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                                                       Calendar No. 623
110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2807

         To protect the liberty and property of all Americans.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 2, 2008

Mr. Coburn introduced the following bill; which was read the first time

                             April 3, 2008

            Read the second time and placed on the calendar

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                                 A BILL


 
         To protect the liberty and property of all Americans.

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

                                TITLE I

    This Act may be cited as the ``Land and Liberty Protection Act of 
2008''.

                                TITLE II

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This title may be cited as the ``Protecting Americans From Violent 
Crime Act of 2008''.

SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) The Second Amendment to the Constitution provides that 
        ``the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be 
        infringed''.
            (2) Section 2.4(a)(1) of title 36, Code of Federal 
        Regulations, provides that ``except as otherwise provided in 
        this section and parts 7 (special regulations) and 13 (Alaska 
        regulations), the following are prohibited: (i) Possessing a 
        weapon, trap or net, (ii) Carrying a weapon, trap or net, (iii) 
        Using a weapon, trap or net''.
            (3) Section 27.42 of title 50, Code of Federal Regulations, 
        provides that, except in special circumstances, citizens of the 
        United States may not ``possess, use, or transport firearms on 
        national wildlife refuges'' of the United States Fish and 
        Wildlife Service.
            (4) The regulations described in paragraphs (2) and (3) 
        prevent individuals complying with Federal and State laws from 
        exercising the second amemdment rights of the individuals while 
        at units of--
                    (A) the National Park System; and
                    (B) the National Wildlife Refuge System.
            (5) The existence of different laws relating to the 
        transportation and possession of firearms at different units of 
        the National Park System and the National Wildlife Refuge 
        System entraps law-abiding gun owners while at units of the 
        National Park System and the National Wildlife Refuge System.
            (6) The Federal laws should make it clear that the second 
        amendment rights of an individual at a unit of the National 
        Park System or the National Wildlife Refuge System should not 
        be infringed.

SEC. 3. PROTECTING THE RIGHT OF INDIVIDUALS TO BEAR ARMS IN UNITS OF 
              THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM AND THE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE 
              SYSTEM.

    The Secretary of the Interior shall not promulgate or enforce any 
regulation that prohibits an individual from possessing a firearm 
including an assembled or functional firearm in any unit of the 
National Park System or the National Wildlife Refuge System if--
            (1) the individual is not otherwise prohibited by law from 
        possessing the firearm; and
            (2) the possession of the firearm is in compliance with the 
        law of the State in which the unit of the National Park System 
        or the National Wildlife Refuge System is located.

                               TITLE III

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This title may be cited as the ``Government Real Estate 
Accountability and Transparency Act of 2008''.

SEC. 2. ANNUAL REPORT DETAILING AMOUNT OF LAND OWNED BY FEDERAL 
              GOVERNMENT AND THE COST OF GOVERNMENT LAND OWNERSHIP TO 
              TAXPAYERS.

    (a) Annual Report.--
            (1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), not later than 
        May 15, 2009, and annually thereafter, the Director of the 
        Office of Management and Budget (referred to in this section as 
        the ``Director'') shall ensure that a report that contains the 
        information described in subsection (b) is posted on a publicly 
        available website.
            (2) Extension relating to certain segment of report.--With 
        respect to the date on which the first annual report is 
        required to be posted under paragraph (1), if the Director 
        determines that an additional period of time is required to 
        gather the information required under subsection (b)(3)(B), the 
        Director may--
                    (A) as of the date described in paragraph (1), post 
                each segment of information required under paragraphs 
                (1), (2), and (3)(A) of subsection (b); and
                    (B) as of May 15, 2010, post the segment of 
                information required under subsection (b)(3)(B).
    (b) Required Information.--An annual report described in subsection 
(a) shall contain, for the period covered by the report--
            (1) a description of the total quantity of--
                    (A) land located within the jurisdiction of the 
                United States, to be expressed in acres;
                    (B) the land described in subparagraph (A) that is 
                owned by the Federal Government, to be expressed--
                            (i) in acres; and
                            (ii) as a percentage of the quantity 
                        described in subparagraph (A); and
                    (C) the land described in subparagraph (B) that is 
                located in each State, to be expressed, with respect to 
                each State--
                            (i) in acres; and
                            (ii) as a percentage of the quantity 
                        described in subparagraph (B);
            (2) a description of the total annual cost to the Federal 
        Government for maintaining all parcels of administrative land 
        and all administrative buildings or structures under the 
        jurisdiction of each Federal agency; and
            (3) a list and detailed summary of--
                    (A) with respect to each Federal agency--
                            (i) the number of unused or vacant assets;
                            (ii) the replacement value for each unused 
                        or vacant asset;
                            (iii) the total operating costs for each 
                        unused or vacant asset; and
                            (iv) the length of time that each type of 
                        asset described in clause (i) has been unused 
                        or vacant, organized in categories comprised of 
                        periods of--
                                    (I) not more than 1 year;
                                    (II) not less than 1, but not more 
                                than 2, years; and
                                    (III) not less than 2 years; and
                    (B) the estimated costs to the Federal Government 
                of the maintenance backlog of each Federal agency, to 
                be--
                            (i) organized in categories comprised of 
                        buildings and structures; and
                            (ii) expressed as an aggregate cost.
    (c) Use of Existing Annual Reports.--An annual report required 
under subsection (a) may be comprised of any annual report relating to 
the management of Federal real property that is published by a Federal 
agency.

