LAND USE

Amendments

Colorado: designate certain wilderness, recreation, and conservation areas (H.R. 823), H8660, H8661, H8662, H8663, H8664 [30OC]

——— designate certain wilderness, recreation, and conservation areas (H.R. 823), consideration (H. Res. 656), H8552 [29OC]

Natural resources: improve management of public lands, forests, national parks, sportsmen’s access, and water and power resources and reauthorize Land and Water Conservation Fund (S. 47), S872 [5FE], S926, S996, S1007, S1008, S1009, S1010, S1011, S1016, S1017, S1018, S1019, S1021, S1022 [6FE], S1031, S1101, S1109, S1143, S1145, S1146, S1147 [7FE], S1160, S1161, S1170, S1171, S1172, S1173, S1174 [11FE], S1281 [12FE]

Articles and editorials

House Democrats Reschedule Votes on Tribal Bills Pulled After Trump Tweet, E630, E634 [20MY]

Riddle in New England—A Casino, 321 Acres of Indian Tribal Land and a Presidential Tweet, E629 [20MY]

Bills and resolutions

Acadia National Park: clarify boundary (see S. 101), S142 [10JA] (see H.R. 459), H462 [10JA]

BLM: allow a land exchange in San Bernardino County, CA, with San Bernardino Valley Water Conservation District (see S. 308), S800 [31JA] (see H.R. 1067), H1460 [7FE]

——— authorize Utah to select lands that are available for disposal under the Pony Express Resource Management Plan to be used for support and benefit of State institutions (see H.R. 418), H358 [9JA]

——— convey certain lands to Atlantic Richfield Co. (ARCO), facilitate resolution of environmental remediation and reclamation, resolve potential U.S. liability, and promote economic development in Lyon County, NV (see H.R. 1813), H2754 [18MR]

——— withdraw certain land in Sandoval County, NM, from mineral development and maintain authority to sell, lease, or exchange surface rights (see S. 526), S1383 [14FE] (see H.R. 2640), H3679 [9MY]

Bureau of Reclamation: provide flexibility to allow greater aquifer recharge through Federal lands and facilities (see S. 1570), S3004 [21MY] (see H.R. 2871), H4063 [21MY]

California: provide restoration, economic development, recreation, and conservation on Federal lands in northern California (see S. 1110), S2386 [10AP] (see H.R. 2250), H3254 [10AP]

Colorado: designate certain wilderness, recreation, and conservation areas (see S. 241), S698 [28JA] (see H.R. 823), H1242 [28JA]

——— designate certain wilderness, recreation, and conservation areas (H.R. 823), consideration (see H. Res. 656), H8537 [28OC]

Corps of Engineers: exempt certain structures from removal from property on Table Rock Lake (see H.R. 2132), H3128 [8AP]

Dept. of Agriculture: enhance urban agriculture (see H.R. 5266), H9179 [26NO]

——— release certain reversionary interests of the U.S. in a parcel of land located in Henderson, TN (see S. 644), S1621 [4MR] (see H.R. 1563), H2503 [6MR]

——— release certain reversionary interests of the U.S. in land located in Chester County, TN, to manage certain land in Bath County, VA (see S. 3076), S7113 [17DE]

Dept. of HHS: acquire private land to facilitate access to Desert Sage Youth Wellness Center in Hemet, CA (see H.R. 4495), H7989 [25SE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: ensure receipt of required compensation before taking of land using eminent domain for construction of border infrastructure and provide for a consultation process prior to acquiring such land (see S. 263), S742 [29JA]

——— prohibit construction of certain elements of a physical barrier along the southern border of the U.S. in Federal wildlife and wilderness areas and on State land (see S. 264), S742 [29JA]

——— require border community stakeholder consultation before construction, installation, deployment, or operation of additional physical barriers, infrastructure, or technology between ports of entry (see H.R. 1292), H2032 [14FE]

——— require that court proceedings settling just compensation be completed prior to taking possession of property using eminent domain (see H.R. 440), H461 [10JA]

Dept. of HUD: make housing more affordable (see S. 787), S1845 [13MR] (see H.R. 1737), H2716 [13MR]

——— require Community Development Block Grant Program recipients to submit land use plans to disclose potential discriminatory housing policies (see S. 1919), S4168 [20JN] (see H.R. 4351), H7753 [17SE]

