[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1154 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1154

  To reverse the designation by the Secretary of the Interior and the 
Secretary of Agriculture of certain communities in the State of Alaska 
                              as nonrural.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 30, 2015

 Ms. Murkowski 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 reverse the designation by the Secretary of the Interior and the 
Secretary of Agriculture of certain communities in the State of Alaska 
                              as nonrural.

    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 ``Subsistence Access Management Act of 
2015''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF SECRETARIES.

    In this Act, the term ``Secretaries'' means the Secretary of the 
Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture.

SEC. 3. REDESIGNATION NOT AUTHORIZED.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
including any regulation, order, or policy, for purposes of 
administering the Federal Subsistence Management Program on public 
lands within the State of Alaska pursuant to the Alaska National 
Interest Lands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.), with respect 
to a community or area designated as rural by the Secretaries by 
regulation effective on or before May 6, 2007, the Secretaries may not, 
except pursuant to Act of Congress--
            (1) redesignate the community or area as nonrural; or
            (2) adjust the boundaries of a community or area to render 
        some or all of that community or area nonrural.
    (b) Reinstatement of List.--
            (1) In general.--The list of communities and areas 
        designated rural (including the boundaries of those communities 
        and areas) in effect on May 6, 2007, is reinstated.
            (2) Effect.--Except as modified by Act of Congress, with 
        respect to those communities and areas designated as rural, the 
        list described in paragraph (1) shall be in effect as if the 
        final rule entitled ``Subsistence Management Regulations for 
        Public Lands in Alaska, Subpart C; Nonrural Determinations'' 
        (72 Fed. Reg. 25688 (May 7, 2007)) had not been issued.

SEC. 4. EFFECT.

    Nothing in this Act prohibits the Secretaries from determining 
that, in accordance with regulations duly promulgated by the 
Secretaries--
            (1) a community or area designated nonrural by the 
        Secretaries should be redesignated as rural; or
            (2) the boundaries of a community or area designated 
        nonrural should be adjusted by the Secretaries to render some 
        or all of that community or area rural.

SEC. 5. PUBLICATION OF INTERIM FINAL RULE, LIST.

    (a) Publication of Interim Final Rule.--Not later than 30 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretaries shall publish 
an interim final rule amending any regulations inconsistent with this 
Act.
    (b) Publication of List.--Once each year after the publication 
under subsection (a), the Secretaries shall publish in the Federal 
Register a list of communities and areas (including the boundaries of 
those communities and areas) designated rural and nonrural in 
accordance with this Act.
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