LAND USE

Amendments

Agriculture: encourage owners and operators of privately-held farm and ranch land to voluntarily make their land available for access by the public under programs administered by States (H.R. 3482), H12312 [21NO]

Dept. of the Interior: extend terms of leases of certain restricted Indian land (S. 521), S12983 [21OC]

Native Americans: technical corrections to certain laws (S. 523), S10441 [30JY]

Articles and editorials

America, Brought to You by . . ., S11432 [15SE]

Desecration of the Mall, S11431 [15SE]

Gambling Dispute Threatens Miwok Bill, S8729 [26JN]

Marketing the Mall, S11432 [15SE]

Meadows Are Open Forever, E2315 [19NO]

Shoshones Finally Get Massacre Land, E1560 [23JY]

Super IGA Now Rules Local Land Use in Boulder, E2320 [19NO]

Bills and resolutions

Agriculture: compensate livestock operators who voluntarily relinquish a grazing permit or lease on Federal lands (see H.R. 3324), H9613 [16OC]

———encourage owners and operators of privately-held farm and ranch land to voluntarily make their land available for access by the public under programs administered by States (see S. 1840), S14271 [7NO] (see H.R. 3482), H11133 [7NO]

———enhance ability of oilseed producers to use oilseed base acres for the production of fruits and vegetables (see H.R. 2181), H4527 [21MY]

Alaska: authorize subdivision and dedication of restricted land owned by Alaska Natives (see S. 1421), S9496 [16JY]

———facilitate transfer of land to Native Americans (see S. 1466), S9959 [25JY]

———provide additional protections for National Forest System lands (see H.R. 979), H1461 [27FE]

———resolve certain conveyances and provide for alternative land selections relative to Cape Fox Corp. and Sealaska Corp. (see S. 1354), S8725 [26JN] (see H.R. 1899), H3571 [30AP]

Arizona: compensate livestock operators who voluntarily relinquish a grazing permit or lease on Federal lands (see H.R. 3337), H9687 [17OC]

Arkansas: convey certain land to the New Hope Cemetery Association for use as a cemetery (see S. 1537), S10618 [31JY]

Army: convey certain land at Fort Campbell, KY, and Tennessee for the purpose of realigning and upgrading U.S. Highway 79 from a 2-lane highway to a 4-lane highway (see H.R. 1637), H2821 [3AP]

———release to Clay County, GA, a reversionary interest of the U.S. requiring the non-profit operation of certain land as a retirement community (see H.R. 3141), H8490 [23SE]

Big Horn County, WY: open certain withdrawn land to locatable mineral development for bentonite mining (see S. 203), S1368 [22JA]

BLM: convey a small parcel of land in Coos County, OR, to the Oregon International Port of Coos Bay (see H.R. 3206), H9032 [30SE]

Budget: reduce deficit through elimination of funding for the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, irrigation water subsidies, and production of Trident II missiles (see S. 49), S36 [7JA]

California: modify date as of which certain tribal land of the Lytton Rancheria is deemed to be held in trust (see S. 1648), S11912 [24SE]

———require a temporary moratorium on leasing, exploration, and land development of the Outer Continental Shelf (see H.R. 3187), H8949 [25SE]

Colorado: management as open space of certain lands in and adjacent to the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests (see H.R. 750), H462 [12FE]

Conservation Reserve Program: suspend requirement to reduce rental payments for harvesting of forage or grazing on land in response to a drought or other emergency (see S. 124), S132 [9JA]

Dept. of Agriculture: establish an inventory and management program for forests derived from public domain land (see S. 1910), S15287 [20NO]

———sell the Bend Pine Nursery Administration Site in Oregon (see S. 1848), S14451 [11NO] (see H.R. 3505), H11359 [17NO]

Dept. of the Interior: dispose of all BLM administered public lands that have been identified for disposal under the Federal land use planning process (see H.R. 353), H170 [27JA]

———extend terms of leases of certain restricted Indian land (see S. 521), S3162 [5MR]

———grant easements and rights-of-way on the Outer Continental Shelf for certain activities (see H.R. 793), H700 [13FE]

