crags, Colorado Land Exchange Act of 2017 (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
Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. Reported By Senator Murkowski Without Amendment. With Written Report No. 115-56. on 05/09/2017