113 HR 2954 : Public Access and Lands Improvement Act
U.S. House of Representatives
2014-02-10
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1.This Act may be cited as the Public Access and Lands Improvement Act
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<enum>I</enum><header>Santa Rosa Island Title Fairness and Land Preservation Act</header>
<section id="H503B542EE1E441CB961FB55D099C2233"><enum>101.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Santa Rosa Island Title Fairness and Land Preservation Act</short-title></quote>.</text>
</section><section id="HDD54A08F574248AAAACA62AC49C851A6" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>102.</enum><header>Conveyance of property</header>
<subsection id="H26455F3CA5114A8DB413CB03A75A73E5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Conveyance free of restrictions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding the restrictions on conveyance of property located on Santa Rosa Island, Florida,
contained in the Act of July 30, 1946 (chapter 699; 70 Stat. 712), and the
deed to the property from the United States to Escambia County, Florida,
dated January 15, 1947, Escambia County may, at its discretion, convey or
otherwise dispose of all of its right, title, and interest (in whole or in
part), in and to any portion of the property that was conveyed to it
pursuant to that Act and deed, to any person or entity, free from any
restriction on conveyance or reconveyance imposed by the United States in
that Act or deed. Any conveyance under this subsection shall be subject to
the conditions set forth in subsection (c).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H38A7B39962F748779240B82538DF8E91"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Leasehold interests</header><text>No person or entity holding a leasehold interest in the property as of the date of the enactment of
this Act shall be required to involuntarily accept a fee interest in lieu
of their leasehold interest in the property.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H12B1B7B6B9DB4C30B8567768C10542F9"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Conditions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any conveyance under subsection (a) shall be subject to the following conditions:</text>
<paragraph id="HEB965729CF8F449DBFC85C55F8568F12"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than two calendar years after the date of the enactment of this Act, Escambia County
shall convey to Santa Rosa County all right, title, and interest held in
and to any portion of the property that was conveyed to Escambia County
under the Act and deed that fall in the jurisdictional boundaries of Santa
Rosa County, Florida. The conveyance by Escambia County to Santa Rosa
County shall be absolute and shall terminate any subjugation of Santa Rosa
County to Escambia County or any regulation of Santa Rosa County by
Escambia County. Santa Rosa County shall not be required to pay any sum
for the subject property other than actual costs associated with the
conveyance.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC0913D3218154D2EBBCF6DE5B0A4A289"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Santa Rosa County or any other person to which property is conveyed under this title may reconvey
property, or any portion of property, conveyed to it under this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA453FC7CF6164DD5AB8C9B7F28DB5353"><enum>(3)</enum><text>For all properties defined under subsection (a) the leaseholders, or owners are free to pursue
incorporation, annexation, or any other governmental status so long as all
other legal conditions required for doing so are followed.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBF633C257B5C4EB8AAE865CE3D944F3F"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each property defined under subsection (a) is under the jurisdiction of the county and any other
local government entity in which the property is located.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H75285CF600BC4DD5A011E02BB4216521"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any proceeds from the conveyance of any property defined under subsection (a) by Escambia County or
Santa Rosa County, other than direct and incidental costs associated with
such conveyance, shall be considered windfall profits and shall revert to
the United States.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0DC3A223D95942CA8DAAD92E9655D66F"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Escambia County and Santa Rosa County shall in perpetuity preserve those areas on Santa Rosa Island
currently dedicated to conservation, preservation, public, recreation,
access and public parking in accordance with resolutions heretofore
adopted by the Board of County Commissioners of each respective county.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H16B27009EE9448C3A4F29730836A5CB2"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Determination of compliance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Escambia County and Santa Rosa County shall have no deadline or requirement to make any conveyance
or reconveyance of any property defined under subsection (a) other than
the conveyance required under subsection (c)(1). Each county may establish
terms for conveyance or reconveyance, subject to the conditions set forth
in this title and applicable State law.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>II</enum><header>Anchorage Land Conveyance Act</header>
<section id="H87790FC080864CAEAF310AFC006989A1" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>201.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Anchorage Land Conveyance Act of 2014</short-title></quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H897EB5FDF0E14D8F9DC4397775587800"><enum>202.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title:</text>
<paragraph id="HB7D4958D7BF545F4BA46BAB4E55160DD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>City</header><text>The term <term>City</term> means the city of Anchorage, Alaska.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDAD8672E2861485EBB326DE7C7F3A2FA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Non-federal land</header><text>The term <term>non-Federal land</term> means certain parcels of land located in the City and owned by the City, which are more
particularly described as follows:</text>
<subparagraph id="HA9D6EB8408794199B3B12050ABB14347"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Block 42, Original Townsite of Anchorage, Anchorage Recording District, Third Judicial District,
State of Alaska, consisting of approximately 1.93 acres, commonly known as
the Egan Center, Petrovich Park, and Old City Hall.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H33CE4108069742FDBF6352CCA7DDFCDC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Lots 9, 10, and 11, Block 66, Original Townsite of Anchorage, Anchorage Recording District, Third
Judicial District, State of Alaska, consisting of approximately 0.48
acres, commonly known as the parking lot at 7th Avenue and I Street.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3AC50BCB09E542DD8E50975738C3694E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Lot 13, Block 15, Original Townsite of Anchorage, Anchorage Recording District, Third Judicial
District, State of Alaska, consisting of approximately 0.24 acres, an
unimproved vacant lot located at H Street and Christensen Drive.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H898D8958029D4C6E86877213B87A8985"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of the Interior.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="HA7D2F065A209440BAD2C2E549B816C89" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>203.</enum><header>Conveyance of reversionary interests, Anchorage, Alaska</header>
<subsection id="H96AE5C0DA7A544338308E6E8260E3225"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary shall convey to the City, without
consideration, the reversionary interests of the United States in and to
the non-Federal land for the purpose of unencumbering the title to the
non-Federal land to enable economic development of the non-Federal land.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HDFEF2513F2B34B718F798A02FB3AC767"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Legal descriptions</header><text>As soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this Act, the exact legal descriptions of the
non-Federal land shall be determined in a manner satisfactory to the
