[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 404 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 404

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


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 9, 2009

 Mr. Grijalva (for himself, Mr. Moran of Virginia, Mrs. Bono Mack, Mr. 
Hinchey, Mr. Inslee, Mrs. Maloney, Mr. Pallone, Mrs. Capps, Mr. Waxman, 
Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Farr, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. George Miller of California, 
Mr. Pastor of Arizona, Ms. Lee of California, Ms. Bordallo, Ms. Sutton, 
Mr. Holt, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Sarbanes, Mr. Reichert, Mr. Berman, Mr. Price 
    of North Carolina, and Mr. Gordon of Tennessee) introduced the 
    following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 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) a wilderness study area;
                    (D) a National Scenic Trail or National Historic 
                Trail designated as a component of the National Trails 
                System;
                    (E) a component of the National Wild and Scenic 
                Rivers System; or
                    (F) 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;
                    (C) the Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural Area;
                    (D) public land within the California Desert 
                Conservation Area administered by the Bureau of Land 
                Management for conservation purposes; and
                    (E) any additional area designated by Congress for 
                inclusion in the system.
    (c) Management.--The Secretary shall manage the system--
            (1) in accordance with each applicable law (including 
        regulations) relating to each 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. STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION.

    Nothing in this Act shall be construed to enhance, diminish, or 
modify any law or proclamation (or regulations related to such law or 
proclamation) under which the components of the system identified in 
section 3(b) were established, or are managed, including, but not 
limited to, the Alaska National Interest Land Conservation Act (43 
U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), the 
Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1271 et seq.), the National 
Trails System Act (16 U.S.C. 1241 et seq.), and the Federal Land Policy 
and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.). In addition, 
nothing in this Act creates a Federal cause of action based on 
inclusion within the National Landscape Conservation System. Moreover, 
nothing in this Act is intended to additionally restrict or hinder 
energy development within the system.
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