3.0.0 56 2023-01-31T21:42:27Z 2023-01-31T21:42:27Z Senate S S 2005-01-24 109 hsii00 Natural Resources Committee House Standing hsii20 Forests and Forest Health Subcommittee Hearings by 2006-03-09T17:05:05Z Referred to 2005-08-01T15:31:20Z Referred to 2005-07-28T00:37:10Z sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing Reported by 2005-03-30T17:26:45Z Markup by 2005-02-16T19:06:43Z Referred to 2005-01-24T20:53:43Z S. Rept. 109-45 2006-10-12 Became Public Law No: 109-337. President E40000 2 House floor actions 2006-10-12 Became Public Law No: 109-337. BecameLaw 36000 9 Library of Congress 2006-10-12 Signed by President. President E30000 2 House floor actions 2006-10-12 Signed by President. BecameLaw 36000 9 Library of Congress 2006-10-02 Presented to President. Floor E20000 2 House floor actions 2006-10-02 Presented to President. President 28000 9 Library of Congress 2006-09-27 23:22:23 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. Floor H38310 2 House floor actions 2006-09-27 23:22:19 On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H7657-7658) Floor H37300 2 House floor actions 2006-09-27 23:22:19 Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H7657-7658) Floor 8000 9 Library of Congress 2006-09-27 23:21:30 DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 56. Floor H8D000 2 House floor actions 2006-09-27 23:21:25 Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7657-7659) Floor H30000 2 House floor actions 2006-09-27 23:20:43 Mr. Gohmert moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill. Floor H30300 2 House floor actions 2006-03-09 hsii20 Forests and Forest Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Subcommittee Hearings Held. Committee 2005-08-01 hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 1 House committee actions Executive Comment Requested from Interior. Committee 2005-08-01 hsii20 Forests and Forest Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health. Committee 2005-07-27 Referred to the House Committee on Resources. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 2005-07-27 Senate Message on Senate action sent to the House. Floor 2005-07-27 10:35:10 Received in the House. Floor H14000 2 House floor actions 2005-07-26 Senate Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S9018-9052; text as passed Senate: CR S9045-9046) Floor 2005-07-26 Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S9018-9052; text as passed Senate: CR S9045-9046) Floor 17000 9 Library of Congress 2005-03-30 Senate Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 64. Calendars 2005-03-30 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Domenici under authority of the order of the Senate of 3-17-2005 without amendment. With written report No. 109-45. Committee 2005-03-30 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Domenici under authority of the order of the Senate of 3-17-2005 without amendment. With written report No. 109-45. Committee 14000 9 Library of Congress sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee 2005-02-16 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably. Committee 2005-01-24 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. IntroReferral 2005-01-24 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress A000109 Sen. Allard, Wayne [R-CO] A. ALLARD R CO WAYNE N S001163 Sen. Salazar, Ken [D-CO] Ken Salazar D CO 2005-01-24 True 2005-02-23T06:00:00Z S. 56, Rio Grande Natural Area Act http://www.cbo.gov/publication/16286 <p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on February 16, 2005</p> 2005-02-23T06:00:00Z S. 56, Rio Grande Natural Area Act https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16286 Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on February 16, 2005 Public Law 109-337 Public Lands and Natural Resources Animals Archaeology Arts, Culture, Religion Colorado Commemorations Congress Congressional reporting requirements Cultural property Dams Environmental Protection Environmental assessment Federal advisory bodies Federal-local relations Federal-state relations Government Operations and Politics Habitat conservation Historic sites History Infrastructure Land transfers Land use Landowners Landscape protection Law Licenses Motor vehicles Natural areas Outdoor recreation Planning Research natural areas Reservoirs Restoration ecology Roads and highways Sports and Recreation Transportation and Public Works Water Resources Development Water rights Wildlife conservation Public Lands and Natural Resources 00 2005-01-24 Introduced in Senate 2005-02-02T23:44:28Z

Rio Grande Natural Area Act - Establishes the Rio Grande Natural Area in Colorado (which shall include the Rio Grande River from the southern boundary of the Alamosa National Wildlife Refuge to the New Mexico State border, extending 1/4 mile on either side of the bank of the River) to conserve, restore, and protect the natural, historic, cultural, scientific, scenic, wildlife, and recreational resources of the Area.

Establishes the Rio Grande Natural Area Commission to: (1) advise the Secretary of the Interior with respect to the Area; and (2) prepare a management plan relating to non-Federal land in the Area.

Prohibits the Commission from acquiring any real property or interest in real property.

Directs the Commission to assist the Secretary in implementing such management plan by carrying out authorized activities to preserve and interpret the Area's resources.