Secretary.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HB72125D0E0524A4197599BA281FDB246"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Additional terms and conditions</header><text>The Secretary may require such additional terms and conditions to the conveyance under subsection
(a) as the Secretary considers appropriate to protect the interests of the
United States.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H952C18618398421CBD1E2CA24A362F71"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Costs</header><text>The City shall pay all costs associated with the conveyance under subsection (a), including the
costs of any surveys, recording costs, and other reasonable costs.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>III</enum><header>Fernley Economic Self-Determination Act</header>
<section id="HBB4D8CA010214D839DBDACFACD2A0F69" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>301.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title:</text>
<paragraph id="H60DF2770E5B54F78962295B068CDAF08"><enum>(1)</enum><header>City</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>City</term> means the City of Fernley, Nevada.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFF4FC29E3AB84AD7A75687C2C7DEFA43"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Federal land</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Federal land</term> means the approximately 9,407 acres of land located in the City of Fernley, Nevada, that is
identified by the Secretary and the City for conveyance under this title.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA4F54DD9F537455EB2633D4DEB61E143"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Map</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>map</term> means the map entitled <quote>Proposed Fernley, Nevada, Land Sales</quote> and dated January 25, 2013.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="HA5A9E8C04F8D4112A133E96BC99E5CF9" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>302.</enum><header>Conveyance of certain Federal land to City of Fernley, Nevada</header>
<subsection id="H767023E01DE3434583BE95402CA4F6BE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Conveyance authorized</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to valid existing rights and not later than 180 days after the date on which the Secretary
of the Interior receives an offer from the City to purchase the Federal
land depicted on the map, the Secretary, acting through the Bureau of Land
Management and the Bureau of Reclamation, shall convey, notwithstanding
the land use planning requirements of sections 202 and 203 of the Federal
Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1712">43 U.S.C. 1712</external-xref>, 1713), to the City in exchange for consideration in an amount equal to the fair market value of
the Federal land, all right, title, and interest of the United States in
and to such Federal land.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H43B4124D1401454BAB6504F14EAB91F1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Appraisal To determine fair market value</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall determine the fair market value of the Federal land to be conveyed—</text>
<paragraph id="H2B88AB46D7B749EE98E2C7AFE4B79492"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1701">43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.</external-xref>); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE97ACD06980840C49A7AE6EEC0C7FA44"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">based on an appraisal that is conducted in accordance with nationally recognized appraisal
standards, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA2C2A281A31D44DD838B6814AA4FC08B"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Uniform Appraisal Standards for Federal Land Acquisition; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H98BD0D602DB948A7BE313EB09CBCABC0"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H9C25DF0B6FE74994AE06FEBE19E30132"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Availability of map</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The map shall be on file and available for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the
Bureau of Land Management.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H3C4EDDCE709445DB9DD02BFB0EA5DD6A"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Reservation of easements and rights-of-Way</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The City and the Bureau of Reclamation may retain easements or rights-of-way on the Federal land to
be conveyed, including easements or rights-of-way the Bureau of
Reclamation determines are necessary to carry out—</text>
<paragraph id="HE96E32AC6553493CB8A0A55EF931D220"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the operation and maintenance of the Truckee Canal; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H336A2B1CF64C4E9B9EA9C3356811BDBF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Newlands Project.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H170DDB96B1634E0494006298267168B3"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Costs</header><text>The City shall, at closing for the conveyance authorized under subsection (a), pay or reimburse the
Secretary, as appropriate, for the reasonable transaction and
administrative personnel costs associated with the conveyance authorized
under such subsection, including the costs of appraisal, title searches,
maps, and boundary and cadastral surveys.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HE28C891FDD8A40F9B0BFF5DEF1FACD8D"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Conveyance not a major federal action</header><text>A conveyance or a combination of conveyances made under this section shall not be considered a
major Federal action for purposes of section 102(2) of the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4332">42 U.S.C. 4332(2)</external-xref>).</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HB58BFD9F93914417AA2B9B060502ED3A"><enum>303.</enum><header>Release of United States</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Upon making the conveyance under section 302, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
United States is released from any and all liabilities or claims of any
kind or nature arising from the presence, release, or threat of release of
any hazardous substance, pollutant, contaminant, petroleum product (or
derivative of a petroleum product of any kind), solid waste, mine
materials or mining related features (including tailings, overburden,
waste rock, mill remnants, pits, or other hazards resulting from the
presence of mining related features) on the Federal land in existence on
or before the date of the conveyance.</text>
</section><section id="HA6E874819CCB49389276F89BADEAAEF5"><enum>304.</enum><header>Withdrawal</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subject to valid existing rights, the Federal land to be conveyed under section 302 of this title
shall be withdrawn from all forms of—</text>
<paragraph id="H867B2368AA634339B8B65E50AC07F32F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H06EC6F85222649919F909D791F371BC3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H13F3AD65803246588063E6EDA1D2CA4C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>disposition under the mineral leasing, mineral materials, and geothermal leasing laws.</text>
</paragraph></section><enum>IV</enum><header>Land Disposal Transparency and Efficiency Act</header>
<section id="HB2AB4C9A6C8F47C388C18D47077B9B6C" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>401.</enum><header>Prohibition on acquisition of land</header>
<subsection id="H539F5C62E6BE436F80438B33D7E2F723"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">This title may be cited as the <quote>Land Disposal Transparency and Efficiency Act</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HF7E0C5595F4A4DEE9969677A776C47E4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Prohibition on acquisition of land</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No land or interests in land may be added by acquisition, donation, transfer of administrative
jurisdiction, or otherwise to the inventory of land and interests in land
administered by the Bureau of Land Management until a centralized database
of all lands identified as suitable for disposal by Resource Management
Plans for lands under the administrative jurisdiction of the Bureau is