———limit authority to claim title or other rights to water absent specific direction of law or to abrogate, injure, or otherwise impair any right to the use of any quantity of water (see H.R. 2603), H5928 [25JN]

———quitclaim to Yuba River Properties certain land in Yuba County, CA, so as to extinguish a claim of title asserted by the Dept. of the Interior (see H.R. 2599), H5928 [25JN]

El Paso County, TX: conveyance of certain lands to the Clint Independent School District (see H.R. 2460), H5365 [12JN]

Endangered Species Act: limit application relative to actions on military or private land and provide incentives for voluntary habitat maintenance (see H.R. 1965), H3682 [6MY]

———limit designation of Dept. of Defense areas as critical habitat (see H.R. 1835), H3450 [29AP]

———reform process for designating critical habitat (see H.R. 2933), H7782 [25JY]

FCC: treat private land use rules as State or local regulations for purposes of certain Federal regulations (see H.R. 1478), H2471 [27MR]

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 (see H.R. 762), H699 [13FE]

Finger Lakes National Forest: withdraw certain Federal land from entry, appropriation, disposal, or disposition under certain Federal laws (see S. 438), S2701 [25FE]

Forest Service: establish the National Forest Ecosystem Protection Program (see H.R. 652), H327 [7FE]

———facilitate land exchange eliminating a private in-holding in the Sierra National Forest and allow the Boy Scouts permanent use of parcel of land currently under a special use permit (see H.R. 379), H171 [27JA]

Forests: ban clearcutting and logging on certain Federal lands to strengthen protection of native biodiversity (see S. 1938), S15812 [24NO]

———eliminate commercial logging on public lands and facilitate the economic recovery and diversification of communities dependent on the Federal logging program (see H.R. 2169), H4367 [20MY]

Graton Rancheria Restoration Act: give Dept. of the Interior discretion relative to taking land into trust (see S. 1342), S8725 [26JN] (see H.R. 2656), H6263 [26JN]

Lakewood, CO: authorize the GSA to lease and redevelop certain Federal property on the Denver Federal Center (see S. 1788), S13377 [28OC] (see H.R. 3376), H9981 [28OC]

Lands Title Report Commission: establish for Indian trust lands (see H.R. 28), H52 [7JA]

Los Padres National Forest: eliminate private inholdings through a land exchange with the United Water Conservation District (see H.R. 1060), H1515 [4MR]

Mining and mineral resources: issue permits to allow reclamation of abandoned hardrock mines without incurring liability (see S. 1660), S11988 [25SE]

———modify requirements applicable to locatable minerals on public domain lands (see H.R. 2141), H4204 [15MY]

———reclamation of abandoned hardrock mines (see H.R. 504), H244 [29JA]

Native Americans: establish programs to improve energy development on Indian lands (see S. 522), S3162 [5MR]

———protect sacred Native American Federal land from significant damage (see H.R. 2419), H5265 [11JN]

———provide compensation to the Lower Brule and Crow Creek Sioux Tribes of South Dakota for damage to tribal land caused by Pick-Sloan projects along the Missouri River (see S. 1530), S10618 [31JY]

———technical corrections to certain laws (see S. 523), S3162 [5MR] (see S. 1955), S15975 [25NO]

New Mexico: designate the Ojito Wilderness Study Area as wilderness and take certain land into trust for the Pueblo of Zia (see S. 1649), S11912 [24SE] (see H.R. 3176), H8905 [24SE]

Power resources: assure that certain Federal oil and gas development will occur in ways that protect water resources and surface owner rights (see H.R. 3698), H12919 [8DE]

Public lands: improve efficiency and fairness of railroad rights-of-way acquisitions for interim use as public trails by applying standard Federal real estate acquisitions procedures (see H.R. 3532), H11650 [19NO]

———improve relationships between Federal land managers and gateway communities to support compatible land management of both Federal and adjacent lands (see H.R. 1014), H1463 [27FE] (see H.R. 1595), H2819 [3AP]

