LAND USE

Amendments

National Geologic Mapping Act: reauthorize and amend (S. 485), S13037, S13057 [16NO]

Articles and editorials

$1 Billion in Conservation Funding Approved by U.S. House of Representatives Funding Bill Awaits a Vote in the U.S. Senate, S14127 [20DE]

Bills and resolutions

Agriculture: compensate livestock operators who voluntarily relinquish a grazing permit or lease on Federal lands where conflicts with other multiple uses render livestock grazing impractical (see H.R. 3166), H5601 [30JN]

———encourage owners and operators of certain privately-held land to make their land available for access by the public under programs administered by States and tribal governments (see S. 548), S2244 [8MR] (see H.R. 1351), H1621 [16MR]

———enhance ability to produce fruits and vegetables on covered commodity base acres (see S. 1038), S5219 [16MY]

———recognize importance of livestock ranching and compensate ranchers when certain Government actions result in losses under a grazing permit or lease issued by a Federal land management agency (see H.R. 411), H234 [26JA]

Alaska: provide additional protections for National Forest System lands (see H.R. 1155), H1023 [8MR]

Big Horn County, WY: open certain withdrawn land to locatable mineral development for bentonite mining (see S. 97), S144 [24JA]

BLM: convey White Acre and Gambel Oak properties to Park City, UT (see H.R. 3462), H6933 [27JY]

California: modify date as of which certain tribal land of the Lytton Rancheria is deemed to be held in trust (see S. 113), S144 [24JA]

———require a temporary moratorium on leasing, exploration, and land development of the Outer Continental Shelf (see H.R. 319), H194 [25JA]

Clark County, NV: release certain land from the Sunrise Mountain Instant Study Area and grant a right-of-way across the released land for the construction and maintenance of a flood control project (see S. 916), S4397 [27AP]

Colorado: management as open space of certain lands in and adjacent to the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests (see S. 1511), S9158 [27JY] (see H.R. 2110), H2977 [4MY]

Conrad, MT: prohibit reversion of conveyance of the former radar bomb scoring site (see S. 826), S3817 [18AP]

Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission: consider homeland security contributions and value when reviewing list of military installations recommended for realignment or closure (see H.R. 2641), H4073 [25MY] (see H.R. 2667), H4139 [26MY]

Dept. of Commerce: authorize acquisition of a professional services building and property adjacent to Boulder, CO, research campus (see H.R. 3448), H6650 [26JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: make grants to encourage community safety by incorporating disaster mitigation and emergency preparedness into comprehensive land use planning and urban development (see H.R. 3524), H7557 [28JY]

Dept. of HUD: make grants to nonprofit community organizations to develop municipally-owned vacant lots in urban areas (see H.R. 1694), H2149 [19AP]

Dept. of the Interior: authorize leasing of a portion of the Dorothy Buell Memorial Visitor Center for use as a visitor center for the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore (see S. 1913), S11823 [25OC]

———clarify authority to accept donations of lands that are contiguous to the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore (see H.R. 1625), H1969 [13AP] (see H.R. 4068), H8846 [17OC]

———develop a cadastre of Federal real property to assist with land management, conservation, and development and identify land that no longer needs to be federally owned (see H.R. 1370), H1691 [17MR]

———grant easements and rights-of-way on the Outer Continental Shelf for certain activities (see H.R. 907), H792 [17FE]

———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. 487), H285 [1FE]

———make full payment to each unit of general local government in which entitlement land is located (see H.R. 1469), H1777 [5AP]

———modify a certain land grant patent (see H.R. 3606), H7561 [28JY]

District of Columbia: convey certain Federal property to increase the District's taxable property base as compensation for a structural fiscal imbalance caused by Federal mandates (see H.R. 2595), H3893 [24MY]

———provide for sale, acquisition, conveyance, and exchange of certain real property to facilitate utilization, development, and redevelopment of such property (see S. 1838), S11212 [6OC] (see H.R. 3699), H7813 [8SE]

El Paso County, TX: conveyance of certain lands to the Clint Independent School District (see H.R. 860), H718 [16FE]

Endangered Species Act: reform process for designating critical habitat (see H.R. 1299), H1507 [15MR]

FCC: treat private land use rules as State or local regulations for purposes of certain Federal regulations (see H.R. 3876), H8341 [22SE]

Forest Service: convey certain land in the Beaverhead-Deerlodge and Kootenai National Forests, MT, to Jefferson County and Sanders County, MT, for use as cemeteries and other purposes (see S. 899), S4184 [25AP]

