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Latest Action: 10/02/2008 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Bill TextTo expand the boundary of the Minute Man National Historical Park in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to include Barrett's Farm, and for other purposes. 4/17/2008--Introduced. Minute Man National Historical Park Boundary Revision Act - Modifies the boundary of Minute Man National Historical Park in Massachusetts to include the Colonel James Barrett Farm in Concord.
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Latest Action: 04/23/2008 - Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. Bill TextTo authorize the Secretary of the Interior to enter into a long-term lease with the Government of the United States Virgin Islands to provide land on the island of Saint John, Virgin Islands, for the establishment of a school, and for other purposes. 10/22/2007--Passed House amended. (There is 1 other summary) Virgin Islands National Park School Lease Act of 2007 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to lease certain Virgin Islands National Park land on the island of Saint John, U.S. Virgin Islands, to the Government of the U.S. Virgin Islands for the purpose of establishing a school on such island. Limits the lease authorized by this Act to a 99-year term. Allows the Secretary to require such additional terms and conditions in connection with the lease as the Secretary considers appropriate to protect U.S. interests.
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Latest Action: 06/16/2008 - Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Bingaman with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 110-376. Bill TextA bill to establish the Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park in the State of New Jersey and for other purposes. 10/22/2007--Passed House amended. (There are 2 other summaries) (This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on August 4, 2007. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park Act of 2007 - (Sec. 4) Establishes in the city of Paterson in the county of Passaic in New Jersey, the Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park as a unit of the National Park System. (Sec. 5) Requires the Park to be administered by the Secretary of the Interior in accordance with this Act and the provisions of law generally applicable to units of the National Park System. Authorizes the Secretary, after consultation with the Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park Commission (established in section 7 of this Act), to enter into cooperative agreements [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 06/26/2007 - Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Bingaman with an amendment. With written report No. 110-93. Bill TextA bill to modify the boundary of Mesa Verde National Park, and for other purposes. 6/26/2007--Reported to Senate amended. (There is 1 other summary) Mesa Verde National Park Boundary Expansion Act of 2007 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire specified land adjacent to the Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado or an interest in such land for addition to the Park. Revises the boundary of the Park to reflect the acquisition of such land. Requires the Secretary to administer any land or interest in land acquired under this Act as part of the Park. Authorizes appropriations.
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Latest Action: 09/27/2007 - Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 110-266. Bill TextA bill to establish the Paterson Great Falls National Park in the State of New Jersey, and for other purposes. 1/4/2007--Introduced. Paterson Great Falls National Park Act of 2007 - Establishes in Paterson, New Jersey, the Paterson Great Falls National Park as a unit of the National Park System. Requires the Park to be administered in partnership by the Secretary of the Interior, the state of New Jersey, the city of Paterson and its applicable subdivisions, and others. Establishes the Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park Partnership to coordinate the activities of federal, state, and local authorities and the private sector in the development, for the Secretary's approval, and implementation of an integrated resource management plan. Directs the Secretary, acting through the Director of the National Park Service, to establish a Paterson Great Falls National Park Advisory Council. Authorizes the Secretary to acquire land or interests within [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 04/10/2008 - Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Bingaman without amendment. With written report No. 110-286. Bill TextA bill to decrease the matching funds requirements and authorize additional appropriations for Keweenaw National Historical Park in the State of Michigan. 1/4/2007--Introduced. Decreases the matching funds requirement, and authorizes additional appropriations, for the Keweenaw National Historical Park in Michigan.
Latest Action: 03/19/2007 - DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H. Res. 138. Bill TextRecognizing the importance of Hot Springs National Park on its 175th anniversary. 3/19/2007--Passed House without amendment. (There is 1 other summary) (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Recognizes the important contributions of Hot Springs National Park to the history of conservation in the United States on its 175th anniversary.
Latest Action: 03/29/2007 - Referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4216-4217) Bill TextA resolution recognizing the importance of Hot Springs National Park on the 175th anniversary of the enactment of the Act that authorized the establishment of Hot Springs Reservation. 3/29/2007--Introduced. Recognizes, on 175th anniversary of the Act of Congress that authorized the establishment of Hot Springs Reservation, the important contributions of Hot Springs Reservation and Hot Springs National Park to the history of conservation in the United States.
Latest Action: 04/18/2007 - Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4720 text as passed Senate: CR S4720 text of measure as introduced: CR S4701) Bill TextA resolution recognizing the importance of Hot Springs National Park on the 175th anniversary of the enactment of the Act that authorized the establishment of Hot Springs Reservation. 4/18/2007--Passed Senate without amendment. (There is 1 other summary) (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Recognizes, on 175th anniversary of the Act of Congress that authorized the establishment of Hot Springs Reservation, the important contributions of Hot Springs Reservation and Hot Springs National Park to the history of conservation in the United States.
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Latest Action: 02/07/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands. Bill TextTo authorize the Secretary of the Interior to study the suitability and feasibility of designating Oak Point and North Brother Island in the Bronx in the State of New York as a unit of the National Park System. 1/4/2007--Introduced. General Slocum Memorial Study Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the National Park Service, to study in Bronx County, New York, the shoreline of the area roughly bounded by 149th Street on the west and Oak Point Rail Yard spurs on the east, including North Brother Island, to evaluate the national significance of the area and the suitability and feasibility of designating the area as a unit of the National Park System.
