NATIONAL PARKS AND RECREATION AREAS see also Parks and Recreation Areas

Amendments

Dept. of the Interior: study suitability and feasibility of designating sites in the Lower Mississippi River Area in Louisiana as a unit of the National Park System (S. 311), S4354, S4359 [9JY]

Articles and editorials

Traveler’s View—Senate Should Either Fund New Parks in Defense Bill, or Strip Them Out, S6726 [12DE]

Bills and resolutions

American Discovery Trail: designate (see S. 2346), S3074 [15MY]

Apostle Islands National Lakeshore: establish and adjust boundary to include the lighthouse known as Ashland Harbor Breakwater Light (see S. 2031), S948 [12FE] (see H.R. 4049), H1770 [11FE]

Caddo National Grasslands: convey Lake Fannin Tract to Fannin County, TX (see H.R. 5603), H7884 [18SE]

Civil War Defenses of Washington National Historical Park: designate (see H.R. 4003), H1658 [5FE]

Dept. of the Interior: acknowledge contributions at units of the National Park Service (see S. 2873), S5782 [18SE]

——— acquire land to operate a visitor center for Joshua Tree National Park (see H.R. 4575), H3446 [6MY]

——— authorize settlement relative to the agreement with TVA, North Carolina, and Swain County, NC, on the non-construction of the North Shore Road (see S. 2744), S5217 [31JY]

——— conduct a special resource study to evaluate significance of Mill Springs Battlefield in Pulaski and Wayne Counties, KY, and feasibility of inclusion in the National Park System (see S. 2780), S5434 [9SE]

——— determine suitability and feasibility of adding sites associated with forced relocation and confinement of Aleut people during World War II in Alaska as unit of National Park System (see S. 2716), S5216 [31JY]

Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor Act: reauthorize (see S. 2318), S2910 [12MY] (see H.R. 4641), H4058 [9MY]

Federal-State relations: allow Western States to exchange school trust lands within Federal conservation areas with certain Federal lands with viable revenue opportunities to support public education (see H.R. 4901), H5556 [19JN]

Hurricane Sand Dunes National Recreation Area: establish (see S. 3000), S6626 [11DE]

Johnson Valley National Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation Area: designate (see H.R. 4371), H2853 [2AP]

Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park: adjust boundary to include Wallis House and Harriston Hill (see S. 2571), S4336 [9JY] (see H.R. 5003), H5818 [26JN]

Lake Berryessa: transfer recreational management authority from Bureau of Reclamation to BLM (see H.R. 4166), H2255 [6MR]

Maritime Washington National Heritage Area: establish (see S. 2576), S4336 [9JY] (see H.R. 5038), H6034 [9JY]

Martin Luther King, Jr., National Historic Site: redesignate as a national historic park (see H.R. 5517), H7674 [17SE]

Mountains to Sound Greenway National Heritage Area: establish (see S. 2602), S4502 [15JY]

National discovery trails: establish (see S. 2346), S3074 [15MY]

National Park Service: enhance and clarify ability to work with nonprofit organizations, educational institutions, and volunteers to advance programs and projects (see H.R. 4614), H4015 [8MY]

——— refund to States all State funds used to reopen and temporarily operate a unit of the National Park System during the Government shutdown (see S. 2104), S1519 [11MR] (see H.R. 4353), H2801 [1AP]

National Parks and Recreation Act: technical corrections (see H.R. 5208), H6859 [25JY]

Ocmulgee National Monument: revise boundary and redesignate as Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park (see S. 2580), S4403 [10JY] (see H.R. 4991), H5817 [26JN]

Ozark National Scenic Riverways: administer in accordance with general management plan for that unit of the National Park System (see H.R. 4182), H2256 [6MR]

——— transfer all Federal land, facilities, and other assets to Missouri for purposes of maintaining a State park (see H.R. 4029), H1718 [10FE]

Parks and recreation areas: improve recreation opportunities and increase consistency and accountability in the collection and expenditure of recreation fees collected on public lands and forests (see H.R. 5204), H6859 [25JY]

Public lands: make continuing appropriations for certain programs that benefit sportsmen by preventing closure of national park and other public land closures during a Government shutdown (see S. 2327), S2953 [13MY]

——— require hunting activities be a land use in management plans for compatible Federal lands (see H.R. 5530), H7882 [18SE]

Pullman National Historical Park: establish (see S. 1962), S486 [27JA] (see H.R. 3929), H1430 [27JA]