———establish the National Forest Ecosystem Protection Program (see H.R. 3701), H7813 [8SE]

Forests: ban clearcutting and logging on certain Federal lands to strengthen protection of native biodiversity (see S. 1897), S11559 [19OC]

———eliminate commercial logging on public lands and facilitate the economic recovery and diversification of communities dependent on the Federal logging program (see H.R. 3420), H6431 [25JY]

Indian Land Consolidation Act: provide for probate reform (see S. 1481), S8948 [26JY]

Joint Federal-State Floodplain and Erosion Mitigation Commission for Alaska: establish (see S. 49), S143 [24JA]

Lakewood, CO: authorize the GSA to lease and redevelop certain Federal property on the Denver Federal Center (see S. 1611), S9645 [6SE] (see H.R. 619), H410 [8FE]

Los Padres National Forest: eliminate private inholdings through a land exchange with the United Water Conservation District (see H.R. 4162), H9361 [27OC]

———withdraw from location, entry, and patent under mining laws (see S. 1545), S9285 [28JY] (see H.R. 3149), H5600 [30JN]

Mammoth Community Water District: remove certain restrictions on the ability to use certain acquired property (see H.R. 853), H718 [16FE]

Mining and mineral resources: facilitate reclamation of abandoned hardrock mines (see H.R. 1266), H1371 [10MR]

———improve reclamation of abandoned hardrock mines (see S. 1701), S10037 [14SE]

———modify requirements applicable to locatable minerals on public domain lands (see H.R. 3968), H8732 [6OC]

———provide a source of funding for the reclamation of abandoned hardrock mines (see H.R. 1265), H1371 [10MR]

National Geologic Mapping Act: reauthorize and amend (see S. 485), S1867 [1MR] (see H.R. 2362), H3330 [16MY]

National Indian Gaming Commission: clarify authority to regulate class III gaming and to limit lands eligible for gaming (see S. 2078), S13361 [18NO]

Native Americans: amend certain laws regarding leasing of Moses Allotments (see H.R. 3014), H4896 [21JN]

———extend authorization of certain leases (see S. 1485), S8948 [26JY]

———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. 374), S1345 [14FE] (see H.R. 109), H74 [4JA]

———technical corrections to certain laws (see S. 536), S2148 [7MR] (see H.R. 3351), H6106 [19JY]

———treatment of actual rental proceeds from leases of land acquired under a program providing agricultural loans to Indian tribes and tribal corporations (see S. 1480), S8948 [26JY]

Navajo County, AZ: remove certain use restrictions on property (see H.R. 1436), H1694 [17MR]

Navajo-Hopi Land Settlement Act: amend (see S. 1003), S4936 [11MY]

Navy: require compliance with certain reversionary requirements related to property donated for use as a Navy homeport whenever the property ceases to be used for that purpose (see H.R. 3886), H8341 [22SE]

New Mexico: designate the Ojito Wilderness Study Area as wilderness and take certain land into trust for the Pueblo of Zia (see S. 156), S436 [25JA] (see H.R. 362), H195 [25JA]

Petroleum: promote oil shale and tar sand development (see S. 1111), S5851 [24MY]

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. 2064), H2879 [3MY]

Public lands: clarify method to determine fair market value of rights-of-way to prevent unreasonable increases in deployment costs of critical infrastructure (see H.R. 906), H792 [17FE]

———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. 1261), H1370 [10MR]

———improve relationships between Federal land managers and gateway communities to support compatible land management of both Federal and adjacent lands (see H.R. 585), H352 [2FE]

———provide a means of resolving claims regarding the continued existence of rights-of-way (see H.R. 3447), H6650 [26JY]

Puerto Rico: make funds generated in Caribbean National Forest available to Dept. of Agriculture for land acquisition to protect the surrounding buffer zone (see S. 1477), S8826 [25JY] (see H.R. 3365), H6204 [20JY]

Reno, NV: validate certain conveyances made by the Union Pacific Railroad Co., of lands that were originally conveyed by the U.S. to facilitate construction of transcontinental railroads (see H.R. 4627), H12167 [17DE]

Roads and highways: promote the integration of local land use and transportation planning (see H.R. 3686), H7742 [7SE]

———reopening of Beartooth All-American Highway from Red Lodge, MT, to Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming (see H. Res. 309), H4296 [8JN]

