Albuquerque Indian School Land Transfer Act [HB-1880]
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[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Real Estate ]
[Economic Development ]
[Education ]
[Gaming ]
[Healthcare ]
Albuquerque Indian School Land Transfer Act (Sec. 3) Directs the Department of the Interior to take into trust 4 tracts of federal land in New Mexico, the combined acreage of which is approximately 11.11 acres, that were historically part of the Albuquerque Indian School for the benefit of 19 specified pueblos immediately after the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 have been satisfied regarding the trust acquisition of such federal land. Requires the federal lands taken into trust to: be used for the educational, health,
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HB-1880: Albuquerque Indian School Land Transfer Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Ben Lujan
Reported By The Committee On Natural Resources. H. Rept. 114-271. on 09/30/2015
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 [HB-1735]
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[Cybersecurity ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Military ]
[National Security ]
[Aerospace ]
[Science ]
[Manufacturing ]
[Veterans ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Healthcare ]
[Small Business ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Education ]
[Public Health ]
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (Sec. 3) Defines "congressional defense committees" as the House and Senate Armed Services and Appropriations Committees. (Sec. 4) Specifies procedures for determining the budgetary effects of this bill for compliance with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go (PAYGO) Act of 2010. DIVISION A--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATIONS TITLE I--PROCUREMENT Subtitle A--Authorization of Appropriations (Sec. 101) Authorizes appropriations to the Department of Defense (DOD) for Procurement at the levels identified
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HB-1735: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016
Sponsored by: Rep. Adam Smith
Vetoed By President. on 10/22/2015
American Energy Renaissance Act of 2015 [HB-1487]
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[Environmental ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Trade ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Air Quality ]
[Water ]
[Mining ]
[Climate Change ]
[Manufacturing ]
[Economic Development ]
American Energy Renaissance Act of 2015 Amends the Natural Gas Act regarding natural gas exports to exclude from the expedited application and approval process any nation subject to sanctions or trade restrictions imposed by the United States. Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA) to repeal the authority of the President to restrict exports of coal, petroleum products, natural gas, or petrochemical feedstocks, and related materials or equipment. Amends the Mineral Leasing Act (MLA) to repeal limitations on oil exports. Amends the
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HB-1487: American Energy Renaissance Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Russell
Referred To The Subcommittee On Conservation And Forestry. on 04/08/2015
Arizona Borderlands Protection and Preservation Act [HB-1412]
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[National Security ]
[Agriculture ]
[Environmental ]
[Immigration ]
[Defense ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Arizona Borderlands Protection and Preservation Act This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Agriculture (USDA), and the Department of the Interior to provide U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) personnel with access to federal lands for security activities, including: (1) routine motorized patrols; and (2) deployment of communications, surveillance, and detection equipment. Interior and USDA may provide education and training to CBP personnel on the natural and cultural resources present on individual federal
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HB-1412: Arizona Borderlands Protection and Preservation Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Martha McSally
Referred To The Subcommittee On Border And Maritime Security. on 04/07/2015
New Mexico Navajo Water Settlement Technical Corrections Act [HB-1406]
[Water ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Native American Affairs ]
[Environmental ]
[Infrastructure ]
New Mexico Navajo Water Settlement Technical Corrections Act 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 may be
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HB-1406: New Mexico Navajo Water Settlement Technical Corrections Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Ben Lujan
Subcommittee Hearings Held. on 06/25/2015
Return of Certain Lands At Fort Wingate to The Original Inhabitants Act [HB-1028]
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[Military ]
[Environmental ]
[Defense ]
[Real Estate ]
Return of Certain Lands At Fort Wingate to The Original Inhabitants Act Requires all U.S. interest in and to specified lands of the former Fort Wingate Depot Activity in McKinley County, New Mexico (Activity), transferred to the Department of the Interior to be held in trust for: (1) the Zuni Tribe as part of the Zuni Reservation, unless the Tribe elects to have the parcel conveyed to it in restricted fee status; and (2) the Navajo Nation as part of the Navajo Reservation, unless the Navajo Nation elects to have the parcel conveyed to it in restricted
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HB-1028: Return of Certain Lands At Fort Wingate to The Original Inhabitants Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Don Young
Subcommittee Hearings Held. on 07/15/2015
Albuquerque, New Mexico, Federal Land Conveyance Act of 2013 [S.898]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Real Estate ]
[Education ]
Albuquerque, New Mexico, Federal Land Conveyance Act of 2013 - Directs the Administrator of General Services (GSA) to offer to convey to the Amy Biehl High School Foundation certain federal lands located in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Requires such conveyance to be in accordance with a fair market value appraisal that is acceptable to the Administrator. Makes the Foundation responsible for the costs related to such conveyance. Requires the conveyance to occur within three years of this Act's enactment.
