[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1139 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1139

To establish the National Landscape Conservation System, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 18, 2007

Mr. Bingaman (for himself, Mr. Salazar, Ms. Cantwell, and Mr. Sanders) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
               Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To establish the National Landscape Conservation System, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``National Landscape Conservation 
System Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior.
            (2) System.--The term ``system'' means the National 
        Landscape Conservation System established by section 3(a).

SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE NATIONAL LANDSCAPE CONSERVATION SYSTEM.

    (a) Establishment.--In order to conserve, protect, and restore 
nationally significant landscapes that have outstanding cultural, 
ecological, and scientific values for the benefit of current and future 
generations, there is established in the Bureau of Land Management the 
National Landscape Conservation System.
    (b) Components.--The system shall include each of the following 
areas administered by the Bureau of Land Management:
            (1) Each area that is designated as--
                    (A) a national monument;
                    (B) a national conservation area;
                    (C) an outstanding natural area;
                    (D) a wilderness study area;
                    (E) a component of the National Trails System;
                    (F) a component of the National Wild and Scenic 
                Rivers System; or
                    (G) a component of the National Wilderness 
                Preservation System.
            (2) Any area designated by Congress to be administered for 
        conservation purposes, including--
                    (A) the Steens Mountain Cooperative Management and 
                Protection Area, as designated under section 101(a) of 
                the Steens Mountain Cooperative Management and 
                Protection Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 460nnn-11(a));
                    (B) the Headwaters Forest Reserve; and
                    (C) any additional area designated by Congress for 
                inclusion in the system.
    (c) Management.--The Secretary shall manage the system--
            (1) in accordance with any applicable law (including 
        regulations) relating to any component of the system included 
        under subsection (b); and
            (2) in a manner that protects the values for which the 
        components of the system were designated.

SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary 
to carry out this Act.
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