Dept. of the Interior: allow delegation of certain emergency abandoned mine reclamation activities to States and Indian tribes (see H.R. 4248), H7558 [9SE]

——— call for remedies to broken commitment to Blackfeet Tribe relative to cancellation of oil and gas leases in the Badger-Two Medicine area (see S. Res. 250), S3477 [13JN]

——— convey certain public land within Henry’s Lake Wilderness Study Area in Idaho to resolve an unauthorized use and an occupancy encroachment (see H.R. 483), H463 [10JA]

——— 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 S. 1295), S2613 [2MY] (see H.R. 2485), H3439 [2MY]

——— identify and convey to Colorado land for use as a storage site for residual radioactive material (see S. 2526), S5602 [19SE] (see H.R. 4427), H7835 [19SE]

——— provide grants to acquire land and water for parks and other outdoor recreation purposes and develop new or renovate existing outdoor recreation facilities (see S. 1458), S2815 [14MY] (see H.R. 1334), H2100 [25FE] (see H.R. 4512), H8053 [26SE]

——— regulate hydraulic fracturing operations on Federal lands (see H.R. 484), H463 [10JA]

Dept. of Transportation: make grants for clearinghouse to collect, conduct, and fund research on influences of highly automated vehicles on land use, urban design, transportation, real estate, and municipal budgets (see H.R. 2542), H3473 [7MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: provide for treatment of proceeds from seized or forfeited assets in connection with certain third-party land use at the West Los Angeles, CA, Medical Center (see H.R. 5093), H8877 [14NO]

Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture: improve transparency and oversight of public land conveyances and provide protections and certainty for private landowners related to resurveying such lands (see H.R. 580), H602 [15JA]

——— prohibit sale or transfer of public lands management authority without congressional consent (see S. 491), S1382 [14FE] (see H.R. 1276), H2031 [14FE]

Depts. of the Interior and Defense: provide for indefinite duration of certain military land withdrawals and improve and make management of such lands more transparent (see H.R. 2945), H4160 [23MY]

FCC: prohibit application of private land use restrictions to amateur service communications without reasonable accommodations (see H.R. 466), H462 [10JA]

Federal Transit Administration: determine how and where housing units could be built near transit stops during the engineering phase of fixed guideway capital investment grants (see H.R. 4307), H7704 [12SE]

FERC: amend application of right to exercise eminent domain in construction of pipelines for exportation of natural gas (see H.R. 2198), H3251 [10AP]

Flagstaff, AZ: remove Federal reversion interest in certain non-Federal land owned by Win Oil Co., Inc., to unencumber the title and allow for economic development (see S. 883), S1987 [26MR] (see H.R. 402), H358 [9JA]

GSA: remove a deed restriction on property located in Prescott, AZ (see H.R. 5370), H9387 [9DE]

Mining and mineral resources: affirm that States should primarily regulate hydraulic fracturing and the President should not declare a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing unless authorized by Congress (see S. Res. 411), S6475 [7NO] (see H. Res. 659), H8595 [29OC]

National Geologic Mapping Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 318), H283 [8JA]

Native Americans: accept land into trust for Prairie Island Indian Community as compensation for lands rendered dangerous by nuclear materials, some flooded, to release the U.S. from related claims (see H.R. 4752), H8258 [18OC]

Natural resources: improve management of public lands, forests, national parks, sportsmen’s access, and water and power resources and reauthorize Land and Water Conservation Fund (see S. 47), S67 [8JA]

——— improve management of public lands, forests, national parks, sportsmen’s access, and water and power resources and reauthorize Land and Water Conservation Fund (S. 47), correction in enrollment (see H. Con. Res. 21), H2234 [26FE]

Nebraska: facilitate use of certain land for public outdoor recreational opportunities (see H.R. 3651), H5302 [9JY]

New Mexico: increase consultation between the Federal Government and governing bodies of land grant-mercedes and acequias and recognize historic-traditional boundaries of land grant-mercedes (see H.R. 3682), H5583 [10JY]

NOAA: promote continued use of James J. Howard Marine Sciences Laboratory at Gateway National Recreation Area (see H.R. 477), H463 [10JA]

