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Latest Action: 10/02/2008 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

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To amend the National Trails System Act to provide for the inclusion of new trail segments, land components, and campgrounds associated with the Trail of Tears National Historic Trail, and for other purposes. 2/8/2008--Introduced. Amends the National Trails System Act to add as components of the Trail of Tears National Historic Trail the following routes and land components by which the Cherokee Nation was removed to Oklahoma: (1) the Benge and Bell routes; (2) the land components of the designated water routes in Alabama, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Tennessee; (3) the routes from the collection forts in Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, and Tennessee to the emigration depots; and (4) the related campgrounds located along such routes and land components. Bars the Secretary of the Interior from using eminent domain to acquire lands for the Trail of Tears National Historic Trail. Requires the Secretary to only include lands in the Trail that are consistent with and appropriate [...]

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Latest Action: 11/09/2007 - Became Public Law No: 110-114.

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To provide for the conservation and development of water and related resources, to authorize the Secretary of the Army to construct various projects for improvements to rivers and harbors of the United States, and for other purposes. 11/8/2007--Public Law.    (There are 3 other summaries) (This measure has not been amended since the Conference Report was filed in the House on July 31, 2007. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Water Resources Development Act of 2007 - Reauthorizes the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA). Authorizes flood control, navigation, and environmental projects and studies by the Army Corps of Engineers.Title I: Water Resources Projects - (Sec. 1001) Authorizes projects for navigation, ecosystem or environmental restoration, and hurricane, flood, or storm damage reduction in Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Minnesota,[...]

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Latest Action: 05/24/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

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A bill to provide lasting protection for inventoried roadless areas within the National Forest System. 5/24/2007--Introduced. Roadless Area Conservation Act of 2007 - Prohibits road construction and road reconstruction in inventoried roadless areas of the National Forest System. Specifies exceptions, including because: (1) there is threat of a catastrophic event; (2) a natural resource restoration action is necessary; or (3) a federal-aid highway project is in the public interest or is consistent with the purposes for which the land was reserved or acquired. Prohibits timber from being cut, sold, or removed in an inventoried roadless area. Permits various exceptions, including for specified environmental reasons, if the responsible official determines that the cutting, sale, or removal of timber is expected to be infrequent.Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service, to make modifications to roadless area maps to [...]

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Latest Action: 07/24/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9834-9835)

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A bill to provide for the exchange and conveyance of certain National Forest land and other land in southeast Arizona, and for other purposes. 7/24/2007--Introduced. Southeast Arizona Land Exchange and Conservation Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (the Secretary) to convey to Resolution Copper Mining, LLC, all interest of the United States in and to specified federal land in Pinal County, Arizona, in exchange for Resolution Copper conveying to the United States title to: (1) the Secretary to specified non-federal land in Gila, Yavapai, Maricopa, Pinal, and Coconino Counties, Arizona, and (2) the Secretary of the Interior to specified non-federal land in Pinal and Gila Counties, Arizona. Directs the Secretary to convey specified land in Pinal County to the town of Superior, Arizona. Instructs Resolution Copper to deliver to the Secretary an executed document granting a permanent conservation easement for the easement area (the surface estate [...]

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Latest Action: 05/31/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.

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To provide for the conveyance of National Forest System land in the State of Louisiana.

5/7/2007--Introduced.

Provides for the sale of specified federal land in Winn Parish, Louisiana, with a right of first refusal to Collins Camp Properties for the Collins Campsites and a specified parcel.

Requires sale proceeds to be used for the acquisition of lands and interests in the Kisatchie National Forest in Louisiana.

Latest Action: 02/07/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.

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To promote the economic development and recreational use of National Forest System lands and other public lands in central Idaho, to designate the Boulder-White Cloud Management Area to ensure the continued management of certain National Forest System lands and Bureau of Land Management lands for recreational and grazing use and conservation and resource protection, to add certain National Forest System lands and Bureau of Land Management lands in central Idaho to the National Wilderness Preservation System, and for other purposes. 1/4/2007--Introduced. Central Idaho Economic Development and Recreation Act - Requires the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service, and the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), to convey specified parcels of federal land to certain counties and cities in central Idaho. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to convey, to the state of Idaho a specified [...]

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Latest Action: 06/16/2008 - Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Bingaman with an amendment. With written report No. 110-356.

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A bill to authorize the Boy Scouts of America to exchange certain land in the State of Utah acquired under the Recreation and Public Purposes Act. 6/16/2008--Reported to Senate amended.    (There is 1 other summary) Boy Scouts of America Land Transfer Act of 2008 - Authorizes the Utah National Parks Council of the Boy Scouts of America (the Boy Scouts) to convey to Brian Head Resort certain public land in Utah acquired under the Recreation and Public Purposes Act for the purpose of operating a camp in exchange for conveyance by Brian Head Resort of certain of its private land to the Boy Scouts. Provides that, the Secretary of the Interior, upon the conveyance of the public land, shall have discretion as to whether or not the reversionary interests of the United States are to be exercised with respect to that land. Subjects the private land, upon conveyance to the Boy Scouts, to the terms and conditions imposed on the entire tract of land [...]

