Summary:
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the House reported version is repeated here, with an updated short title.)

Private Property Rights Protection Act of 2014 - (Sec. 2) Prohibits a state or political subdivision from exercising its power of eminent domain, or allowing the exercise of such power by delegation, over property to be used for economic development or over property that is used for economic development within seven years after that exercise, if the state or political subdivision receives federal economic development funds during any fiscal year in which the property is so used or intended to be used.

Defines "economic development," generally, as the taking of private property, without the consent of the owner, and conveying or leasing such property from one private person or entity to another for commercial enterprise. Sets forth exclusions from such definition, including: (1) conveying private property for specified public uses; (2) leasing property to a private person or entity that occupies an incidental part of public property or facility; (3) acquiring abandoned property; (4) taking private property for use by a utility providing electric, natural gas, telecommunication, water, wastewater, or other utility services directly to the public or indirectly through provision of such services at the wholesale level for resale to the public; and (5) redevelopment of a brownfield site.

Renders a state or political subdivision ineligible for any federal economic development funds for a period of two fiscal years following a final judgment by a court that it has violated such prohibition.

Declares that a state or political subdivision shall not be ineligible if it returns all real property constituting a violation, replaces any property destroyed, and repairs any other property damaged as a result of the violation. Requires a state to pay applicable penalties and interest to reattain eligibility.

(Sec. 3) Prohibits the federal government from exercising its power of eminent domain for economic development.

(Sec. 4) Establishes a private cause of action for any private property owner or tenant who suffers injury as a result of a violation of this Act. Prohibits state immunity in federal or state court. Sets the statute of limitations at seven years.

(Sec. 5) Allows any owner of private property whose property is subject to eminent domain who suffers injury as a result of a violation of this Act, or any tenant of property subject to eminent domain who suffers injury as a result of such a violation, to report a violation by the federal government, any authority of the federal government, state, or political subdivision of a state to the Attorney General (DOJ).

Directs the Attorney General to investigate such reports and notify the federal government, authority of the federal government, state, or political subdivision of a state if the Attorney General determines that a violation exists. Requires that the notification provide 90 days for any such government entity to demonstrate that it is not in violation of this Act or that it has cured the violation by returning, replacing, and repairing all the applicable real property.

Establishes an enforcement process under which the Attorney General, if the violation is still occurring or has not been cured within 90 days, will bring an action to enforce this Act unless the property owner or tenant who reported the violation has already brought an action. Requires the Attorney General to intervene in any such property owner or tenant action if intervention is necessary to enforce this Act.

Places the burden on the defendant to show by clear and convincing evidence that the taking is not for economic development. Prohibits state immunity in federal or state court.

 Allows the Attorney General to bring an action under this Act if the property is used for economic development following the conclusion of any condemnation proceedings condemning the property of an owner or tenant who reports a violation, but prohibits an action brought later than seven years following the conclusion of any such proceedings.

(Sec. 6) Requires the Attorney General to disseminate information on: (1) the rights of property owners and tenants under this Act, and (2) the federal laws under which federal economic development funds are distributed.

(Sec. 7) Directs the Attorney General to transmit an annual report to Congress identifying states or political subdivisions that have used eminent domain in violation of this Act. Requires that the report include the percentage of minority residents and median incomes of those impacted by such violations.

(Sec. 8) Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the use of eminent domain for economic development is a threat to agricultural and other property in rural America; (2) the taking of farmland and rural property will have a direct impact on existing irrigation and reclamation projects; and (3) the taking of rural private property for private commercial uses will force increasing numbers of activities from private property onto public lands and overburden national forests, parks, and wildlife refuges.

(Sec. 9) Expresses the sense of Congress that it is U.S. policy to encourage, support, and promote the private ownership of property and to ensure that the constitutional and other legal rights of private property owners are protected by the federal government.