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Latest Action: 09/16/2008 - Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Bingaman. Without written report. Bill Text
An original bill to protect innocent Americans from violent crime in national parks.
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Latest Action: 09/12/2008 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8482-8498) Bill TextA bill to amend the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to expand and improve opportunities for service, and for other purposes. 9/12/2008--Introduced. Serve America Act - Amends the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to create two new service-learning programs: (1) a Youth Engagement Zones to Strengthen Communities program, providing competitive grants to partnerships between local educational agencies that serve high-need, low-income communities and certain community-based or state entities to engage students and out-of-school youth in service-learning addressing specific challenges faced by their communities; and (2) a Campus of Service program, which annually grants up to 30 institutions of higher education (IHEs) with exemplary service-learning programs the funds to assist their students' pursuit of public service careers, and the right to nominate additional individuals for ServeAmerica Fellowships. Directs the Corporation for National and Community [...] show full description
Latest Action: 09/16/2008 - Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Bingaman with an amendment. Without written report. Bill TextA bill to rename the Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site in the State of Kentucky as the "Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park". 7/7/2008--Introduced. Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park Act of 2008 - Designates the Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site in Kentucky as the "Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park."
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Latest Action: 06/26/2008 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Bill TextA bill to provide for a program for circulating quarter dollar coins that are emblematic of a national park or other national site in each State, the District of Columbia, and each territory of the United States, and for other purposes. 6/26/2008--Introduced. America's Beautiful National Parks Quarter Dollar Coin Act of 2008 - Requires quarter dollars, issued beginning in 2010, to have designs on the reverse emblematic of one national site in each state, the District of Columbia and territory of the United States. Instructs the Secretary of the Treasury to select in each state a national park or other national site to be honored with a coin. Requires Yellowstone National Park, established on March 1, 1872, as the nation's first national park, to be depicted on the first quarter dollar issued and to be designated to the state of Wyoming. Requires five coin designs in each year of the period of issuance. Instructs the Secretary to strike and make available for [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 07/10/2008 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Bill TextTo provide for a program for circulating quarter dollar coins that are emblematic of a national park or other national site in each State, the District of Columbia, and each territory of the United States, and for other purposes. 7/9/2008--Passed House without amendment. (There are 2 other summaries) (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) America's Beautiful National Parks Quarter Dollar Coin Act of 2008 - Requires quarter dollars, issued beginning in 2010, to have designs on the reverse emblematic of one national site in each state, the District of Columbia and territory of the United States. Instructs the Secretary of the Treasury to select in each state a national park or other national site to be honored with a coin. Requires five coin designs in each year of the period of issuance. Instructs the Secretary to strike and make available for sale silver [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 09/16/2008 - Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Bingaman with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report. Bill TextA bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to study the suitability and feasibility of designating the site of the Battle of Camden in South Carolina, as a unit of the National Park System, and for other purposes. 5/22/2008--Introduced. Battle of Camden Study Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study on the national significance of the site of the Battle of Camden, South Carolina, and of Historic Camden, South Carolina (study area), and to determine the suitability and feasibility of designating the study area as one or more units of the National Park System.
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Latest Action: 05/06/2008 - Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 726. Bill TextA bill to reauthorize and modernize the Federal Aviation Administration. 5/2/2008--Introduced. Aviation Investment and Modernization Act of 2008 - Amends federal transportation law to authorize appropriations for FY2008-FY2011 for: (1) Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) operations; (2) FAA air navigation facilities and equipment; (3) civil aviation research and development (R&D); (4) airport planning and development and noise compatibility planning programs; (5) certain other aviation programs; and (6) administrative expenses for certain airport programs. Revises passenger facility charge (PFC) provisions granting an eligible public agency that controls a commercial service airport the authority to impose a PFC on passengers boarding an aircraft. Establishes an alternative PFC collection pilot program. Authorizes the FAA Administrator to carry out a pilot program for certain airports to take over operational responsibility for airport terminal area air [...] show full description
Latest Action: 09/16/2008 - Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Bingaman with amendments. Without written report. Bill TextA bill to amend the National Trails System Act to designate the Pacific Northwest National Scenic Trail. 4/30/2008--Introduced. Pacific Northwest National Scenic Trail Act of 2008 - Amends the National Trails System Act to designate the trail extending from the Continental Divide in Glacier National Park, Montana, to the Pacific Ocean coast in Olympic National Park, Washington, as the Pacific Northwest National Scenic Trail.
Latest Action: 05/02/2008 - Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands. Bill TextTo amend the National Trails System Act to designate the Pacific Northwest National Scenic Trail. 4/30/2008--Introduced. Pacific Northwest National Scenic Trail Act of 2008 - Amends the National Trails System Act to designate the trail extending from the Continental Divide in Glacier National Park, Montana, to the Pacific Ocean coast in Olympic National Park, Washington, as the Pacific Northwest National Scenic Trail.
Latest Action: 04/24/2008 - Referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3408-3409) Bill TextA resolution recommending that the Langston Golf Course, located in northeast Washington, DC, and owned by the National Park Service, be recognized for its important legacy and contributions to African-American golf history, and for other purposes. 4/24/2008--Introduced. Commends Langston Golf Course in Washington, D.C., its general management, and the Royal Golf and Wake Robin Golf Clubs for their historical and ongoing contributions to the local community and the nation. Calls for the Director of the National Park Service and the Secretary of the Interior to give appropriate consideration to such park's future budget needs.
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