———provide a means of resolving claims regarding the continued existence of rights-of-way (see H.R. 1639), H2821 [3AP]

———restore to the original owners certain lands that the Federal Government took for military purposes in 1940 (see H.R. 701), H391 [11FE]

Railroad Right-of-Way Conveyance Validation Act: conveyance of certain lands in California to facilitate the construction of the transcontinental railway (see H.R. 1658), H2864 [7AP]

Roads and highways: promote the integration of local land use and transportation planning (see H.R. 2940), H7783 [25JY]

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 S. 426), S2522 [14FE]

States: limit acquisition by the U.S. of land located in States in which 25 percent or more of the land is already owned by the U.S. (see S. 1038), S5995 [9MY]

Suburban areas: provide assistance to States and nonprofit organizations to preserve suburban forest land and open space and contain suburban sprawl (see S. 1208), S7540 [9JN]

Taxation: expand rules for involuntary conversions of livestock sold due to weather-related conditions (see S. 252), S1812 [30JA] (see H.R. 478), H243 [29JA]

———extend replacement period for livestock sold due to drought, flood, or other weather-related conditions (see H.R. 377), H171 [27JA]

———provide an exclusion for gain from the sale of farmland to encourage the continued use of property for farming (see S. 1464), S9959 [25JY] (see H.R. 2978), H7784 [25JY]

———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 H.R. 483), H243 [29JA]

———treat payments under the Conservation Reserve Program as rentals from real estate (see S. 1316), S8439 [24JN]

———treatment of ground rent paid on land on which a qualified residence is located and which is allotted or Indian-owned land (see H.R. 1426), H2310 [25MR]

———treatment of land rented on a net cash basis to any member of the decedent's family (see H.R. 2251), H4736 [22MY]

Utah: designate certain lands as wilderness (see S. 639), S3881 [18MR] (see H.R. 1796), H3352 [11AP]

Wooster, OH: conveyance of former Army Reserve Training Center (see H.R. 3404), H10129 [29OC]

Factsheets

Colorado Northern Front Range Mountain Backdrop Protection Study Act (H.R. 750), E215 [13FE]

Letters

Assistance to States and nonprofit organizations to preserve suburban open space and contain suburban sprawl: Amos Eno, New England Forestry Foundation, S7545 [9JN]

———James L. Sledge, Jr., National Association of State Foresters, S7545 [9JN]

———Laurie A. Wayburn, Pacific Forest Trust, S7545 [9JN]

———Whitney Hatch, Trust for Public Land, S7545 [9JN]

Federated Indians of the Graton Rancheria plans to construct casino in Sonoma County, CA: Annette Rose, Marin County, CA, Board of Supervisors and Paul Kelley, Sonoma County, CA, Board of Supervisors, S8730 [26JN]

Indian land energy development programs: A. David Lester, Council of Energy Resource Tribes, S7461 [5JN], S7753 [12JN]

———Bill Anoatubby, Chickasaw Nation, S7462 [5JN], S7753 [12JN]

———Chad Smith, Cherokee Nation, S7462 [5JN], S7753 [12JN]

———Claudia Vigil-Muniz, Jicarilla Apache Nation, S7753 [12JN]

———David F. Conrad, National Tribal Environmental Council, S7755 [12JN]

———Howard D. Richards, Sr., Southern Ute Indian Tribal Council, S7461 [5JN], S7755 [12JN]

———Jacqueline Johnson, National Congress of American Indians, S7461 [5JN], S7752 [12JN]

———James R. Madalena, Five Sandoval Indian Pueblos, Inc., S7753 [12JN]

———James T. Martin, United South and Eastern Tribes, Inc., S7756 [12JN]

———Mark F. Brown, Mohegan Tribe, S7462 [5JN], S7753 [12JN]

———R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, S7756 [12JN]

———Ray Halbritter, Oneida Indian Nation, S7754 [12JN]

———Vernon Hill, Eastern Shoshone Tribe, S7754 [12JN]

———Wes Martel, Native American Energy Group, LLC, S7462 [5JN], S7755 [12JN]