S.898: Albuquerque, New Mexico, Federal Land Conveyance Act of 2013
Sponsored by: Sen. Tom Udall
Signed By President. on 11/26/2014
Columbine-Hondo Wilderness Act [S.776]
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[Real Estate ]
[Community Development ]
Columbine-Hondo Wilderness Act - Designates specified land in Carson National Forest in New Mexico, which shall be known as the Columbine-Hondo Wilderness, as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System. Releases any federal land within the Columbine-Hondo Wilderness Study Area administered by the Forest Service that is not designated as wilderness by this Act from further review for designation as wilderness. Modifies the boundary of the Wheeler Peak Wilderness in New Mexico as specified on the map entitled "Columbine-Hondo, Wheeler
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S.776: Columbine-Hondo Wilderness Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Tom Udall
Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. Reported By Senator Landrieu With An Amendment In The Nature Of A Substitute. With Written Report No. 113-291. on 12/10/2014
Radiation Exposure Compensation Act Amendments of 2013 [S.773]
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[Energy ]
[Mining ]
[Science ]
[Public Health ]
[Veterans ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
Radiation Exposure Compensation Act Amendments of 2013 - Amends the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act to extend the Radiation Exposure Compensation Trust Fund until 19 years after enactment of this Act. Prescribes additional periods of required presence in an affected area during atmospheric nuclear testing for individuals filing leukemia or specified disease claims. Increases the amount of compensation an individual filing a claim may receive to $150,000. Expands "affected area" to include Colorado, Idaho, Montana, and New Mexico, as well as
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S.773: Radiation Exposure Compensation Act Amendments of 2013
Sponsored by: Sen. Tom Udall
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 04/18/2013
A bill to provide for national security benefits for White Sands Missile Range and Fort Bliss. [S.753]
[Defense ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Energy ]
[Military ]
[National Security ]
Withdraws 5,100 acres of land near White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. Reserves the land for use by the Army for military purposes. Requires the Secretary of the Army to reimburse the Secretary of the Interior for any costs in implementing this Act with respect to this land. Withdraws 37,600 acres of land near Fort Bliss in Texas and New Mexico. Allows the issuance of oil and gas pipeline rights of way on part of this land. Revokes the withdrawal of 2,050 acres of land (part of Fillmore Canyon located in New Mexico) that was reserved for the
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S.753: A bill to provide for national security benefits for White Sands Missile Range and Fort Bliss.
Sponsored by: Sen. Tom Udall
Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. Reported By Senator Landrieu With An Amendment. With Written Report No. 113-159. on 05/14/2014
Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act [S.744]
[Immigration ]
[Finance ]
[National Security ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Human Rights ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Small Business ]
[Agriculture ]
[Education ]
[Veterans ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Human Services ]
[Healthcare ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Trade ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Public Safety ]
[Social Security ]
[Military ]
[International ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Crime ]
Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act - (Sec. 2) States that passage of this Act recognizes that the primary tenets of its success depend on securing U.S. sovereignty and establishing a coherent and just system for integrating those who seek to join American society. (Sec. 3) Prohibits the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) (Secretary) from processing applications for registered provisional immigrant status (RPI), as established by this Act, until the Secretary has submitted to Congress the notice of commencement
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S.744: Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff Flake
Committee On The Judiciary. Hearings Held. on 12/10/2014
Sandia Pueblo Settlement Technical Amendment Act [S.611]
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[Native American Affairs ]
[Environmental ]
[Agriculture ]
Sandia Pueblo Settlement Technical Amendment Act - Amends the T'uf Shur Bien Preservation Trust Area Act to require the Secretary of Agriculture (Secretary), at the request of the Sandia Pueblo of New Mexico and the Secretary of the Interior, to transfer certain National Forest land to the Secretary of the Interior to be held in trust for the Pueblo, if a land exchange with the Pueblo required by that Act is not completed within 30 days of this Act's enactment. Requires such National Forest land to remain undeveloped in its natural state. Directs
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S.611: Sandia Pueblo Settlement Technical Amendment Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Tom Udall
Signed By President. on 06/09/2014
San Juan County Federal Land Conveyance Act [S.609]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Mining ]
[Real Estate ]
[Budget and Spending ]
San Juan County Federal Land Conveyance Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, on request of the plaintiffs in the case Blancett v. United States Department of the Interior, et al., in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico, to convey to them by sale all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to any portion of approximately 19 acres of certain federal surface estate in San Juan County, New Mexico (including any improvements or appurtenances). Requires the plaintiffs to: (1) pay the administrative costs associated
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S.609: San Juan County Federal Land Conveyance Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Tom Udall
Placed On The Union Calendar, Calendar No. 541. on 12/22/2014
Pike National Historic Trail Study Act of 2013 [S.524]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Recreation ]
[Arts and Culture ]
Pike National Historic Trail Study Act of 2013 - Amends the National Trails System Act to require a study for the designation of Pike's Trail, a series of routes that follow the route taken by Lt. Zebulon Montgomery Pike during the 1806-1807 Pike expedition that began in Fort Bellefontaine, Missouri, and ended in Natchitoches, Louisiana, as a national historic trail.