(Sec. 10) Prohibits a state or political subdivision from exercising its power of eminent domain over property of a religious or other nonprofit organization because of the organization's nonprofit or tax-exempt status or any related quality if that state or political subdivision receives federal economic development funds during any fiscal year.

Prohibits the federal government from exercising its power of eminent domain over property of a religious or other nonprofit organization because of the organization's nonprofit or tax-exempt status or any related quality.

(Sec. 11) Directs the head of each executive agency to review all rules, regulations, and procedures and to report to the Attorney General on its activities to bring itself into compliance with this Act.

(Sec. 12) Expresses the sense of Congress that any and all precautions be taken by the government to avoid the unfair or unreasonable taking of property away from survivors of Hurricane Katrina who own, or who were bequeathed or assigned, such property for economic development purposes or for the private use of others.

(Sec. 13) Directs the Attorney General to use reasonable efforts to locate and inform former owners and tenants of any violations and remedies they may have if a violation of this Act has a disproportionately high impact on the poor or minorities.

(Sec. 15) Prohibits this Act from being construed to supersede, limit, or otherwise affect any provision of the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970.

(Sec. 17) Prohibits this Act from being applied to any project for which condemnation proceedings have been initiated prior to its enactment.

Civil rights and liberties, minority issues

measure amended introduced expanded summary house reported version repeated updated short title private property rights protection act sec prohibits state political subdivision exercising power eminent domain allowing exercise power delegation property economic development property economic development seven years exercise state political subdivision receives federal economic development funds fiscal year property intended defines economic development generally taking private property consent owner conveying leasing property private person entity commercial enterprise sets forth exclusions definition including conveying private property specified public uses leasing property private person entity occupies incidental public property facility acquiring abandoned property taking private property use utility providing electric natural gas telecommunication water wastewater utility services directly public indirectly provision services wholesale level resale public redevelopment brownfield site renders state political subdivision ineligible federal economic development funds period fiscal years following final judgment court violated prohibition declares state political subdivision shall ineligible returns real property constituting violation replaces property destroyed repairs property damaged result violation requires state pay applicable penalties interest eligibility sec prohibits federal government exercising power eminent domain economic development sec establishes private cause action private property owner tenant suffers injury result violation act prohibits state immunity federal state court sets statute limitations seven years sec allows owner private property property subject eminent domain suffers injury result violation act tenant property subject eminent domain suffers injury result violation report violation federal government authority federal government state political subdivision state attorney general doj directs attorney general investigate reports notify federal government authority federal government state political subdivision state attorney general determines violation exists requires notification provide days government entity demonstrate violation act violation returning replacing repairing applicable real property establishes enforcement process attorney general violation occurring days bring action enforce act property owner tenant reported violation brought action requires attorney general intervene property owner tenant action intervention necessary enforce act places burden defendant clear convincing evidence taking economic development prohibits state immunity federal state court allows attorney general bring action act property economic development following conclusion condemnation proceedings condemning property owner tenant reports violation prohibits action brought later seven years following conclusion proceedings sec requires attorney general disseminate information rights property owners tenants act federal laws federal economic development funds distributed sec directs attorney general transmit annual report congress identifying states political subdivisions eminent domain violation act requires report include percentage minority residents median incomes impacted violations sec expresses sense congress use eminent domain economic development threat agricultural property rural america taking farmland rural property direct impact existing irrigation reclamation projects taking rural private property private commercial uses force increasing numbers activities private property public lands national forests parks wildlife refuges sec expresses sense congress policy encourage support promote private ownership property ensure constitutional legal rights private property owners protected federal government sec prohibits state political subdivision exercising power eminent domain property religious nonprofit organization organization nonprofit tax exempt status related quality state political subdivision receives federal economic development funds fiscal year prohibits federal government exercising power eminent domain property religious nonprofit organization organization nonprofit tax exempt status related quality sec directs head executive agency review rules regulations procedures report attorney general activities bring compliance act sec expresses sense congress precautions taken government avoid unfair unreasonable taking property away survivors hurricane katrina assigned property economic development purposes private use sec directs attorney general use reasonable efforts locate inform owners tenants violations remedies violation act disproportionately high impact poor minorities sec prohibits act construed supersede limit affect provision sec prohibits act applied project condemnation proceedings initiated prior enactment


