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| 106-s-3286 | 106 | s | 3286 | PILT and Refuge Revenue Sharing Permanent Funding Act | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2000-12-15 | 2000-12-15 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11930) | Senate | Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] | NM | D | B000468 | 2 | PILT and Refuge Revenue Sharing Permanent Funding Act - Provides permanent funding for the following programs: (1) Bureau of Land Management Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILT); and (2) U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services Refuge Revenue Sharing. | 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z | |
| 106-hr-5650 | 106 | hr | 5650 | To declare certain Federal lands in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico as excess, and for other purposes. | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2000-12-08 | 2000-12-08 | Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services. | House | Resident Commissioner Romero-Barcelo, Carlos A. [D-PR-At Large] | PR | D | R000417 | 0 | Amends the Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 to revise requirements relating to Navy activities on the Island of Vieques, Puerto Rico, to direct the Secretary of the Navy to: (1) report to the General Services Administration (GSA) as excess lands for disposal all lands on the eastern side of the Island, with the exception of all Department of Defense real properties identified as conservation zones, the Live Impact Area, and any other real properties that the Secretary of the Interior identifies as necessary for the management of these areas; and (2) transfer such zones, Area, and any such other properties to such Secretary.Requires DOD to conduct all environmental response actions on such transferred lands, properties, and excess lands.States that neither the Department of the Interior nor GSA shall be liable for environmental contamination, including unexploded ordnance, that is present at the time such properties are transferred or reported as excess, including contamination resulting from DOD activities that is discovered after transfer or subsequent conveyance.Makes the Secretary of Defense exclusively responsible for funding and implementing any necessary response actions (including operation and maintenance) to address environmental contamination resulting from DOD's presence or which is present at the time of any such conveyance, including contamination subsequently discovered, unless such contamination was caused by the Interior Department. | 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z | |
| 106-hr-5651 | 106 | hr | 5651 | To convey certain Federal lands to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and for other purposes. | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2000-12-08 | 2000-12-08 | Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | House | Resident Commissioner Romero-Barcelo, Carlos A. [D-PR-At Large] | PR | D | R000417 | 0 | Conveys to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico the conservation zones on the western end of the Island of Vieques, Puerto Rico, designated for transfer or transferred to the Secretary of the Interior.Requires that: (1) the conveyed areas be managed for conservation purposes subject to a cooperative agreement between Puerto Rico and the Secretary; (2) areas adjacent to such areas be considered for inclusion under the agreement; and (3) such agreement be implemented in cooperation with the Puerto Rico Conservation Trust and other interested parties.Requires all conveyed lands to be managed to protect and preserve their natural resources.Permits amounts necessary to carry out the cooperative agreement to be made available to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation to establish and manage an endowment for the management of such lands. | 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z | |
| 106-s-3272 | 106 | s | 3272 | Great Basin National Heritage Area Act of 2000 | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2000-12-05 | 2000-12-05 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. | Senate | Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV] | NV | D | R000146 | 0 | Great Basin National Heritage Area Act of 2000 - Establishes the Great Basin National Heritage Area (Nevada and Utah). Designates the Great Basin National Heritage Area Partnership as its management entity (Partnership).Instructs the Secretary of the Interior to enter into a memorandum of understanding with the Partnership. Authorizes the Partnership to submit a Heritage Area management plan that encompasses conservation, funding, management, and development. Authorizes appropriations. | 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z | |
| 106-hr-5618 | 106 | hr | 5618 | Education Land Grant Act of 2000 | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2000-11-01 | 2000-11-07 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health. | House | Rep. Hayworth, J. D. [R-AZ-6] | AZ | R | H000413 | 0 | Education Land Grant Act of 2000 - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to convey National Forest System lands to a public school district for educational uses, if the school district meets specified criteria. | 2025-08-20T14:20:41Z | |
| 106-hr-5594 | 106 | hr | 5594 | Endangered Species Act Amendments of 2000 | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2000-10-27 | 2000-10-27 | Referred to the House Committee on Resources. | House | Rep. Radanovich, George [R-CA-19] | CA | R | R000004 | 0 | Endangered Species Act Amendments of 2000 - Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to exempt from certain consultation and conferencing any Federal agency action with respect to the conservation of endangered and threatened species that: (1) is consistent with an incidental taking permit; (2) addresses an imminent threat to public health or safety or a catastrophic natural event or compliance with Federal, State, or local safety or public health requirements; (3) consists of routine operation, maintenance, repair, or replacement of a project or facility, including the Woodrow Wilson Bridge, and operation of a project or facility in accordance with a previously issued Federal license, permit, or other authorization; or (4) permits activities that occur on private land.Directs the Secretary to promulgate standards for rendering taxonomic determinations of species and subspecies.Sets forth provisions for the compensation of Federal actions taken resulting in the diminishment of the value of private property. | 2025-08-20T14:17:09Z | |
| 106-s-3256 | 106 | s | 3256 | A bill to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to sell or exchange all or part of certain administrative sites and other land in the Ozark-St. Francis and Ouachita National Forests and to use funds derived from the sale or exchange to acquire, construct, or improve administrative sites. | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2000-10-27 | 2000-10-27 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. | Senate | Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR] | AR | D | L000035 | 0 | Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to sell or exchange certain administrative sites and land in the Ouachita National Forest, Arkansas and Oklahoma, and the Ozark-St. Francis National Forest, Arkansas. States that any resultant funds shall be available for: (1) acquisition, improvement, or construction of National Forest administrative facilities in Arkansas or Oklahoma; and (2) acquisition of land or land interests in such States. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z | |
| 106-hr-5565 | 106 | hr | 5565 | Western Alaska Community Development Quota Program Implementation Improvement Act of 2000 | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2000-10-26 | 2000-10-26 | Referred to the House Committee on Resources. | House | Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large] | AK | R | Y000033 | 0 | Western Alaska Community Development Quota Program Implementation Improvement Act of 2000 - Amends Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act provisions relating to the western Pacific community development program to allocate percentages of Bering Sea directed fisheries and to modify eligibility and other requirements. | 2025-08-20T14:18:43Z | |
| 106-hr-5582 | 106 | hr | 5582 | To designate a portion of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area in Minnesota as the "Bruce F. Vento Unit of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness". | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2000-10-26 | 2000-10-30 | Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands. | House | Rep. Oberstar, James L. [D-MN-8] | MN | D | O000006 | 6 | Designates a specified portion of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in Minnesota as the Bruce F. Vento Unit of such Wilderness. | 2025-01-02T17:15:27Z | |
| 106-s-3248 | 106 | s | 3248 | Hoosier Automobile and Truck National Heritage Trail Area Act of 2000 | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2000-10-26 | 2000-10-26 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. | Senate | Sen. Bayh, Evan [D-IN] | IN | D | B001233 | 1 | Hoosier Automobile and Truck National Heritage Trail Area Act of 2000 - Establishes in Indiana the Hoosier Automobile and Truck National Heritage Trail Area, to be managed by the Hoosier Automobile & Truck National Heritage Trail Area, Inc. | 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z | |
| 106-hr-5535 | 106 | hr | 5535 | Coastal Resources Enhancement and Restoration Act of 2000 | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2000-10-24 | 2000-11-01 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics. | House | Rep. Rohrabacher, Dana [R-CA-45] | CA | R | R000409 | 0 | Coastal Resources Enhancement and Restoration Act of 2000 - Amends the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 to require not less than ten percent of amounts appropriated for grants for engineering research to be used by the National Science Foundation for grants for coastal engineering and coastline protection research.Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to direct a Federal agency found to have violated the Act in connection with the discharge or runoff of pollutants into U.S. coastal waters and ordered to undertake a supplemental environmental program in lieu of paying fines to be given the option of constructing artificial reefs and undertaking aquatic habitat restoration projects.Requires the Secretary of the Army, in determining which shores other than public will be eligible for Federal assistance for shore protection, to consider a publicly owned shore with insufficient public access to be a privately owned shore.Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 to allow a publicly owned shore with insufficient public access to be considered a privately owned shore for purposes of costs of constructing projects or measures for beach erosion control and water quality enhancement assigned to projects for flood control and other water resources purposes.Directs the Secretary of Commerce and the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to carry out a comprehensive ocean observing system pilot program. Requires the establishment of two regional test projects, one of which shall be located at the Southern California Bight from Encinitas, Mexico, to Point Dume, California, with Orange County, California, serving as the focal point.Establishes a beach nourishment account in the Treasury to carry out: (1) such pilot program; and (2) projects for beach nourishment, shore protection, and beach erosion control. | 2025-08-20T14:21:41Z | |
| 106-hr-5515 | 106 | hr | 5515 | To limit the use of eminent domain under the Natural Gas Act to acquire certain State-owned property. | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2000-10-19 | 2000-10-25 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power. | House | Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-8] | NJ | D | P000096 | 6 | Amends the Natural Gas Act to prohibit Federal use of the eminent domain power to acquire State property that has been reserved for the purpose of preserving open space, unless the State has agreed to such taking. | 2025-01-15T18:51:50Z | |
| 106-hr-5518 | 106 | hr | 5518 | Hoosier Automobile & Truck National Heritage Trail Area Act of 2000 | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2000-10-19 | 2000-10-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands. | House | Rep. Souder, Mark E. [R-IN-4] | IN | R | S001143 | 6 | Hoosier Automobile & Truck National Heritage Trail Area Act of 2000 - Establishes in Indiana the Hoosier Automobile and Truck National Heritage Trail Area, to be managed by the Hoosier Automobile & Truck National Heritage Trail Area, Inc. | 2025-08-20T14:17:38Z | |
