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Latest Action: 02/15/2007 - Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Bingaman with an amendment. With written report No. 110-13.

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A bill to establish the Fort Stanton-Snowy River Cave National Conservation Area. 2/15/2007--Reported to Senate amended.    (There is 1 other summary) Fort Stanton-Snowy River National Cave Conservation Area Act - Establishes the Fort Stanton-Snowy River National Cave Conservation Area in Lincoln County, New Mexico, to protect, conserve, and enhance the unique and nationally important historic, cultural, scientific, archaeological, natural, and educational subterranean cave resources of the Fort Stanton-Snowy River cave system. Specifies that the Conservation Area include the area within the boundaries depicted on the map entitled "Fort Stanton-Snowy River Cave National Conservation Area" and dated November 2005. Instructs the Secretary to only allow uses of the Conservation Area that are consistent with the protection of the cave resources. Requires the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the Bureau of Land Management,[...]

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Latest Action: 04/24/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.

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To establish the Fort Stanton-Snowy River Cave National Conservation Area, and for other purposes.

4/20/2007--Introduced.

Fort Stanton-Snowy River National Cave Conservation Area Act - Establishes the Fort Stanton-Snowy River National Cave Conservation Area in Lincoln county, New Mexico, to protect, conserve, and enhance the unique and nationally important historic, cultural, scientific, archaeological, natural, and educational subterranean cave resources of the Fort Stanton-Snowy River cave system.

Directs the Secretary to develop a plan for the long-term management of the Conservation Area.

Authorizes the Secretary to establish facilities for: (1) the conduct of scientific research; and (2) the interpretation of the resources of the Conservation Area.

Latest Action: 06/11/2008 - Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5530)

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A bill to authorize certain programs and activities in the Department of the Interior, the Forest Service, and the Department of Energy, and to amend the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003, and for other purposes. 10/17/2007--Introduced. Natural Resource Projects and Programs Authorization Act of 2007 - Authorizes specified programs and activities in the Department of the Interior, the Forest Service, and the Department of Energy concerning, among other things, national monuments, conservation areas, resource protection, historic sites, national trails, national heritage areas, and the clean coal power initiative. Makes amendments to various public laws, including the Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline Act, the National Trails System Act, the Steel Industry American Heritage Area Act of 1996, the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996, the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, the Energy Policy Act of 2005, the Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor [...]

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Latest Action: 09/16/2008 - Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Bingaman without amendment. Without written report.

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A bill to amend the National Cave and Karst Research Institute Act of 1998 to authorize appropriations for the National Cave and Karst Research Institute.

9/16/2008--Reported to Senate without amendment.    (There is 1 other summary)

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

Amends the National Cave and Karst Research Institute Act of 1998 to remove a provision limiting federal spending by the Department of the Interior for the National Cave and Karst Research Institute, in New Mexico, to the amount of nonfederal funding received.

Authorizes appropriations.

Latest Action: 07/30/2008 - Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held.

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A bill to modify the boundary of the Oregon Caves National Monument, and for other purposes. 6/18/2008--Introduced. Oregon Caves National Monument Boundary Adjustment Act of 2008 - Adjusts the boundary of the Oregon Caves National Monument (Monument). Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to: (1) transfer certain acreage in the Monument to the Secretary of the Interior; and (2) adjust the boundary of the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest to exclude certain lands in the Monument transferred by the Secretary.Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate certain additional segments of the Monument as components of the national wild and scenic rivers system.Requires the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) administer the Monument in accordance with this Act and other legal authorities; and (2) carry out forest restoration activities within the boundaries of the Monument.Directs the Secretary of Agriculture or the Interior to accept any grazing lease or [...]

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Latest Action: 06/27/2008 - Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 855.

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A bill to designate certain land as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System, to authorize certain programs and activities in the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture, and for other purposes. 6/26/2008--Introduced. Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2008 - Authorizes specified programs and activities in the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture concerning, among other things, national wilderness preservation, boundary adjustments, national rivers, the national landscape conservation system, national conservation areas, land conveyances and exchanges, watershed management, watershed restoration and enhancement, wildland firefighter safety, forest landscape restoration, national trails, paleontological resources preservation, national parks, studies, national heritage areas, national heritage corridors, and water projects.Makes amendments to various public laws, including the Oregon Wilderness Act of 1984,[...]

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Latest Action: 09/11/2008 - Subcommittee Hearings Held.

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To adjust the boundary of Oregon Caves National Monument, to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate certain river segments in Oregon as wild or scenic rivers, and for other purposes.

6/18/2008--Introduced.

Oregon Treasures Act of 2008 - Adjusts the boundary of the Oregon Caves National Monument (Monument).

Directs the Secretary of Agriculture or the Interior to: (1) implement forest restoration activities within the boundary of the Monument; and (2) accept any grazing permit or lease donated by a permitee or lessee (i.e., livestock operators who hold valid leases or permits for a grazing allotment).

Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate certain additional segments of the Monument and the Rogue River, Oregon, as components of the national wild and scenic rivers system.

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Latest Action: 06/27/2008 - Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 855.