easily accessible to the public on a website of the Bureau. The database
required under this subsection shall be updated and maintained to reflect
changes in the status of lands identified for disposal under the
administrative jurisdiction of the Bureau.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H06934785E44D4531A1F056676F8A6E94"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior
shall provide to the Committee on Natural Resources in the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources in the
Senate a report detailing the status and timing for completion of the
database required by subsection (b).</text>
</subsection></section><enum>V</enum><header>Preserving Access to Cape Hatteras National Seashore Recreational Area Act</header>
<section id="HD7E1E48D94D84D79AB25ACE25D99D47F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>501.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Preserving Access to Cape Hatteras National Seashore Recreational Area Act</short-title></quote>.</text>
</section><section id="HE7298186919F4EF090C8E9513F5EBF9E"><enum>502.</enum><header>Reinstatement of Interim Management Strategy</header>
<subsection id="H3B9804A7E8584DA1819686772C726971"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Management</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">After the date of the enactment of this Act, Cape Hatteras National Seashore Recreational Area
shall be managed in accordance with the Interim Protected Species
Management Strategy/Environmental Assessment issued by the National Park
Service on June 13, 2007, for the Cape Hatteras National Seashore
Recreational Area, North Carolina, unless the Secretary of the Interior
(hereafter in this title referred to as the <quote>Secretary</quote>) issues a new final rule that meets the requirements set forth in section 503.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H51C2D12E1E4246D699DF31F1915FFDE1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Restrictions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall not impose any additional restrictions on pedestrian or motorized vehicular
access to any portion of Cape Hatteras National Seashore Recreational Area
for species protection beyond those in the Interim Management Strategy,
other than as specifically authorized pursuant to section 503 of this
title.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H50218C7D85634357A10320609ECE5549" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>503.</enum><header>Additional restrictions on access to Cape Hatteras National Seashore Recreational Area for species
protection</header>
<subsection id="H91A0D0B5B09A48689EBEAD098B619C3B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If, based on peer-reviewed science and after public comment, the Secretary determines that
additional restrictions on access to a portion of the Cape Hatteras
National Seashore Recreational Area are necessary to protect species
listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1531">16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.</external-xref>), the Secretary may only restrict, by limitation, closure, buffer, or otherwise, pedestrian and
motorized vehicular access for recreational activities for the shortest
possible time and on the smallest possible portions of the Cape Hatteras
National Seashore Recreational Area.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HD7B45B29B0F540EEA7EC12A71AECF3F1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Limitation on restrictions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Restrictions imposed under this section for protection of species listed as endangered under the
Endangered Species Act of 1973 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1531">16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.</external-xref>) shall not be greater than the restrictions in effect for that species at any other National
Seashore.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H0749AE3917F8470C98AC9FD4BD7B5878"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Corridors around closures</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To the maximum extent possible, the Secretary shall designate pedestrian and vehicular corridors of
minimal distance on the beach or interdunal area around closures
implemented under this section to allow access to areas not closed.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" id="H75002D59EC9B4059A3411971AA3E7D13"><enum>504.</enum><header>Inapplicability of final rule and consent decree</header>
<subsection id="HE5B3AFC135524749882B49E6472EF6D9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Final rule</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The final rule titled <quote>Special Regulations, Areas of the National Park System, Cape Hatteras National Seashore—Off-Road
Vehicle Management</quote> (77 Fed. Reg. 3123–3144) shall have no force or effect after the date of the enactment of this
Act.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HB1005F9B9C5E4F2480DA982B944E94EA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Consent decree</header><text>The April 30, 2008, consent decree filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of North Carolina regarding off-road vehicle use at Cape Hatteras
National Seashore in North Carolina shall not apply after the date of the
enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>VI</enum><header>Green Mountain Lookout Heritage Protection Act</header>
<section id="H6087DD44C41849BA84B4FA9E694DF360" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>601.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Green Mountain Lookout Heritage Protection Act</short-title></quote>.</text>
</section><section id="HC18E98ED83074E82893DBBBBAFA6009B"><enum>602.</enum><header>Clarification of legal authority of Green Mountain Lookout</header>
<subsection id="H72972F4549AE4501B32F6D82B6E2D5A9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Legal authority of Lookout</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 4(b) of the Washington State Wilderness Act of 1984 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/98/339">Public Law 98–339</external-xref>; 98 Stat. 300; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1131">16 U.S.C. 1131</external-xref> note) is amended by striking the period at the end and inserting the following: <quote>, and except that with respect to the lands described in section 3(5), the designation of such
lands as a wilderness area shall not preclude the operation and
maintenance of Green Mountain Lookout.</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H09C32FEA0D6844EB83B7C88AB828F442"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall take effect as if included in the enactment of the
Washington State Wilderness Act of 1984.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HA6594A07EECF492BBED5C7F2C3DE41B2"><enum>603.</enum><header>Preservation of Green Mountain Lookout location</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service, may not move Green
Mountain Lookout from its current location on Green Mountain in the Mount
Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest unless the Secretary determines that
moving Green Mountain Lookout is necessary to preserve the Lookout or to
ensure the safety of individuals on or around Green Mountain. If the
Secretary makes such a determination, the Secretary shall move the Green
Mountain Lookout to a location outside of the lands described in section
3(5) of the Washington State Wilderness Act of 1984 and designated as a
wilderness area in section 4(b) of such Act.</text>
</section><enum>VII</enum><header>River Paddling Protection Act</header>
<section id="H57E34766204D48419F133E7EB8C4607E" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>701.</enum><header>Short Title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited as the <quote><short-title>River Paddling Protection Act</short-title></quote>.</text>
</section><section id="HAC419DA41E6644D4835BAB875A4F4AF2"><enum>702.</enum><header>Regulations Superseded</header>
<subsection id="HC2E9120F22AB40C9A813E9F6666C7C85"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The rivers and streams of Yellowstone National Park and Grand Teton National Park shall be open to
hand-propelled vessels as determined by the director of the National Park
Service within 3 years of the date of enactment of this Act. Beginning on
the date that is 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the
