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Utah Land Sovereignty Act [HB-758]
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Utah Land Sovereignty Act - Prohibits any further extension or establishment of national parks and monuments in Utah except by express authorization of Congress.
Sponsored by: Rep. Walter Jones
Subcommittee Hearings Held. on 04/16/2013
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W21 [HB-5363]
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Water in the 21st Century Act or W21 - Establishes within the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) a WaterSense program to identify and promote water efficient products, buildings, landscapes, facilities, processes, and services. Requires the EPA to identify other voluntary approaches to encourage recycling and reuse technologies to improve water efficiency or lower water use and to implement those approaches, if appropriate. Establishes a State Residential Water Efficiency and Conservation Incentives Program to provide financial incentives for
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Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Referred To The Subcommittee On Environment. on 09/12/2014
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Advancing Conservation and Education Act of 2014 [HB-4901]
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[Mining ]
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Advancing Conservation and Education Act of 2014 - Allows Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, or Wyoming (western states) to relinquish state land grant parcels wholly or primarily within federal conservation areas and to select, in exchange, unappropriated public land within the state. Defines "federal conservation areas" as lands within the outer boundaries of units of the National Park, National Wilderness Preservation, National Wildlife Refuge, or National Landscape
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Sponsored by: Rep. Judy Chu
Subcommittee Hearings Held. on 07/29/2014
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Sage Grouse Protection and Conservation Act [HB-4716]
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[Animals ]
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Sage Grouse Protection and Conservation Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) or the Secretary of the Interior to give effect to a statewide conservation and management plan for the protection and recovery of the greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) and the Gunnison sage-grouse (Centrocercus minimus) from either California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, or Wyoming. Requires the appropriate Secretary to: hold for at least 10 years actions to list the species as endangered
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Sponsored by: Rep. David Roe
Referred To The Subcommittee On Public Lands And Environmental Regulation. on 05/30/2014
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Utah National Guard Readiness Act [HB-462]
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Utah National Guard Readiness Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, through the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to convey to the state of Utah, without consideration, certain lands located within the boundaries of the public lands currently withdrawn for military use by the Utah National Guard and known as "Camp Williams" for the purpose of permitting the Utah National Guard to use such conveyed land. Supersedes a specified Executive Order insofar as it affects the lands identified for conveyance. Reverts conveyed lands to the United States
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Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Chaffetz
Reported By The Committee On Natural Resources. H. Rept. 113-80. on 05/17/2013
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American Energy Renaissance Act of 2014 [HB-4286]
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American Energy Renaissance Act of 2014 - 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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Sponsored by: Rep. David Roe
Referred To The Subcommittee On Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law. on 04/16/2014
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Carl Levin and Howard P. "Buck" McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 [HB-3979]
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[Small Business ]
[Unemployment ]
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Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2014 - (Sec. 2) Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 (SAA, 2008) to extend emergency unemployment compensation (EUC) payments for eligible individuals to weeks of employment ending on or before June 1, 2014. (Authority for payment of unemployment compensation expired on December 31, 2013. This amendment authorizes payment of compensation for the entire period between January 1, 2014, and June 1, 2014.) (Sec. 3) Amends the Assistance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families Act
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Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe
Signed By President. on 12/19/2014
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Listen to Americans First Act of 2013 [HB-3684]
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Listen to Americans First Act of 2013 - Prohibits the obligation or expenditure of federal funds for travel outside the United States or its territories by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) until: (1) EPA conducts public listening sessions on rulemaking targeting carbon dioxide emissions from existing power plants in each of the 15 states with the highest percentage of electricity generated by coal in 2012 (West Virginia, Kentucky, Wyoming, Indiana, Missouri, North Dakota, Utah, Nebraska, New Mexico, Ohio, Colorado,
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Sponsored by: Sen. Shelley Capito
Referred To The Subcommittee On Conservation, Energy, And Forestry. on 01/07/2014
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Hill Creek Cultural Preservation and Energy Development Act [HB-356]
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[Native American Affairs ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
Hill Creek Cultural Preservation and Energy Development Act - Authorizes Utah to relinquish for the benefit of the Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation certain of its school trust or subsurface mineral lands south of the border between Grand County and Uintah County, Utah, in exchange for certain federal subsurface mineral lands north of that border. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to reserve an overriding interest in that portion of the mineral estate composed of minerals subject to leasing under the Mineral Leasing Act in
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Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Chaffetz
Became Public Law No: 113-133. on 07/25/2014
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National Park Service Study Act of 2013 [HB-3131]
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National Park Service Study Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct special resource studies of: (1) the Kau coast, on the island of Hawaii; (2) the prehistoric, historic, and limestone forest sites on the island of Rota in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands; (3) sites in Alaska associated with the forced abandonment of the Aleut villages of Makushin, Kashega, and Biorka around Unalaska Island and Attu on Attu Island during World War II; (4) the five relocation sites in Alaska at Funter Bay, Burnett Inlet, Killisnoo,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Public Lands And Environmental Regulation. on 09/24/2013
