3.0.0 3430 2023-01-11T13:33:31Z 2023-01-11T13:33:31Z Senate S 2016-09-28 114 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2016-09-28T20:38:44Z Bureau of Land Management Foundation Act 114 4507 HR 2016-02-16 Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands. Related bill CRS Bureau of Land Management Foundation Act 114 3844 HR 2016-07-06 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Related bill CRS 2016-09-28 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. IntroReferral 2016-09-28 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H001046 Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] Martin Heinrich D NM T. N W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2016-09-28 True U000039 Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM] TOM UDALL D NM 2016-09-28 True Public Lands and Natural Resources Charitable contributions Coal Department of the Interior Ecology Executive agency funding and structure General public lands matters Historical and cultural resources Land transfers Land use and conservation Mammals Mining Oil and gas Outdoor recreation Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations Soil pollution Water quality Wildlife conservation and habitat protection Public Lands and Natural Resources 00 2016-09-28 Introduced in Senate 2016-11-17T21:19:56Z Bureau of Land Management Foundation Act

This bill establishes the Bureau of Land Management Foundation as a charitable, nonprofit organization to encourage, accept, obtain, administer, and use private gifts of money, devises, and bequests of real and personal property for the benefit of, or in connection with, the activities and services of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM).

The foundation shall conduct and encourage programs and activities that support:

  • educational, technical, scientific, and other assistance or activities to support the management of BLM lands with regard to wild free-roaming horses and burros, fish and wildlife and their habitats, National Conservation Lands, and recreation, cultural, and historic resources; and
  • activities that support the reclamation and remediation of specified abandoned mine lands, specified orphaned oil and gas well sites, or public lands impacted by development connected to mineral exploration and development activities.

Reclamation activities are to include the remediation of soil and water contamination; the restoration of wildlife habitat in order to restore the natural, scenic, historic, cultural, and ecological values of those areas; or promotion of the areas' economic potential.

]]> Bureau of Land Management Foundation Act Display Title Bureau of Land Management Foundation Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to establish the Bureau of Land Management Foundation to encourage, obtain, and use gifts, devises, and bequests for projects for the benefit of, or in connection with, activities and services of the Bureau of Land Management, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Bureau of Land Management Foundation Act Introduced in Senate 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s3430is/xml/BILLS-114s3430is.xml 2016-09-28 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. 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.