| 106-s-3222 | 106 | s | 3222 | Harmful Nonnative Weed Control Act of 2000 | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2000-10-19 | 2000-10-19 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10803-10805) | Senate | Sen. Craig, Larry E. [R-ID] | ID | R | C000858 | 8 | Harmful Nonnative Weed Control Act of 2000 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish a program to provide financial assistance through States to eligible weed management entities to control or eradicate harmful, nonnative weeds on public and private land.Prohibits such assistance from being used to carry out projects to control or eradicate aquatic noxious weeds or animal pests. | 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z | |
| 106-s-3224 | 106 | s | 3224 | National Park Service Studies Act of 2000 | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2000-10-19 | 2000-10-19 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10806) | Senate | Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] | NM | D | B000468 | 0 | National Park Service Studies Act of 2000 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct studies of the following areas and historic and cultural themes to determine the appropriateness of including them in the National Park System: (1) Erskine House/Russian American Storehouse, Alaska; (2) Blackwater Canyon, West Virginia; (3) Farm Labor Movement Sites, California and other States; (4) Carter G. Woodson Home, District of Columbia; (5) Governors Island, New York; and (6) World War II Homefront Sites, Multi-State. | 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z | |
| 106-hr-5493 | 106 | hr | 5493 | Gateway Communities Cooperation Act of 2000 | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2000-10-18 | 2000-10-30 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry. | House | Rep. Radanovich, George [R-CA-19] | CA | R | R000004 | 0 | Gateway Communities Cooperation Act of 2000 - Declares that it is Federal Government policy that Federal land managers should support and coordinate with gateway communities (communities adjacent to or near Federal lands) to: (1) improve the relationship between such managers and elected officials and residents of such communities; (2) enhance such communities' facilities and services available to visitors of such Federal lands; and (3) result in better land use decisions.Requires such a manager undertaking land management planning to: (1) seek the participation of elected officials, businesses, and other interested persons in neighboring gateway communities; and (2) provide such persons with an opportunity to participate in the development and implementation of the resulting land management decisions.Permits such a manager to: (1) enter into a cooperative agreement with the local government of a certified gateway community to coordinate land management and development plans; and (2) make grants to assist such communities with respect to the Federal land use planning process. | 2025-08-20T14:21:31Z | |
| 106-hr-5496 | 106 | hr | 5496 | To amend the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966 to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide for maintenace and repair of buildings and properties located on lands in the National Wildlife Refuge System by lessees of such facilities, and for other purposes. | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2000-10-18 | 2000-10-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans. | House | Rep. Souder, Mark E. [R-IN-4] | IN | R | S001143 | 0 | Amends the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966 to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to include in any agreement, lease, permit, or contract that authorizes a person to use land or water in the National Wildlife Refuge System to provide accommodations, facilities, or services to visitors provisions that: (1) authorize the person to maintain or repair any improvement on or in such land or water; and (2) treat costs incurred by the person for such maintenance or repair as consideration otherwise required to be paid to the United States for such use.Requires amounts received by the United States as fees or other payments required under any such agreement, lease, permit, or contract to be available to the Secretary for expenditure to increase the quality of the visitor experience and enhance the protection of resources. Allows such amounts to be used only for the area, site, or project concerned for: (1) backlogged repair and maintenance projects; (2) interpretation, signage, habitat, or facility enhancement; (3) resource preservation; or (4) annual operation, maintenance, and law enforcement relating to public use. | 2025-01-02T17:15:27Z | |
| 106-hr-5478 | 106 | hr | 5478 | To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to acquire by donation suitable land to serve as the new location for the home of Alexander Hamilton, commonly known as the Hamilton Grange, and to authorize the relocation of the Hamilton Grange to the acquired land. | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2000-10-17 | 2000-11-09 | Became Public Law No: 106-482. | House | Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-15] | NY | D | R000053 | 0 | Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) acquire land from the City of New York, New York, to serve as the new location for the home of Alexander Hamilton, the Hamilton Grange; and (2) relocate the Grange to such land. | 2025-04-07T13:47:14Z | |
| 106-s-3209 | 106 | s | 3209 | Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Heritage Act of 2000 | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2000-10-17 | 2000-10-17 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. | Senate | Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [D-CT] | CT | D | L000304 | 8 | Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Heritage Act of 2000 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct and submit to specified congressional committees a resource study of the 600 mile route through Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Virginia, used by George Washington and General Jean Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau during the American Revolutionary War. | 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z | |
| 106-hr-5461 | 106 | hr | 5461 | Shark Finning Prohibition Act | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2000-10-12 | 2000-12-21 | Became Public Law No: 106-557. | House | Rep. Cunningham, Randy (Duke) [R-CA-51] | CA | R | C000994 | 0 | Shark Finning Prohibition Act - Amends the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to make it unlawful to: (1) remove any of the fins of a shark, including the tail, and discard the carcass of the shark at sea; (2) have control or possession of such a fin aboard a fishing vessel without the corresponding carcass; or (3) land such a fin without the corresponding carcass.Requires the Secretary of Commerce to: (1) initiate international negotiations for the prohibition of shark-finning; (2) submit to Congress a list of nations whose vessels conduct shark- finning, set forth a plan of action for the international conservation of sharks, and include recommendations for U.S. compliance with national, international, and regional obligations relating to shark populations; and (3) establish a research program for Pacific and Atlantic sharks.Directs the National Marine Fisheries Service to initiate a western Pacific longline fisheries cooperative research program.Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-04-07T13:47:14Z | |
| 106-hr-5441 | 106 | hr | 5441 | To transfer management of the Banks Lake Unit of the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge. | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2000-10-11 | 2000-10-16 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans. | House | Rep. Chambliss, Saxby [R-GA-8] | GA | R | C000286 | 0 | Transfers management of the Banks Lake Unit of the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge to the agency within the Georgia Department of Natural Resources having primary authority for the protection and management of fish and wildlife. Encourages such agency to manage such Unit so as to: (1) provide hunting, fishing, and other wildlife recreational opportunities; (2) ensure adequate water quantity and quality for maximum recreational opportunities to fulfill the Refuge's mission; and (3) ensure coordination with adjacent land owners. | 2025-01-02T17:15:27Z | |
| 106-hr-5446 | 106 | hr | 5446 | Freedom's Way National Heritage Area Act | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2000-10-11 | 2000-10-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands. | House | Rep. Olver, John W. [D-MA-1] | MA | D | O000085 | 5 | Freedom's Way National Heritage Area Act - Establishes the Freedom's Way National Heritage Area in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. | 2025-08-20T14:19:52Z | |
| 106-hr-5428 | 106 | hr | 5428 | Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area Expansion Act of 2000 | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2000-10-10 | 2000-10-16 | Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands. | House | Rep. Gibbons, Jim [R-NV-2] | NV | R | G000152 | 0 | Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area Expansion Act of 2000 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to exercise authority under the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act of 1998 to acquire by exchange certain environmentally sensitive lands for inclusion in the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area. | 2025-08-20T14:19:38Z | |
| 106-hr-5414 | 106 | hr | 5414 | Tongass Rain Forest Protection Act | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2000-10-06 | 2000-10-06 | Referred to the House Committee on Resources. | House | Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-50] | CA | D | F000116 | 0 | Tongass Rain Forest Protection Act - Prohibits, with exceptions for extant contracts, activities in the Tongass National Forest that disturb or destroy indigenous animal or plant species. Includes among such activities road construction, logging, and mining.Designates all inventoried roadless areas within the Forest as wilderness areas and National Wilderness Preservation System components. | 2025-08-20T14:17:22Z | |
| 106-hr-5389 | 106 | hr | 5389 | Joliet Park District Enhancement Act of 2000 | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2000-10-05 | 2000-10-05 | Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. | House | Rep. Weller, Jerry [R-IL-11] | IL | R | W000273 | 0 | Joliet Park District Enhancement Act of 2000 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to convey the parcel of real property located at 622 Railroad Street in Joliet, Illinois, together with any improvements, to the Joliet Park District for public ownership and use as the site of its headquarters.Provides that armed forces provisions regarding the screening of real property for further Federal use before conveyance shall not apply to such conveyance. | 2025-08-20T14:20:25Z | |
| 106-hr-5399 | 106 | hr | 5399 | Abel and Mary Nicholson House National Historic Site Study Act of 2000 | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2000-10-05 | 2000-10-05 | Referred to the House Committee on Resources. | House | Rep. LoBiondo, Frank A. [R-NJ-2] | NJ | R | L000554 | 0 | Abel and Mary Nicholson House National Historic Site Study Act of 2000 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the National Park Service, to: (1) study and report to specified congressional committees on the suitability and feasibility of designating the Abel and Mary Nicholson House in Salem County, New Jersey, as a unit of the National Park System; and (2) consider management alternatives to create an administrative association with the New Jersey Coastal Heritage Trail Route. | 2025-08-20T14:21:24Z | |
| 106-hr-5402 | 106 | hr | 5402 | To amend the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Development Act to extend to the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park Commission. | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2000-10-05 | 2000-10-11 | Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands. | House | Rep. Morella, Constance A. [R-MD-8] | MD | R | M000941 | 1 | Amends the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Development Act to extend through January 8, 2011, the term of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park Commission. | 2025-01-02T17:15:16Z | |