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. 4301), H10156 [10NO]

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. 591), S2482 [10MR] (see H.R. 1235), H1369 [10MR]

Suburban areas: provide assistance to States and nonprofit organizations to preserve suburban forest land and open space and contain suburban sprawl (see S. 941), S4546 [28AP] (see H.R. 3933), H8513 [28SE]

Taxation: exclude from gross income gain on the sale or exchange of farmland development rights (see H.R. 658), H411 [8FE]

———maintain incentives for charitable gifts of conservation easements (see H. Con. Res. 304), H10909 [17NO]

———provide an exclusion for gain from the sale of farmland to encourage the continued use of property for farming (see H.R. 2034), H2737 [28AP]

———provide special rules for the exchange or installment sale of certain agricultural property (see H.R. 4221), H9640 [3NO]

Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act: assist property owners and Federal agencies in resolving disputes relating to private property (see S. 1883), S11476 [18OC]

Utah: authorize exchange of certain land between the Boy Scouts of America Utah National Parks Council and Brian Head Ski Resort (see S. 476), S1866 [1MR]

———designate certain Cedar Mountains lands as wilderness and ensure compatibility of such areas with continued Armed Forces access to Utah Test and Training Range special use airspace and lands (see H.R. 1503), H1844 [6AP]

———designate certain lands as wilderness (see S. 882), S4108 [21AP] (see H.R. 1774), H2470 [21AP]

Wetlands: impose limitations on wetlands mitigation activities carried out through the condemnation of private property (see H.R. 74), H74 [4JA]

Factsheets

Colorado Northern Front Range Mountain Backdrop Protection Study Act (H.R. 2110), E873 [4MY]

Letters

Dept. of Commerce acquisition of a professional services building and property adjacent to research campus in Boulder, CO: Bruce Tenenbaum, E1624 [27JY]

Prohibit funding to take certain tribal lands into trust without consent of the Governor of the State in which the land is located: Raymond C. Scheppach, National Governors Association, S7489 [28JN]

Reopening of Beartooth All-American Highway from Red Lodge, MT, to Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming: Representative Don Young, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H4322 [9JN]

———Representative Pombo, Committee on Resources (House), H4322 [9JN]

Lists

Companies and associations supporting expanded offshore development, S7050 [22JN]

Outlines

Highway Claims Resolution Act (H.R. 3447), E1623 [27JY]

Remarks in House

BLM: prohibit funding for sale or slaughter of free-roaming horses and burros, H3659-H3663 [19MY]

California: require a temporary moratorium on leasing, exploration, and land development of the Outer Continental Shelf (H.R. 319), E59 [25JA]

Colorado: management as open space of certain lands in and adjacent to the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests (H.R. 2110), E872 [4MY]

Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission: consider homeland security contributions and value when reviewing list of military installations recommended for realignment or closure, H3902 [25MY]

Dept. of Commerce: authorize acquisition of a professional services building and property adjacent to Boulder, CO, research campus (H.R. 3448), E1624 [27JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: make grants to encourage community safety by incorporating disaster mitigation and emergency preparedness into comprehensive land use planning and urban development (H.R. 3524), E1679 [29JY]

Dept. of HUD: make grants to nonprofit community organizations to develop municipally-owned vacant lots in urban areas (H.R. 1694), E701 [19AP]

District of Columbia: convey certain Federal property to increase the District's taxable property base as compensation for a structural fiscal imbalance caused by Federal mandates (H.R. 2595), E1082 [24MY]

Endangered Species Act: compensate landowners who relinquish property for recovery of an endangered species or for certain other purposes, H8520, H8545, H8551, H8562, H8564, H8575, H8577, H8579-H8581 [29SE]

———treatment of private property rights, H8547, H8548 [29SE]

Indian Land Consolidation Act: provide for probate reform (S. 1481), H12217 [18DE]

Mammoth Community Water District: remove certain restrictions on the ability to use certain acquired property (H.R. 853), H11442, H11443 [13DE]

Mining and mineral resources: facilitate reclamation of abandoned hardrock mines (H.R. 1266), E430, E432 [10MR]

———modify requirements applicable to locatable minerals on public domain lands, E2263 [3NO]

———modify requirements applicable to locatable minerals on public domain lands (H.R. 3968), E2017 [6OC]

———provide a source of funding for the reclamation of abandoned hardrock mines (H.R. 1265), E430, E432 [10MR]