Rock Creek National Park: designate (see H.R. 3919), H1241 [16JA]

San Gabriel National Recreation Area: establish as a unit of the National Park System in California (see H.R. 4858), H5363 [12JN]

Senate: establish a point of order against legislation selling Federal land in order to reduce the deficit (see S. Res. 483), S3939 [24JN]

Ships and vessels: provide for use of hand-propelled vessels in Yellowstone National Park, Grand Teton National Park, and the National Elk Refuge (see S. 2018), S947 [12FE]

Trails: clarify status of North Country, Ice Age, and New England National Scenic Trails as units of the National Park Service (see S. 2293), S2718 [6MY]

Tremont, ME: remove a use restriction on transferred land formerly a part of Acadia National Park (see S. 2803), S5588 [15SE] (see H.R. 4527), H3363 [30AP]

Veterans: provide a lifetime America the Beautiful National Parks and Federal Recreation Lands Pass to any veteran with a service-connected disability (see S. 2298), S2796 [7MY] (see H.R. 3976), H1511 [29JA]

Veterans’ Job Corps: establish to provide gainful employment to unemployed veterans and widows of veterans through performance of useful public works (see H.R. 4422), H3057 [8AP]

Washington (State): designate and expand wilderness areas and designate certain rivers as wild and scenic rivers in Olympic National Forest and Olympic National Park (see S. 1949), S439 [16JA] (see H.R. 3917), H1241 [16JA] (see H.R. 3922), H1246 [17JA]

Yellowstone National Park: ratify and approve certain payments to school districts serving the park (see S. 2098), S1366 [6MR]

Yosemite Grant Act: anniversary (see S. Res. 484), S4003 [25JN]

Yosemite National Park: modify boundaries (see H.R. 5397), H7241 [1AU]

Letters

Ashland Breakwater Light Transfer Act: Representative Doc Hastings, Committee on Natural Resources (House), H8015 [17NO]

——— Representative Shuster, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H8016 [17NO]

Remarks in House

Apostle Islands National Lakeshore: establish and adjust boundary to include the lighthouse known as Ashland Harbor Breakwater Light (H.R. 4049), H8015, H8016 [17NO]

BLM: designate certain portions of the red rock canyons of the Colorado Plateau and the Basin and Range Deserts in Utah as wilderness (H.R. 1630), E1474 [19SE]

Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park Commission: extend (S. 476), H7484 [15SE]

Civil War Defenses of Washington National Historical Park: designate (H.R. 4003), E173 [5FE]

Daviston, AL: anniversary of War of 1812 Battle of Horseshoe Bend, E78 [15JA]

Dept. of the Interior: conduct a special resource study to evaluate significance of Mill Springs Battlefield in Pulaski and Wayne Counties, KY, and feasibility of inclusion in the National Park System (H.R. 298), H3212–H3214 [28AP]

——— promote authority to consider climate change when making decisions related to recreation and conservation on public lands, H1581, H1582 [4FE], E176 [6FE]

——— study suitability and feasibility of designating the Prison Ship Martyrs’ Monument in Fort Greene Park, Brooklyn, NY, as a unit of the National Park System (H.R. 1501), H3218 [28AP]

Forest Service: allow added flexibility to implement salvage logging plan on lands affected by the Rim Fire in California while protecting sensitive areas and maximizing revenue to fund reforestation, H1675, H1676 [6FE]

——— maintain access to National Forest System lands for snowmobiles until a travel management rule is finalized, H1583 [4FE], H1600 [5FE]

Forests: expedite the salvage of fire-killed timber in Stanislaus National Forest, Yosemite National Park, and BLM lands impacted by the Rim Fire in California, H1609 [5FE], H1662, H1664 [6FE]

Gateway National Recreation Area: anniversary of Sandy Hook Lighthouse, E969 [12JN]

Gettysburg National Military Park: revise boundaries to include the Gettysburg Train Station and certain land along Plum Run in Cumberland Township, PA, and limit means of acquiring such property (H.R. 1513), H166, H167, H168 [13JA], H8113 [19NO]

Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve: allow for the harvest of gull eggs by the Huna Tlingit people (H.R. 3110), H3215, H3216 [28AP]

Harrington, Jude: American Recreation Coalition Legends Award recipient, H5077 [9JN]

Horseshoe Bend National Military Park: anniversary of Battle of Horseshoe Bend, E462 [27MR]