| 106-s-3160 | 106 | s | 3160 | Abel and Mary Nicholson House National Historic Site Study Act of 2000 | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2000-10-04 | 2000-10-04 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9863) | Senate | Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] | NJ | D | L000123 | 0 | Abel and Mary Nicholson House National Historic Site Study Act of 2000 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the National Park Service, to: (1) study and report to specified congressional committees on the suitability and feasibility of designating the Abel and Mary Nicholson House in Salem County, New Jersey, as a unit of the National Park System; and (2) consider management alternatives to create an administrative association with the New Jersey Coastal Heritage Trail Route.Authorizes appropriations. | 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z | |
| 106-hr-5371 | 106 | hr | 5371 | Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site Establishment Act of 2000 | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2000-10-03 | 2000-10-03 | Referred to the House Committee on Resources. | House | Rep. Schaffer, Bob [R-CO-4] | CO | R | S000112 | 1 | Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site Establishment Act of 2000 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the National Park Service, to establish in Kiowa County, Colorado, the Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site to commemorate the massacre of more than 150 Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians who were murdered by U.S. soldiers along Sand Creek in southeastern Colorado territory on November 29, 1864. | 2025-08-20T14:21:00Z | |
| 106-hr-5375 | 106 | hr | 5375 | Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor Act | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2000-10-03 | 2000-10-25 | On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Failed by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 223 - 183 (Roll no. 548). (text: CR 10/24/2000 H10577-10579) | House | Rep. Walsh, James T. [R-NY-25] | NY | R | W000099 | 12 | Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor Act- Establishes the Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor in the State of New York and the Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor Commission.Provides for a comprehensive preservation and management Canalway Plan for the Corridor. | 2025-08-20T14:19:20Z | |
| 106-s-3154 | 106 | s | 3154 | Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor Act of 2000 | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2000-10-03 | 2000-10-03 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9746-9749) | Senate | Sen. Moynihan, Daniel Patrick [D-NY] | NY | D | M001054 | 1 | Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor Act of 2000 - Establishes the Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor in the State of New York and the Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor Commission.Provides for a comprehensive preservation and management Canalway Plan for the Corridor. | 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z | |
| 106-s-3156 | 106 | s | 3156 | Endangered Species Recovery Act of 2000 | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2000-10-03 | 2000-10-03 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9751-9758) | Senate | Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] | NJ | D | L000123 | 11 | Endangered Species Recovery Act of 2000- Title I: Endangered Species Recovery - Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to direct Federal agencies significantly affected by species recovery plan goals or management actions to develop and implement recovery implementation plans that, among other things, identify lands or waters under agency jurisdiction that may provide suitable habitat for the species and actions needed to acquire additional habitat or contribute to species recovery on agency lands or waters.Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior or Commerce, as appropriate, to enter into endangered species conservation agreements with owners of lessees of real property.Expands elements of conservation plans required to be submitted by applicants for permits authorizing takings.Provides for a streamlined application and approval procedure for incidental take permits and conservation plans determined to be low effect, small scale plans.Sets forth requirements for the deposit of performance bonds and other financial security by incidental take permit (other than low effect, small scale) applicants.Establishes the Habitat Conservation Plan Fund.Requires the Secretary to encourage the development of multiple landowner, multispecies conservation plans. Provides for regulations establishing a development process which ensures an equitable balance of participation among citizens with primary interests in economic development activities that may affect species conservation, and citizens whose primary interest is in species conservation, respectively.Directs the Secretary to establish a Community Assistance Program to provide timely and accurate information to local governments and property owners on impacts of actions under, and assistance on compliance with, the Act.Reauthorizes the Act through FY 2004.Title II: Species Conservation Tax Incentives - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) establish a tax exclusion for cost-sharing payments under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program; (2) provide special rules… | 2025-08-20T14:19:03Z | |
| 106-hr-5359 | 106 | hr | 5359 | Lease Lot Conveyance Act of 2000 | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2000-10-02 | 2000-10-02 | Referred to the House Committee on Resources. | House | Rep. Skeen, Joe [R-NM-2] | NM | R | S000463 | 0 | Lease Lot Conveyance Act of 2000 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the Elephant Butte/Caballo Leaseholders Association, Inc., real property comprising 403 cabin sites under the administrative jurisdiction of the Bureau of Reclamation that are located along the western portion of the reservoirs in Elephant Butte State Park and Caballo State Park, New Mexico.Requires the Association to grant leaseholders of such properties the option of purchasing or continuing to lease their properties.Requires the Secretary to establish specified use restrictions with respect to each property.Requires conveyance proceeds to be deposited in the reclamation fund on behalf of the Rio Grande Project. | 2025-08-20T14:18:52Z | |
| 106-s-3142 | 106 | s | 3142 | George Washington Birthplace National Monument Boundary Adjustment Act of 2000 | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2000-10-02 | 2000-10-02 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9606) | Senate | Sen. Warner, John [R-VA] | VA | R | W000154 | 0 | George Washington Birthplace National Monument Boundary Adjustment Act of 2000 - Modifies the boundary of the George Washington Birthplace National Monument in Virginia to include certain lands comprising approximately 115 acres. | 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z | |
| 106-s-3146 | 106 | s | 3146 | American Land Sovereignty Protection Act | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2000-10-02 | 2000-10-02 | Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time. | Senate | Sen. Campbell, Ben Nighthorse [R-CO] | CO | R | C000077 | 1 | See summary of: S. 510 | 2025-08-20T14:21:07Z | |
| 106-s-3147 | 106 | s | 3147 | A bill to authorize the establishment, on land of the Department of the Interior in the District of Columbia or its environs, of a memorial and gardens in honor and commemoration of Frederick Douglass. | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2000-10-02 | 2000-10-02 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. | Senate | Sen. Robb, Charles S. [D-VA] | VA | D | R000295 | 23 | Authorizes Frederick Douglass Gardens, Inc., to establish a memorial and gardens on Department of the Interior lands in the District of Columbia or its environs in honor and commemoration of Frederick Douglass. | 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z | |
| 106-s-3132 | 106 | s | 3132 | George Washington Birthplace National Monument Boundary Adjustment Act of 2000 | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2000-09-28 | 2000-09-28 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. | Senate | Sen. Warner, John [R-VA] | VA | R | W000154 | 0 | George Washington Birthplace National Monument Boundary Adjustment Act of 2000 - Modifies the boundary of the George Washington Birthplace National Monument in Virginia to include certain lands comprising approximately one acre. | 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z | |
| 106-s-3140 | 106 | s | 3140 | Kentucky National Forest Land Transfer Act of 2000 | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2000-09-28 | 2000-09-28 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9476-9477) | Senate | Sen. McConnell, Mitch [R-KY] | KY | R | M000355 | 1 | Kentucky National Forest Land Transfer Act of 2000 - Transfers from the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) to the Secretary of Agriculture administrative jurisdiction over specified lands and attendant interests within the Daniel Boone National Forest (Kentucky).Subjects the transfer of such lands to the authority of the Secretary of the Interior with respect to mineral resources underlying National Forest System Land, including mineral leasing laws and the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977.Prohibits surface mining with respect to the lands except as provided in such Act.Requires the Secretary of the Interior to provide to TVA specified monetary credits in consideration for the transfer. | 2025-08-20T14:20:16Z | |
| 106-hr-5328 | 106 | hr | 5328 | Fort Clatsop National Memorial Expansion Act of 2000 | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2000-09-27 | 2000-10-02 | Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands. | House | Rep. Wu, David [D-OR-1] | OR | D | W000793 | 2 | Fort Clatsop National Memorial Expansion Act of 2000 - Authorizes the acquisition of certain additional lands for inclusion within the Fort Clatsop National Memorial in Oregon.Requires the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study of the area near McGowan, Washington, where the Lewis and Clark Expedition first camped after reaching the Pacific Ocean, to determine its suitability for inclusion in the National Park System. | 2025-08-20T14:21:01Z | |
| 106-s-3119 | 106 | s | 3119 | Fort Clatsop National Memorial Expansion Act of 2000 | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2000-09-27 | 2000-09-27 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9386) | Senate | Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] | OR | D | W000779 | 3 | Fort Clatsop National Memorial Expansion Act of 2000 - Authorizes the acquisition of certain additional lands for inclusion within the Fort Clatsop National Memorial in Oregon.Requires the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study of the area near McGowan, Washington, where the Lewis and Clark Expedition first camped after reaching the Pacific Ocean, to determine its suitability for inclusion in the National Park System. | 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z | |
| 106-hr-5301 | 106 | hr | 5301 | To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to carry out a land exchange involving lands in Inyo and San Bernardino Counties, California. | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2000-09-26 | 2000-10-03 | Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands. | House | Rep. Lewis, Jerry [R-CA-40] | CA | R | L000274 | 0 | Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to exchange specified Federal lands in Inyo and San Bernardino Counties, California, for certain non-Federal lands in Inyo County. | 2025-01-02T17:15:14Z | |
| 106-s-3113 | 106 | s | 3113 | Governors Island Preservation Act of 2000 | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2000-09-26 | 2000-09-26 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. | Senate | Sen. Moynihan, Daniel Patrick [D-NY] | NY | D | M001054 | 1 | Governors Island Preservation Act of 2000 - Establishes, as a unit of the National Park System, the Governors Island National Monument comprising Castle Williams and Fort Jay and associated lands located on Governors Island in New York Harbor.Requires the Administrator of General Services to transfer administrative jurisdiction over the Monument to the Secretary of the Interior. Requires the Secretary to submit a management plan for the Monument to the Committee on Resources of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate.Authorizes appropriations for annual operation and maintenance.Directs the Administrator to convey Governors Island (excluding the Monument) to New York for use consistent with a plan to be administered by the Governors Island Redevelopment Corporation, the New York State Environmental Quality Review Act, and the Governors Island Preservation and Design Manual. | 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z | |
