LAND USE

Amendments

Alaska: resolve certain conveyances and provide for alternative land selections relative to Cape Fox Corp. and Sealaska Corp. (S. 2222), S11608, S11643 [19NO]

Clark County, NV: establish wilderness areas, promote conservation, improve public lands, and provide for high quality development (H.R. 5200), H7977 [16OC]

Federal Land Policy and Management Act: clarify method to determine fair market value of rights-of-way to prevent unreasonable increases in deployment costs of critical infrastructure (H.R. 3258), H5002 [22JY]

Articles and editorials

Damming the Money Stream of the Water Profiteers, E1231 [10JY]

Bills and resolutions

Alaska: resolve certain conveyances and provide for alternative land selections relative to Cape Fox Corp. and Sealaska Corp. (see S. 2222), S3165 [23AP] (see H.R. 5452), H6558 [24SE]

Buffalo, MN: conveyance of the former Army Reserve Training Center to the Buffalo Independent School District 877 (see H.R. 3712), H230 [8FE]

California: designate certain lands as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System (see H.R. 4750), H2607 [16MY]

Clark County, NV: establish wilderness areas, promote conservation, improve public lands, and provide for high quality development (see S. 2612), S5366 [11JN] (see H.R. 5200), H5452 [24JY]

Conservation Reserve Program: adjust program to maximum extent practicable to assist agricultural producers adversely affected by severe drought conditions (see H. Con. Res. 520), H9024 [14NO]

———eliminate authority to reduce rental payments for harvesting of forage or grazing on land in an emergency caused by a drought (see H.R. 5485), H6776 [26SE]

———suspend requirement to reduce rental payments for harvesting of forage or grazing on land in response to a drought or other emergency (see S. 3022), S9714 [1OC]

Dept. of Agriculture: conduct wildland-urban restoration charter forest demonstration project in the Pike and San Isabel National Forests and Cimarron and Comanche National Grasslands (see H.R. 4911), H3453 [11JN]

Dept. of the Interior: establish a moratorium on approval of relinquishment of a lease of certain tribal lands in California (see H.R. 5345), H6129 [9SE]

———grant Deschutes and Crook Counties in Oregon a right-of-way to West Butte Road (see S. 2482), S4064 [8MY] (see H.R. 4953), H3601 [17JN]

El Paso County, TX: conveyance of certain lands to the Clint Independent School District (see H.R. 5517), H6926 [1OC]

Endangered Species Act: improve protection of habitats (see H.R. 3707), H227 [7FE]

———limit application relative to actions on military or private land and relative to plants (see H.R. 5709), H8545 [12NO]

———provide a public right-to-know for landowners in implementing (see H.R. 3706), H227 [7FE]

FCC: treat private land use rules as State or local regulations for purposes of certain Federal regulations (see H.R. 4720), H2470 [14MY]

Finger Lakes National Forest: withdraw certain Federal land from entry, location, appropriation, disposal patent, or leasing under certain Federal laws (see S. 2450), S3843 [2MY]

Forest Service: facilitate a land exchange that will eliminate a private in-holding in the Sierra National Forest, and provide for the permanent use by the Boy Scouts a parcel of land currently used under a special use permit (see H.R. 5302), H5996 [26JY]

Forests: ban clearcutting and logging on certain Federal lands to strengthen protection of native biodiversity (see S. 2871), S7900 [1AU] (see H.R. 5279), H5995 [26JY]

Fort Hood, TX: convey certain land for a State-run veterans cemetery (see H.R. 4040), H1088 [20MR]

Hawaii: remove restrictions on land exchanges between the National Park Service and the Dept. of Hawaiian Home Lands (see H.R. 4724), H2470 [14MY]

Lands Title Report Commission: establish for Indian trust lands (see H.R. 3931), H832 [12MR]

Los Padres National Forest: eliminate private inholdings through a land exchange with the United Water Conservation District (see H.R. 4917), H3513 [12JN]

Mammoth Community Water District: remove certain restrictions on the ability to use certain acquired property (see H.R. 5222), H5790 [25JY]

Mining and mineral resources: modify requirements applicable to locatable minerals on public domain lands (see H.R. 4748), H2606 [16MY]

———reclamation of abandoned hardrock mines (see H.R. 4078), H1089 [20MR]

Montana: acquire certain lands for the benefit of the Crow Tribe (see H.R. 4062), H1089 [20MR]

Outer Continental Shelf: protect economic and land use interests of the Federal Government in management of lands for energy-related and certain other purposes (see H.R. 5156), H4930 [18JY]