Mammoth Peak: redesignate as Mount Jessie Benton Fremont (H.R. 1192), H6166, H6167 [14JY]

Martin Luther King, Jr., National Historic Site: redesignate as a national historic park (H.R. 5517), E1437 [17SE]

National Great Outdoors Month: observance, E766 [19MY]

National Park and Recreation Month: observance, H6668 [23JY]

National Park Service: barricades around open, outdoor memorials during Government shutdown, H2477 [14MR]

——— mint coins in commemoration of anniversary, H8632 [4DE]

——— mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (H.R. 627), H3254–H3257 [29AP], H3306 [30AP]

Ozark National Scenic Riverways: allow continued use of motorized vessels, H1579 [4FE]

Rock Creek National Park: designate (H.R. 3919), E99 [16JA]

Rosie the Riveter-World War II Home Front National Historical Park: anniversary, E1461 [19SE]

San Antonio Missions National Historical Park: expand boundary and conduct a study of potential land acquisitions, H8369 [4DE]

Tremont, ME: remove a use restriction on transferred land formerly a part of Acadia National Park (H.R. 4527), H7271 [8SE]

Tubman, Harriet: establish the Harriet Tubman National Historical Park in Auburn, NY, and the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park in Caroline, Dorchester, and Talbot Counties, MD (H.R. 664), H2674, H2675 [26MR], H8823 [8DE]

Yosemite National Park: anniversary, H5647 [24JN], E1078 [26JN]

Remarks in Senate

Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park Commission: extend (S. 476), S4360, S4361 [9JY]

Civil War—U.S.: anniversary of Battle of Kennesaw Mountain, S3024 [14MY]

Dept. of the Interior: continue stocking fish in certain lakes in the North Cascades National Park, Ross Lake National Recreation Area, and Lake Chelan National Recreation Area (H.R. 1158), S4356 [9JY]

——— study suitability and feasibility of designating sites in the Lower Mississippi River Area in Louisiana as a unit of the National Park System (S. 311), S4358, S4361 [9JY]

Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture: authorize and modify land conveyances, national forests, parks, heritage areas, wilderness areas, wild and scenic rivers, monuments and memorials, and water infrastructure projects, S6727–S6731, S6734, S6744 [12DE]

First State National Historical Park: establish, S6814, S6815 [13DE]

Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve: allow for the harvest of gull eggs by the Huna Tlingit people (H.R. 3110), S4357 [9JY]

Manhattan Project National Historical Park: establish, S6654 [11DE]

National Park Service: reduce number of national historic sites and parks to increase efficiency, S6725–S6727 [12DE]

Public lands: authorizing Federal land projects that develop natural resources for energy production, expand national park system boundaries, and establish new parks, S6522–S6527 [10DE]

Pullman National Historical Park: establish (S. 1962), S488 [27JA]

Senate: establish a point of order against legislation selling Federal land in order to reduce the deficit (S. Res. 483), S3944 [24JN]

Ski Area Recreational Opportunity Act: impact, S3287 [22MY]

Tubman, Harriet: establish the Harriet Tubman National Historical Park in Auburn, NY, and the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park in Caroline, Dorchester, and Talbot Counties, MD, S6730, S6773 [12DE]

——— establish the Harriet Tubman National Historical Park in Auburn, NY, and the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park in Caroline, Dorchester, and Talbot Counties, MD (S. 247), S4357, S4361 [9JY]

U.S. Code: codify into law as title 54 certain laws relative to the National Park System (H.R. 1068), S6867 [15DE]

Utah: anniversary of Canyonlands National Park, S5553 [11SE]

Weapons: ensure that individuals traveling with properly secured knives are not prosecuted under local or State laws that ban such knives, S4369 [10JY]

——— permit transport of bows and archery equipment through national parks, S4369 [10JY]

Yosemite Grant Act: anniversary (S. Res. 484), S4092 [25JN]

Reports filed

Ashland Breakwater Light Transfer Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 2031) (S. Rept. 113–297), S6540 [10DE]

——— Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 4049) (H. Rept. 113–621), H8032 [17NO]

Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park Establishment Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 706) (H. Rept. 113–687), H10333 [2JA]

Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park Commission: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (S. 476) (H. Rept. 113–589), H7527 [15SE]

Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails Network Reauthorization: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 1077) (S. Rept. 113–189), S3474 [5JN]