Pipelines: prohibit use of eminent domain for construction or expansion of a natural gas pipeline through land conserved by certain land trusts and local governments (see H.R. 4910), H8594 [29OC]

Supplemental Treaty Between U.S. and the Confederated Tribes and Bands of Indians of Middle Oregon (Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation): nullify (see S. 832), S1899 [14MR] (see H.R. 1803), H2745 [14MR]

Taxation: allow a credit for qualified conservation contributions which include national scenic trails (see S. 809), S1898 [14MR] (see H.R. 1727), H2716 [13MR]

——— increase limitation on estate tax valuation of certain real property used in farming or other trades or businesses (see H.R. 5259), H9175 [22NO]

Tucson, AZ: provide for the unencumbering of title to non-Federal land for purposes of economic development by conveyance of Federal reversionary interest (see S. 55), S68 [8JA] (see H.R. 670), H718 [17JA]

Tulare, CA: convey and remove reversionary interest of the U.S. in certain lands (see H.R. 340), H284 [8JA]

Water: repeal Corps of Engineers and EPA rule relative to definition of ‘‘waters of the U.S.’’ and clarify definition of navigable waters (see H.R. 667), H718 [17JA]

Cloture motions

Natural resources: improve management of public lands, forests, national parks, sportsmen’s access, and water and power resources and reauthorize Land and Water Conservation Fund (S. 47), S1117 [7FE], S1161 [11FE]

——— improve management of public lands, forests, national parks, sportsmen’s access, and water and power resources and reauthorize Land and Water Conservation Fund (S. 47), motion to proceed, S777 [31JA], S858 [5FE]

Lists

Organizations supporting S. 47, Natural Resources Management Act, S900 [6FE]

Senate staff who worked on S. 47, Natural Resources Management Act, S900 [6FE]

Motions

Colorado: designate certain wilderness, recreation, and conservation areas (H.R. 823), H8701 [31OC]

Natural resources: improve management of public lands, forests, national parks, sportsmen’s access, and water and power resources and reauthorize Land and Water Conservation Fund (S. 47), S1108, S1109 [7FE], S1160 [11FE]

Notices

Estimated budget effects of H.R. 823, Colorado Outdoor Recreation and Economy Act, H8676 [30OC]

Remarks in House

Colorado: designate certain wilderness, recreation, and conservation areas (H.R. 823), H8645–H8665 [30OC], H8698–H8704 [31OC]

——— designate certain wilderness, recreation, and conservation areas (H.R. 823), consideration (H. Res. 656), H8550–H8552 [29OC]

——— designate certain wilderness, recreation, and conservation areas (H.R. 823), motion to recommit, H8701–H8703 [31OC]

Dept. of HUD: make housing more affordable, H8963 [19NO]

——— make housing more affordable (H.R. 1737), H7382 [25JY]

——— make housing more affordable (S. 787), H9286 [5DE]

Dept. of the Interior: allow delegation of certain emergency abandoned mine reclamation activities to States and Indian tribes (H.R. 4248), H8231 [18OC]

——— withdraw lands in the Thompson Divide area of Colorado from future oil and gas development and preserve existing private property rights, H8646 [30OC]

Dept. of Transportation: make grants for clearinghouse to collect, conduct, and fund research on influences of highly automated vehicles on land use, urban design, transportation, real estate, and municipal budgets (H.R. 2542), E549 [7MY]

Forest Service: timber production and management funding, H4978 [20JN]

Keweenaw Land Trust, Inc.: Land Trust Accreditation Commission accreditation, E693 [3JN]

Mining and mineral resources: affirm that States should primarily regulate hydraulic fracturing and the President should not declare a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing unless authorized by Congress (H. Res. 659), H8551, H8552 [29OC]

National forests: require congressional approval of any mineral withdrawal or monument designation involving lands in Minnesota and provide for renewal of certain mineral leases in such lands, H4448 [12JN]

Natural resources: improve management of public lands, forests, national parks, sportsmen’s access, and water and power resources and reauthorize Land and Water Conservation Fund (S. 47), H2089 [25FE], H2109, H2141–H2217 [26FE], H2238 [27FE], H2327 [5MR], H9958 [10DE], E224 [27FE], E237 [4MR], E241, E244 [5MR], E316 [18MR], E1026 [2AU]