following regulations shall have no the force or effect regarding closing
rivers and streams of Yellowstone National Park and Grand Teton National
Park to hand-propelled vessels:</text>
<paragraph id="H9BE9A5ACAE3644BFBE71480BCE8FE7A5"><enum>(1)</enum><text><external-xref legal-doc="regulation" parsable-cite="cfr/36/7.13">Section 7.13(d)(4)(ii)</external-xref> of title 36, Code of Federal Regulations, regarding vessels on streams and rivers in Yellowstone
National Park.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H15056F0D96024E6DA1E3230E39475E13"><enum>(2)</enum><text><external-xref legal-doc="regulation" parsable-cite="cfr/36/7.22">Section 7.22(e)(3)</external-xref> of title 36, Code of Federal Regulations, regarding vessels on lakes and rivers in Grand Teton
National Park.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H3CC2DB2D9F8C4368AA52026F3CC97C67"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Coordination of recreational use</header><text>The Fish and Wildlife Service shall coordinate any recreational use of hand-propelled vessels on
the Gros Ventre River within the National Elk Refuge with Grand Teton
National Park to ensure such use is consistent with the requirements of
the National Wildlife Refuge Administration Act.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>VIII</enum><header>Grazing Improvement Act</header>
<section id="HA424D82378514E1AAF4763C2B76B6030" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>801.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Grazing Improvement Act</short-title></quote>.</text>
</section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H43E065E3C0464E078B96C589DB12496B"><enum>802.</enum><header>Terms of grazing permits and leases</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 402 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1752">43 U.S.C. 1752</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H35E57514F6FD4F6A9043A4111174B446"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>ten years</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>20 years</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H52D7F74A2DED42789E0614C37745CFFD"><enum>(2)</enum><text>after subsection (h), insert the following new subsections:</text>
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<subsection id="HAB0A61D267BA4662AFA6D42183AC82DB"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Only applicants, permittees and lessees whose interest in grazing livestock is directly affected by
a final grazing decision concerning renewal, transfer or reissuance of a
grazing permit or lease may appeal the decision to an administrative law
judge or appeal officer as applicable.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H92266B4CDF4540269F392C42B2A4C03B"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Legal fees</header>
<paragraph id="H4AB9F67C1988407EB6D9B8FC6DEC915F"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any person, other than a directly affected party, challenging an action of the Secretary concerned
regarding a final grazing decision in Federal court who is not a
prevailing party shall pay to the prevailing parties (including a directly
affected party who intervenes in such suit) fees and other expenses
incurred by that party in connection with the challenge unless the Court
finds that the position of the person was substantially justified.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1D64DE1E351047ED8CAB4F011DB4FAA4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>For purposes of this subsection, the term “directly affected party” means any applicant, permittee,
or lessee (or any organization representing applicants, permittees or
lessees) whose interest in grazing livestock is directly affected by the
final grazing decision.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="H0588F74269604E078080602802CDE5C8"><enum>803.</enum><header>Renewal, transfer, and reissuance of grazing permits and leases</header>
<subsection id="H522E4A1BEA664C0981B66054EFF39426"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Title IV of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1751">43 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF12698B076A8477D94DB789A23C58548" style="OLC">
<section id="HBBF0B167A980437597DB67D1D995E258"><enum>405.</enum><header>Renewal, transfer, and reissuance of grazing permits and leases</header>
<subsection id="H51296C21E4004A8CB39E5F1D64AC2EC5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text>
<paragraph id="H412F929A873A4C69944B5876283E0204"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Current grazing management</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>current grazing management</term> means grazing in accordance with the terms and conditions of an existing permit or lease.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8F8742B38823454BA2FB46FAA64A73C7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Secretary concerned</header><text>The term <term>Secretary concerned</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="H287C0012B129488FBC834475ACD6E52A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Secretary of Agriculture, with respect to National Forest System land; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD1C0FE4D501847D4B183B0676CD473BA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Secretary of the Interior, with respect to land under the jurisdiction of the Department of the
Interior.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H2F2B9EDC18B841C3BC3CEF86FA04566B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Renewal, Transfer, reissuance, and pending processing</header><text>A grazing permit or lease issued by the Secretary of the Interior, or a grazing permit issued by
the Secretary of Agriculture regarding National Forest System land, that
expires, is transferred, or is waived shall be renewed or reissued under,
as appropriate—</text>
<paragraph id="H55ED18434490445395B5CE9225BB51C0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>section 402;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7C7438818BD84211A78FEEFD64702B11"><enum>(2)</enum><text>section 19 of the Act of April 24, 1950 (commonly known as the <quote><act-name>Granger-Thye Act</act-name></quote>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/580l">16 U.S.C. 580l</external-xref>);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5DB6B13A3C384C49A432534067DD07F9"><enum>(3)</enum><text>title III of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1010">7 U.S.C. 1010 et seq.</external-xref>); or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5357BE62E2934CDEBC89A681AEE88AF7"><enum>(4)</enum><text>section 510 the California Desert Protection Act of 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/410aaa-50">16 U.S.C. 410aaa–50</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H3E0BA38838A14E92A32477918A67566D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Terms; conditions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The terms and conditions (except the termination date) contained in an expired, transferred, or
waived permit or lease described in subsection (b) shall continue in
effect under a renewed or reissued permit or lease until the date on which
the Secretary concerned completes the processing of the renewed or
reissued permit or lease that is the subject of the expired, transferred,
or waived permit or lease, in compliance with each applicable law.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H71FC95984A6D4EDEAC4E25486AF07575"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Cancellation; suspension; modification</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding subsection (c), a permit or lease described in subsection (b) may be cancelled,
suspended, or modified in accordance with applicable law.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H2DDF07D8FF07412898ACA7A0E7EEF445"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Renewal transfer reissuance after processing</header><text>When the Secretary concerned has completed the processing of the renewed or reissued permit or
lease that is the subject of the expired, transferred, or waived permit or
lease, the Secretary concerned shall renew or reissue the permit or lease
for a term of 20 years after completion of processing.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H83B0B0AFD110481CA33EF0DD4963F04D"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Compliance with National Environmental Policy Act of 1969</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The renewal, reissuance, or transfer of a grazing permit or lease by the Secretary concerned shall