Directs the Secretary to prepare a management plan relating to the management of Federal land in the Area.

Applies the management plan for the non-Federal land to private land in the Area only if the private landowner agrees to be bound by such plan.

Withdraws all Federal land in the Area from: (1) all forms of entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws; (2) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and (3) disposition under the mineral leasing laws.

Permits the Secretary to acquire land or an interest in land within the Area from willing sellers.

]]> 80 2005-03-30 Reported to Senate without amendment 2005-04-22T18:51:19Z (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

Rio Grande Natural Area Act - (Sec. 3) Establishes the Rio Grande Natural Area in Colorado (which shall include the Rio Grande River from the southern boundary of the Alamosa National Wildlife Refuge to the New Mexico State border, extending 1/4 mile on either side of the bank of the River) to conserve, restore, and protect the natural, historic, cultural, scientific, scenic, wildlife, and recreational resources of the Area.

(Sec. 4) Establishes the Rio Grande Natural Area Commission to: (1) advise the Secretary of the Interior with respect to the Area; and (2) prepare a management plan relating to non-Federal land in the Area.

(Sec. 5) Sets forth provisions governing the powers of the Commission, including authorizing the Commission to enter into cooperative agreements for purposes of carrying out such management plan on nonfederal land in the Area. Prohibits the Commission from acquiring any real property or interest in real property.

Directs the Commission to assist the Secretary in implementing such management plan by carrying out authorized activities to preserve and interpret the Area's natural, historic, cultural, scientific, scenic, wildlife, and recreational resources.

(Sec. 6) Directs the Secretary to prepare a management plan for Federal land in the Area. Requires the Commission to submit its management plan for the management of the nonfederal land in the Area to the Secretary for approval or disapproval.

(Sec. 7) Requires the Secretary to administer the Federal land in the Area in accordance with the laws applicable to public land and the management plan in a manner that provides for: (1) education, scientific study, and limited public recreation; (2) the protection of the wildlife habitat; (3) a prohibition on the construction of water storage facilities; and (4) the reduction in the use or removal of roads in the Area.

Encourages the Secretary to negotiate with the State, the Rio Grande Water Conservation District, and affected water users concerning changes in the streamflow.

Applies the management plan for the nonfederal land to private land in the Area only if the private landowner agrees to be bound by such plan.

Permits the Secretary to acquire land or an interest in land within the Area from willing sellers.

Makes inapplicable Wild and Scenic Rivers Act requirements that Federal agencies consider potential national wild, scenic, and recreational river areas in water and land use planning.

(Sec. 8) Prohibits anything in this Act from: (1) modifying the Rio Grande Compact; (2) regulating private land; (3) imposing any mandatory streamflow requirements; (4) creating an express or implied Federal reserved water right; (5) imposing more restrictive Federal water quality standards; or (6) preventing State acquisition of an instream flow to assist in protecting the natural environment.

(Sec. 9) Authorizes appropriations.

(Sec. 10) Terminates the Commission ten years after the enactment of this Act.

]]> 82 2005-07-26 Passed Senate without amendment 2005-09-06T20:23:38Z (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the Senate reported version is repeated here.)

Rio Grande Natural Area Act - (Sec. 3) Establishes the Rio Grande Natural Area in Colorado (which shall include the Rio Grande River from the southern boundary of the Alamosa National Wildlife Refuge to the New Mexico State border, extending 1/4 mile on either side of the bank of the River) to conserve, restore, and protect the natural, historic, cultural, scientific, scenic, wildlife, and recreational resources of the Area.

(Sec. 4) Establishes the Rio Grande Natural Area Commission to: (1) advise the Secretary of the Interior with respect to the Area; and (2) prepare a management plan relating to nonfederal land in the Area.

(Sec. 5) Sets forth provisions governing the powers of the Commission, including authorizing the Commission to enter into cooperative agreements for purposes of carrying out such management plan on nonfederal land in the Area. Prohibits the Commission from acquiring any real property or interest in real property.

Directs the Commission to assist the Secretary in implementing such management plan by carrying out authorized activities to preserve and interpret the Area's natural, historic, cultural, scientific, scenic, wildlife, and recreational resources.

(Sec. 6) Directs the Secretary to prepare a management plan for Federal land in the Area. Requires the Commission to submit its management plan for the management of the nonfederal land in the Area to the Secretary for approval or disapproval.

(Sec. 7) Requires the Secretary to administer the Federal land in the Area in accordance with the laws applicable to public land and the management plan in a manner that provides for: (1) education, scientific study, and limited public recreation; (2) the protection of the wildlife habitat; (3) a prohibition on the construction of water storage facilities; and (4) the reduction in the use or removal of roads in the Area.