Summary:
State Mineral Revenue Protection Act - Amends the Mineral Leasing Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior, on the request of a state (other than Alaska) and in lieu of any payments to the state under the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act of 1982, to convey to the state all right, title, and interest in and to 50% of all amounts otherwise required to be paid into the Treasury from sales, bonuses, royalties (including interest charges), and rentals for all public land or deposits located in the state. (Current law requires payment to a state of 50% of all money derived from such sales, bonuses, royalties, and rentals.)

Requires the Secretary to convey to Alaska, upon its request, all right, title, and interest in and to 90% of all such amounts otherwise required to be paid into the Treasury from sales, bonuses, royalties (including interest charges), and rentals for all public land or deposits located in Alaska.

Requires any person, after a conveyance under this Act, to pay directly to the state any amount the person owes for which the right, title, and interest has been conveyed to the state.

Requires the Secretary to provide prompt notice of any such conveyance, and the duty to make direct payments to the state involved, to each holder of a lease of public land to which this Act applies.

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Summary: Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA), through the Chief of the Forest Service, to require Forest Service personnel, in the implementation of off-road vehicle management under the Forest Service Travel Management Rule, to endeavor to accommodate individuals with mobility disabilities who would need to use a power-driven mobility device for access to such lands.

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Summary:
Las Vegas Valley Public Land and Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument Act of 2013 - Establishes the Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument in Nevada. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to provide for interpretation of, and education and scientific research on, the Monument's paleontological resources.

Instructs the Secretary to issue to: (1) a qualified electric utility a 400-foot right-of-way for the construction of high-voltage transmission facilities identified as the Renewable Energy Transmission Corridor on the map entitled "North Las Vegas Valley Overview" (the map); (2) a public water agency a 100-foot right-of-way for the construction and repair of a buried water conveyance pipeline and associated facilities within the Water Conveyance Facilities Corridor and the Renewable Energy Transmission Corridor as identified on the map; and (3) a unit of local government or a public water agency a 100-foot right-of-way for the construction, operation, and repair of a buried water conveyance pipeline to access an existing buried water pipeline turnout facility and surge tank.

Establishes the Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument Advisory Council.

Adds specified land to Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area.

Requires conveyance of land (including the interests in such land) managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) identified as the North Las Vegas Job Creation Zone to the city of North Las Vegas, Nevada.

Amends the Clark County Conservation of Public Land and Natural Resources Act of 2002 to convey additional land to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department.

Excepts certain lands in the Spring Mountains National Recreation Area from withdrawal from all forms of entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws; location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and operation under the mineral leasing and geothermal leasing laws.

Permits the county to convey to a unit of local government or regional governmental entity land within the Airport Environs Overlay District if such land is used for a water or wastewater treatment facility or any other public purpose.

Requires specified federal lands to be conveyed for the Nevada System of Higher Education and the Southern Nevada Supplemental Airport.

Releases the Sunrise Mountain Instant Study Area from further study for designation as wilderness.

 Designates: (1) an Economic Support Area in North Las Vegas, and (2) the Nellis Dunes Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation Area.

Transfers administrative jurisdiction over specified BLM land to the Air Force for inclusion in Nellis Air Force Base.

Prohibits this Act from restricting military overflights, new units of special airspace, or military flight training routes.

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Summary:
Land Disposal Transparency and Efficiency Act - Bars any land or interests in land from being added to the inventory of lands and interests in land administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) until a centralized database of all lands identified as suitable for disposal under BLM jurisdiction is easily accessible to the public on a BLM website.

Requires the database to be updated to reflect changes in the status of lands identified for disposal under BLM administrative jurisdiction.