S.524: Pike National Historic Trail Study Act of 2013
Sponsored by: Sen. Claire McCaskill
Committee On Energy And Natural Resources Subcommittee On National Parks. Hearings Held. With Printed Hearing: S.hrg. 113-93. on 07/31/2013
Manhattan Project National Historical Park Act [S.507]
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[Energy ]
[National Security ]
[Science ]
[Arts and Culture ]
[Community Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Manhattan Project National Historical Park Act - (Sec. 5) Establishes the Manhattan Project National Historical Park in the states of Tennessee, New Mexico, and Washington, as a unit of the National Park System. Bars the establishment of the Park until: (1) sufficient land or interests in land have been acquired from among specified facilities, lands, or interests in one or more eligible areas or parts of such areas in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, Los Alamos, New Mexico, and Hanford, Washington; or (2) the Secretary of the Interior (the Secretary in this
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S.507: Manhattan Project National Historical Park Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Lamar Alexander
Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. Reported By Senator Wyden With Amendments. With Written Report No. 113-65. on 06/27/2013
Keep Our Commitment to Veterans Act [S.412]
[Veterans ]
[Healthcare ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Reduces lease amounts authorized in previous fiscal years for VA outpatient clinics in: (1) Johnson County, Kansas; (2) San Diego, California; and (3) Tyler, Texas.
S.412: Keep Our Commitment to Veterans Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Edward Markey
Committee On Veterans' Affairs. Hearings Held. Hearings Printed: S.hrg. 113-203. on 05/09/2013
Carson National Forest Boundary Adjustment Act of 2013 [S.312]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
Carson National Forest Boundary Adjustment Act of 2013 - Adjusts the boundary of the Carson National Forest in New Mexico to incorporate approximately 4,990 acres of land identified as the Miranda Canyon Boundary.
S.312: Carson National Forest Boundary Adjustment Act of 2013
Sponsored by: Sen. Tom Udall
Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. Reported By Senator Wyden Without Amendment. With Written Report No. 113-58. on 06/27/2013
Valles Caldera National Preserve Management Act [S.285]
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[Environmental ]
[Animals ]
[Water ]
[Arts and Culture ]
[Energy ]
[Mining ]
[Recreation ]
[Native American Affairs ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Science ]
[Agriculture ]
Valles Caldera National Preserve Management Act - (Sec. 3) Designates the Valles Caldera National Preserve in New Mexico as a unit of the National Park System for the protection, preservation, and restoration of the fish, wildlife, watershed, natural, scientific, scenic, geologic, historic, cultural, archaeological, and recreational values of the area. Authorizes coordination of the management and operations of the Preserve with the Bandelier National Monument. Requires the Secretary of the Interior (the Secretary) to prepare a management plan
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S.285: Valles Caldera National Preserve Management Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Tom Udall
Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. Reported By Senator Wyden With Amendments. With Written Report No. 113-96. on 09/10/2013
Fort Sumner Project Title Conveyance Act [S.284]
[Water ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Environmental ]
Fort Sumner Project Title Conveyance Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the Fort Sumner Irrigation District, located in De Baca County, New Mexico, all works, land, and facilities of the Fort Sumner reclamation project in accordance with the Memorandum of Agreement between the United States and the Fort Sumner Irrigation District Concerning Principles and Elements of Proposed Transfer of Title to Fort Sumner Irrigation District Facilities. Requires the Secretary, before carrying out such conveyance, to assure compliance
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S.284: Fort Sumner Project Title Conveyance Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Tom Udall
Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. Reported By Senator Wyden Without Amendment. With Written Report No. 113-56. on 06/27/2013