| 106-s-3115 | 106 | s | 3115 | A bill to extend the term of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historic Park Commission. | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2000-09-26 | 2000-09-26 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. | Senate | Sen. Sarbanes, Paul S. [D-MD] | MD | D | S000064 | 4 | Amends the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Development Act to extend through January 8, 2011, the term of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park Commission. | 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z | |
| 106-hconres-406 | 106 | hconres | 406 | Expressing the sense of the Congress that Federal land management agencies should immediately enact a cohesive strategy to reduce the overabundance of forest fuels which places national resources at high risk of catastrophic wildfire. | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2000-09-22 | 2000-09-28 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry. | House | Rep. Radanovich, George [R-CA-19] | CA | R | R000004 | 35 | Expresses the sense of Congress with respect to wildfire danger that: (1) Federal forest and land management agencies should enact a cohesive strategy to reduce the overabundance of forest fuels; and (2) the Departments of Agriculture and the Interior should prepare for publication a public lands national fire strategy. | 2025-01-02T17:07:49Z | |
| 106-hr-5268 | 106 | hr | 5268 | Vietnam Veterans Memorial Education Act | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2000-09-22 | 2000-09-22 | Referred to the House Committee on Resources. | House | Rep. Murtha, John P. [D-PA-12] | PA | D | M001120 | 44 | Vietnam Veterans Memorial Education Act - Authorizes the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, Inc., to construct a temporary education center for educating people about the Memorial. Requires the center to remain for ten years, after which Congress may reevaluate the continuing need for the center.Requires the Fund, in designing the center, to consult with the Commission on Fine Arts. | 2025-08-20T14:17:02Z | |
| 106-hr-5242 | 106 | hr | 5242 | Governors Island Preservation Act of 2000 | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2000-09-21 | 2000-10-04 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Management, Information and Technology. | House | Rep. Gilman, Benjamin A. [R-NY-20] | NY | R | G000212 | 29 | Governors Island Preservation Act of 2000 - Establishes, as a unit of the National Park System, Governors Island National Monument, comprised of Castle Williams and Fort Jay and associated land located on Governors Island in New York Harbor.Requires the Administrator of General Services, as part of the overall disposition of Governors Island, to transfer administrative jurisdiction over the Monument to the Secretary of the Interior and, subject to agreement by the Secretary and the Governors Island Redevelopment Corporation, to reserve the right of access for the Secretary to the Monument for purposes of operating and maintaining it.Requires the Secretary of the Interior to submit to specified congressional committees a management plan for the Monument.Directs the Administrator to convey Governors Island (with the exclusion of the Monument) to New York for use consistent with a plan to be administered by the Governors Island Redevelopment Corporation and the purposes of this Act. Requires any use of the conveyed land to be consistent with such plan and purposes and to be in compliance with: (1) the New York State Environmental Quality Review Act; (2) the Governors Island Preservation and Design Manual. | 2026-03-23T12:17:56Z | |
| 106-hr-5263 | 106 | hr | 5263 | Peopling of America Theme Study Act | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2000-09-21 | 2000-09-21 | Referred to the House Committee on Resources. | House | Rep. Souder, Mark E. [R-IN-4] | IN | R | S001143 | 3 | Peopling of America Theme Study Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to prepare and submit to Congress a national historic landmark theme study on the peopling of America. Requires the study to identify: (1) those things which illustrate and commemorate key events and decisions affecting the peopling of America and which can provide a basis for preserving and interpreting such peopling; (2) and recommend for designation new national historic landmarks; and (3) appropriate sites within the National Park System at which the peopling of America may be interpreted. Requires the Secretary, on the basis of the study, to recommend to Congress sites for which studies for potential inclusion in the Park System should be authorized.Authorizes the Secretary to enter into cooperative arrangements under this Act.Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-20T14:18:18Z | |
| 106-hr-5264 | 106 | hr | 5264 | Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge Act of 2000 | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2000-09-21 | 2000-10-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Finance and Hazardous Materials. | House | Rep. Udall, Mark [D-CO-2] | CO | D | U000038 | 5 | Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge Act of 2000 - Provides that the United States shall retain all right, title, and interest to lands within the Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site, Colorado.Provides for the transfer of administrative jurisdiction over Rocky Flats from the Secretary of Energy (Secretary) to the Secretary of the Interior. Excludes the transfer of certain property and facilities used to intercept, treat, and control hazardous substances or for purposes related to required response actions. Requires the Secretary to continue to carry out to completion cleanup and closure at Rocky Flats.Directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish the Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge.Authorizes the Secretary to establish a Rocky Flats Museum. | 2025-08-20T14:20:18Z | |
| 106-s-3089 | 106 | s | 3089 | Vietnam Veterans Memorial Education Act | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2000-09-21 | 2000-09-21 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. | Senate | Sen. Hagel, Chuck [R-NE] | NE | R | H001028 | 35 | Vietnam Veterans Memorial Education Act - Authorizes the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, Inc., to construct a temporary education center for educating people about the Memorial. Requires the center to remain for ten years, after which Congress may reevaluate the continuing need for the center.Requires the Fund, in designing the center, to consult with the Commission on Fine Arts. | 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z | |
| 106-s-3090 | 106 | s | 3090 | Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge Act of 2000 | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2000-09-21 | 2000-09-21 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8954-8956) | Senate | Sen. Allard, Wayne [R-CO] | CO | R | A000109 | 1 | Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge Act of 2000 - Provides that the United States shall retain all right, title, and interest to lands within the Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site, Colorado.Provides for the transfer of administrative jurisdiction over Rocky Flats from the Secretary of Energy (Secretary) to the Secretary of the Interior. Excludes the transfer of certain property and facilities used to intercept, treat, or control hazardous substances and for purposes related to required response actions. Requires the Secretary to carry out to completion cleanup and closure at Rocky Flats.Directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish the Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge.Authorizes the Secretary to establish a Rocky Flats Museum. | 2025-08-20T14:19:25Z | |
| 106-hr-5221 | 106 | hr | 5221 | To require the United States Postal Service to convey certain real property containing a post-office building in Jackson, Michigan, to the City of Jackson, Michigan. | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2000-09-20 | 2000-09-20 | Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform. | House | Rep. Smith, Nick [R-MI-7] | MI | R | S000597 | 0 | Directs the U.S. Postal Service to convey a parcel of real property, including the post-office building, that is located at 200 South Otsego Street in Jackson, Michigan, to the City of Jackson in exchange for a specified amount derived taking into consideration that a portion of such property has been designated as a historical site under Michigan State law. | 2025-02-04T16:54:13Z | |
| 106-hr-5223 | 106 | hr | 5223 | National Forests Improvement Pilot Program Act | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2000-09-20 | 2000-10-02 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry. | House | Rep. Sanford, Marshall (Mark) [R-SC-1] | SC | R | S000051 | 0 | National Forests Improvement Pilot Program Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to: (1) carry out a ten-year pilot program (with a discretionary ten-year extension) in three Forest Service Regions (representing different ecosystems) to evaluate State administration of National Forest System lands; (2) contract with the Forest Stewardship Council to evaluate such forests' environmental progress; (3) terminate the pilot program with respect to a test forest whose environmental condition worsens; and (4) carry out the program through the use of reserved Forest Service funds. | 2025-08-20T14:18:07Z | |
| 106-hr-5225 | 106 | hr | 5225 | Richmond National Battlefield Park Act of 2000 | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2000-09-20 | 2000-10-18 | Received in the Senate. | House | Rep. Bliley, Tom [R-VA-7] | VA | R | B000556 | 1 | Richmond National Battlefield Park Act of 2000 - Replaces provisions of law establishing the Richmond National Battlefield Park in Richmond, Virginia, with this Act. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to make minor adjustments in Park boundaries.Directs the Secretary to: (1) provide for the establishment of a monument or memorial to honor the 14 Medal of Honor recipients from the United States Colored Troops who fought in the Battle of New Market Heights; and (2) include the role of black Union soldiers in historical interpretations provided at the Park. | 2025-04-07T13:47:14Z | |
| 106-hr-5216 | 106 | hr | 5216 | To direct the Secretary of the Army to convey easement over certain lands in La Salle County, Illinois, to the Young Men's Christian Association of Ottawa, Illinois. | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2000-09-19 | 2000-09-19 | Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. | House | Rep. Weller, Jerry [R-IL-11] | IL | R | W000273 | 0 | Directs the Secretary of the Army to convey to the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) of Ottawa, Illinois, a portion of the easements acquired for the improvement of the Illinois waterway project over a parcel of real property owned by such YMCA, known as the Ottawa, Illinois YMCA Site, and located at 201 E. Jackson Street in Ottawa, except that portion lying below a specified elevation. | 2025-01-02T17:15:05Z | |
| 106-hr-5199 | 106 | hr | 5199 | To provide for conveyance of a lighthouse to the City of Kingston, New York. | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2000-09-18 | 2000-09-18 | Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. | House | Rep. Hinchey, Maurice D. [D-NY-26] | NY | D | H000627 | 0 | Directs the conveying authority (Commandant of the Coast Guard or Administrator of General Services) to convey to the city of Kingston, New York, without monetary consideration, all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the Kingston Lighthouse (also known as Roundout Creek Light 2, Roundout Creek, Ulster County, Kingston, New York). Sets forth certain requirements with respect to the maintenance of such property. | 2025-01-02T17:15:05Z | |