be categorically excluded from the requirement to prepare an environmental
assessment or an environmental impact statement if—</text>
<paragraph id="H10884D0B6CCB4962B334CFDA7D6AD1B9"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the decision continues to renew, reissue, or transfer the current grazing management of the
allotment;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H50C737354E904FCA883C2D7DDBFE99FD"><enum>(2)</enum><text>monitoring of the allotment has indicated that the current grazing management has met, or has
satisfactorily progressed towards meeting, objectives contained in the
applicable land use or resource management plan of the allotment, as
determined by the Secretary concerned; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H78F55FF274CD417BB2D837D7E0B4873D"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the decision is consistent with the policy of the Department of the Interior or the Department of
Agriculture, as appropriate, regarding extraordinary circumstances.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H5C10FC3BE6124DDC80AD5A2CE15CE8CB"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Environmental reviews</header>
<paragraph id="HD0E9BD0818984E1784A49F406D553175"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Secretary concerned, in the sole discretion of the Secretary concerned, shall determine the
priority and timing for completing required environmental reviews
regarding any grazing allotment, permit, or lease based on the
environmental significance of the allotment, permit, or lease and
available funding for that purpose.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H719A9C1539CB409EA38731A7F1557504"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The Secretary concerned shall seek to conduct environmental reviews on an allotment or multiple
allotment basis, to the extent practicable, for purposes of compliance
with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4321">42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.</external-xref>) and other applicable laws.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H4439E5D64CBF4390BC54A325F08A04FF"><enum>(h)</enum><header>NEPA exemptions</header><text>The National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4321">42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.</external-xref>) shall not apply to the following:</text>
<paragraph id="HD80B377EF1884DBEB5A7DFFFB61BBC68"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Crossing and trailing authorizations of domestic livestock.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9F1443FA21AB4062BCE1A90054F47F6F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Transfer of grazing preference.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBFFCADA954DD4E89979B7CB5657E93A6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Range improvements as defined under 43 U.S.C. 315c and 16 U.S.C. 580h.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H6C32307E660E41F49AF5AAE453F26E7B"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Temporary trailing and crossing</header>
<paragraph id="H31EE2C5F1FE549CCBC22438437087A43"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any application for temporary trailing or crossing that has been submitted in a timely manner or
not less than 30 days prior to the anticipated trailing or crossing shall
be granted, modified or denied not less than fifteen days prior to the
date of requested crossing or trailing. The minimum times specified in
this subsection shall not preclude the approval of an application in a
shorter time where an immediate need exists.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3CFB2DAB1F9F4ECD9E7F5982E901FB0A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Temporary trailing or crossing authorizations across lands administered by the Bureau of Land
Management or the Forest Service system of lands shall not be subject to
protest or appeal except by the applicant or an affected permittee or
lessee.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H4D42BE31893C419B880EE0169218BBF3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Table of contents</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table of contents for the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 is amended by adding
after the item for section 404, the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H32CF42A4C7C64471AD11C3199EC6E4E4" style="OLC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 405. Renewal, transfer, and reissuance of grazing permits and leases.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><enum>IX</enum><header>Rim Fire Emergency Salvage Act</header>
<section id="HABE7328375974E579004F3482D4EECE4" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>901.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Rim Fire Emergency Salvage Act</short-title></quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H6618C4B21DFC4ACD8D4E4835813A27AB" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>902.</enum><header>Expedited Forest Service timber salvage and restoration pilot projects in response to the
California Rim Fire</header>
<subsection id="H3034A581DA064AE984A840FBDB277FB4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Pilot projects required</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As part of the restoration and rehabilitation activities undertaken on the lands within the
Stanislaus National Forest adversely impacted by the 2013 Rim Fire in
California, the Secretary of Agriculture shall conduct a timber salvage
and restoration pilot project on burned National Forest System land within
the Rim Fire perimeter.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H7A3D1EB819E245E28FCD791C5596CA3F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Management plan</header>
<paragraph id="H4F5C342FF2554EA5A806C927246AC073"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Use of EIS proposed alternative</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Agriculture shall conduct the pilot project required by subsection (a) in the
manner provided in the proposed alternative contained in the draft
environmental impact statement noticed in the Federal Register on December
6, 2013, for Rim Fire recovery.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H06DDC01E6EF940449133733B7A95AC3C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Modification</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">During the course of the pilot project, the Secretary may adopt such modifications to the
management plan as the Secretary considers appropriate in response to
public comment and consultation with interested Federal, State, and tribal
agencies.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HCBFE0709C0CE4F679169D2A3DA19DBA4"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Legal sufficiency</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The pilot project required by subsection (a), and activities conducted under the pilot project, are
deemed to be in compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of
1969 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4321">42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.</external-xref>), section 14 of the National Forest Management Act of 1976 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/472a">16 U.S.C. 472a</external-xref>), the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1600">16 U.S.C. 1600 et seq.</external-xref>), the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1701">43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.</external-xref>), and the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1531">16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.</external-xref>).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H6459A1D20AEA4502865E21D364ACC4C9"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Administrative and judicial review and action</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The pilot project required by subsection (a), and activities conducted under the pilot project, are
not subject to—</text>
<paragraph id="H832B9F76BBD54B93ACB2743FD61D9D4C"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">administrative review;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H507A3B7401044277B13195CDD93C37B2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>judicial review by any court of the United States; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6070555FAB1147D695662D197629E606"><enum>(3)</enum><text>a temporary restraining order or preliminary injunction based on environmental impacts in a case
