3.0.0 5626 2019-11-15T21:30:58Z 2019-11-15T21:30:58Z House H HR 2012-05-08 112 From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. MURPHY of Connecticut:H.R. 5626.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8.[Page H2446]]]> hsii00 Natural Resources Committee House Standing hsii10 Federal Lands Subcommittee Referred to 2012-05-15T16:24:03Z Referred to 2012-05-08T14:01:50Z 2012-05-15 hsii10 Federal Lands Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands. Committee 2012-05-08 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 2012-05-08 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2012-05-08 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress M001169 Rep. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT-5] Christopher Murphy D CT S. 5 N Public Lands and Natural Resources Land transfers Land use and conservation Tax-exempt organizations Public Lands and Natural Resources 00 2012-05-08 Introduced in House 2012-06-21T16:15:20Z Clean and Beautiful Communities Act of 2012 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Rivers, Trails, and Conservation Assistance Program of the National Park Service (NPS), to make grants to facilitate the acquisition by a qualified organization of a qualified real property interest exclusively for conservation purposes to assist in the funding of the transactional and operational costs associated with the purchase and management of preserved land or a qualified real property interest (including easements) that include: (1) stewardship costs, including costs of standards and practices implementation; (2) land purchase transaction costs; (3) costs of preparing for accreditation associated with land management; and (4) costs of due diligence, including appraisal, title, survey, environmental hazard assessment, and recording costs.

Makes a person eligible for a grant under this Act only if such person is a tax-exempt charitable organization and is not a state or local government entity.

Prohibits a grant from being used to pay consideration for the purchase of any interest in real property.

Limits the amount of a grant to not more than $500,000 per year for five years.

Prohibits the Secretary from making a grant under this Act in an amount exceeding more than 50% of the costs such grant is made to assist.

]]> Clean and Beautiful Communities Act of 2012 Short Titles as Introduced Clean and Beautiful Communities Act of 2012 Display Title Clean and Beautiful Communities Act of 2012 Official Title as Introduced To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to make grants to facilitate certain acquisitions of property for conservation purposes, and for other purposes. Introduced in House 2012-05-08T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112hr5626ih/xml/BILLS-112hr5626ih.xml 2012-05-15 Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands. 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.