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Summary: Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to convey and quitclaim all interest of the United States in and to a parcel of real property, including improvements, located at 4500 Glenwood Drive in Riverside, California, and administered by the Natural Resources Conservation Service, to the Riverside Corona Resource Conservation District.

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Summary:
Good Samaritan Search and Recovery Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to implement a process to provide eligible organizations and individuals expedited access to federal lands to conduct good Samaritan search-and-recovery missions.

Requires such process to include provisions that clarify that: (1) an eligible organization or eligible individual granted access shall be acting for private purposes and shall not be considered a federal volunteer, (2) an eligible organization or eligible individual shall not be considered a volunteer under the Volunteers in the Parks Act of 1969, and (3) neither the Federal Torts Claim Act nor the Federal Employee Compensation Act shall apply to an eligible organization or eligible individual.

Bars the Secretaries from requiring an eligible organization or eligible individual to have liability insurance as a condition of accessing federal lands under this Act if it: (1) acknowledges and consents, in writing, to these clarifying provisions; and (2) signs a waiver releasing the federal government from all liability related to the access granted.

Sets forth procedures for the approval or denial of requests made by eligible organizations or individuals to carry out a good Samaritan search-and-recovery mission.

Requires the Secretaries to develop search-and-recovery focused partnerships with search-and-recovery organizations to: (1) coordinate good Samaritan search-and-recovery missions on such lands, and (2) expedite and accelerate mission efforts for missing individuals on such lands.

Requires the Secretaries to submit a joint report to Congress that describes: (1) their plans for developing such partnerships, and (2) the efforts being taken to expedite and accelerate such mission efforts.

good samaritan search secretary interior secretary agriculture usda implement process provide eligible organizations individuals expedited access federal lands conduct good samaritan search recovery missions requires process include provisions clarify eligible organization eligible individual granted access shall acting private purposes shall considered federal volunteer eligible organization eligible individual shall considered volunteer volunteers parks act shall apply eligible organization eligible individual bars secretaries requiring eligible organization eligible individual liability insurance condition accessing federal lands act acknowledges consents writing clarifying provisions signs waiver releasing federal government liability related access granted sets forth procedures approval denial requests eligible organizations individuals carry good samaritan search recovery mission requires secretaries develop search recovery focused partnerships search recovery organizations coordinate good samaritan search recovery missions lands expedite accelerate mission efforts missing individuals lands requires secretaries submit joint report congress describes plans developing partnerships efforts taken expedite accelerate mission efforts


Summary:
Rural Economic Vitalization Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) or the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) accept and terminate any grazing permit or lease that is waived by a grazing permittee or lessee; and (2) not issue any new grazing permit or lease within the grazing allotment covered by the retired permit or lease, and ensure a permanent end to livestock grazing on such allotment.

Directs the appropriate Secretary, if a grazing allotment covered by a waived permit or lease is also covered by another permit or lease that is not waived, to reduce the level of commercial livestock grazing on the grazing allotment to reflect such waiver.

Deems a permittee or lessee who waives a grazing permit or lease to have waived any claim to all range developments on the associated grazing allotment.

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Summary:
(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on February 28, 2014. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

North Fork Watershed Protection Act of 2014 - Withdraws federally owned land or interest in land within the North Fork Lands Withdrawal Area in Montana from: (1) all forms of location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and (2) disposition under all laws relating to mineral and geothermal leasing.

Provides that nothing in this Act violates the rights of existing leaseholders or prohibits the Secretary of the Interior from taking any action necessary to complete any requirement under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) or the Endangered Species Act of 1973 concerning surface-disturbing activity that occurs on any lease issued before this Act's enactment.

Provides that nothing in this Act restricts recreational uses, livestock management activities, or forest management activities allowed on such land.

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Summary:
Virgin Valley Tourism and Lake Mead Preservation Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), to establish a visitor center and field office in Mesquite, Nevada, to: (1) serve visitors; and (2) assist in fulfilling the purposes of the Lake Mead National Recreation Area, the Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument, and the Gold Butte National Conservation Area established by this Act.

