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Congressional Legislation
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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.
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Bill # S.22
Original Sponsor:
Jeff Bingaman (D-NM)
Cosponsor Total:
1
(last sponsor added 01/07/2009)
1 Democrats
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About This Legislation:
This summary has been edited for length
Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 - Title I: Additions to the National Wilderness Preservation System - Subtitle A: Wild Monongahela Wilderness - (Sec. 1001) Designates specified federal lands in the Monongahela National Forest, West Virginia, as wilderness and as either a new component, or an addition to an existing component, of the National Wilderness Preservation System.
Title II: Bureau of Land Management Authorizations - Subtitle A: National Landscape Conservation System - (Sec. 2002) Establishes in the BLM the National Landscape Conservation System (thus, enacting into law the National Landscape Conservation System [NLCS] created by BLM in 2000) in order to conserve, protect, and restore nationally significant landscapes that have outstanding cultural, ecological, and scientific values for the benefit of current and future generations.
Title III: Forest Service Authorizations - Subtitle A: Watershed Restoration and Enhancement - (Sec. 3001) Amends the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 to make permanent the authorization for the Secretary of Agriculture to use Forest Service appropriations for the purpose of entering into cooperative agreements with government, private, and nonprofit entities and landowners for the protection, restoration, and enhancement of fish and wildlife habitat and other resources on public or private land and/or the reduction of risk from natural disaster.
Title IV: Forest Landscape Restoration - (Sec. 4003) Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, through the Chief of the Forest Service, to establish a Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program to select and fund ecological restoration treatments for priority forest landscapes.
Title V: Rivers and Trails - Subtitle A: Additions to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System - (Sec. 5001) Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate specified segments of Fossil Creek, a tributary to the Verde River in Arizona, as components of the national wild and scenic rivers system, to be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture.
Subtitle E: Effect of Title - (Sec. 5401) Prohibits anything in this title from being construed as affecting: (1) access for recreational activities otherwise allowed by law or regulation, including hunting, fishing, or trapping; and (2) the authority, jurisdiction, or responsibility of the several states to manage, control, or regulate fish and resident wildlife under state law or regulations, including the regulation of hunting, fishing, and trapping.
Title VI: Department of the Interior Authorizations - Subtitle A: Cooperative Watershed Management Program - (Sec. 6002) Directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish a Cooperative Watershed Management Program to provide grants to form, or enlarge, a watershed group or to conduct related water management projects.
Title VII: National Park Service Authorizations - Subtitle A: Additions to the National Park System - (Sec. 7001) Establishes the Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park in New Jersey as a unit of the National Park System.
Title VIII: National Heritage Areas - Subtitle A: Designation of National Heritage Areas - (Sec. 8001) Establishes the Sangre de Cristo National Heritage Area in Colorado, which shall consist of the Counties of Alamosa, Conejos, and Costilla and the Monte Vista National Wildlife Refuge, the Baca National Wildlife Refuge, the Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve, and other areas identified on a specified map for the Heritage Area. Requires the Sangre de Cristo National Heritage Area Board to submit a management plan for the Heritage Area. Authorizes appropriations.
Title IX: Bureau of Reclamation Authorizations - Subtitle A: Feasibility Studies - (Sec. 9001) Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Reclamation (Bureau), to conduct feasibility studies on projects that address wat ...
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up-to-date bill status information on S.22.
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