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Latest Action: 11/01/2007 - Subcommittee Hearings Held.

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To authorize and direct the exchange and conveyance of certain National Forest land and other land in southeast Arizona. 8/1/2007--Introduced. Southeast Arizona Land Exchange and Conservation Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (the Secretary) to convey to Resolution Copper Mining, LLC, all and interest of the United States in and to specified federal land in Pinal County, Arizona, in exchange for Resolution Copper conveying to the United States title to: (1) the Secretary to specified non-federal land in Gila, Yavapai, Maricopa, Pinal, and Coconino Counties, Arizona, and (2) the Secretary of the Interior to specified non-federal land in Pinal and Gila Counties, Arizona. Directs the Secretary to convey specified land in Pinal County to the town of Superior, Arizona. Instructs Resolution Copper to deliver to the Secretary an executed document reviewed by, and acceptable to, the Secretary which grants a permanent conservation easement to the easement [...]

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Latest Action: 06/24/2008 - Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6081; text as passed Senate: CR S6081-6082; text of measure as introduced: CR S6025)

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A resolution expressing the condolences of the Senate to those affected by the tragic events following the tornado that hit the Little Sioux Scout Ranch in Little Sioux, Iowa, on June 11, 2008.

6/24/2008--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.)

Expresses condolences to the families and friends of those who lost their lives following the tornado that hit the Little Sioux Scout Ranch in Little Sioux, Iowa, on June 11, 2008: Sam Thomsen, Josh Fennen, Ben Petrzilka, and Aaron Eilerts. Shares thoughts and prayers for a full recovery for those who were injured.

Commends the Boy Scouts of America for the support the organization has provided to the families and friends of those lost and injured. Extends thanks to those who took quick action to provide aid and comfort to the victims.

Latest Action: 07/09/2008 - Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests. Date of scheduled hearing. SD-366. 2:30 p.m.

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A bill to provide for the exchange and conveyance of certain National Forest System land and other land in southeast Arizona, and for other purposes.

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Latest Action: 07/09/2008 - Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests. Date of scheduled hearing. SD-366. 2:30 p.m.

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A bill to provide for the exchange and conveyance of certain National Forest System land and other land in southeast Arizona, and for other purposes.
Latest Action: 06/24/2008 - Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6081; text as passed Senate: CR S6081-6082; text of measure as introduced: CR S6025)

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A resolution expressing the condolences of the Senate to those affected by the tragic events following the tornado that hit the Little Sioux Scout Ranch in Little Sioux, Iowa, on June 11, 2008.

6/24/2008--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.)

Expresses condolences to the families and friends of those who lost their lives following the tornado that hit the Little Sioux Scout Ranch in Little Sioux, Iowa, on June 11, 2008: Sam Thomsen, Josh Fennen, Ben Petrzilka, and Aaron Eilerts. Shares thoughts and prayers for a full recovery for those who were injured.

Commends the Boy Scouts of America for the support the organization has provided to the families and friends of those lost and injured. Extends thanks to those who took quick action to provide aid and comfort to the victims.

Latest Action: 10/02/2008 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

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To amend the National Trails System Act to provide for the inclusion of new trail segments, land components, and campgrounds associated with the Trail of Tears National Historic Trail, and for other purposes. 2/8/2008--Introduced. Amends the National Trails System Act to add as components of the Trail of Tears National Historic Trail the following routes and land components by which the Cherokee Nation was removed to Oklahoma: (1) the Benge and Bell routes; (2) the land components of the designated water routes in Alabama, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Tennessee; (3) the routes from the collection forts in Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, and Tennessee to the emigration depots; and (4) the related campgrounds located along such routes and land components. Bars the Secretary of the Interior from using eminent domain to acquire lands for the Trail of Tears National Historic Trail. Requires the Secretary to only include lands in the Trail that are consistent with and appropriate [...]

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Latest Action: 11/01/2007 - Subcommittee Hearings Held.

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To authorize and direct the exchange and conveyance of certain National Forest land and other land in southeast Arizona. 8/1/2007--Introduced. Southeast Arizona Land Exchange and Conservation Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (the Secretary) to convey to Resolution Copper Mining, LLC, all and interest of the United States in and to specified federal land in Pinal County, Arizona, in exchange for Resolution Copper conveying to the United States title to: (1) the Secretary to specified non-federal land in Gila, Yavapai, Maricopa, Pinal, and Coconino Counties, Arizona, and (2) the Secretary of the Interior to specified non-federal land in Pinal and Gila Counties, Arizona. Directs the Secretary to convey specified land in Pinal County to the town of Superior, Arizona. Instructs Resolution Copper to deliver to the Secretary an executed document reviewed by, and acceptable to, the Secretary which grants a permanent conservation easement to the easement [...]