Encourages the Secretary to negotiate with the State, the Rio Grande Water Conservation District, and affected water users concerning changes in the streamflow.

Applies the management plan for the nonfederal land to private land in the Area only if the private landowner agrees to be bound by such plan.

Permits the Secretary to acquire land or an interest in land within the Area from willing sellers.

Makes inapplicable Wild and Scenic Rivers Act requirements that Federal agencies consider potential national wild, scenic, and recreational river areas in water and land use planning.

(Sec. 8) Prohibits anything in this Act from: (1) modifying the Rio Grande Compact; (2) regulating private land; (3) imposing any mandatory streamflow requirements; (4) creating an express or implied Federal reserved water right; (5) imposing more restrictive Federal water quality standards; or (6) preventing State acquisition of an instream flow to assist in protecting the natural environment.

(Sec. 9) Authorizes appropriations.

(Sec. 10) Terminates the Commission ten years after the enactment of this Act.

]]> 49 2006-10-12 Public Law 2006-12-12T22:49:58Z (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the Senate reported version is repeated here.)

Rio Grande Natural Area Act - (Sec. 3) Establishes the Rio Grande Natural Area in Colorado (which shall include the Rio Grande River from the southern boundary of the Alamosa National Wildlife Refuge to the New Mexico State border, extending 1/4 mile on either side of the bank of the River) to conserve, restore, and protect the natural, historic, cultural, scientific, scenic, wildlife, and recreational resources of the Area.

(Sec. 4) Establishes the Rio Grande Natural Area Commission to: (1) advise the Secretary of the Interior with respect to the Area; and (2) prepare a management plan relating to nonfederal land in the Area.

(Sec. 5) Sets forth provisions governing the powers of the Commission, including authorizing the Commission to enter into cooperative agreements for purposes of carrying out such management plan on nonfederal land in the Area. Prohibits the Commission from acquiring any real property or interest in real property.

Directs the Commission to assist the Secretary in implementing such management plan by carrying out authorized activities to preserve and interpret the Area's natural, historic, cultural, scientific, scenic, wildlife, and recreational resources.

(Sec. 6) Directs the Secretary to prepare a management plan for Federal land in the Area. Requires the Commission to submit its management plan for the management of the nonfederal land in the Area to the Secretary for approval or disapproval.

(Sec. 7) Requires the Secretary to administer the Federal land in the Area in accordance with the laws applicable to public land and the management plan in a manner that provides for: (1) education, scientific study, and limited public recreation; (2) the protection of the wildlife habitat; (3) a prohibition on the construction of water storage facilities; and (4) the reduction in the use or removal of roads in the Area.

Encourages the Secretary to negotiate with the State, the Rio Grande Water Conservation District, and affected water users concerning changes in the streamflow.

Applies the management plan for the nonfederal land to private land in the Area only if the private landowner agrees to be bound by such plan.

Permits the Secretary to acquire land or an interest in land within the Area from willing sellers.

Makes inapplicable Wild and Scenic Rivers Act requirements that Federal agencies consider potential national wild, scenic, and recreational river areas in water and land use planning.

(Sec. 8) Prohibits anything in this Act from: (1) modifying the Rio Grande Compact; (2) regulating private land; (3) imposing any mandatory streamflow requirements; (4) creating an express or implied Federal reserved water right; (5) imposing more restrictive Federal water quality standards; or (6) preventing State acquisition of an instream flow to assist in protecting the natural environment.

(Sec. 9) Authorizes appropriations.

(Sec. 10) Terminates the Commission ten years after the enactment of this Act.

]]> Rio Grande Natural Area Act Display Title Rio Grande Natural Area Act Short Titles as Passed Senate Rio Grande Natural Area Act S Senate Short Titles as Enacted Rio Grande Natural Area Act Short Titles as Introduced Rio Grande Natural Area Act Short Titles as Reported to Senate Rio Grande Natural Area Act S Senate Official Title as Introduced A bill to establish the Rio Grande Natural Area in the State of Colorado, and for other purposes. Enrolled Bill Referred in House 2005-07-27T04:00:00Z Engrossed in Senate 2005-07-26T04:00:00Z Reported to Senate 2005-03-30T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s56rs/xml/BILLS-109s56rs.xml Introduced in Senate 2005-01-24T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s56is/xml/BILLS-109s56is.xml 2006-10-13T03:59:59Z Public Law 2006-10-12 Became Public Law No: 109-337. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.