[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 2 (Wednesday, January 7, 2009)]
[Senate]
[Pages S162-S163]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    OMNIBUS PUBLIC LAND MANAGEMENT ACT OF 2009 RULE XLIV COMPLIANCE

  Mr. BINGAMAN. Mr. President, pursuant to rule XLIV of the Standing 
Rules of the Senate, I hereby certify that, to the best of my knowledge 
and belief, the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 does not 
contain any limited tax benefits, limited tariff benefits, or 
congressionally directed spending items, as those terms are defined in 
rule XLIV.
  Rule XLIV broadly defines the term ``congressionally directed 
spending item'' to include `` a provision . . . included primarily at 
the request of a Senator . . . authorizing . . . a specific amount of 
discretionary budget authority . . . for . . . expenditure with or to 
an entity, or targeted to a specific State, locality or Congressional 
district, other than through a statutory or administrative formula-
driven or competitive award process.''
  The Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 is a collection of 
over 150 public land bills that were reported from the Committee on 
Energy and Natural Resources during the 110th Congress, for which we 
have not been able to get unanimous consent to take up and pass during 
the 110th Congress. I have included them in the Omnibus Public Land 
Management Act of 2009 to facilitate their early consideration in the 
new Congress, and not ``primarily at the request of a Senator.''
  Nevertheless, even though no Senator has specifically requested me to 
include a congressionally directed spending item in the Omnibus Public 
Land Management Act of 2009, in the interest of furthering the 
transparency and accountability of the legislative process, I have 
posted on the Web site of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 
a complete list of all provisions in the Omnibus Public Land Management 
Act of 2009 that authorize a specific amount of spending authority that 
is targeted to a specific State or locality, other than through a 
statutory or administrative formula-driven or competitive award 
process. The list includes the name of the principal sponsors of the 
Senate bills in the 110th Congress that have been incorporated in the 
Omnibus Public Land Management Act.
  In addition, I have added several other non-public-land measures from 
the 110th Congress at the request of the majority leader. Most of these 
provisions were included in the Advancing America's Priorities Act--S. 
3297--in the 110th Congress. They include: the Christopher and Dana 
Reeve Paralysis Act, subtitle B of title I of S. 3297; four parts of 
subtitle B, relating to oceans, of title V of S. 3297; and title VII of 
S. 3297, relating to the authorization of a greenhouse facility for the 
Smithsonian Institution. These provisions were determined not to 
constitute ``congressionally directed spending items'' in the Advancing 
Amercia's Priorities Act. See 153 Cong. Rec. S7509-7510, July 26, 2008.
  In addition, I have added the Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation 
Program Act, H.R. 1907 in the 110th Congress, and the Smithsonian 
Institution Facilities Authorization Act of 2008, H.R. 6627 in the 
110th Congress, at the request of the majority leader. The grant 
program established under Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation 
Program Act, section 12507 in the Omnibus Public Land Management Act, 
does not constitute a congressionally directed spending item because 
the funds are to be allocated through a competitive grant process. The 
authorizations in the Smithsonian Institution Facilities Authorization 
Act, sections 15101 and 15102 of the Omnibus Public Land Management 
Act, do not appear to constitute congressionally directed spending 
items because they were requested by the Board of Regents of the 
Smithsonian Institution, and because they originated in the House of 
Representatives, where the committees of jurisdiction determined they 
did not constitute congressional earmarks. See H. Rept. 110-842, part 
1, at 5, 2008, Committee on House Administration, and H. Rept. 110-282, 
part 2, at 4, 2008, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
  Finally, I have added the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley 
Reservation Water Rights Settlement Act, H.R. 5293 in the 110th 
Congress, at the request of the majority leader. This act ratifies a 
water rights settlement among the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck 
Valley Reservation, individual water users, and the State of Nevada. 
Section 8 of H.R. 5293, section 10807 of the Omnibus Public Land 
Management Act, creates two trust funds to settle the legal claims of 
the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes against the United States for compromising 
tribal water rights and failing to maintain the Duck Valley Indian 
Irrigation Project. They do not appear to constitute congressionally 
directed spending items because they were included to settle pending 
legal claims rather than ``primarily at the request of a Senator,'' and 
because they originated in the House of Representatives, where the 
committee of jurisdiction determined that they did not constitute 
congressional earmarks. See H. Rept. 110-815 at 11, 2008, Committee on 
Natural Resources.
  I ask unanimous consent that the list be printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in 
the Record, as follows:

         The Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009--S. 22

       Provisions in the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 
     2009 authorizing appropriations in a specific amount for 
     expenditure with or to an entity or targeted to a specific 
     State, locality, or congressional district, other than 
     through a statutory or administrative formula-driven or 
     competitive award process:

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                                                                                           Principal sponsor of
              Section                     Program or entity                State           Senate bill in 110th
                                                                                           Cong. (or requester)
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2501(b)............................  Rio Puerco Watershed.......  NM....................  Bingaman/Domenici
7101(c)............................  Keweenaw National            MI....................  Levin
                                      Historical Park.
7111...............................  Women's Rights National      NY....................  Clinton
                                      Historical Park.
7405(g)............................  St. Augustine Commemoration  FL....................  Martinez/Nelson
                                      Commission.
8001(h)............................  Sangre de Cristo National    CO....................  Salazar/Allard
                                      Heritage Area.
8002(h)............................  Cache La Poudre National     CO....................  Allard/Salazar
                                      Heritage Area.
8003(h)............................  South Park National          CO....................  Salazar
                                      Heritage Area.
8004(h)............................  Northern Plains National     ND....................  Dorgan/Conrad
                                      Heritage Area.
8005(h)............................  Baltimore National Heritage  MD....................  Mikulski/Cardin
                                      Area.
8006(i)............................  Freedom's Way National       MA & NH...............  Kerry
                                      Heritage Area.
8007(h)............................  Mississippi Hills National   MS....................  Cochran
                                      Heritage Area.
8008(h)............................  Mississippi Delta National   MS....................  Cochran
                                      Heritage Area.
8009(i)............................  Muscle Shoals National       AL....................  none
                                      Heritage Area.
8010(h)............................  Kenai Mountains--Turnagain   AK....................  Murkowski
                                      Arm NHA.
8201(c)............................  Quinebaug & Shetucket Nat.   CN....................  Dodd
                                      Heritage Corridor.
9001(c)............................  Snake, Boise & Payette       ID....................  Craig
                                      River Systems Study.
9002(b)............................  Sierra Vista Subwatershed    AZ....................  Kyl/McCain
                                      Study.
9003(c)............................  San Diego Intertie Study...  CA....................  none
9101(c)............................  Tumalo Irrigation Project..  OR....................  Smith/Wyden
9102(d)............................  Madera Water Supply Project  CA....................  Feinstein
9103(e)............................  Eastern New Mexico Rural     NM....................  Bingaman/Domenici
                                      Water Project.
9105(b)............................  Jackson Gulch                CO....................  Salazar/Allard
                                      Rehabilitation Project.
9106(g)............................  Rio Grande Pueblos.........  NM....................  Bingaman
9108(j)............................  Santa Margarita River......  CA....................  none
9109(a)............................  Elsinore Valley Municpal     CA....................  none
                                      Water District.
9110(a)............................  North Bay Water Reuse        CA....................  Feinstein/Boxer
                                      Authority.
9111(a)............................  Prado Basin Treatment        CA....................  Feinstein
                                      Project.
9112(b)............................  Bunker Hill Groundwater      CA....................  Feinstein
                                      Basin.
9114(a)............................  Yucaipa Valley Water         CA....................  none
                                      District.
9301(3)............................  San Gabriel Basin            CA....................  none
                                      Restoration Fund.
10009..............................  San Joaquin Restoration      CA....................  Feinstein/Boxer
                                      Settlement.
10203..............................  Friant Division              CA....................  Feinstein/Boxer
                                      Improvements.
10501..............................  Reclamation Water            NM....................  Bingaman/Domenici
                                      Settlement Funds.
10609..............................  (a) Navajo-Gallup Water      NM....................  Bingaman/Domenici
                                      Supply Project.
10609(b)...........................  San Juan Conjunctive Use     NM....................  Bingaman/Domenici
                                      Wells.
10609(c)...........................  San Juan River Irrigation    NM....................  Bingaman/Domenici
                                      Projects.
10609(d)...........................  Other Irrigation Projects..  NM....................  Bingaman/Domenici
10702(f)...........................  Navajo Nation Water Trust    NM....................  Bingaman/Domenici
                                      Fund.
10807(b)...........................  Duck Valley Development      NV....................  Reid/Ensign
                                      Fund.
10807(c)...........................  Duck Valley Maintenance      NV....................  Reid/Ensign
                                      Fund.
12107..............................  National Institute for       MS....................  Reid (Cochran)
                                      Undersea Science and
                                      Technology.
13006..............................  National Tropical Botanical  HI....................  Akaka
                                      Garden.
15101..............................  Smithsonian Institution      MD....................  Leahy (Dodd)
                                      Mathias Laboratory.
15102..............................  Smithsonian Institution      Panama................  Leahy (Dodd)
                                      Panama Laboratory.
15103..............................  Smithsonian Institution      MD....................  Reid (Leahy/Dodd)
                                      greenhouse.
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