Bill Text
A bill to designate certain land as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System, to authorize certain programs and activities in the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture, and for other purposes. 6/26/2008--Introduced. Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2008 - Authorizes specified programs and activities in the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture concerning, among other things, national wilderness preservation, boundary adjustments, national rivers, the national landscape conservation system, national conservation areas, land conveyances and exchanges, watershed management, watershed restoration and enhancement, wildland firefighter safety, forest landscape restoration, national trails, paleontological resources preservation, national parks, studies, national heritage areas, national heritage corridors, and water projects.Makes amendments to various public laws, including the Oregon Wilderness Act of 1984,[...]

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Latest Action: 07/30/2008 - Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held.

Bill Text
A bill to modify the boundary of the Oregon Caves National Monument, and for other purposes. 6/18/2008--Introduced. Oregon Caves National Monument Boundary Adjustment Act of 2008 - Adjusts the boundary of the Oregon Caves National Monument (Monument). Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to: (1) transfer certain acreage in the Monument to the Secretary of the Interior; and (2) adjust the boundary of the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest to exclude certain lands in the Monument transferred by the Secretary.Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate certain additional segments of the Monument as components of the national wild and scenic rivers system.Requires the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) administer the Monument in accordance with this Act and other legal authorities; and (2) carry out forest restoration activities within the boundaries of the Monument.Directs the Secretary of Agriculture or the Interior to accept any grazing lease or [...]

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Latest Action: 09/11/2008 - Subcommittee Hearings Held.

Bill Text
To adjust the boundary of Oregon Caves National Monument, to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate certain river segments in Oregon as wild or scenic rivers, and for other purposes.

6/18/2008--Introduced.

Oregon Treasures Act of 2008 - Adjusts the boundary of the Oregon Caves National Monument (Monument).

Directs the Secretary of Agriculture or the Interior to: (1) implement forest restoration activities within the boundary of the Monument; and (2) accept any grazing permit or lease donated by a permitee or lessee (i.e., livestock operators who hold valid leases or permits for a grazing allotment).

Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate certain additional segments of the Monument and the Rogue River, Oregon, as components of the national wild and scenic rivers system.

Latest Action: 09/16/2008 - Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Bingaman without amendment. Without written report.

Bill Text
A bill to amend the National Cave and Karst Research Institute Act of 1998 to authorize appropriations for the National Cave and Karst Research Institute.

9/16/2008--Reported to Senate without amendment.    (There is 1 other summary)

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

Amends the National Cave and Karst Research Institute Act of 1998 to remove a provision limiting federal spending by the Department of the Interior for the National Cave and Karst Research Institute, in New Mexico, to the amount of nonfederal funding received.

Authorizes appropriations.

Latest Action: 06/11/2008 - Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5530)

Bill Text
A bill to authorize certain programs and activities in the Department of the Interior, the Forest Service, and the Department of Energy, and to amend the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003, and for other purposes. 10/17/2007--Introduced. Natural Resource Projects and Programs Authorization Act of 2007 - Authorizes specified programs and activities in the Department of the Interior, the Forest Service, and the Department of Energy concerning, among other things, national monuments, conservation areas, resource protection, historic sites, national trails, national heritage areas, and the clean coal power initiative. Makes amendments to various public laws, including the Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline Act, the National Trails System Act, the Steel Industry American Heritage Area Act of 1996, the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996, the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, the Energy Policy Act of 2005, the Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor [...]

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Latest Action: 04/24/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.

Bill Text
To establish the Fort Stanton-Snowy River Cave National Conservation Area, and for other purposes.

4/20/2007--Introduced.

Fort Stanton-Snowy River National Cave Conservation Area Act - Establishes the Fort Stanton-Snowy River National Cave Conservation Area in Lincoln county, New Mexico, to protect, conserve, and enhance the unique and nationally important historic, cultural, scientific, archaeological, natural, and educational subterranean cave resources of the Fort Stanton-Snowy River cave system.

Directs the Secretary to develop a plan for the long-term management of the Conservation Area.

Authorizes the Secretary to establish facilities for: (1) the conduct of scientific research; and (2) the interpretation of the resources of the Conservation Area.

Latest Action: 02/15/2007 - Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Bingaman with an amendment. With written report No. 110-13.

Bill Text
A bill to establish the Fort Stanton-Snowy River Cave National Conservation Area. 2/15/2007--Reported to Senate amended.    (There is 1 other summary) Fort Stanton-Snowy River National Cave Conservation Area Act - Establishes the Fort Stanton-Snowy River National Cave Conservation Area in Lincoln County, New Mexico, to protect, conserve, and enhance the unique and nationally important historic, cultural, scientific, archaeological, natural, and educational subterranean cave resources of the Fort Stanton-Snowy River cave system. Specifies that the Conservation Area include the area within the boundaries depicted on the map entitled "Fort Stanton-Snowy River Cave National Conservation Area" and dated November 2005. Instructs the Secretary to only allow uses of the Conservation Area that are consistent with the protection of the cave resources. Requires the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the Bureau of Land Management,[...]

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