Requires completion of a study regarding local renewable energy development.

Amends the Mesquite Lands Act of 1986 to require proceeds from sales of parcels of public lands in Mesquite, Nevada, to be used for implementation of a multispecies habitat conservation plan for the Virgin River in Clark County, Nevada, including any associated groundwater monitoring plan.

Extends until November 29, 2021, the withdrawal of public land parcels in the fifth and sixth areas of Mesquite and the related purchase authority of the city of Mesquite for the fifth area.

Requires: (1) implementation of a plan to provide for local boat access to Lake Mead; and (2) a study of existing, designated routes outside the Conservation Area for designation as an Off-Highway Vehicle Trail. Authorizes the Secretary to designate such a Trail one year after completion of the study.

Directs the Secretary to establish: (1) the Virgin Valley Tourism and Economic Advisory Council, and (2) the Gold Butte National Conservation Area Advisory Council.

Establishes the Gold Butte National Conservation Area in Nevada. Directs the Secretary to develop a management plan for the long-term protection and management of the Area.

Designates specified wilderness areas administered by the National Park Service (NPS) or the BLM in Clark County as wilderness and as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System.

States that the withdrawal of certain BLM lands for use by the Bureau of Reclamation is terminated.

Directs the Secretary to credit specified multiple use lands toward the development of additional non-federal land within Clark County.

Requires the Conservation Area and the BLM wilderness areas designated by this Act to be administered as components of the National Landscape Conservation System.

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Summary:
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to convey to the Mullins and Sturgill Cemetery Association of Pound, Virginia, specified National Forest System land in the Jefferson National Forest in Wise County, Virginia, which contains the Cemetery as well as an easement to provide access to such land.

Requires the Association to pay the Secretary cash consideration equal to the land's market value, which shall be deposited into the Treasury general fund for deficit reduction.

directs secretary agriculture usda convey virginia specified national_forest_system land jefferson_national_forest virginia contains cemetery easement provide access land requires association pay secretary cash consideration equal land market value shall deposited treasury general fund deficit reduction


Summary:
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Lake Hill Administrative Site Affordable Housing Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to convey to Summit County, Colorado, all interest of the United States in the approximately 40 acres of National Forest System land in the county identified as the Lake Hill Administrative Site.

Makes Summit County responsible for the processing and transaction costs related to the direct sale of the land.

Requires the proceeds received from such conveyance to be made available for capital improvement and maintenance of Forest Service facilities in Region 2 of the Forest Service.

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Summary:
National Security and Federal Lands Protection Act - Prohibits the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) from prohibiting or restricting U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) activities on federal land under their respective jurisdictions, located within 100 miles of an international land border, to: (1) execute search and rescue operations, and (2) prevent all unlawful entries into the United States through the international land borders of the United States.

Grants CBP access to such lands to conduct the following activities: (1) road and barrier construction and maintenance; (2) use of patrol vehicles; (3) installation, maintenance, and operation of surveillance equipment and sensors; and (4) deployment of temporary tactical infrastructure.

Provides that a waiver by the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) of specified laws regarding sections of the international border between the United States and Mexico and between the United States and Canada shall apply to all land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture within 100 miles of the international land borders of the United States with respect to CBP activities under this Act.

States that this Act shall not be construed to restrict legal use (grazing, hunting, mining, or public-use recreational and backcountry airstrips) on land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture.

States that: (1) this Act shall have no effect on state or private lands, and shall not provide authority on or access to state or private lands; and (2) nothing in this Act supersedes, replaces, negates, or diminishes treaties or other agreements between the United States and Indian tribes.