| 106-s-3052 | 106 | s | 3052 | Steens Mountain Wilderness Act of 2000 | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2000-09-14 | 2000-09-26 | Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Forests and Public Land Management. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 106-914. | Senate | Sen. Smith, Gordon H. [R-OR] | OR | R | S001142 | 1 | Steens Mountain Wilderness Act of 2000 - Title I: Steens Mountain Cooperative Management and Protection Area - Subtitle A: Designation and Purposes - Requires the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Land Management, to designate the Steens Mountain Cooperative Management and Protection Area consisting of Federal land in Harney County, Oregon. Declares that the purpose of the Area is to conserve, protect, and manage the long-term ecological integrity of Steens Mountain.Subtitle B: Management of Federal Lands - Sets forth provisions regarding management of Federal Area lands and requires a plan for the long-range protection and management of such lands. Includes within the plan a transportation plan for Federal lands in the Area.(Sec. 112) Prohibits off-road travel in Federal lands in the Area, except under certain circumstances. Bars construction of roads or trails for motorized vehicles unless the Secretary determines it necessary for public safety or environmental protection.(Sec. 113) Permits uses of Federal lands in the Area only to further the purposes for which the Area is established. Makes such lands unavailable for commercial timber harvest. Permits the removal of trees only if the Secretary determines such removal is needed for ecological restoration and maintenance or public safety. Authorizes the sale of forest products from such removals except in the Steens Mountain Wilderness Area and wilderness study areas described in title II of this Act. Permits fishing, hunting, and trapping on such lands, with authorized limitations. Requires the cancellation of specified grazing in the Lowther and Roaring Springs allotments. Requires replacement of lost livestock forage resulting from the selection of Federal lands within the Fields Basin Allotment to include specified pasture assignments within the Miners Field Allotment. Bars the construction of new facilities on Federal lands in the Area unless the structure is: (1) minimal in nature and consistent with this Act; and (2) necessary for e… | 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z | |
| 106-s-3053 | 106 | s | 3053 | Yellowstone and Teton Scenic Overflight Exclusion Act of 2000 | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2000-09-14 | 2000-09-14 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. | Senate | Sen. Thomas, Craig [R-WY] | WY | R | T000162 | 0 | Yellowstone and Teton Scenic Overflight Exclusion Act of 2000 - Amends Federal transportation law to prohibit commercial air tour operation in the airspace over Yellowstone National Park, Grand Teton National Park, or the John D. Rockefeller Memorial Parkway. | 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z | |
| 106-hr-5165 | 106 | hr | 5165 | Community Character Act of 2000 | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2000-09-13 | 2000-09-29 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity. | House | Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3] | OR | D | B000574 | 10 | Community Character Act of 2000 - Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to establish a program to provide grants to States to assist in the development or revision of land use planning legislation and the creation or revision of State comprehensive land use plans or plan elements.Requires grant funds to be used to obtain technical assistance in: (1) drafting such legislation; (2) research and development for land use planning programs and requirements relating to the development of State guide plans; (3) conducting workshops, educating and consulting policy makers, and involving citizens in the planning process; and (4) integrating State and regional concerns and land use plans with such Federal plans.Requires each Federal land management agency to designate, provide information to, and participate in community events as requested by, a coordinator to work with State planning directors on funded projects. | 2025-08-20T14:17:05Z | |
| 106-s-3044 | 106 | s | 3044 | A bill to establish the Las Cienegas National Conservation Area in the State of Arizona | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2000-09-13 | 2000-09-26 | Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Forests and Public Land Management. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 106-914. | Senate | Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] | AZ | R | M000303 | 0 | Establishes the Sonoita Valley Conservation Planning District and Las Cienegas National Conservation Area in Arizona.Provides for a Sonoita Valley Conservation Planning District Advisory Council to advise the Secretary of the Interior on management of public lands included in the District and the Conservation Area.Requires the Secretary to report to Congress on measures to protect lands within the Rincon Valley, Colossal Cave area, and Agua Verde Creek corridor north of Interstate 10 to provide an ecological link to Saguaro National Park and the Rincon Mountains and contribute to local government conservation priorities. | 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z | |
| 106-s-3027 | 106 | s | 3027 | A bill to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to purchase and transfer certain land. | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2000-09-12 | 2000-09-12 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8415) | Senate | Sen. Thurmond, Strom [R-SC] | SC | R | T000254 | 1 | Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to: (1) purchase certain land in South Carolina; and (2) exchange land with the Florence Darlington Technical College, South Carolina. | 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z | |
| 106-s-3036 | 106 | s | 3036 | National Beach Enhancement Act | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2000-09-12 | 2000-09-12 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Torricelli, Robert G. [D-NJ] | NJ | D | T000317 | 0 | National Beach Enhancement Act - Directs the Secretary of the Army, in recommending the authorization or reauthorization of shore protection projects, to develop and implement procedures which treat economic benefits (including beach usage for recreation and derived revenues), hurricane and storm damage reduction, and environmental restoration benefits equally.Provides that specified provisions of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 prescribing the non-Federal share of the cost assigned to other project purposes of flood control projects shall not apply to such shore protection projects. | 2025-08-20T14:20:42Z | |
| 106-s-3039 | 106 | s | 3039 | Boise Laboratory Replacement Act of 2000 | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2000-09-12 | 2000-09-26 | Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Forests and Public Land Management. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 106-914. | Senate | Sen. Craig, Larry E. [R-ID] | ID | R | C000858 | 0 | Boise Laboratory Replacement Act of 2000 - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to sell or exchange the Boise (Idaho) laboratory (laboratory) site (as defined by this Act), and use the resultant funds to acquire land and facilities to: (1) colocate the laboratory with one of the Boise-area State institutions of higher learning; (2) replace other laboratory functions; and (3) acquire other land or interests in Idaho.Grants right of first refusal for the laboratory site to the University of Idaho or a related nonprofit organization, and provides, if such option is exercised, for Federal cooperation with the University to develop a multiagency research and education facility at such site. | 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z | |
| 106-hr-5133 | 106 | hr | 5133 | NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office Improvement Act | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2000-09-07 | 2000-09-14 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Gilchrest, Wayne T. [R-MD-1] | MD | R | G000180 | 0 | NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office Improvement Act - Amends the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Authorization Act of 1992 to: (1) rename the Chesapeake Bay Estuarine Resources Office as the Chesapeake Bay Office (the Office); (2) revise the functions of the Office; (3) require a five-year study concerning living resources of the Chesapeake Bay and a multiple species management strategy for the Chesapeake Bay; (4) require a community-based fishery and habitat restoration small grants and technical assistance program in the Chesapeake Bay watershed; and (5) authorize appropriations for the Office through FY 2004. | 2025-08-20T14:18:41Z | |
| 106-hr-5141 | 106 | hr | 5141 | To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to release the reversionary interest of the United States in certain land located in Sumter County, South Carolina, to facilitate a land exchange involving that land and to provide for an exchange of the mineral interests of the United States in that land. | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2000-09-07 | 2000-09-14 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources. | House | Rep. Spratt, John M., Jr. [D-SC-5] | SC | D | S000749 | 0 | Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to release the reversionary interest of the United States in a specified tract of land in Sumter County, South Carolina, that: (1) requires that it be used for public purposes; and (2) is contained in the deed conveying such land from the United States to the South Carolina State Commission of Forestry. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the Commission all of the undivided mineral interests of the United States in that land in exchange for mineral rights of equal value held by the State of South Carolina in other specified parcels.Directs the State of South Carolina, as consideration for the release of such reversionary interest, to transfer to the United States a vested future interest, similar to the restriction described above, in another specified tract of land. | 2025-01-02T17:15:04Z | |
| 106-hr-5118 | 106 | hr | 5118 | Marine Protected Area Enhancement Act of 2000 | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2000-09-06 | 2000-09-14 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans. | House | Rep. Saxton, Jim [R-NJ-3] | NJ | R | S000097 | 2 | Marine Protected Area Enhancement Act of 2000 - Treats the waters and submerged lands within the Historic Area Remediation Site (a dredged material disposal area) off the coast of New Jersey as a marine protected area for purposes of Executive Order 13158, dated May 26, 2000. | 2025-08-20T14:19:57Z | |
| 106-hr-4988 | 106 | hr | 4988 | George Washington Birthplace National Monument Boundary Adjustment Act of 2000 | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2000-07-27 | 2000-08-08 | Executive Comment Requested from Interior. | House | Rep. Bateman, Herbert H. [R-VA-1] | VA | R | B000229 | 0 | George Washington Birthplace National Monument Boundary Adjustment Act of 2000 - Modifies the boundary of the George Washington Birthplace National Monument in Virginia to include certain lands comprising approximately 115 acres. | 2025-08-20T14:21:31Z | |
| 106-hr-5013 | 106 | hr | 5013 | Homestead National Monument of America Additions Act | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2000-07-27 | 2000-08-11 | Executive Comment Requested from Interior. | House | Rep. Bereuter, Doug [R-NE-1] | NE | R | B000403 | 0 | Homestead National Monument of America Additions Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire, from willing sellers or by donation, certain parcels of property for inclusion in the Homestead National Monument of America, Gage County, Nebraska. Places a five-year term limit on property acquired by purchase. Authorizes appropriations.Authorizes the Secretary to enter into cooperative agreements with the State of Nebraska, Gage County, local governmental units, and individuals for operation, maintenance, interpretation, recreation, and other purposes related to the proposed Homestead Heritage Highway to be located in the vicinity of the Monument. | 2025-08-20T14:20:04Z | |
| 106-hr-5014 | 106 | hr | 5014 | To amend the National Trails System Act to update the feasibility and suitability studies of 4 national historic trails and provide for possible additions to such trails. | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2000-07-27 | 2000-08-11 | Executive Comment Requested from Interior. | House | Rep. Bereuter, Doug [R-NE-1] | NE | R | B000403 | 0 | Amends the National Trails System Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to undertake a study to determine the feasibility of designating: (1) certain routes and cutoffs for inclusion within the Oregon National Historic Trail; (2) the southern alternative route from Wathena to Troy, Kansas, for inclusion within the Pony Express National Historic Trail; (3) certain Missouri Valley central and western routes and cutoffs for inclusion within the California National Historic Trail; (4) certain routes and cutoffs for inclusion within the Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail; and (5) certain routes and cutoffs as shared components of the California and Oregon National Historic Trails. Requires the Secretary, as appropriate, to so designate such routes and cutoffs, to publish notice of such designation, and to submit study results to specified congressional committees. | 2025-01-02T17:14:51Z | |
