Wilderness And Natural Areas, Wildlife Refuges, Wild Rivers, Habitats
US Congress 114th Congress
Sawtooth National Recreation Area and Jerry Peak Wilderness Additions Act [S.583]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Real Estate ]
[Housing ]
[Community Development ]
[Construction ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Sawtooth National Recreation Area and Jerry Peak Wilderness Additions Act (Sec. 202) Directs the USDA to issue a special use permit or convey to Blaine County, Idaho, without consideration, up to one acre of land for use as a school bus turnaround, as depicted on the map titled "Blaine County Conveyance--Eagle Creek Parcel--Proposed," and dated October 1, 2006. (Sec. 203) Directs Interior to convey to Custer County, Idaho, without consideration, approximately 114 acres of land depicted as Parcel A on the map titled "Custer County and City of Mackay
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S.583: Sawtooth National Recreation Area and Jerry Peak Wilderness Additions Act
Sponsored by: Sen. James Risch
Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. Reported By Senator Murkowski Without Amendment. With Written Report No. 114-127. on 09/09/2015
Sportsmen's Act of 2015 [S.556]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Recreation ]
[Sports ]
[Animals ]
[Film Production ]
Sportsmen's Act of 2015 This bill revises a variety of existing programs to expand access to, and opportunities for, hunting, fishing, and recreational shooting. Federal public land management officials must facilitate hunting, fishing, and recreational shooting on certain federal public land. Land under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management or the Forest Service must be open for hunting, fishing, and recreational shooting unless the managing agency acts to close the land. The bill provides special rules to expand access to federal land
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S.556: Sportsmen's Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Sen. Lisa Murkowski
Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. Reported By Senator Murkowski With An Amendment In The Nature Of A Substitute And An Amendment To The Title. With Written Report No. 114-183. on 12/16/2015
Authorizing Alaska Production Act [S.494]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Mining ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Authorizing Alaska Production Act Authorizes the exploration, leasing, development, production, and economically feasible and prudent transportation of oil and gas in and from the Coastal Plain of Alaska. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish a competitive oil and gas leasing program for oil and gas exploration, development, and production on the Coastal Plain. Amends the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act to repeal the prohibition against production of oil and gas from the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. States that,
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S.494: Authorizing Alaska Production Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Dan Sullivan
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. (sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure: Cr S989) on 02/12/2015
Douglas County Conservation Act of 2015 [S.472]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Gaming ]
[Native American Affairs ]
[Recreation ]
[Animals ]
Douglas County Conservation Act of 2015 Directs the Forest Service to convey approximately 67 acres of certain Forest Service land (Lake Tahoe-Nevada State Park) to the state of Nevada to be used for the conservation of wildlife or natural resources or for a public park. Directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to make publicly available a prospectus to solicit one or more concessionaires for the approximately 125 acres of land identified as the Round Hill Pines Resort and the approximately 448 acres of land identified as the Zephyr Shoals.