Voluntary Public Access and Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program Act: David J. Frederickson, National Farmers Union, S14273 [7NO]

———several organizations, S14273 [7NO]

Lists

Native American tribes and organizations supporting Campbell amendment on Indian land energy development programs, to S. 14, Energy Policy Act, S7686 [11JN]

Petitions and memorials

Marin County, CA, Board of Supervisors: Federated Indians of the Graton Rancheria plans to construct casino in Sonoma County, CA, S8731 [26JN]

Napa County, CA, Board of Supervisors: Federated Indians of the Graton Rancheria plans to construct casino in Sonoma County, CA, S8731 [26JN]

Petaluma, CA, City Council: Federated Indians of the Graton Rancheria plans to construct a casino in Sonoma County, CA, E2384 [21NO]

Sonoma County, CA, Board of Supervisors: Federated Indians of the Graton Rancheria plans to construct casino in Sonoma County, CA, S8730 [26JN]

Remarks in House

Alaska: provide additional protections for National Forest System lands (H.R. 979), H5345 [12JN]

Boulder County, CO: tribute to Coordinated Comprehensive Development Plan Intergovernmental Agreement, E2320 [19NO]

Colorado: management as open space of certain lands in and adjacent to the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests (H.R. 750), E214 [13FE]

Connecticut: anniversary of Federal recognition and settlement of land claims of the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation, E2060 [16OC]

Dept. of Defense: land transfer to Bremerton, WA, H4590 [22MY]

Dept. of the Interior: clarify responsibilities of BLM in providing normal access to private inholdings in Steens Mountain Cooperative Management Area, H6962 [16JY]

FCC: treat private land use rules as State or local regulations for purposes of certain Federal regulations (H.R. 1478), E599 [27MR]

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. 762), H2534, H2535 [1AP]

Forest Service: facilitate land exchange eliminating a private in-holding in the Sierra National Forest and allow the Boy Scouts permanent use of parcel of land currently under a special use permit (H.R. 379), E50 [8JA]

———prohibit funding to finalize or implement revisions to National Forest Management Act planning regulations, H7062-H7069 [17JY]

Grand County, CO: tribute to Middle Park Land Trust and Denver Water Dept., for conservation easement efforts, E2315 [19NO]

Graton Rancheria Restoration Act: give Dept. of the Interior discretion relative to taking land into trust (H.R. 2656), E2383 [21NO]

Idaho: development of interpretive center by Northwestern Band of Shoshone Nation on site of 1863 massacre, E1559 [23JY]

Land Trust of Santa Cruz County (organization): anniversary, E343 [3MR]

Luke AFB, AZ: Barry M. Goldwater Range access preservation funding, H5986 [26JN]

Mining and mineral resources: modify requirements applicable to locatable minerals on public domain lands (H.R. 2141), E977 [15MY]

———reclamation of abandoned hardrock mines (H.R. 504), E154 [6FE]

National Landscape Architecture Week: observance, E858 [1MY]

Native Americans: protect sacred Native American Federal land from significant damage (H.R. 2419), E1230 [11JN]

Nature Conservancy (organization): purchase of land and subsequent resale to supporters, H4094 [14MY]

New Mexico: designate the Ojito Wilderness Study Area as wilderness and take certain land into trust for the Pueblo of Zia (H.R. 3176), E1874 [24SE]

Power resources: assure that certain Federal oil and gas development will occur in ways that protect water resources and surface owner rights (H.R. 3698), E2533 [8DE]

Public lands: provide a means of resolving claims regarding the continued existence of rights-of-way, H7094-H7103 [17JY], H10202 [30OC], E1570 [23JY], E1583 [24JY]

———provide a means of resolving claims regarding the continued existence of rights-of-way (H.R. 1639), E671 [3AP]

Railroad Right-of-Way Conveyance Validation Act: conveyance of certain lands in California to facilitate the construction of the transcontinental railway (H.R. 1658), H11369 [18NO]

Sumner Peck Ranch, Inc.: installment payment due under consent judgement in court case with the Bureau of Reclamation, H667-H670 [13FE]