——— improve management of public lands, forests, national parks, sportsmen’s access, and water and power resources and reauthorize Land and Water Conservation Fund (S. 47), correction in enrollment (H. Con. Res. 21), H2219 [26FE]

Water: repeal of Corps of Engineers and EPA rule relative to definition of ‘‘waters of the U.S.’’, H7769 [18SE]

Remarks in Senate

Agriculture Improvement Act: impact, S1507 [27FE]

BLM: allow a land exchange in San Bernardino County, CA, with San Bernardino Valley Water Conservation District (S. 308), S807 [31JA]

Colorado: designate certain wilderness, recreation, and conservation areas (S. 241), S4766 [10JY]

Dept. of Agriculture: improve Conservation Reserve Program, S7125 [18DE]

——— reform and continue agricultural and other programs, S55 [8JA]

——— reform and continue agricultural and other programs (H.R. 2), conference report, S6377 [5NO]

Natural resources: improve management of public lands, forests, national parks, sportsmen’s access, and water and power resources and reauthorize Land and Water Conservation Fund (S. 47), S72 [8JA], S77 [9JA], S1031–S1109, S1149 [7FE], S1152–S1162 [11FE], S1175, S1178–S1182, S1184–S1186, S1193–S1196, S1271 [12FE], S1289, S1304 [13FE], S1373 [14FE], S1457, S1472 [26FE], S1823 [13MR], S5440 [11SE], S5571 [18SE]

——— improve management of public lands, forests, national parks, sportsmen’s access, and water and power resources and reauthorize Land and Water Conservation Fund (S. 47), correction in enrollment (H. Con. Res. 21), S1519 [27FE]

——— improve management of public lands, forests, national parks, sportsmen’s access, and water and power resources and reauthorize Land and Water Conservation Fund (S. 47), motion to proceed, S777 [31JA], S817 [4FE], S841, S858 [5FE], S881, S885, S896–S903 [6FE], S1031 [7FE]

Supplemental Treaty Between U.S. and the Confederated Tribes and Bands of Indians of Middle Oregon (Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation): nullify (S. 832), S4652 [27JN]

Water: repeal of Corps of Engineers and EPA rule relative to definition of ‘‘waters of the U.S.’’, S6974 [11DE]

Wyoming Weed and Pest Council: anniversary, S6238 [29OC]

Reports filed

Aquifer Recharge Flexibility Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 1570) (S. Rept. 116–155), S6241 [29OC]

Buffalo Tract Protection Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 526), S7112 [17DE]

Colorado Outdoor Recreation and Economy Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 823) (H. Rept. 116–226), H8094 [4OC]

Consideration of H.R. 823, Colorado Outdoor Recreation and Economy Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 656) (H. Rept. 116–264), H8537 [28OC]

Dept. of Agriculture Release of Certain Reversionary Interests of the U.S. in Land Located in Chester County, TN, To Manage Certain Land in Bath County, VA: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate) (S. 3076), S7113 [17DE]

Supplemental Treaty Between U.S. and the Confederated Tribes and Bands of Indians of Middle Oregon (Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation) Nullification: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 832) (S. Rept. 116–45), S3283 [10JN]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 21, correction in enrollment of S. 47, Natural Resources Management Act, H2219 [26FE]

H. Res. 656, consideration of H.R. 823, Colorado Outdoor Recreation and Economy Act, H.R. 1373, Grand Canyon Centennial Protection Act, and H.R. 2181, Chaco Cultural Heritage Area Protection Act, H8550 [29OC]

H.R. 823, Colorado Outdoor Recreation and Economy Act, H8652–H8660 [30OC]

S. 47, Natural Resources Management Act, S1196–S1265 [12FE], H2142–H2211 [26FE]

S. 832, nullify Supplemental Treaty Between U.S. and the Confederated Tribes and Bands of Indians of Middle Oregon (Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation), S4652 [27JN]

S. Res. 250, call for remedies to broken Dept. of the Interior commitment to Blackfeet Tribe relative to cancellation of oil and gas leases in the Badger-Two Medicine area, S3483 [13JN]

S. Res. 411, affirm that States should primarily regulate hydraulic fracturing and the President should not declare a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing unless authorized by Congress, S6480 [7NO]