for which a final decision has not been issued.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H567A7154DD28438D92FDDF7123669252"><enum>903.</enum><header>Sense of Congress regarding use of funds generated from salvage sales conducted after catastrophic
wild fires on National Forest System land or Bureau of Land Management
lands</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Agriculture, with respect to National Forest
System lands, and the Secretary of the Interior, with respect to Bureau of
Land Management land, should use existing authorities available to the
Secretary to retain revenues (other than revenues required to be deposited
in the general fund of the Treasury) generated by salvage sales conducted
in response to catastrophic wild fires on such land to cover the cost of
restoration projects on such land.</text>
</section><enum>X</enum><header>Chesapeake Bay Accountability and Recovery Act</header>
<section id="HA1A0EBED7A3C4091A0382AF5646F4066" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1001.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Chesapeake Bay Accountability and Recovery Act of 2014</short-title></quote>.</text>
</section><section id="HEF935AC0AE4C4985B541453DB89C9ECE" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1002.</enum><header>Chesapeake Bay Crosscut Budget</header>
<subsection id="H42EEBE8C3485417280E72429A5C07935"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Crosscut Budget</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director, in consultation with the Chesapeake Executive Council, the chief executive of each
Chesapeake Bay State, and the Chesapeake Bay Commission, shall submit to
Congress a financial report containing—</text>
<paragraph id="HEC0C85D6C4E84C7DA0A83496648369EA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>an interagency crosscut budget that displays—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF4D7FBF43F974FB78061B97550A88407"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the proposed funding for any Federal restoration activity to be carried out in the succeeding
fiscal year, including any planned interagency or intra-agency transfer,
for each of the Federal agencies that carry out restoration activities;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA0461F17469B4056A0CA01AF9F54A73F"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to the extent that information is available, the estimated funding for any State restoration
activity to be carried out in the succeeding fiscal year;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0DD972F645D64350818B62B80BC47FCE"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">all expenditures for Federal restoration activities from the preceding 2 fiscal years, the current
fiscal year, and the succeeding fiscal year; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H78A182A49F1D4664BD513608F7CC123A"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">all expenditures, to the extent that information is available, for State restoration activities
during the equivalent time period described in <internal-xref idref="H0DD972F645D64350818B62B80BC47FCE" legis-path="2.(a)(1)(C)">subparagraph (C)</internal-xref>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H0285650CF93749EDB0DA1FF20DEF8F79"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a detailed accounting of all funds received and obligated by all Federal agencies for restoration
activities during the current and preceding fiscal years, including the
identification of funds which were transferred to a Chesapeake Bay State
for restoration activities;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H91986C972F9E4E5F96BE7849D9F703A6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to the extent that information is available, a detailed accounting from each State of all funds
received and obligated from a Federal agency for restoration activities
during the current and preceding fiscal years; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD478A24EB6E54376980DCE1E7F1E0672"><enum>(4)</enum><text>a description of each of the proposed Federal and State restoration activities to be carried out in
the succeeding fiscal year (corresponding to those activities listed in
subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (1)), including the—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC3EFD33196DA4DE7B36B66B439E1B585"><enum>(A)</enum><text>project description;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7165C3958B0A4EC0B62471008E862F63"><enum>(B)</enum><text>current status of the project;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF96C719E37CC4E2D92F93B212019AAE3"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Federal or State statutory or regulatory authority, programs, or responsible agencies;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H272E4B004D324E9482E6C4D639975F08"><enum>(D)</enum><text>authorization level for appropriations;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H27681DA8BAAB4E92A1CE37467C41A37F"><enum>(E)</enum><text>project timeline, including benchmarks;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9DB23854930E4B069E238639C0881A60"><enum>(F)</enum><text>references to project documents;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H00CADB5D7B9649B182901E8C7229C403"><enum>(G)</enum><text>descriptions of risks and uncertainties of project implementation;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H804152B56876461681BF04379E508268"><enum>(H)</enum><text>adaptive management actions or framework;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H26782EA24AFA41D99AD0E327301E3388"><enum>(I)</enum><text>coordinating entities;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H846668B63F9441349D84916601E91071"><enum>(J)</enum><text>funding history;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF296C01F312346D0BEDACE257A77E812"><enum>(K)</enum><text>cost sharing; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1CB633B0913F4FC7AE1FB45183FB8C59"><enum>(L)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">alignment with existing Chesapeake Bay Agreement and Chesapeake Executive Council goals and
priorities.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H62158372E1BE476A906ED25F5561177D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Minimum funding levels</header><text>The Director shall only describe restoration activities in the report required under <internal-xref idref="H42EEBE8C3485417280E72429A5C07935" legis-path="2.(a)">subsection (a)</internal-xref> that—</text>
<paragraph id="H637AE550454849A5A74D77F0160484B1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>for Federal restoration activities, have funding amounts greater than or equal to $100,000; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H660DB49EA9524CD1A861C390C67046CF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>for State restoration activities, have funding amounts greater than or equal to $50,000.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H1444C4E2AAEA4F109125DFEEBC774A90"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Deadline</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director shall submit to Congress the report required by <internal-xref idref="H42EEBE8C3485417280E72429A5C07935" legis-path="2.(a)">subsection (a)</internal-xref> not later than 30 days after the submission by the President of the President’s annual budget to
Congress.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H237A1BEDEDE341919165139D4E441AEE"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Copies of the financial report required by <internal-xref idref="H42EEBE8C3485417280E72429A5C07935" legis-path="2.(a)">subsection (a)</internal-xref> shall be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations, Natural Resources, Energy and Commerce,
and Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and
the Committees on Appropriations, Environment and Public Works, and
Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H6A32F3E194164FBDB3270DC55A7A047D"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Effective Date</header><text>This section shall apply beginning with the first fiscal year after the date of enactment of this