Coltsville National Historical Park Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 1259) (H. Rept. 113–391), H2801 [1AP]

Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Modernization Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 5204) (H. Rept. 113–706), H10334 [2JA]

Gettysburg National Military Park Expansion Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 782) (S. Rept. 113–168), S3293 [22MY]

Great Smoky Mountains National Park Agreement Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 3806) (H. Rept. 113–695), H10334 [2JA]

Huna Tlingit Traditional Gull Egg Use Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 3110) (H. Rept. 113–393), H2801 [1AP]

Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park Boundary Adjustment Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 5003) (H. Rept. 113–701), H10334 [2JA]

Lake Berryessa Recreation Enhancement Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 4166) (H. Rept. 113–696), H10334 [2JA]

Lower Mississippi River Area Study Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (S. 311) (H. Rept. 113–708), H10334 [2JA]

Mammoth Peak Redesignation as Mount Jessie Benton Fremont: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 1192) (H. Rept. 113–401), H2960 [4AP]

Mountains to Sound Greenway National Heritage Area Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 2379) (S. Rept. 113–300), S6540 [10DE]

——— Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 1785) (H. Rept. 113–692), H10333 [2JA]

National Park Access Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 2104) (S. Rept. 113–298), S6540 [10DE]

National Park System Donor Acknowledgment Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 2873) (S. Rept. 113–301), S6540 [10DE]

North Cascades National Park Service Complex Fish Stocking Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (H.R. 1158) (S. Rept. 113–151), S2378 [10AP]

Ozark National Scenic Riverways Administration in Accordance With General Management Plan for that Unit of the National Park System: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 4182) (H. Rept. 113–594), H7527 [15SE]

Prison Ship Martyrs’ Monument Preservation Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 1501) (H. Rept. 113–392), H2801 [1AP]

Protecting States, Opening National Parks Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 3286) (H. Rept. 113–694), H10333 [2JA]

Public Access to Public Land Guarantee Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 1750) (S. Rept. 113–295), S6540 [10DE]

Remove Use Restriction on Transferred Land in Tremont, ME, Formerly a Part of Acadia National Park: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 4527) (H. Rept. 113–535), H6397 [17JY]

River Paddling Protection Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 3492) (H. Rept. 113–369), H2097 [28FE]

San Antonio Missions National Historical Park Boundary Expansion Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (H.R. 885) (S. Rept. 113–302), S6540 [10DE]

Yosemite Rim Fire Emergency Salvage Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 3188) (H. Rept. 113–394), H2801 [1AP]

Texts of

H.R. 298, Dept. of the Interior special resource study to evaluate significance of Mill Springs Battlefield in Pulaski and Wayne Counties, KY, and feasibility of inclusion in the National Park System, H3212 [28AP]

H.R. 627, National Park Service 100th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act, H3254 [29AP]

H.R. 1158, North Cascades National Park Service Complex Fish Stocking Act, S4356 [9JY]

H.R. 1192, Mammoth Peak redesignation as Mount Jessie Benton Fremont, H6166 [14JY]

H.R. 1501, Prison Ship Martyrs’ Monument Preservation Act, H3218 [28AP]

H.R. 1513, Gettysburg National Military Park boundary revision to include the Gettysburg Train Station and certain land along Plum Run in Cumberland Township, PA, and limit means of acquiring such property, H167 [13JA]

H.R. 3110, Huna Tlingit Traditional Gull Egg Use Act, S4357 [9JY], H3215 [28AP]

H.R. 4049, Ashland Breakwater Light Transfer Act, H8015 [17NO]

H.R. 4527, remove a use restriction on transferred land formerly a part of Acadia National Park in Tremont, ME, H7271 [8SE]

S. 247, Harriet Tubman National Historical Parks Act, S4357, S4362 [9JY]

S. 311, Lower Mississippi River Area Study Act, S4358, S4363 [9JY]

S. 476, Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park Commission extension, S4360, S4363 [9JY], H7484 [15SE]

S. 1962, Pullman National Historical Park Act, S489 [27JA]

S. 2780, Dept. of the Interior special resource study to evaluate significance of Mill Springs Battlefield in Pulaski and Wayne Counties, KY, and feasibility of inclusion in the National Park System, S5435 [9SE]

S. Res. 483, Senate point of order against legislation selling Federal land in order to reduce the deficit, S3944 [24JN]

S. Res. 484, Yosemite Grant Act anniversary, S4004 [25JN]