Taxation: expand rules for involuntary conversions of livestock sold due to weather-related conditions, H1975, H1976 [19MR], E514 [19MR]

———tax-exempt bond financing for forest conservation in Washington, H1976 [19MR], H8315, H8318 [17SE]

Western States: Federal land management, H6689-H6692 [14JY]

———importance of dams and water storage, H6689-H6692 [14JY]

Remarks in Senate

Agriculture: encourage owners and operators of privately-held farm and ranch land to voluntarily make their land available for access by the public under programs administered by States (S. 1840), S14271-S14274 [7NO]

Alaska: authorize subdivision and dedication of restricted land owned by Alaska Natives (S. 1421), S9503 [16JY]

———facilitate transfer of land to Native Americans (S. 1466), S9975 [25JY], S10046 [28JY]

———resolve certain conveyances and provide for alternative land selections relative to Cape Fox Corp. and Sealaska Corp. (S. 1354), S8747 [26JN]

Arkansas: convey certain land to the New Hope Cemetery Association for use as a cemetery (S. 1537), S15863 [24NO]

Budget: reduce deficit through elimination of funding for the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, irrigation water subsidies, and production of Trident II missiles (S. 49), S51-S53 [7JA]

California: modify date as of which certain tribal land of the Lytton Rancheria is deemed to be held in trust (S. 1648), S11914 [24SE]

Dept. of Agriculture: equitable treatment of popcorn and corn growers for purposes of computing base acreage, S1467 [23JA]

———sell the Bend Pine Nursery Administration Site in Oregon (S. 1848), S14455 [11NO]

Dept. of Energy: environmental cleanup programs funding, S11547 [16SE]

Dept. of the Interior: ban commercial advertising on the National Mall, S11429-S11432 [15SE], S11733 [22SE], S11804, S11805 [23SE]

———decision allowing sponsor recognition by the National Football League at event held on the National Mall, S11429-S11432 [15SE]

———extend terms of leases of certain restricted Indian land (S. 521), S3171 [5MR]

———Private Landowner's Incentive Program funding, S11823, S11824 [23SE]

FERC: limit land use fee for the Flint Creek Hydroelectric project, S10031 [28JY]

Forests: ban clearcutting and logging on certain Federal lands to strengthen protection of native biodiversity (S. 1938), S15827 [24NO]

Graton Rancheria Restoration Act: give Dept. of the Interior discretion relative to taking land into trust (S. 1342), S8729-S8732 [26JN]

Lakewood, CO: authorize the GSA to lease and redevelop certain Federal property on the Denver Federal Center (S. 1788), S13381 [28OC]

Mining and mineral resources: issue permits to allow reclamation of abandoned hardrock mines without incurring liability (S. 1660), S12000 [25SE]

Native Americans: establish programs to improve energy development on Indian lands, S5898 [8MY], S7459-S7462 [5JN], S7590 [10JN], S7685-S7689 [11JN], S7751-S7757 [12JN], S15338 [21NO]

———establish programs to improve energy development on Indian lands (S. 522), S3172 [5MR]

———provide compensation to the Lower Brule and Crow Creek Sioux Tribes of South Dakota for damage to tribal land caused by Pick-Sloan projects along the Missouri River (S. 1530), S10656 [31JY]

———provide environmental review process for Indian energy programs and clarify Federal trust responsibility relative to tribal claims and loss liability associated with tribal energy resource agreements, S7684-S7689 [11JN]

———technical corrections to certain laws (S. 523), S3175 [5MR], S10441-S10451 [30JY]

———technical corrections to certain laws (S. 1955), S15978 [25NO]

New Mexico: designate the Ojito Wilderness Study Area as wilderness and take certain land into trust for the Pueblo of Zia (S. 1649), S11915 [24SE]

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 (S. 426), S2545 [14FE], S4879 [3AP]

States: limit acquisition by the U.S. of land located in States in which 25 percent or more of the land is already owned by the U.S. (S. 1038), S6001 [9MY]

