3.0.0 964 2020-01-29T20:28:14Z 2020-01-29T20:28:14Z Senate S S 2005-04-28 109 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2005-04-29T00:17:56Z 2005-04-28 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4574-4579) IntroReferral 2005-04-28 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress A000360 Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN] Lamar Alexander R TN N L000550 Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] MARY LANDRIEU D LA 2005-04-28 True V000127 Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA] David Vitter R LA 2005-04-28 True J000177 Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD] TIM JOHNSON D SD 2005-04-28 True Public Lands and Natural Resources Alaska Animals Citizen participation Coastal zone Continental shelf Demography Economics and Public Finance Energy Environmental Protection Estuaries Federal aid to Indians Gas in submerged lands Government Operations and Politics Government trust funds Grants-in-aid Habitat conservation Indian lands Indigenous peoples Infrastructure Infrastructure (Economics) Interstate compacts Land transfers Land use Local finance Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Metropolitan areas Minorities Native Americans Nature conservation Oil and gas leases Oil and gas royalties Open space lands Outdoor recreation Parks Petroleum in submerged lands Planning Recreation areas Restoration ecology Revenue sharing Sports and Recreation State finance State laws Urban affairs Urban areas Water Resources Development Water quality Water rights Wetlands Wildlife conservation Public Lands and Natural Resources 00 2005-04-28 Introduced in Senate 2005-05-25T20:36:41Z Americans Outdoors Act of 2005 - Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA) to require the transfer of qualified outer continental shelf revenues from the Treasury to specified programs.

Rewrites coastal impact assistance program provisions to set forth new formulas for allocating amounts transferred for coastal impact assistance payments among producing States (coastal States within a specified distance from qualified Outer Continental Shelf oil and gas drilling leases) and among coastal political subdivisions.

Amends the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (LWCFA) to: (1) establish a new formula for apportioning outdoor conservation and recreation funds to the States (including U.S. territories and the District of Columbia); (2) make Indian tribes eligible for funds under a competitive grants program established by the Secretary of the Interior; and (3) require States to allocate a percentage of their annual apportionment to localities.

Requires States seeking LWCFA funds to develop State action agendas.

Amends the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to establish a new formula for apportioning Wildlife Conservation and Restoration Account funds to include apportionments to Indian tribes.

Amends the Urban Park and Recreation Recovery Act of 1978 to: (1) include among that Act's purposes the development of new recreation areas and facilities; and (2) address the treatment of funds transferred under OCSLA.

]]> Americans Outdoors Act of 2005 Short Titles as Introduced Americans Outdoors Act of 2005 Display Title Americans Outdoors Act of 2005 Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide a conservation royalty from Outer Continental Shelf revenues to establish the Coastal Impact Assistance Program, to provide assistance to States under the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, to ensure adequate funding for conserving and restoring wildlife, to assist local governments in improving local park and recreation systems, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2005-04-28T04:00:00Z 2005-04-28 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4574-4579) 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.