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Summary:
Good Neighbor Forestry Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA), with respect to National Forest System land, and the Secretary of the Interior, with respect to Bureau of Land Management (BLM) land, to enter into cooperative agreements and contracts with state foresters to provide forest, rangeland, and watershed restoration, management, and protection services that include: (1) activities to treat insect infected forests; (2) activities to reduce hazardous fuels; (3) activities involving commercial harvesting or other mechanical vegetation treatments; or (4) any other activities to restore or improve forest, rangeland, and watershed health, including fish and wildlife habitat.

Permits state foresters to enter into subcontracts to provide such restoration, management, and protection services.

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Summary:
Nevada Native Nations Land Act - Title I: Elko Motocross Land Conveyance - (Sec. 102) Directs the Department of the Interior to convey to Elko County, Nevada, without consideration, approximately 275 acres of land managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Elko District, Nevada, for use as a motocross, bicycle, off-highway vehicle, or stock car racing area or for other public purpose consistent with the Recreation and Public Purposes Act.

Reverts the conveyed land to the United States if it ceases being used for a public purpose.

Title II: Conveyance of Land To Indian Tribes - (Sec. 201) Declares that the United States holds approximately 373 acres of BLM administered land in trust for the Te-moak Tribe of Western Shoshone Indians of Nevada. Makes such land part of the Tribe's reservation.

Declares further that the United States holds approximately 19,094 acres of BLM-administered land in trust for the Fort McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone Tribe. Makes such land part of that Tribe's reservation.

Declares that the United States also holds in trust the following lands:

 for the Shoshone Paiute Tribes, approximately 82 acres of land administered by the Forest Service depicted as the "Proposed Acquisition Site" on a Mountain City Administrative Site Proposed Acquisition map; for the Summit Lake Paiute Tribe, approximately 941 acres of BLM-administered land depicted as "Reservation Conveyance Lands" on a Summit Lake Indian Reservation Conveyance map; for the Reno-Sparks Indian Colony, approximately 13,434 acres of BLM-administered land depicted as "RSIC Amended Boundary" on a Reno-Sparks Indian Colony Expansion map; and for the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe, approximately 11,719 acres of BLM-administered land depicted as "Reservation Expansion Lands " on a Pyramid Lake Indian Reservation Expansion map. (Sec. 202) Prohibits certain gaming on the lands taken into trust under this Act.

Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, with respect to such lands, to carry out any fuel reduction and other landscape restoration activities on the land, including restoration of sage grouse habitat, beneficial to the Indian tribe and the BLM.

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Summary:
Abandoned Mine Lands Cleanup and Taxpayer Fairness Act - Mining Reform and Deficit Reduction Act of 2013 - Applies this Act to any mining claim, millsite claim, or tunnel site claim located under the general mining laws or used for beneficiation or mineral processing activities, regardless of whether legal and beneficial title to the mineral is held by the United States.

Subjects production of locatable minerals to a royalty of 12.5% of the gross income from mining.

Prescribes a hardrock mining claim maintenance fee for each unpatented mining claim, mill, or tunnel site on federally owned lands.

Prohibits the issuance of a patent for any mining or millsite claims whose application was filed after September 30, 1994.

Designates certain wilderness study areas, areas of critical environmental concern, and related areas as not open to location of mining claims.

Permits a state or local government or Indian tribe to petition the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary) for withdrawal of specific federal land from operation of the general mining laws in order to protect specific values.

Instructs the Secretary to ensure that mineral activities on federal land subject to a claim are carefully controlled to prevent undue degradation of public lands and resources.

Prescribes requirements for the exploration permit process and for operations permits, including financial assurances.

Requires restoration of lands to a condition capable of supporting prior uses or other beneficial uses.

Amends the National Materials and Minerals Policy, Research and Development Act of 1980 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to initiate prompt actions to improve the availability and analysis of mineral data in public land use decision-making with respect to National Forest System lands.

Repeals the Building Stone Act and the Saline Placer Act.

Abandoned Mine Reclamation and Deficit Reduction Act of 2013 - Requires each operator of a hardrock mining operation to: (1) pay the Secretary a displaced material reclamation fee of 7 cents per ton of displaced material, and (2) submit a notarized statement of the amount of displaced materials produced during mineral activities during the previous calendar year.