Public lands: improve relationships between Federal land managers and gateway communities to support compatible land management of both Federal and adjacent lands (see H.R. 4622), H1769 [30AP]

———limit acquisition by the U.S. of land located in counties in which 50 percent or more of the land is already owned by the U.S. (see H.R. 3962), H906 [13MR]

———protect public assets, natural heritage, and native biodiversity by banning further degradation, development, and extraction (see H.R. 5748), H9023 [14NO]

———provide Federal land management agencies the authority and capability to effectively manage Federal lands (see S. 2474), S4064 [8MY]

———restore to the original owners certain lands that the Federal Government took for military purposes in 1940 (see H.R. 4892), H3291 [6JN]

Real property: preserve Federal sovereignty of certain public lands and preserve certain State and private property rights (see S. 2575), S4967 [4JN]

Richmond, KY: convey a portion of the Bluegrass Army Depot to facilitate construction of a State veterans' center (see S. 3109), S10360 [10OC]

———convey a portion of the Bluegrass Army Depot to preserve a historic Civil War battlefield (see S. 3108), S10360 [10OC]

Seminole Tribe of Florida: allow lands not held in trust to be mortgaged, leased, or transferred without further approval by the U.S. (see S. 2974), S8918 [19SE] (see H.R. 4853), H3037 [23MY]

South Dakota: convey certain lands acquired for the Blunt Reservoir and Pierre Canal features of the Oahe Irrigation Project to certain State agencies for wildlife habitat mitigation and provide conditional purchase options (see H.R. 5687), H8022 [16OC]

Taxation: provide involuntary conversion tax relief for producers forced to sell livestock due to weather-related conditions or Federal land management agency policy or action (see S. 2762), S7104 [19JY] (see H.R. 5227), H5790 [25JY]

Wilderness areas: provide for expedited decisions on study areas, and that lands designated as study areas, shall be used in accordance with the Multiple-Use Sustained-Yield Act (see H.R. 4589), H1672 [25AP]

Letters

Cape Fox Land Entitlement Adjustment Act: several Alaskan and environmental organizations, S11723, S11724 [20NO]

Provide assistance to States and nonprofit organizations to preserve suburban open space and contain suburban sprawl: James J. Espy, Maine Coast Heritage Trust (organization), S698 [13FE]

———Jennifer Melville, Trust for Public Lands (organization), S698 [13FE]

———Kent Wommack, Nature Conservancy (organization), S698 [13FE]

———Larry A. Kotchman, National Association of State Foresters, S697 [13FE]

———Sally Stockwell, Maine Audubon Society, S698 [13FE]

———W. Kent Olson, Friends of Acadia (organization), S698 [13FE]

Strengthen limitations on Dept. of Agriculture commodity payments and benefits and use resulting savings to improve certain programs: Representative Nick Smith, H1477 [18AP]

Quotations

Strengthen limitations on Dept. of Agriculture commodity payments and benefits and use resulting savings to improve certain programs: several Senators, H1382 [17AP]

Remarks in House

Bureau of Reclamation: anniversary, E818 [16MY]

California: designate certain lands as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System (H.R. 4750), H8923 [14NO], E2126 [22NO]

———impact of agricultural subsidies on water resources, E1231 [10JY]

Clark County, NV: convey certain public land for use as a shooting range (H.R. 2937), H1099, H1100 [9AP]

———establish wilderness areas, promote conservation, improve public lands, and provide for high quality development (H.R. 5200), H7977 [16OC]

Dept. of Agriculture: conduct wildland-urban restoration charter forest demonstration project in the Pike and San Isabel National Forests and Cimarron and Comanche National Grasslands (H.R. 4911), H3557 [13JN]

———strengthen limitations on commodity payments and benefits and use resulting savings to improve certain programs, H1292 [16AP], H1371, H1374-H1382 [17AP], H1477, H1480 [18AP], H2006 [1MY], H2040 [2MY], H4473 [10JY], H4525 [11JY], E587 [18AP]

Dept. of HUD: assist States, tribal governments, and Native Hawaiian organizations with land use planning to promote improved quality of life, regionalism, sustainable economic development, and environmental stewardship (H.R. 1433), H1494 [23AP]

Dept. of the Interior: grant Deschutes and Crook Counties in Oregon a right-of-way to West Butte Road (H.R. 4953), H6499, H6500 [24SE]

Endangered Species Act: impact of classification of black-tailed prairie dog on landowners, H830 [12MR]