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Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 [HB-3080]
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Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014
Sponsored by: Rep. Elizabeth Esty
Signed By President. on 06/10/2014
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National Discovery Trails Act of 2013 [HB-3022]
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[Recreation ]
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National Discovery Trails Act of 2013 - Amends the National Trails System Act to establish national discovery trails which shall be extended, continuous interstate trails located so as to provide for outdoor recreation and travel and to connect representative examples of America's trails and communities. Authorizes the designation of such trails on federal lands and, with the consent of the owner, on non-federal lands. Designates as a national discovery trail the 6,000-mile American Discovery Trail which shall extend from Cape Henlopen State
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Sponsored by: Rep. Gerald Connolly
Referred To The Subcommittee On Public Lands And Environmental Regulation. on 08/12/2013
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Wasatch Wilderness and Watershed Protection Act [HB-2808]
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[Recreation ]
Wasatch Wilderness and Watershed Protection Act - Designates specified federal lands in the vicinity of the Lone Peak Wilderness and the Mount Olympus Wilderness, and specified federal lands comprising the Wayne Owens Grandeur Peaks/Mount Aire Wilderness within the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forests in Salt Lake County, Utah, as wilderness and as either a new component or as an addition to an existing component of the National Wilderness Preservation System. Establishes specified federal lands within the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forests as
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Sponsored by: Rep. Jim Matheson
Referred To The Subcommittee On Public Lands And Environmental Regulation. on 07/29/2013
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Disposal of Excess Federal Lands Act of 2013 [HB-2657]
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Disposal of Excess Federal Lands Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to offer for disposal by competitive sale certain federal lands in Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, and Wyoming, previously identified as suitable for disposal in the report submitted to Congress on May 27, 1997, pursuant to the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996. Requires the Secretary to offer such lands for at least fair market value as determined by an independent appraiser. Requires the net
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Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Chaffetz
Reported By The Committee On Natural Resources. H. Rept. 113-412. on 04/10/2014
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To amend certain definitions contained in the Provo River Project Transfer Act for purposes of clarifying certain property descriptions, and for other purposes. [HB-255]
[Water ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
Amends the Provo River Project Transfer Act to modify the definition of: (1) "Pleasant Grove Property" to mean a specified parcel of land in Utah acquired by the United States for the Provo River Project, Deer Creek Division, as in existence on the date on which the parcel is conveyed under such Act; and (2) "Provo Reservoir Canal" to mean the water conveyance facility historically known as the Provo Reservoir Canal and associated bridges, fixtures, structures, facilities, lands, interests in land, and rights-of-way held, acquired, constructed,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Chaffetz
Became Public Law No: 113-129. on 07/25/2014
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Bonneville Unit Clean Hydropower Facilitation Act [HB-254]
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Bonneville Unit Clean Hydropower Facilitation Act - Declares that, in order to facilitate hydropower development on the Diamond Fork System (Utah), a certain amount of reimbursable costs allocated to project power in the Power Appendix of the October 2004 Supplement to the 1988 Bonneville Unit Definite Plan Report shall be considered final costs, as well as specified costs in excess of the total maximum repayment obligation, subject to the same terms and conditions. States that: (1) this Act does not obligate the Western Area Power Administration
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Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Chaffetz
Became Public Law No: 113-20. on 07/18/2013
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Y Mountain Access Enhancement Act [HB-253]
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[Agriculture ]
[Education ]
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Y Mountain Access Enhancement Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA), upon request by Brigham Young University, to convey an approximately 80-acre parcel of National Forest System land in the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest in Utah. Requires the University to pay to the Secretary an amount equal to the fair market value of such land. Requires such consideration to be deposited in the general Treasury fund to reduce the federal deficit. Directs the University, after the conveyance, to represent that it will: (1) continue allowing
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Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Chaffetz
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. on 06/18/2013
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South Utah Valley Electric Conveyance Act [HB-251]
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[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
South Utah Valley Electric Conveyance Act - Requires the Secretary of the Interior, insofar as the Strawberry Water Users Association conveyed its interest in an electric distribution system to the South Utah Valley Electric Service District, to convey and assign to the District: (1) all interest of the United States in all fixtures owned by the United States as part of the electric distribution system and the federal lands and interests where the fixtures are located, (2) license for use in perpetuity of the shared power poles, and (3) licenses
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Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Chaffetz
Became Public Law No: 113-19. on 07/18/2013
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National Mitigation Fisheries Coordination Act [HB-2261]
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National Mitigation Fisheries Coordination Act - Directs the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) to impose a charge for conducting mitigation fishery activities in connection with federal water resources development projects carried out by water development agencies (Army Corps of Engineers, the Bureau of Reclamation, or the Tennessee Valley Authority [TVA]). Requires such agencies to pay the charge in accordance with a fishery mitigation plan developed and approved by the USFWS Director and the agency head. Defines "mitigation fishery activities"
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Sponsored by: Rep. David Roe
Referred To The Subcommittee On Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, And Insular Affairs. on 06/10/2013
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American Energy Solutions for Lower Costs and More American Jobs Act [HB-2]
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American Energy Solutions for Lower Costs and More American Jobs Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Shelley Capito
Read The Second Time. Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 601. on 11/17/2014