Act for which the President submits a budget to Congress.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HA88C893E24454861AC522133598F5CCF"><enum>1003.</enum><header>Restoration through adaptive management</header>
<subsection id="H1E189EEB56844E3B98442C175D6A92EE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator, in consultation
with other Federal and State agencies, and with the participation of
stakeholders, shall develop a plan to provide technical and financial
assistance to Chesapeake Bay States to employ adaptive management in
carrying out restoration activities in the Chesapeake Bay watershed.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HA7E419A4AE9F43A6AEDCBE9C1150B945"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Plan development</header><text>The plan referred to in subsection (a) shall include—</text>
<paragraph id="HCF5A6ACB19184BEDB8DE98D57DC6D49F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>specific and measurable objectives to improve water quality, habitat, and fisheries identified by
Chesapeake Bay States;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4FC99AB4E8C14C3995A4A8BFDC3AECC8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a process for stakeholder participation;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H976033AADA0A4DD985EA5C12B8A6B686"><enum>(3)</enum><text>monitoring, modeling, experimentation, and other research and evaluation technical assistance
requested by Chesapeake Bay States;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC27FE51BD5A84382BE070275ED024567"><enum>(4)</enum><text>identification of State restoration activities planned by Chesapeake Bay States to attain the
State’s objectives under paragraph (1);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD96E2CCA54874F04AF9CBB9E5DA39A4E"><enum>(5)</enum><text>identification of Federal restoration activities that could help a Chesapeake Bay State to attain
the State’s objectives under paragraph (1);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H58177D489B39469AAE71A09F76A4A97E"><enum>(6)</enum><text>recommendations for a process for modification of State and Federal restoration activities that
have not attained or will not attain the specific and measurable
objectives set forth under paragraph (1); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H27B7AC273DB546ACAA28C1357122ACF8"><enum>(7)</enum><text>recommendations for a process for integrating and prioritizing State and Federal restoration
activities and programs to which adaptive management can be applied.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H13BB5221F9DE4DD2B64F5C124DE4995A"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Implementation</header><text>In addition to carrying out Federal restoration activities under existing authorities and funding,
the Administrator shall implement the plan developed under subsection (a)
by providing technical and financial assistance to Chesapeake Bay States
using resources available for such purposes that are identified by the
Director under section 1002.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HDBE08B6B1B5F44219188F620F205EAE0"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Updates</header><text>The Administrator shall update the plan developed under subsection (a) every 2 years.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HFEB18D18D24F4EB39B60026CFCF5EB45"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Report to Congress</header>
<paragraph id="HAE54347973304220A47B3DC237DB5168"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 60 days after the end of a fiscal year, the Administrator shall transmit to Congress
an annual report on the implementation of the plan required under this
section for such fiscal year.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H95B15ACE922C42529F2019ED296F4E1B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The report required under paragraph (1) shall contain information about the application of adaptive
management to restoration activities and programs, including level changes
implemented through the process of adaptive management.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBCBB7F4701AF4544855DFC141D5E7706"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>Paragraph (1) shall apply to the first fiscal year that begins after the date of enactment of this
Act.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H8BA7094783024299B658253F4BAEB7FC"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Inclusion of plan in annual action plan and annual progress report</header><text>The Administrator shall ensure that the Annual Action Plan and Annual Progress Report required by
section 205 of Executive Order No. 13508 includes the adaptive management
plan outlined in subsection (a).</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HF1C83B2384FF462D819168C576B3F85E"><enum>1004.</enum><header>Independent Evaluator for the Chesapeake Bay Program</header>
<subsection id="HE77E39354F76446BB093E982DDFE92D8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There shall be an Independent Evaluator for restoration activities in the Chesapeake Bay watershed,
who shall review and report on restoration activities and the use of
adaptive management in restoration activities, including on such related
topics as are suggested by the Chesapeake Executive Council.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H7FAD3629EDA3448B82594C570EF5EB74"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Appointment</header>
<paragraph id="HF4032BDDD2294961B83665F9EF25C143"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Independent Evaluator shall be appointed by the Administrator from among nominees submitted by
the Chesapeake Executive Council.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC7D7FCF37FF14880A6430F27715FAF6F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Nominations</header><text>The Chesapeake Executive Council may submit to the Administrator 4 nominees for appointment to any
vacancy in the office of the Independent Evaluator.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H2B1E39611A4745AD81E6B6C45654A282"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Reports</header><text>The Independent Evaluator shall submit a report to the Congress every 2 years in the findings and
recommendations of reviews under this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HE9856ADEB1CC45CFB7C995D38D2EB82B"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Chesapeake Executive Council</header><text>In this section, the term <quote>Chesapeake Executive Council</quote> has the meaning given that term by section 307 of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration Authorization Act of 1992 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/102/567">Public Law 102–567</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/1511d">15 U.S.C. 1511d</external-xref>).</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H73641B26517E4F8297DB2606A4A17D79"><enum>1005.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title, the following definitions apply:</text>
<paragraph id="H22E92DF16BAF4B51BFEE3460751BC0C2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Adaptive management</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>adaptive management</quote> means a type of natural resource management in which project and program decisions are made as
part of an ongoing science-based process. Adaptive management involves
testing, monitoring, and evaluating applied strategies and incorporating
new knowledge into programs and restoration activities that are based on
scientific findings and the needs of society. Results are used to modify
management policy, strategies, practices, programs, and restoration
activities.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB978EDE159254F1E8EF20FE09B878092"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Administrator</header><text>The term <quote>Administrator</quote> means the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2A5561B15E91489B9FE02D94EAF638BD"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Chesapeake Bay State</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>Chesapeake Bay State</quote> or <quote>State</quote> means the States of Maryland, West Virginia, Delaware, and New York, the Commonwealths of Virginia
and Pennsylvania, and the District of Columbia.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3CA3F6A6CFFA47CFB09B1DDF0A25FF97"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Chesapeake Bay Watershed</header><text>The term <quote>Chesapeake Bay watershed</quote> means the Chesapeake Bay and the geographic area, as determined by the Secretary of the Interior,