National Geologic Mapping Act: reauthorize and amend (H.R. 2362), H5204 [27JN]

Native Americans: 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 (H.R. 109), E10 [4JA]

———technical corrections to certain laws (H.R. 3351), H10317-H10319 [16NO], E2386 [17NO]

New Mexico: designate the Ojito Wilderness Study Area as wilderness and take certain land into trust for the Pueblo of Zia (H.R. 362), E135 [2FE]

———designate the Ojito Wilderness Study Area as wilderness and take certain land into trust for the Pueblo of Zia (S. 156), H8871-H8873 [18OC]

Oregon: Tribal-State compact allowing an off-reservation Indian gambling casino in the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area, H2788 [3MY]

Power resources: assure that certain Federal oil and gas development will occur in ways that protect water resources and surface owner rights (H.R. 2064), E856 [3MY]

Public lands: improve relationships between Federal land managers and gateway communities to support compatible land management of both Federal and adjacent lands (H.R. 585), H11042, H11043 [6DE]

———provide a means of resolving claims regarding the continued existence of rights-of-way (H.R. 3447), E1622 [27JY]

———sale of national forest lands to special interests, H10632, H10633 [17NO]

Roads and highways: reopening of Beartooth All-American Highway from Red Lodge, MT, to Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming (H. Res. 309), H4321, H4322 [9JN]

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 (H.R. 4301), E2335 [10NO]

Taxation: provide tax incentives for charitable gifts of conservation easements, H10508 [17NO]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: prohibit sale of public lands in the Lower Klamath and Tule Lake Wildlife Refuges to buy water rights, H3663 [19MY]

Remarks in Senate

Agriculture: change effective date for counties in States declared agriculture disasters to use the acreage for harvesting or grazing, S10277, S10278 [21SE]

———encourage owners and operators of certain privately-held land to make their land available for access by the public under programs administered by States and tribal governments (S. 548), S5296 [17MY]

Big Horn County, WY: open certain withdrawn land to locatable mineral development for bentonite mining (S. 97), S9039 [26JY]

California: modify date as of which certain tribal land of the Lytton Rancheria is deemed to be held in trust (S. 113), S286 [24JA]

Clark County, NV: release certain land from the Sunrise Mountain Instant Study Area and grant a right-of-way across the released land for the construction and maintenance of a flood control project (S. 916), S4404 [27AP]

Conrad, MT: prohibit reversion of conveyance of the former radar bomb scoring site (S. 826), S3821 [18AP]

Dept. of the Interior: prohibit funding to take certain tribal lands into trust without consent of the Governor of the State in which the land is located, S7488, S7489 [28JN]

District of Columbia: provide for sale, acquisition, conveyance, and exchange of certain real property to facilitate utilization, development, and redevelopment of such property (S. 1838), S11228 [6OC]

Forest Service: convey certain land in the Beaverhead-Deerlodge and Kootenai National Forests, MT, to Jefferson County and Sanders County, MT, for use as cemeteries and other purposes (S. 899), S4192 [25AP]

Forests: ban clearcutting and logging on certain Federal lands to strengthen protection of native biodiversity (S. 1897), S11568 [19OC]

Indian Land Consolidation Act: provide for probate reform (S. 1481), S9053, S9055 [26JY]

Joint Federal-State Floodplain and Erosion Mitigation Commission for Alaska: establish (S. 49), S235 [24JA]

Los Padres National Forest: withdraw from location, entry, and patent under mining laws (S. 1545), S9306 [28JY]

National Geologic Mapping Act: reauthorize and amend (S. 485), S13057 [16NO]

National Indian Gaming Commission: clarify authority to regulate class III gaming and to limit lands eligible for gaming (S. 2078), S13389 [18NO]

Native Americans: extend authorization of certain leases (S. 1485), S9053 [26JY]

———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. 374), S1349 [14FE]

———technical corrections to certain laws (S. 536), S2152 [7MR]

———treatment of actual rental proceeds from leases of land acquired under a program providing agricultural loans to Indian tribes and tribal corporations (S. 1480), S9053, S9055 [26JY]

Navajo-Hopi Land Settlement Act: amend (S. 1003), S4950 [11MY]

New Mexico: designate the Ojito Wilderness Study Area as wilderness and take certain land into trust for the Pueblo of Zia (S. 156), S483 [25JA], S9021 [26JY]

Outer Continental Shelf: allow gas-only leases and State requests to examine energy areas, S7049-S7052 [22JN]