| 106-hr-5019 | 106 | hr | 5019 | To convey certain submerged lands to the Government of the Virgin Islands. | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2000-07-27 | 2000-07-27 | Referred to the House Committee on Resources. | House | Del. Christensen, Donna MC [D-VI-At Large] | VI | D | C000380 | 0 | Conveys all U.S. rights, title, and interests in and to submerged lands in the area between the island of Saint Croix and the islands of Saint Thomas and Saint John to the Government of the Virgin Islands. | 2025-01-02T17:14:51Z | |
| 106-hr-5030 | 106 | hr | 5030 | Steel Industry National Historic Park Act of 2000 | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2000-07-27 | 2000-08-10 | Executive Comment Requested from Interior. | House | Rep. Doyle, Michael F. [D-PA-18] | PA | D | D000482 | 1 | Steel Industry National Historic Park Act of 2000 - Title I: Steel Industry National Historic Park - Establishes in Pennsylvania the Steel Industry National Historic Park for inclusion within the National Park System. Specifies the historic properties to be included within the Park. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire by donation specified property for inclusion within such Park.Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) enter into a cooperative agreement for Park purposes; and (2) provide technical assistance for the preservation of Park structures, maintenance of the cultural landscape, and local Park preservation planning.Directs the Secretary to prepare and submit to specified congressional committees a Park general management plan.Authorizes appropriations.Title II: Extension of Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail - Amends the National Trails System Act to direct the Secretary to designate the system of trails between Cumberland, Maryland, and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, known as the Allegheny Trail Alliance Trails as components of the Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail. | 2025-08-20T14:19:52Z | |
| 106-hr-5036 | 106 | hr | 5036 | Dayton Aviation Heritage Preservation Amendments Act of 2000 | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2000-07-27 | 2000-10-24 | Became Public Law No: 106-356. | House | Rep. Hall, Tony P. [D-OH-3] | OH | D | H000074 | 1 | Dayton Aviation Heritage Preservation Amendments Act of 2000 - Amends the Dayton Aviation Heritage Preservation Act of 1992 to: (1) add three properties for inclusion within the Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park; and (2) remove an appropriations limit with respect to the operation, development, or restoration of non-federally owned properties within such Park. | 2025-04-07T13:47:14Z | |
| 106-hr-5041 | 106 | hr | 5041 | To establish the boundaries and classification of a segment of the Missouri River in Montana under the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act. | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2000-07-27 | 2000-10-18 | Received in the Senate. | House | Rep. Hill, Rick [R-MT-At Large] | MT | R | H000605 | 0 | Establishes, as of April 12, 1980, the boundaries and classification of a segment of the Missouri River in Montana under the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act. | 2025-01-02T17:14:51Z | |
| 106-hr-5047 | 106 | hr | 5047 | To impose restrictions on the use of amounts collected as fees at Cape Hatteras National Seashore under the Recreational Fee Demonstration Program. | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2000-07-27 | 2000-08-10 | Executive Comment Requested from Interior. | House | Rep. Jones, Walter B., Jr. [R-NC-3] | NC | R | J000255 | 0 | Prohibits the use of amounts collected as fees at Cape Hatteras National Seashore under the Recreational Fee Demonstration Program for certain vehicle beach access studies or management plans. | 2025-01-02T17:14:51Z | |
| 106-hr-5083 | 106 | hr | 5083 | To extend the authority of the Los Angeles Unified School District to use certain park lands in the city of South Gate, California, which were acquired with amounts provided from the land and water conservation fund, for elementary school purposes. | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2000-07-27 | 2000-11-06 | Became Public Law No: 106-443. | House | Rep. Roybal-Allard, Lucille [D-CA-33] | CA | D | R000486 | 0 | Extends the authority of the Los Angeles Unified School District to use, for elementary school purposes, certain park lands in the City of South Gate, California, which were acquired with amounts provided from the land and water conservation fund.Directs the President of the Board of Education for the Los Angeles Unified School District to require periodic reports on: (1) progress in relocating Tweedy Elementary School from South Gate Park to a permanent location; and (2) the School District's construction plans for a new high school, middle school, and three primary centers in South Gate. | 2025-04-07T13:47:14Z | |
| 106-hr-5086 | 106 | hr | 5086 | Coastal and Fisheries Improvement Act of 2000 | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2000-07-27 | 2000-10-24 | Received in the Senate. | House | Rep. Saxton, Jim [R-NJ-3] | NJ | R | S000097 | 1 | Coastal and Fisheries Improvement Act of 2000 - Title I: National Marine Sanctuaries - National Marine Sanctuaries Amendments Act of 2000 - Amends the National Marine Sanctuaries Act to modify the Act's findings, purposes, and policies.(Sec. 103) Establishes the National Marine Sanctuary System.(Sec. 104) Includes in the definitions of: (1) "damages" the cost of curation and conservation of archaeological, historical, and cultural sanctuary resources and the cost of enforcement actions undertaken by the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) for injury to a sanctuary resource; (2) "response costs" the costs related to the seizure, forfeiture, storage, or disposal arising from injury to a sanctuary resource; and (3) "sanctuary resource" cultural and archaeological resources.(Sec. 105) Modifies sanctuary designation standards and procedures.(Sec. 106) Requires a Federal agency that takes an action other than an alternative recommended by the Secretary, if the action results in damage or injury to a sanctuary resource, to prevent further damage and restore or replace the resource in a manner approved by the Secretary. Prohibits the Secretary from publishing any new sanctuary designation unless the Secretary has published a finding that: (1) such addition will not have a negative impact on the System; and (2) sufficient resources are available to implement sanctuary management plans, complete site characterization studies, and inventory known sanctuary resources.Authorizes the President to designate any Northwestern Hawaiian Islands coral reef or coral reef ecosystem as a coral reef reserve, to be managed by the Secretary. Requires the Secretary to take certain action following such a designation, including establishing a Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Reserve Advisory Council. Requires an implementation report from the Secretary to specified congressional committees. Authorizes appropriations.(Sec. 107) Modifies the list of prohibited activities under the Act.(Sec. 108) Empowers enforcement officers to arrest a person for… | 2025-04-07T13:47:14Z | |
| 106-hr-5097 | 106 | hr | 5097 | Northern Front Range Roadless Area and Mountain Backdrop Protection Act | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2000-07-27 | 2000-08-11 | Executive Comment Requested from USDA. | House | Rep. Udall, Mark [D-CO-2] | CO | D | U000038 | 0 | Northern Front Range Roadless Area and Mountain Backdrop Protection Act - Requires specified lands within the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests in Colorado to be managed by the Secretary of Agriculture as protected roadless areas. Requires a report from the Secretary to Congress on the suitability of such lands for inclusion in the National Wilderness Preservation System.Requires the Secretary to review, and report to Congress on, appropriate actions for preserving the open and undeveloped character of certain lands within the Rocky Flats Front Range Mountain Backdrop west of the Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site in Jefferson County, Colorado. | 2025-08-20T14:21:19Z | |
| 106-hr-5098 | 106 | hr | 5098 | Colorado Forest Restoration and Fire Reduction Act | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2000-07-27 | 2000-08-16 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry. | House | Rep. Udall, Mark [D-CO-2] | CO | D | U000038 | 3 | Colorado Forest Restoration and Fire Reduction Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service, to establish a collaborative forest (fire) protection and restoration program involving public, tribal, or private lands in Colorado. (Excludes National Wilderness Preservation System lands.) Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-20T14:20:24Z | |
| 106-s-2950 | 106 | s | 2950 | Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site Establishment Act of 2000 | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2000-07-27 | 2000-11-07 | Became Public Law No: 106-465. | Senate | Sen. Campbell, Ben Nighthorse [R-CO] | CO | R | C000077 | 0 | Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site Establishment Act of 2000 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, upon a determination that sufficient land has been acquired by the National Park Service (NPS), to establish in Kiowa County, Colorado, the Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site to commemorate the massacre of more than 150 Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians under the leadership of Chief Black Kettle who were murdered by U.S. soldiers along Sand Creek in southeastern Colorado territory on November 29, 1864. Directs the Secretary to: (1) administer the Site as part of the NPS; (2) develop a Site management plan; and (3) prepare programs which educate the public about the Site. Authorizes the Secretary to acquire land and interests within the Site's boundaries for such purposes.Requires descendants of such Indians to have reasonable rights of access to, and use of, federally acquired land within the Site.Directs the Secretary to: (1) grant to any descendant or tribal member reasonable access to federally acquired land within the Site for carrying out traditional, cultural, or historical observance (closing the area to the general public during such period); and (2) dedicate a portion of the Site to certain burial and commemorative remains and objects.Authorizes appropriations. | 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z | |
| 106-s-2954 | 106 | s | 2954 | Dr. Nancy Foster Marine Biology Scholarship Act | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2000-07-27 | 2000-07-27 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | Senate | Sen. Hollings, Ernest F. [D-SC] | SC | D | H000725 | 7 | Dr. Nancy Foster Marine Biology Scholarship Act - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to establish the Dr. Nancy Foster Marine Biology Scholarship Program for the award and administration of graduate education scholarships in marine biological or oceanographic science studies to recognize outstanding scholarship by a woman or an member of a minority group in marine biological or oceanographic science studies and to encourage independent graduate level research in marine biology.Requires the amount of each scholarship to be provided directly to each recipient selected by the Secretary upon receipt of certification that the recipient will adhere to a specific and detailed plan of study and research approved by the sponsoring institution. Provides for repayment of the award in the case of fraud or noncompliance.Requires the Secretary to make one percent of the amount appropriated each fiscal year to carry out the National Marine Sanctuaries Act available for such scholarships. | 2025-08-20T14:19:57Z | |
| 106-s-2956 | 106 | s | 2956 | Colorado Canyons National Conservation Area and Black Ridge Canyons Wilderness Act of 2000 | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2000-07-27 | 2000-09-13 | Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Forests and Public Land Management. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 106-896. | Senate | Sen. Campbell, Ben Nighthorse [R-CO] | CO | R | C000077 | 0 | Colorado Canyons National Conservation Area and Black Ridge Canyons Wilderness Act of 2000 - Establishes the Colorado Canyons National Conservation Area, consisting of specified public land in Colorado and Utah.Designates certain lands in Mesa County, Colorado, and Grand County, Utah, as wilderness and designates such area as the Black Ridge Canyons Wilderness.Requires the Secretary of the Interior to manage both the Conservation Area and the Wilderness. Withdraws all lands within the Conservation Area and Wilderness from all forms of entry under the public land laws, including mining laws and mineral and geothermal leasing laws.Directs the Secretary to develop a comprehensive plan for the long-range protection and management of the Conservation Area and the Wilderness. States that Congress does not intend for the establishment of buffer zones around such lands.Authorizes the Secretary to establish minimal interpretive sites in cooperation with other public or private entities.States that neither the Conservation Area nor the Wilderness shall include any part of the Colorado River to the 100-year high water mark. Withdraws all Federal lands between such marks on each shore from all forms of entry under the public land laws, including mining laws and mineral and geothermal leasing laws.Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish the Colorado Canyons National Conservation Area Advisory Council; and (2) continue to allow certain public and private access to the Conservation Area and Wilderness. | 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z | |