———impact on landowners, H828-H831 [12MR]

———impact on landowners and the protection of critical habitats, H1324-H1328 [16AP]

———improve protection of habitats (H.R. 3707), E120 [7FE]

———provide a public right-to-know for landowners in implementing (H.R. 3706), E120 [7FE]

Federal Land Policy and Management Act: clarify method to determine fair market value of rights-of-way to prevent unreasonable increases in deployment costs of critical infrastructure (H.R. 3258), H5001, H5002 [22JY], E1331 [24JY]

Florida: convey Egmont Key to the Florida State Park Service, H4739 [16JY]

Forest Service: grazing management funding, H4818, H4819 [17JY]

Fort Ord, CA: transfer of lands for housing development, H4149 [27JN]

Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge: visitors center funding, H4741 [16JY]

Hawaii: remove restrictions on land exchanges between the National Park Service and the Dept. of Hawaiian Home Lands (H.R. 4724), E798 [14MY]

Los Padres National Forest: eliminate private inholdings through a land exchange with the United Water Conservation District (H.R. 4917), H6503, H6504 [24SE]

Mining and mineral resources: modify requirements applicable to locatable minerals on public domain lands (H.R. 4748), E832 [17MY]

———reclamation of abandoned hardrock mines (H.R. 4078), E422-E424 [21MR], E1613 [19SE]

National parks and recreation areas: preservation and protection, H3920-H3926 [25JN]

Native Americans: amend laws relative to the lands of the Muscogee-Creek, Seminole, Cherokee, Chickasawa and Choctaw Nations, historically referred to as the Five Civilized Tribes (H.R. 2880), H3401-H3410 [11JN]

———protection of sacred sites on Federal lands, H1414, H1416 [18AP], E578, E592 [18AP]

———provide equitable compensation to the Yankton Sioux Tribe of South Dakota and the Santee Sioux Tribe of Nebraska for the loss of value of certain lands (S. 434), H6864-H6867 [1OC]

Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge: land acquisition, H4738, H4739 [16JY]

University of Colorado: anniversary of School of Law Natural Resources Law Center, E1615 [19SE]

Western States: Federal land management, H997-H1000 [19MR]

———importance of dams and water storage, H621-H625 [27FE], H821-H823 [12MR], H996 [19MR], H1762-H1767 [30AP], H3153 [4JN]

Remarks in Senate

Agriculture: application of means-testing of nonprofit organizations relative to conservation programs, S4019 [8MY]

———Farmland Protection Program funding, S684 [13FE]

Alaska: resolve certain conveyances and provide for alternative land selections relative to Cape Fox Corp. and Sealaska Corp. (S. 2222), S3166 [23AP], S11643-S11645 [19NO], S11723-S11725 [20NO]

California: designate certain lands as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System (H.R. 4750), S11654 [19NO]

Clark County, NV: convey certain public land for use as a shooting range (H.R. 2937), S11654, S11655 [19NO]

———establish wilderness areas, promote conservation, improve public lands, and provide for high quality development (H.R. 5200), S10769-S10771 [17OC]

———establish wilderness areas, promote conservation, improve public lands, and provide for high quality development (S. 2612), S5375-S5385 [11JN]

Conservation Reserve Program: establish a per-farm limitation on enrolled land, S412, S413 [6FE]

———establish certain values for payments in different categories of enrolled land, S412, S413 [6FE]

Dept. of Agriculture: restrict commodity and crop insurance payments to land that has a cropping history, and restore food stamp benefits to certain legal immigrants, S419-S423 [6FE], S442, S443 [7FE]

———strengthen limitations on commodity payments and benefits and use resulting savings to improve certain programs, S4006-S4008 [8MY]

Dept. of Commerce: assist States, tribal governments, and Native Hawaiian organizations with land use planning to promote improved quality of life, regionalism, sustainable economic development, and environmental stewardship (S. 975), S3517 [30AP]

Dept. of Defense: Utah Test and Training Range management of wilderness and public lands, S6214 [27JN]

Dept. of Energy: assist States and regional organizations in identifying and developing areas with energy resource potential, S2450 [10AP]

Dept. of the Interior: grant Deschutes and Crook Counties in Oregon a right-of-way to West Butte Road (H.R. 4953), S11654 [19NO]

———grant Deschutes and Crook Counties in Oregon a right-of-way to West Butte Road (S. 2482), S4074 [8MY]

Forest Service: improve coordination with Native American tribes in managing and protecting natural resources, S847 [14FE]