Petroleum: promote oil shale and tar sand development, S9357 [29JY]

———promote oil shale and tar sand development (S. 1111), S5853 [24MY]

Senate: authorize the Architect of the Capitol to study feasibility of installing energy and water conservation measures on the rooftop of the Dirksen building, S7280 [23JN]

Suburban areas: provide assistance to States and nonprofit organizations to preserve suburban forest land and open space and contain suburban sprawl (S. 941), S4558 [28AP]

Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act: assist property owners and Federal agencies in resolving disputes relating to private property (S. 1883), S11479 [18OC]

Utah: authorize exchange of certain land between the Boy Scouts of America Utah National Parks Council and Brian Head Ski Resort (S. 476), S1785 [28FE]

———designate certain lands as wilderness (S. 882), S4129-S4131 [21AP]

Reports filed

Big Horn Bentonite Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 97) (S. Rept. 109-37), S2644 [14MR]

Federal and District of Columbia Government Real Property Act: Committee on Government Reform (House) (H.R. 3699) (H. Rept. 109-316), H11032 [18NO]

———Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 3699) (H. Rept. 109-316), H12047 [16DE]

Mammoth Community Water District Removal of Certain Restrictions on the Ability To Use Certain Acquired Property: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 853) (H. Rept. 109-109), H4294 [8JN]

Modify Date as of Which Certain Tribal Land of the Lytton Rancheria Is Deemed To Be Held in Trust: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 113) (S. Rept. 109-136), S9930 [12SE]

National Geologic Mapping Act Reauthorization and Amendments: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 485) (S. Rept. 109-161), S12005 [27OC]

———Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 2362) (H. Rept. 109-113), H4295 [8JN]

Native American Omnibus Act: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 536) (S. Rept. 109-67), S5070 [12MY]

Native American Technical Corrections Act: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 3351) (H. Rept. 109-298), H10501 [16NO]

Navajo-Hopi Land Settlement Act Amendments: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 1003) (S. Rept. 109-206), S13451 [12DE]

Ojito Wilderness Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 156) (S. Rept. 109-13), S1794 [28FE]

———Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 362) (H. Rept. 109-149), H5100 [23JN]

Remove Certain Use Restrictions on Property in Navajo County, AZ: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 1436) (H. Rept. 109-287), H10155 [10NO]

Summaries

Western Waters and Farm Lands Protection Act (H.R. 2064), E857 [3MY]

Texts of

H. Res. 309, reopening of Beartooth All-American Highway from Red Lodge, MT, to Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming, H4322 [9JN]

H.R. 585, Gateway Communities Cooperation Act, H11042 [6DE]

H.R. 853, remove certain restrictions on the ability to use certain acquired property in Mammoth Community Water District, H11442 [13DE]

H.R. 2362, National Geologic Mapping Act, H5203 [27JN]

H.R. 3351, technical corrections to certain laws relating to Native Americans, H10317 [16NO]

S. 49, Alaska Floodplain and Erosion Mitigation Commission Act, S236 [24JA]

S. 97, Big Horn Bentonite Act, S9039 [26JY]

S. 113, modify date as of which certain tribal land of the Lytton Rancheria of California is deemed to be held in trust, S287 [24JA]

S. 156, Ojito Wilderness Act, S483 [25JA], S9021, S9022 [26JY], H8871 [18OC]

S. 485, National Geologic Mapping Act reauthorization and amendment, S13057 [16NO]

S. 536, Native American Omnibus Act, S2153-S2159 [7MR]

S. 899, Montana Cemetery Act, S4192 [25AP]

S. 916, Orchard Detention Basin Flood Control Act, S4404 [27AP]

S. 1003, Navajo-Hopi Land Settlement Act amendments, S4950-S4956 [11MY]

S. 1480, treatment of actual rental proceeds from leases of land acquired under a program providing agricultural loans to Indian tribes and tribal corporations, S9053 [26JY]

S. 1481, Indian Land Probate Reform Technical Corrections Act, S9053 [26JY], H12217 [18DE]

S. 1485, Native American lease authorization extension, S9055 [26JY]

S. 1838, Federal and District of Columbia Government Real Property Act, S11228-S11230 [6OC]

S. 1897, Act To Save America's Forests, S11569-S11579 [19OC]

S. 2078, clarify National Indian Gaming Commission authority to regulate class III gaming and to limit lands eligible for gaming, S13390-S13393 [18NO]