                                TITLE IV

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``No Trespassing Act of 2008''.

SEC. 2. NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT.

    The Secretary of the Interior shall not approve a management plan 
for a National Heritage Area unless the local coordinating entity of 
the proposed National Heritage Area provides written notification 
through the United States mail of the designation to each individual 
who resides, or owns property that is located, in the proposed National 
Heritage Area.

SEC. 3. WRITTEN CONSENT REQUIREMENT.

    With respect to each National Heritage Area, no employee of the 
National Park Service or member of the local coordinating entity of the 
National Heritage Area (including any designee of the National Park 
Service or the local coordinating entity) may enter a parcel of private 
property located in the National Heritage Area without the written 
consent of the owner of the parcel of property.

                                TITLE V

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Taxpayer Property Protection Act of 
2008''.

SEC. 2. REQUIRING CITIZEN APPROVAL OF GOVERNMENT LAND GRABS.

    (a) In General.--Subject to subsections (b) and (c), the Department 
of the Interior, the Department of Energy, and the Forest Service, 
acting individually or in coordination, shall not assume control of any 
parcel of land located in a State unless the citizens of each political 
subdivision of the State in which a portion of the parcel of land is 
located approve the assumption of control by a referendum.
    (b) National Emergencies.--The requirement described in subsection 
(a) shall not apply in the case of a national emergency, as determined 
by the President.
    (c) Private Landowners.--The requirement described in subsection 
(a) shall not apply in the case of an exchange between a private 
landowner and the Federal Government of a parcel of land.
    (d) Duration of Approval.--
            (1) In general.--With respect to a parcel of land described 
        in subsection (a), the approval of the citizens of each 
        political subdivision in which a portion of the parcel of land 
        is located terminates on the date that is 10 years after the 
        date on which the citizens of each political subdivision 
        approve the control of the parcel of land by the Department of 
        the Interior, the Department of Energy, or the Forest Service 
        under that subsection.
            (2) Renewal of approval.--With respect to a parcel of land 
        described in subsection (a), the Department of the Interior, 
        the Department of Energy, or the Forest Service, as applicable, 
        may renew, by referendum, the approval of the citizens of each 
        political subdivision in which a portion of the parcel of land 
        is located.

                                TITLE VI

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Do No Harm Act of 2008''.

SEC. 2. GUARANTEE OF NO ADVERSE AFFECTS TO CITIZENS AS A RESULT OF A 
              NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA DESIGNATION.

    Each National Heritage Area designation shall not take effect until 
the date on which the President certifies that--
            (1) the designation of each proposed National Heritage Area 
        will not cause an adverse impact on--
                    (A) agricultural or livestock production within the 
                proposed National Heritage Area;
                    (B) energy exploration and production within the 
                proposed National Heritage Area;
                    (C) critical infrastructure located within the 
                proposed National Heritage Area, including the 
                placement and maintenance of--
                            (i) electric transmission and distribution 
                        lines (including related infrastructure); and
                            (ii) natural gas pipelines (including 
                        related infrastructure); and
                    (D) the affordability of housing; and
            (2) with respect to each State in which there is located a 
        proposed National Heritage Area, the total deferred maintenance 
        backlog of the State is an amount not greater than $50,000,000, 
        as reported by the Director of the National Park Service to the 
        Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board.
                                                       Calendar No. 623

110th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                                S. 2807

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                                 A BILL

         To protect the liberty and property of all Americans.

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                             April 3, 2008

            Read the second time and placed on the calendar