| 106-s-2959 | 106 | s | 2959 | Dayton Aviation Heritage Preservation Amendments Act of 2000 | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2000-07-27 | 2000-09-29 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 888. | Senate | Sen. DeWine, Mike [R-OH] | OH | R | D000294 | 0 | Dayton Aviation Heritage Preservation Amendments Act of 2000 - Amends the Dayton Aviation Heritage Preservation Act of 1992 to: (1) add three properties for inclusion within the Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park; and (2) remove an appropriations limit with respect to the operation, development, or restoration of non-federally owned properties within such Park. | 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z | |
| 106-s-2973 | 106 | s | 2973 | Magnuson-Stevens Act Amendments of 2000 | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2000-07-27 | 2000-07-27 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | Senate | Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] | MA | D | K000148 | 1 | Magnuson-Stevens Act Amendments of 2000 - Title I: Fishery Management and Enforcement - Amends the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to: (1) include Caribbean Sea commonwealths, territories, and possessions of the United States within the area of the Caribbean Fishery Management Council; (2) outline procedures for fishery management council appointments; (3) require fishery management plans to give priority to habitat areas of particular concern; (4) allow such plans to designate and protect zones encompassing coral reef and other sensitive habitats; (5) require the appropriate fishery council and Secretary of Commerce to ensure that any exclusive quota-based fishery program meets specified requirements; (6) require each council to establish a committee to recommend changes to quota-based programs; (7) require the Secretary to evaluate each plan or plan amendment for consistency with national standards; (8) direct the Secretary to establish guidelines for describing and identifying essential fish habitat and areas of particular concern for a fishery; and (9) provide for marine law enforcement cooperative agreements.Directs the Secretary to report on the implementation of fish bycatch requirements. Authorizes a system of incentives to reduce bycatch and bycatch rates in fisheries.Requires each council to submit a fishery ecosystem management plan.Requires the National Academy of Sciences to recommend improvements for the Federal fishery management process.Title II: Fisheries Data Collection, Research, and Assessment - Requires: (1) a regional fisheries outreach program; (2) an independent peer review of fishery management methods; (3) a National Observer Program; and (4) a national cooperative research and management program.Authorizes the Secretary to acquire up to six fishery survey vessels.Title III: Capacity Reduction - Directs the National Marine Fisheries Service to evaluate and identify the overcapacity in each fishery designated as overfished or approaching such condition.Title IV: R… | 2025-08-20T14:20:56Z | |
| 106-s-2977 | 106 | s | 2977 | A bill to assist in the establishment of an interpretive center and museum in the vicinity of the Diamond Valley Lake in southern California to ensure the protection and interpretation of the paleontology discoveries made at the lake and to develop a trail system for the lake for use by pedestrians and nonmotorized vehicles. | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2000-07-27 | 2000-11-09 | Became Public Law No: 106-500. | Senate | Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] | CA | D | F000062 | 1 | Directs the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) enter into an agreement with an appropriate entity to share the costs to design, construct, and operate an interpretive center and museum on lands under the jurisdiction of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California to preserve, display, and interpret the paleontology discoveries made at and in the vicinity of the Diamond Valley Lake, near Hemet, California, and to promote other historical and cultural resources of such area; and (2) enter into an agreement with the State of California, a political subdivision thereof, or a combination of State and local public agencies for sharing costs to design, construct, and maintain a system of trails around the Lake for use by pedestrians and non-motorized vehicles. | 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z | |
| 106-s-2995 | 106 | s | 2995 | Community Character Act of 2000 | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2000-07-27 | 2000-07-27 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7911-7912) | Senate | Sen. Chafee, Lincoln [R-RI] | RI | R | C001040 | 7 | Community Character Act of 2000 - Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to establish a program to provide grants to States to assist in the development or revision of land use planning legislation and the creation or revision of State comprehensive land use plans or plan elements.Requires grant funds to be used to obtain technical assistance in: (1) drafting such legislation; (2) research and development for land use planning programs and requirements relating to the development of State guide plans; (3) conducting workshops, educating and consulting policy makers, and involving citizens in the planning process; and (4) integrating State and regional concerns and land use plans with such Federal plans.Requires each Federal land management agency to designate, provide information to, and participate in community events as requested by, a coordinator to work with State planning directors on funded projects. | 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z | |
| 106-s-3000 | 106 | s | 3000 | A bill to authorize the exchange of land between the Secretary of the Interior and the Director of Central Intelligence at the George Washington Memorial Parkway in McLean, Virginia, and for other purposes. | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2000-07-27 | 2000-10-06 | Held at the desk. | Senate | Sen. Robb, Charles S. [D-VA] | VA | D | R000295 | 0 | Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior and the Director of Central Intelligence to exchange: (1) specified land within the boundary of the George Washington Memorial Parkway; for (2) specified land under the jurisdiction of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) adjacent to the boundary of the Parkway.Requires the Director to allow public access to such land within the boundary of the Parkway for a motor vehicle turn-around on the Parkway by employees of: (1) the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA); and (2) other Federal employees and visitors whose admission to the Turner-Fairbanks Highway Research Center of the FHWA is authorized.Allows the Director to close access to such land to all persons (other than the U.S. Park Police, other necessary employees of the National Park Service (NPS), and FHWA employees) if the Director determines that physical security conditions require the closure to protect CIA employees or property. Disallows the Director from closing access to such land for more than 12 hours during any 24-hour period unless the Director consults with the NPS, the Center, and the U.S. Park Police. Prohibits any action from being taken to diminish access to such land by FHWA employees except when taken for security reasons.Requires the Director to ensure compliance by the CIA with the deed restrictions that apply to such land.Requires compliance by the Secretary and the Director with the terms and conditions of the Interagency Agreement between the NPS and the CIA regarding the exchange and management of the land subject to such Agreement.Requires the Secretary and the Director to complete the exchange not later than 120 days after this Act 's enactment.Requires: (1) any land conveyed to the Secretary to be included within the boundary of the Parkway and to be administered by the NPS as part of the Parkway and (2) any land conveyed to the Director to be administered as part of the CIA's Headquarters Building Compound. | 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z | |
| 106-hr-4948 | 106 | hr | 4948 | To amend the Reclamation Recreation Management Act of 1992 in order to provide for the security of dams, facilities, and resources under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Reclamation. | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2000-07-25 | 2000-07-27 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power. | House | Rep. Dooley, Calvin M. [D-CA-20] | CA | D | D000424 | 0 | Amends the Reclamation Recreation Management Act of 1992 to provide for criminal penalties for any person who violates any regulation lawfully issued pursuant to such Act regarding protection of reclamation lands and projects.Allows any person charged with a violation to be tried and sentenced by any U.S. magistrate judge.Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) authorize law enforcement personnel of the Department of the Interior, other Federal agencies that have law enforcement authority, or any State or local government, including Indian tribes, to act as law enforcement officers within a reclamation project or on reclamation lands; (2) cooperate with any State or local government in the enforcement of the laws or ordinances of that State or local government; and (3) provide reimbursement to a State or local government for expenditures incurred in connection with law enforcement activities within reclamation projects or lands. | 2025-01-02T17:14:41Z | |
| 106-hr-4960 | 106 | hr | 4960 | King Range National Conservation Area Boundary Expansion Act of 2000 | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2000-07-25 | 2000-08-03 | Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands. | House | Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-1] | CA | D | T000460 | 0 | King Range National Conservation Area Boundary Expansion Act of 2000 - Amends Federal law to add Mill Creek lands to the King Range National Conservation Area. | 2025-08-20T14:20:01Z | |
| 106-hr-4929 | 106 | hr | 4929 | To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain land to Lander County, Nevada, for continued use as a cemetery. | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2000-07-24 | 2000-08-21 | Executive Comment Requested from USDA. | House | Rep. Gibbons, Jim [R-NV-2] | NV | R | G000152 | 0 | Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service, to convey Kingston Cemetery in Kingston, Nevada, to Lander County, Nevada, for continued use as cemetery. Grants the County an easement granting access for persons desiring to visit the Cemetery over a specified Forest Development Road. | 2025-01-02T17:14:51Z | |
| 106-hr-4900 | 106 | hr | 4900 | Mount Nebo Wilderness Boundary Adjustment Act | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2000-07-20 | 2000-07-21 | Executive Comment Requested from USDA. | House | Rep. Hansen, James V. [R-UT-1] | UT | R | H000172 | 0 | Mount Nebo Wilderness Boundary Adjustment Act - Makes specified boundary adjustments to the Mount Nebo Wilderness Area.Amends the Utah Wilderness Act of 1984 to allow access to certain Utah wilderness areas for the maintenance of established water system operations. | 2025-08-20T14:20:19Z | |
| 106-hr-4889 | 106 | hr | 4889 | To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to release the reversionary interest of the United States in certain land located in Sumter County, South Carolina, to facilitate a land exchange involving that land and to provide for the conveyance to the mineral interests of the United States in that land. | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2000-07-19 | 2000-07-27 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources. | House | Rep. Spratt, John M., Jr. [D-SC-5] | SC | D | S000749 | 0 | Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to release the reversionary interest of the United States in a specified tract of land in Sumter County, South Carolina, that: (1) requires that such land be used for public purposes; and (2) is contained in the deed conveying such land from the United States to the South Carolina State Commission of Forestry. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to convey to South Carolina all of the undivided mineral interests of the United States in that land for fair market value and administrative costs.Directs the State of South Carolina, as consideration for the release of such reversionary interest, to transfer to the United States a vested future interest, similar to the restriction described above, in another specified tract of land. | 2025-01-02T17:14:38Z | |
