3.0.0 2951 2023-01-11T13:16:41Z 2023-01-11T13:16:41Z Senate S S 2010-01-26 111 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing sseg04 National Parks Subcommittee Hearings by 2010-03-17T19:03:11Z Referred to 2010-01-26T16:30:48Z Blue Ridge Parkway Protection Act 111 4524 HR 2010-02-25 Subcommittee Hearings Held. Identical bill CRS 2010-03-17 sseg04 National Parks Subcommittee Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 111-476. Committee 2010-01-26 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. IntroReferral 2010-01-26 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001135 Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC] Richard Burr R NC Mauze N H001049 Sen. Hagan, Kay R. [D-NC] Kay Hagan D NC R. 2010-01-26 True W000805 Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA] Mark Warner D VA R. 2010-01-26 True W000803 Sen. Webb, Jim [D-VA] James Webb D VA H. "Jim" 2010-01-26 True Public Lands and Natural Resources Congressional oversight Land transfers North Carolina Parks, recreation areas, trails Roads and highways Virginia Public Lands and Natural Resources 00 2010-01-26 Introduced in Senate 2010-04-13T12:41:07Z Blue Ridge Parkway Protection Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire lands and interests in land from willing sellers in order to protect up to 50,000 acres identified in the Blue Ridge Parkway Land Protection Plan.

Requires the lands and interests authorized to be acquired to be contiguous with the Blue Ridge Parkway and identified by the Superintendent of the Parkway as a priority for acquisition by the federal government.

Authorizes the Secretary to award grants from funds under this Act to: (1) acquire lands and interests; and (2) provide technical expense assistance for costs associated with land acquisition by entering into cooperative agreements with qualified non-profit conservation organizations to acquire lands and interests.

Bars the Secretary from spending more than 10% of the funds made available under this Act in any fiscal year for site restoration and resource surveys.

Permits, from funds under this Act, the use of not more than $250,000 in FY2011-FY2015 to reimburse administrative expenses for qualified non-profit conservation organizations involved directly in land acquisition projects in which lands and interests are conveyed to the Parkway.

Requires the Secretary to submit a report to Congress which: (1) describes the condition of the Parkway, including threats and land preservation needs; (2) lists the land acquisitions that have been completed or are underway; and (3) lists priority land acquisitions that should be made.

]]> Blue Ridge Parkway Protection Act Display Title Blue Ridge Parkway Protection Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to authorize funding to protect and conserve lands contiguous with the Blue Ridge Parkway to serve the public, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Blue Ridge Parkway Protection Act Introduced in Senate 2010-01-26T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s2951is/xml/BILLS-111s2951is.xml 2010-03-17 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 111-476. 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.