Suburban areas: provide assistance to States and nonprofit organizations to preserve suburban forest land and open space and contain suburban sprawl (S. 1208), S7544 [9JN]

Taxation: provide an exclusion for gain from the sale of farmland to encourage the continued use of property for farming (S. 1464), S9974 [25JY], S10040 [28JY], S10136 [29JY]

———treat payments under the Conservation Reserve Program as rentals from real estate (S. 1316), S8441 [24JN]

Utah: designate certain lands as wilderness (S. 639), S3883-S3885 [18MR]

Reports filed

Blunt Reservoir and Pierre Canal Land Conveyance Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 426) (S. Rept. 108-16), S3162 [5MR]

Cape Fox Land Entitlement Adjustment Act: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 1899) (H. Rept. 108-313), H9477 [15OC]

Indian Land Leasing Act: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 521) (S. Rept. 108-48), S6506 [15MY]

National Security Readiness Act: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 1835) (H. Rept. 108-99), H4129 [14MY]

Native American Technical Corrections Act: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 523) (S. Rept. 108-49), S6506 [15MY]

———Committee on Resources (House) (S. 523) (H. Rept. 108-374), H11205, H11358 [17NO]

Summaries

Provide a Means of Resolving Claims Regarding the Continued Existence of Public Lands Rights-of-Way (H.R. 1639), E671 [3AP]

Voluntary Public Access and Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program Act (S. 1840), S14274 [7NO]

Western Waters and Surface Owners Protection Act (H.R. 3698), E2533 [8DE]

Tables

Land and Water Conservation Fund funding State by State, S3867 [18MR]

Texts of

H.R. 379, facilitate land exchange eliminating a private in-holding in the Sierra National Forest and allow the Boy Scouts permanent use of parcel of land currently under a special use permit, E51 [8JA]

H.R. 762, Reasonable Right-of-Way Fees Act, H2534 [1AP]

H.R. 1658, California land conveyance to facilitate the construction of the transcontinental railway, H11369 [18NO]

S. 49, Deficit Reduction Act, S53 [7JA]

S. 426, Blunt Reservoir and Pierre Canal Land Conveyance Act, S2546 [14FE], S4880 [3AP]

S. 521, Indian Land Leasing Act, S3171 [5MR]

S. 522, Native American Energy Development and Self-Determination Act, S3172-S3175 [5MR]

S. 523, Native American Technical Corrections Act, S3175-S3178 [5MR], S10441, S10447-S10451 [30JY]

S. 1038, No Net Loss of Private Land Act, S6002 [9MY]

S. 1316, Conservation Reserve Program Tax Fairness Act, S8441 [24JN]

S. 1342, give Dept. of the Interior discretion relative to taking land into trust under the Graton Rancheria Restoration Act, S8732 [26JN]

S. 1354, Cape Fox Land Entitlement Adjustment Act, S8747-S8749 [26JN]

S. 1421, Alaska Native Allotment Subdivision Act, S9504 [16JY]

S. 1464, Beginning Farmers and Ranchers Tax Incentive Act, S9974 [25JY]

S. 1466, Alaska Land Transfer Acceleration Act, S10047-S10055 [28JY]

S. 1530, Tribal Parity Act, S10656 [31JY]

S. 1537, Arkansas land conveyance to the New Hope Cemetery Association for use as a cemetery, S10668 [31JY], S15863 [24NO]

S. 1648, modify date as of which certain tribal land of the Lytton Rancheria is deemed to be held in trust, S11915 [24SE]

S. 1649, Ojito Wilderness Act, S11916 [24SE]

S. 1660, Good Samaritan Abandoned and Inactive Mine Remediation Act, S12001 [25SE]

S. 1788, Denver Federal Center Redevelopment Act, S13382 [28OC]

S. 1840, Voluntary Public Access and Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program Act, S14273 [7NO]

S. 1848, sell the Bend Pine Nursery Administration Site in Oregon, S14456 [11NO]

S. 1938, Act To Save America's Forests, S15828-S15837 [24NO]

S. 1955, Native American Technical Corrections Act, S15978-S15981 [25NO]