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S.472: Douglas County Conservation Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Sen. Dean Heller
Committee On Energy And Natural Resources Subcommittee On Public Lands, Forests, And Mining. Hearings Held. on 05/21/2015
California Desert Conservation and Recreation Act of 2015 [S.414]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Environmental ]
[Energy ]
[Water ]
[Native American Affairs ]
[Recreation ]
California Desert Conservation and Recreation Act of 2015 Amends the California Desert Protection Act of 1994 to, among other things: (1) establish or designate national monuments, wilderness areas, a special management area, off-highway vehicle recreation areas, a national scenic area, and an area of critical environmental concern; (2) release specified wilderness study areas; (3) adjust national park and preserve boundaries; and (4) specify land withdrawals, exchanges, and acquisitions. Directs that specified federal land be taken into trust for
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S.414: California Desert Conservation and Recreation Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Sen. Dianne Feinstein
Committee On Energy And Natural Resources Subcommittee On Public Lands, Forests, And Mining. Hearings Held. on 10/08/2015
Bipartisan Sportsmen's Act of 2015 [S.405]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Animals ]
[Recreation ]
[Sports ]
[Film Production ]
[Funding ]
Bipartisan Sportsmen's Act of 2015 This bill revises a variety of existing programs to expand access to, and opportunities for, hunting, fishing, and recreational shooting. The Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act is reauthorized through FY2025. The North American Wetlands Conservation Act and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act are reauthorized through FY2020. Components of firearms and ammunition and sport fishing equipment and its components (such as lead sinkers) are exempted from regulations of chemical substances
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S.405: Bipartisan Sportsmen's Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Sen. Angus King
Read The Second Time. Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 15. on 02/09/2015
Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument Act [S.393]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Animals ]
[Native American Affairs ]
[Agriculture ]
[Cannabis ]
Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument Act Establishes the Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument, to consist of federal land and interests in federal land within Napa, Lake, Mendocino, Solano, Glenn, Colusa, and Yolo counties in California. Continues to provide historical and adequate access to private inholdings in the Monument. Requires a comprehensive plan for the protection and management of the federal land included within the Monument. Requires such plan to: (1) include a weed management component, (2) include a native fish passage
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S.393: Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Dianne Feinstein
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. on 02/05/2015
Southwestern Oregon Watershed and Salmon Protection Act of 2015 [S.346]
[Environmental ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Mining ]
[Water ]
[Energy ]
Southwestern Oregon Watershed and Salmon Protection Act of 2015 Withdraws specified federal land in Curry and Josephine Counties in Oregon from: (1) entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws; (2) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws, and (3) operation under the mineral leasing and geothermal leasing laws. Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to revise the segment designations for the Chetco River in Oregon. Withdraws the federal land within the boundaries of such segments of the Chetco River from: (1) entry, appropriation,
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S.346: Southwestern Oregon Watershed and Salmon Protection Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Sen. Ron Wyden
Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. Hearings Held. on 09/22/2016
Advancing Conservation and Education Act of 2016 [S.3316]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Energy ]
[Agriculture ]
Advancing Conservation and Education Act of 2016 This bill allows the states of 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 eligible areas and select, in exchange, public land within the state. The bill defines "eligible areas" as lands within the outer boundaries of units or components of the National Park, National Wilderness Preservation, National Wildlife Refuge, or National
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S.3316: Advancing Conservation and Education Act of 2016
Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff Flake
Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. Hearings Held. on 09/22/2016
Lower Farmington River and Salmon Brook Wild and Scenic River Act [S.329]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Energy ]
[Recreation ]
Lower Farmington River and Salmon Brook Wild and Scenic River Act (Sec. 3) This bill amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate specified segments of the Lower Farmington River and Salmon Brook in Connecticut as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. (Sec. 4) The Department of the Interior shall manage: (1) the river segments according to the Lower Farmington River and Salmon Brook Management Plan, dated June 2011; and (2) coordinate the management responsibilities of Interior under this Act relating to such segments with
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S.329: Lower Farmington River and Salmon Brook Wild and Scenic River Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Blumenthal
Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. Reported By Senator Murkowski With An Amendment. With Written Report No. 114-182. on 12/16/2015
King Cove Road Land Exchange Act [S.3204]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Environmental ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Energy ]
[Construction ]
[National Security ]
King Cove Road Land Exchange Act This bill declares that, if the state of Alaska offers to convey to the Department of the Interior 43,093 acres of state-owned land, Interior shall convey to Alaska, in exchange, 206 acres of federal land within the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge and 131 acres of federal land within the Izembek Wilderness, for purposes of: (1) designating a road corridor through the refuge, and (2) constructing a single-lane gravel road along the road corridor. The values of the federal and nonfederal lands to be exchanged shall
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S.3204: King Cove Road Land Exchange Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Dan Sullivan
Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. Hearings Held. on 09/22/2016
Alex Diekmann Peak Designation Act of 2016 [S.3192]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Recreation ]
Alex Diekmann Peak Designation Act of 2016 This bill designates as the Alex Diekmann Peak the 9,765-foot peak located 2.2 miles west-northwest of Finger Mountain on the western boundary of the Lee Metcalf Wilderness in Montana.