Native Americans: provide equitable compensation to the Yankton Sioux Tribe of South Dakota and the Santee Sioux Tribe of Nebraska for the loss of value of certain lands (S. 434), S7319-S7321 [24JY]

New Mexico: require the valuation of nontribal interest ownership of subsurface rights within the boundaries of the Acoma Indian Reservation (H.R. 1913), S186 [28JA]

Public lands: national parks management, S4661 [22MY]

———provide Federal land management agencies the authority and capability to effectively manage Federal lands (S. 2474), S4068 [8MY]

Real property: preserve Federal sovereignty of certain public lands and preserve certain State and private property rights (S. 2575), S4969 [4JN]

Suburban areas: provide assistance to States and nonprofit organizations to preserve suburban open space and contain suburban sprawl, S697 [13FE]

Taxation: provide involuntary conversion tax relief for producers forced to sell livestock due to weather-related conditions or Federal land management agency policy or action (S. 2762), S7861 [1AU]

———treatment of bonds issued to acquire renewable resources on land subject to conservation easement (S. 822), star print, S437 [6FE]

Western States: Federal land management, S3157 [23AP]

Reports filed

Allow Seminole Tribe of Florida Lands Not Held in Trust To Be Mortgaged, Leased, or Transferred Without Further Approval by the U.S.: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 4853) (H. Rept. 107-692), H6692 [25SE]

Blunt Reservoir and Pierre Canal Land Conveyance Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 1028) (S. Rept. 107-253), S8383 [9SE]

Cape Fox Land Entitlement Adjustment Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 2222) (S. Rept. 107-280), S8618 [13SE]

Clark County, NV, Public Land Conveyance for Use as a Shooting Range: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 2937) (H. Rept. 107-387), H1151 [9AP]

Clark County Conservation of Public Land and Natural Resources Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 2612), S10115 [8OC]

———Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 5200) (H. Rept. 107-750), H7928 [15OC]

Community Character Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 975) (S. Rept. 107-290), S8753 [18SE]

Dept. of the Interior Granting to Deschutes and Crook Counties, OR, a Right-of-Way to West Butte Road: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 2482) (S. Rept. 107-277), S8564 [12SE]

———Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 4953) (H. Rept. 107-637), H6058 [4SE]

Federal Land Policy and Management Act: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 3258) (H. Rept. 107-563), H4552 [11JY]

Five Nations Indian Land Reform Act: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 2880) (H. Rept. 107-499), H3452 [11JN]

Gateway Communities Cooperation Act: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 4622) (H. Rept. 107-653), H6228 [11SE]

Los Padres National Forest Land Exchange Act: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 4917) (H. Rept. 107-636), H6058 [4SE]

Yankton Sioux Tribe and Santee Sioux Tribe Equitable Compensation Act: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 434) (S. Rept. 107-214), S7164 [22JY]

———Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 2408) (H. Rept. 107-689), H6692 [25SE]

———Committee on Resources (House) (S. 434) (H. Rept. 107-706), H6925 [1OC]

Statements

Strengthen Limitations on Dept. of Agriculture Commodity Payments and Benefits and Use Resulting Savings To Improve Certain Programs: Senator Grassley, H1376 [17AP]

Summaries

Mineral Exploration and Development Act (H.R. 4748), E833 [17MY]

Tables

Top 100 recipients of farm subsidies in Wisconsin (2001), H1479 [18AP]

Texts of

H.R. 2880, Five Nations Indian Land Reform Act, H3401-H3408 [11JN]

H.R. 2938, Clark County, NV, public land conveyance for use as a shooting range, H1099 [9AP]

H.R. 3258, Reasonable Right-of-Way Fees Act, H5001 [22JY]

H.R. 4750, Big Sur Wilderness and Conservation Act, H8923 [14NO]

H.R. 4917, Los Padres National Forest Land Exchange Act, H6503 [24SE]

H.R. 4953, grant Deschutes and Crook Counties in Oregon a right-of-way to West Butte Road, H6499 [24SE]

H.R. 5200, Clark County Conservation of Public Land and Natural Resources Act, H7977-H7984 [16OC]

S. 434, Yankton Sioux Tribe and Santee Sioux Tribe Equitable Compensation Act, S7319-S7321 [24JY], H6864-H6866 [1OC]

S. 2222, Cape Fox Land Entitlement Adjustment Act, S11643-S11645 [19NO]

S. 2575, American Land Sovereignty Protection Act, S4970 [4JN]

S. 2612, Clark County Conservation of Public Land and Natural Resources Act, S5378-S5384 [11JN]