[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 21 (Monday, February 4, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S817]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT ACT

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, once we complete our work on S. 1, the 
Senate will turn to the Natural Resources Management Act, under the 
leadership of Chairman Murkowski and the Natural Resources Committee.
  This legislation combines more than 100 individual lands bills. It 
will allow communities across America to responsibly develop their land 
and natural resources while maintaining a balance with locally 
supported conservation.
  On a national scale, this legislation will achieve things such as 
permanently reauthorizing the Land and Water Conservation Fund and 
codifying sportsmen's recreational access to Bureau of Land Management 
and National Forest areas nationwide. On a local scale, communities 
across America are looking forward to specific provisions.
  I am particularly proud that the legislation will include two bills I 
introduced to safeguard historic Kentucky landmarks and designate Camp 
Nelson and Mill Springs Battlefield as national monuments. I know 
virtually every one of our colleagues is enthusiastic about local 
achievements it will deliver in their States as well.
  This bipartisan legislation is a major priority dating back to the 
last Congress, when nearly 90 Senators cosponsored its components, and 
I am glad we will be able to turn to it soon.

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