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Latest Action: 07/24/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9834-9835)

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A bill to provide for the exchange and conveyance of certain National Forest land and other land in southeast Arizona, and for other purposes. 7/24/2007--Introduced. Southeast Arizona Land Exchange and Conservation Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (the Secretary) to convey to Resolution Copper Mining, LLC, all interest of the United States in and to specified federal land in Pinal County, Arizona, in exchange for Resolution Copper conveying to the United States title to: (1) the Secretary to specified non-federal land in Gila, Yavapai, Maricopa, Pinal, and Coconino Counties, Arizona, and (2) the Secretary of the Interior to specified non-federal land in Pinal and Gila Counties, Arizona. Directs the Secretary to convey specified land in Pinal County to the town of Superior, Arizona. Instructs Resolution Copper to deliver to the Secretary an executed document granting a permanent conservation easement for the easement area (the surface estate [...]

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Latest Action: 05/24/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

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A bill to provide lasting protection for inventoried roadless areas within the National Forest System. 5/24/2007--Introduced. Roadless Area Conservation Act of 2007 - Prohibits road construction and road reconstruction in inventoried roadless areas of the National Forest System. Specifies exceptions, including because: (1) there is threat of a catastrophic event; (2) a natural resource restoration action is necessary; or (3) a federal-aid highway project is in the public interest or is consistent with the purposes for which the land was reserved or acquired. Prohibits timber from being cut, sold, or removed in an inventoried roadless area. Permits various exceptions, including for specified environmental reasons, if the responsible official determines that the cutting, sale, or removal of timber is expected to be infrequent.Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service, to make modifications to roadless area maps to [...]

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Latest Action: 05/31/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.

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To provide for the conveyance of National Forest System land in the State of Louisiana.

5/7/2007--Introduced.

Provides for the sale of specified federal land in Winn Parish, Louisiana, with a right of first refusal to Collins Camp Properties for the Collins Campsites and a specified parcel.

Requires sale proceeds to be used for the acquisition of lands and interests in the Kisatchie National Forest in Louisiana.

Latest Action: 06/16/2008 - Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Bingaman with an amendment. With written report No. 110-356.

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A bill to authorize the Boy Scouts of America to exchange certain land in the State of Utah acquired under the Recreation and Public Purposes Act. 6/16/2008--Reported to Senate amended.    (There is 1 other summary) Boy Scouts of America Land Transfer Act of 2008 - Authorizes the Utah National Parks Council of the Boy Scouts of America (the Boy Scouts) to convey to Brian Head Resort certain public land in Utah acquired under the Recreation and Public Purposes Act for the purpose of operating a camp in exchange for conveyance by Brian Head Resort of certain of its private land to the Boy Scouts. Provides that, the Secretary of the Interior, upon the conveyance of the public land, shall have discretion as to whether or not the reversionary interests of the United States are to be exercised with respect to that land. Subjects the private land, upon conveyance to the Boy Scouts, to the terms and conditions imposed on the entire tract of land [...]

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Latest Action: 11/09/2007 - Became Public Law No: 110-114.

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To provide for the conservation and development of water and related resources, to authorize the Secretary of the Army to construct various projects for improvements to rivers and harbors of the United States, and for other purposes. 11/8/2007--Public Law.    (There are 3 other summaries) (This measure has not been amended since the Conference Report was filed in the House on July 31, 2007. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Water Resources Development Act of 2007 - Reauthorizes the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA). Authorizes flood control, navigation, and environmental projects and studies by the Army Corps of Engineers.Title I: Water Resources Projects - (Sec. 1001) Authorizes projects for navigation, ecosystem or environmental restoration, and hurricane, flood, or storm damage reduction in Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Minnesota,[...]

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Latest Action: 02/07/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.

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To promote the economic development and recreational use of National Forest System lands and other public lands in central Idaho, to designate the Boulder-White Cloud Management Area to ensure the continued management of certain National Forest System lands and Bureau of Land Management lands for recreational and grazing use and conservation and resource protection, to add certain National Forest System lands and Bureau of Land Management lands in central Idaho to the National Wilderness Preservation System, and for other purposes. 1/4/2007--Introduced. Central Idaho Economic Development and Recreation Act - Requires the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service, and the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), to convey specified parcels of federal land to certain counties and cities in central Idaho. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to convey, to the state of Idaho a specified [...]

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