| 106-s-2878 | 106 | s | 2878 | National Wildlife Refuge System Centennial Commemoration Act of 2000 | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2000-07-17 | 2000-08-30 | Star Print ordered on the reported bill. | Senate | Sen. Smith, Bob [R-NH] | NH | R | S000606 | 11 | National Wildlife Refuge System Centennial Commemoration Act of 2000 - Establishes the National Wildlife Refuge System Centennial Commission to, among other things: (1) carry out a plan to commemorate, on March 14, 2003, the centennial of the beginning of the System; and (2) make recommendations to the Secretary of the Interior on a long-term plan for the System and measures to enhance natural resources stewardship and expand public enjoyment of the System.Directs the Secretary to develop a long-term plan for the System to address: (1) priority staffing and operational needs; (2) priority maintenance and construction needs; and (3) any transition costs in conducting analyses of newly acquired refuge lands.Designates 2003 as Year of the Wildlife Refuge.Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-20T14:20:12Z | |
| 106-s-2873 | 106 | s | 2873 | A bill to provide for all right, title, and interest in and to certain property in Washington County, Utah, to be vested in the United States. | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2000-07-14 | 2000-10-02 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 899. | Senate | Sen. Bennett, Robert F. [R-UT] | UT | R | B000382 | 0 | Vests in the United States: (1) specified real property owned by Environmental Land Technology, Ltd. (ELT) within the Red Cliffs Reserve in Washington County, Utah; and (2) specified real property owned by ELT which is adjacent to the land within the Reserve, but is landlocked as a result of the creation of the Reserve.Directs the United States to pay specified compensation to the owners of any such real property from the permanent judgment appropriation or from another appropriate Federal Government fund. Requires the Secretary of the Interior, in the absence of a negotiated settlement, or an action by an owner, to initiate a proceeding seeking a determination of just compensation.Prohibits the Secretary from allowing any unauthorized use of such lands, except for the termination of all current activities and the removal of any equipment, facilities, or personal property.Requires the Secretary, if requested by a land owner, to credit a surplus property account to be established in the name of the owner. Allows the land owner, using the credit in such account, to bid as any other bidder for surplus property, wherever located. | 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z | |
| 106-s-2865 | 106 | s | 2865 | Virginia Wilderness Act of 2000 | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2000-07-13 | 2000-10-12 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health. | Senate | Sen. Robb, Charles S. [D-VA] | VA | D | R000295 | 1 | Virginia Wilderness Act of 2000 - Designates certain lands in the George Washington National Forest, Virginia, as the Priest Wilderness Area and the Three Ridges Wilderness Area. | 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z | |
| 106-hr-4828 | 106 | hr | 4828 | Steens Mountain Cooperative Management and Protection Act of 2000 | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2000-07-12 | 2000-10-30 | Became Public Law No: 106-399. | House | Rep. Walden, Greg [R-OR-2] | OR | R | W000791 | 2 | Steens Mountain Cooperative Management and Protection Act of 2000 - Title I: Steens Mountain Cooperative Management and Protection Area - Subtitle A: Designation and Purposes - Requires the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Land Management, to designate the Steens Mountain Cooperative Management and Protection Area consisting of Federal land in Harney County, Oregon. Declares that the purpose of the Area is to conserve, protect, and manage the long-term ecological integrity of Steens Mountain.Subtitle B: Management of Federal Lands - Sets forth provisions regarding management of Federal Area lands and requires a plan for the long-range protection and management of such lands. Includes within the plan a transportation plan for Federal lands in the Area.(Sec. 112) Prohibits off-road travel in Federal lands in the Area, except under certain circumstances. Bars construction of roads or trails for motorized vehicles unless the Secretary determines it necessary for public safety or environmental protection.(Sec. 113) Permits uses of Federal lands in the Area only to further the purposes for which the Area is established. Makes such lands unavailable for commercial timber harvest. Permits the removal of trees only if the Secretary determines such removal is needed for ecological restoration and maintenance or public safety. Authorizes the sale of forest products from such removals except in the Steens Mountain Wilderness Area and wilderness study areas described in title II of this Act. Permits fishing, hunting, and trapping on such lands, with authorized limitations. Requires the cancellation of specified grazing permits in the Fish Creek/Big Indian, East Ridge, and South Steens allotments. Reallocates available forage. Bars the construction of new facilities on Federal lands in the Area unless the structure is: (1) minimal in nature and consistent with this Act; and (2) necessary for enhancing botanical, fish, wildlife, or watershed conditions, for public information, health, or safety, or for li… | 2025-04-07T13:47:14Z | |
| 106-hr-4835 | 106 | hr | 4835 | To authorize the exchange of land between the Secretary of the Interior and the Director of Central Intelligence at the George Washington Memorial Parkway in McLean, Virginia, and for other purposes. | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2000-07-12 | 2000-11-01 | Became Public Law No: 106-412. | House | Rep. Moran, James P. [D-VA-8] | VA | D | M000933 | 0 | Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior and the Director of Central Intelligence to exchange specified land within the boundary of the George Washington Memorial Parkway for specified land under the jurisdiction of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) adjacent to the boundary of the Parkway.Requires the Director to allow access to the property transferred from the National Park Service (NPS) and conveyed by the Secretary to the CIA to the public, to personnel of the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center as provided for in the FHWA's report of excess, dated May 20, 1971, and to other Federal employees and visitors whose admission to the Research Center is authorized by such Center.Allows the CIA to have the right to close off such transferred property to all persons except the U.S. Park Police, other necessary NPS personnel, and personnel of the Research Center to protect CIA personnel, facilities, or property.Requires the Director to ensure compliance by the CIA with the deed restrictions for the transferred land.Requires compliance by the NPS and the CIA with the terms and conditions of the Interagency Agreement between the NPS and the CIA regarding the exchange and management of the lands discussed in that Agreement.Requires that the land conveyed: (1) to the Secretary be included within the boundary of the Parkway and be administered by the NPS as part of the Parkway; and (2) to the CIA be administered as part of its headquarters building compound. | 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z | |
| 106-hr-4840 | 106 | hr | 4840 | Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Act of 2000 | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2000-07-12 | 2000-09-13 | Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | House | Rep. Saxton, Jim [R-NJ-3] | NJ | R | S000097 | 0 | Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Act of 2000 - Authorizes appropriations for the Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Cooperative Management Act through FY 2005. Permits using amounts authorized to support the Atlantic States Marine Fishery Commission's cooperative statistics program. Imposes reporting requirements. | 2025-04-07T13:47:14Z | |
| 106-s-2848 | 106 | s | 2848 | Pecos National Historical Park Land Exchange Act of 2000 | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2000-07-11 | 2000-09-28 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 851. | Senate | Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] | NM | D | B000468 | 0 | Pecos National Historical Park Land Exchange Act of 2000 - Provides for a land exchange between private landowners, the Secretary of the Interior, and the Secretary of Agriculture under which certain lands will be added to the Pecos National Historical Park in New Mexico in exchange for certain lands (and a related easement) within the Santa Fe National Forest in New Mexico. Requires the: (1) Secretaries to report to specified congressional committees upon successful completion of the exchange; and (2) equalization of values of lands exchanged. | 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z | |
| 106-hr-4815 | 106 | hr | 4815 | Saint Croix Island Heritage Act | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2000-07-10 | 2000-07-20 | Executive Comment Requested from Interior. | House | Rep. Baldacci, John Elias [D-ME-2] | ME | D | B000081 | 0 | Saint Croix Island Heritage Act - Requires the Secretary of the Interior to provide assistance in planning, constructing, and operating a regional heritage center in downtown Calais, Maine, to facilitate the management and interpretation of the Saint Croix Island International Historic Site. Allows the Secretary to enter into cooperative agreements with Federal, State, and local agencies and nonprofit organizations to carry out this Act.Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-20T14:20:09Z | |
| 106-s-2842 | 106 | s | 2842 | A bill to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain land to Lander County, Nevada, for continued use as a cemetery. | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2000-07-10 | 2000-07-10 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6348) | Senate | Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV] | NV | D | R000146 | 1 | Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service, to convey Kingston Cemetery in Kingston, Nevada, to Lander County, Nevada, for continued use as cemetery. Grants the County an easement granting access for persons desiring to visit the Cemetery over a specified Forest Development Road. | 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z | |
| 106-s-2834 | 106 | s | 2834 | A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Reclamation, to convey property to the Greater Yuma Port Authority of Yuma County, Arizona, for use as an international port of entry. | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 2000-06-30 | 2000-06-30 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. | Senate | Sen. Kyl, Jon [R-AZ] | AZ | R | K000352 | 0 | Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Reclamation, to convey to the Greater Yuma Port Authority for fair market value certain Arizona lands for use as an international port of entry and related activities, subject to specified covenants and conditions, including certain reservations of: (1) rights-of-way for ditches, canals, and well fields; (2) water rights; (3) rights-of-way and easements; and (4) gas, oil, metals, and mineral rights. | 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z |
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bill_type TEXT,
bill_number INTEGER,
title TEXT,
policy_area TEXT,
introduced_date TEXT,
latest_action_date TEXT,
latest_action_text TEXT,
origin_chamber TEXT,
sponsor_name TEXT,
sponsor_state TEXT,
sponsor_party TEXT,
sponsor_bioguide_id TEXT,
cosponsor_count INTEGER DEFAULT 0,
summary_text TEXT,
update_date TEXT,
url TEXT
);
CREATE INDEX idx_leg_congress ON legislation(congress);
CREATE INDEX idx_leg_type ON legislation(bill_type);
CREATE INDEX idx_leg_policy ON legislation(policy_area);
CREATE INDEX idx_leg_date ON legislation(introduced_date);
CREATE INDEX idx_leg_sponsor ON legislation(sponsor_name);
CREATE INDEX idx_leg_sponsor_bioguide ON legislation(sponsor_bioguide_id);