S.3192: Alex Diekmann Peak Designation Act of 2016
Sponsored by: Sen. Steve Daines
Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. Hearings Held. on 09/22/2016
Pershing County Economic Development and Conservation Act [S.3102]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Economic Development ]
[Environmental ]
[Mining ]
[Recreation ]
[Community Development ]
[Water ]
[Energy ]
Pershing County Economic Development and Conservation Act This bill directs the Department of the Interior to conduct sales or exchanges of eligible lands in Pershing County, Nevada, identified as the "Checkerboard Lands Resolution Area." Interior and the county shall jointly select which parcels of eligible land to offer for sale or acre-for-acre exchange. For purposes of acre-for-acre exchanges, Interior shall identify management priority areas within the Checkerboard Lands Resolution Area, including those considered to be: greater sage-grouse
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S.3102: Pershing County Economic Development and Conservation Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Dean Heller
Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. Hearings Held. on 09/22/2016
Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks Conservation Act [S.3049]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[National Security ]
Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks Conservation Act This bill designates specified lands in New Mexico administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) of the Department of the Interior as wilderness and as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System. Such wilderness areas shall also be administered as components of the National Landscape Conservation System. The bill designates approximately 100 acres of specified BLM land in New Mexico as a potential wilderness area, upon which Interior shall permit only those uses already permitted.
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S.3049: Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks Conservation Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Tom Udall
Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. Hearings Held. on 09/22/2016
Daniel J. Evans Olympic National Park Wilderness Act [S.3028]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
Daniel J. Evans Olympic National Park Wilderness Act (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Washington Park Wilderness Act of 1988 to redesignate the Olympic Wilderness as the "Daniel J. Evans Wilderness."
S.3028: Daniel J. Evans Olympic National Park Wilderness Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Patty Murray
Became Public Law No: 114-272. on 12/14/2016
Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act [S.3022]
[Environmental ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Energy ]
[Mining ]
[Water ]
[Science ]
[Native American Affairs ]
Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act This bill designates specified National Forest System lands, National Park System lands, and public lands in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming as wilderness and as components or additions to existing components of the National Wilderness Preservation System. The bill also designates specified federal lands as biological connecting corridors and as special corridor management areas. The Wild and Scenic Rivers Act is amended to designate segments of specified rivers and creeks in Idaho, Montana,
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S.3022: Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Edward Markey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. on 06/06/2016
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 [S.2943]
[Defense ]
[National Security ]
[Military ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Aerospace ]
[Science ]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Healthcare ]
[Veterans ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Small Business ]
[Manufacturing ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Construction ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Public Safety ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Education ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Human Rights ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Trade ]
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Sec. 3) Defines "congressional defense committees" as the House and Senate Armed Services and Appropriations Committees. 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 in section 4101 of this bill. Subtitle B--Army Programs (Sec. 111) Authorizes the Army to enter into one or more multiyear contracts for AH-64E Apache
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S.2943: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017
Sponsored by: Sen. John McCain
Signed By President. on 12/23/2016
Recreation Not Red-Tape Act [S.2706]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Recreation ]
[Veterans ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Tourism ]
Recreation Not Red-Tape Act This bill amends the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act to require the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the Forest Service to adopt a consistent and uniform special recreation permitting process with respect to outfitters and guides. The Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture (USDA) shall sell National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Passes entrance and recreation fees through federal websites. Interior and USDA should: work with the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans
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S.2706: Recreation Not Red-Tape Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Ron Wyden
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. (sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure: Cr S1594) on 03/17/2016
San Juan County Settlement Implementation Act of 2016 [S.2681]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Energy ]
[Mining ]
[Native American Affairs ]
San Juan County Settlement Implementation Act of 2016 This bill authorizes the Department of the Interior to retire any coal preference right lease application for which it has made an affirmative commercial quantities determination by: issuing bidding rights in exchange for relinquishment of the application, and making a payment to the relevant state of 50% of the dollar amount of any bidding right subsequently used in lieu of any monetary bonus in a coal lease sale or of rental or royalty under a federal coal lease. Interior shall make such payments
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S.2681: San Juan County Settlement Implementation Act of 2016
Sponsored by: Sen. Tom Udall
Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. Hearings Held. on 09/22/2016