consisting of 36 tributary basins, within the Chesapeake Bay States,
through which precipitation drains into the Chesapeake Bay.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H58F3804696EC4411BE10C0C6EE25AD65"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Chief Executive</header><text>The term <quote>chief executive</quote> means, in the case of a State or Commonwealth, the Governor of each such State or Commonwealth
and, in the case of the District of Columbia, the Mayor of the District of
Columbia.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H97EC3E7BC49844288AC6C6E2280EEBCE"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Director</header><text>The term <quote>Director</quote> means the Director of the Office of Management and Budget.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC8E93A43C271449AA73A99A89E8945CD"><enum>(7)</enum><header>State restoration activities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>State restoration activities</quote> means any State programs or projects carried out under State authority that directly or indirectly
protect, conserve, or restore living resources, habitat, water resources,
or water quality in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, including programs or
projects that promote responsible land use, stewardship, and community
engagement in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. Restoration activities may be
categorized as follows:</text>
<subparagraph id="H176B0B7B216F4A6C9A5A1C4C13BE28FD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Physical restoration.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H62F621F07AB34E42A5D5C70FE7CDCB8E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Planning.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD22ACD1C5ADE47FFA5261F77E26204FE"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Feasibility studies.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H26670703DA204571AD22B295FC8ADED1"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Scientific research.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9566F39EF7CE41C2AD5F73A4F2749C98"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Monitoring.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4EA03F8992124CC9B2E2A843EFB5575C"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Education.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB2A7336245484F70BC4BE55EE7BD8B23"><enum>(G)</enum><text>Infrastructure development.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H91742E528C464F14AF703B49C125563C"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Federal restoration activities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>Federal restoration activities</quote> means any Federal programs or projects carried out under existing Federal authority that directly
or indirectly protect, conserve, or restore living resources, habitat,
water resources, or water quality in the Chesapeake Bay watershed,
including programs or projects that provide financial and technical
assistance to promote responsible land use, stewardship, and community
engagement in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. Restoration activities may be
categorized as follows:</text>
<subparagraph id="H182336BBAE1746CBAD43DB8ADB4FF4A2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Physical restoration.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H96C745216B124EC59DE8A1BBC60FD859"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Planning.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF3A1CA6C3A0F470BB2CB5B709EC310CA"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Feasibility studies.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9934B932CA3F407E8769AA3389DB930F"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Scientific research.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4EF03606ACBF40E78A62C6BE0F5D5DF6"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Monitoring.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFC601FD5B23D4F35A620C403D63A5D37"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Education.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H637AE806CB6B4E7384BBA115FD6A9999"><enum>(G)</enum><text>Infrastructure development.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><enum>XI</enum><header>Alaska Native Veteran Allotment</header>
<section id="HB4C1AAE6EA7A489D879EACAD4D30E4F4"><enum>1101.</enum><header>Alaska Native Veteran Allotment</header>
<subsection id="HF367C849465144709D0E683FC6FB6669"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text>
<paragraph id="H12BABE74B6B74DA1AE8F6DB37D5C55BB"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Application</header><text>The term <quote>application</quote> means the Alaska Native Veteran Allotment application numbered AA–084021–B.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5F098707165D492D816B5994AC34D23E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Federal land</header><text>The term <quote>Federal land</quote> means the 80 acres of Federal land that is—</text>
<subparagraph id="H411E09B908704D448648201F4B93C0AF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>described in the application; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H46E7EFD3D3264E35AB045FFA206A1F29"><enum>(B)</enum><text>depicted as Lot 2 in U.S. Survey No. 13957, Alaska, that was officially filed on October 9, 2009.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H05768AC6AF4C4E2EBDE9FC1428E1BC9A"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The term <quote>Secretary</quote> means the Secretary of the Interior.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HEBFE3399554D44A0A3883DC3A25F63B1"><enum>(b)</enum><header> Issuance of patent</header><text>Notwithstanding section 41 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1629g">43 U.S.C. 1629g</external-xref>) and subject to subsection (c), the Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H0FBD75E2DDC74AFDAE1C9BCD7BD9CDB4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>approve the application; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB2FDDAF02AFD4E4B8E5BBEA12862460E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>issue a patent for the Federal land to the person that submitted the application.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H8FCC30B875F347EDAE5CDB4AEC905F62"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Terms and Conditions</header>
<paragraph id="HCB438B0311B0424FBDB43F5B09CD2B61"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The patent issued under subsection (b) shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H1FDB7E81628542D3A3C260BCAFF81658"><enum>(A)</enum><text>only be for the surface rights to the Federal land; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAE9AB05FF8324780A8CABC446C475312"><enum>(B)</enum><text>be subject to the terms and conditions of any certificate issued under section 41 of the Alaska
Native Claims Settlement Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1629g">43 U.S.C. 1629g</external-xref>), including terms and conditions providing that—</text>
<clause id="H1A802B05F13244AF9FACCAC68D2CD4CF"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the patent is subject to valid existing rights, including any right of the United States to income
derived, directly or indirectly, from a lease, license, permit,
right-of-way, or easement on the Federal land; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HB42D0F8E56E54BC39072E7BD8160D38F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the United States shall reserve an interest in deposits of oil, gas, and coal on the Federal land,
including the right to explore, mine, and remove the minerals on portions
of the Federal land that the Secretary determines to be prospectively
valuable for development.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H42812B96F4C742CB9A58538F90BBBBA6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Additional terms and conditions</header><text>The Secretary may require any additional terms and conditions for the issuance of the patent under
subsection (a) that the Secretary determines to be <pagebreak></pagebreak>appropriate to protect
the interests of the United States.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section>
Passed the House of Representatives February 6, 2014.Karen L. Haas,Clerk