Requires the Secretary to adjust such fees every five years to reflect changes in the Consumer Price Index published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) of the Department of Labor (or more frequently if the Secretary determines an adjustment to be reasonable).

Establishes the Abandoned Mine Cleanup Fund for: (1) deposit of such fees, and (2) use for grants to public entities for reclamation and restoration of land and water resources adversely affected by past mineral activities on certain federal lands.

abandoned lands cleanup taxpayer fairness act mining reform deficit reduction act applies act mining claim millsite claim tunnel site claim located general mining laws beneficiation mineral processing activities regardless legal beneficial title mineral held united_states subjects production locatable minerals royalty gross income mining prescribes hardrock mining claim maintenance fee unpatented mining claim mill tunnel site federally owned lands prohibits issuance patent mining millsite claims application filed september designates certain wilderness study areas areas critical environmental concern related areas open location mining claims permits state local government indian tribe petition secretary interior secretary withdrawal specific federal land operation general mining laws order protect specific values instructs secretary ensure mineral activities federal land subject claim carefully controlled prevent undue degradation public lands resources prescribes requirements exploration permit process operations permits including financial assurances requires restoration lands condition capable supporting prior uses beneficial uses amends direct secretary agriculture initiate prompt actions improve availability analysis mineral data public land use decision making respect national_forest_system lands repeals building stone act saline placer act abandoned reclamation deficit reduction act requires operator hardrock mining operation pay secretary displaced material reclamation fee cents ton displaced material submit notarized statement displaced materials produced mineral activities previous calendar year requires secretary adjust fees years reflect changes consumer price index published bureau_of_labor_statistics bls department_of_labor frequently secretary determines adjustment reasonable establishes deposit fees use grants public entities reclamation restoration land water resources adversely affected past mineral activities certain federal lands


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Devil's Staircase Wilderness Act of 2013 - Designates certain federal land in Oregon as the Devil's Staircase Wilderness and as a wilderness area for inclusion in the National Wilderness Preservation System.

Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate Franklin and Wasson Creeks in Oregon as wild rivers and as components of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System.

staircase wilderness act designates certain federal land oregon wilderness area inclusion national_wilderness_preservation_system amends wild scenic rivers act designate franklin oregon wild rivers components


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Colorado Wilderness Act of 2013 - Amends the Colorado Wilderness Act of 1993 to add specified lands in Colorado managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) (proposed as the Powderhorn Wilderness Addition) to the Powderhorn Wilderness.

Designates specified lands in Colorado managed by the BLM or the U.S. Forest Service as wilderness and as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System.

Designates specified lands in Colorado administered by the BLM, Forest Service, and Bureau of Reclamation as wilderness and as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System. Incorporates such lands into the West Elk Wilderness.

Allows the Secretary of the Interior to continue authorizing competitive running events currently permitted in the Redcloud Peak Wilderness and Handies Peak Wilderness Areas.

Authorizes the Colorado Army National Guard, through the High-Altitude Army National Guard Aviation Training Site, to conduct aerial navigation training maneuver exercises over the wilderness areas designated by this Act.

Designates specified lands managed by the BLM as: (1) potential wilderness areas, and (2) as the Deep Creek Wilderness and the Pisgah Mountain Wilderness upon publication by the Secretary of a notice in the Federal Register that all nonconforming uses of such lands authorized by this Act for the conduct of such exercises and overflights of military helicopters in violation of the Wilderness Act have ceased.

Provides for the securing, adjudication, and use of U.S. water rights for certain of the wilderness areas designated by this Act.

colorado wilderness act amends colorado wilderness act add specified lands colorado managed bureau_of_land_management blm proposed wilderness addition wilderness designates specified lands colorado managed blm wilderness components national_wilderness_preservation_system designates specified lands colorado administered blm forest_service bureau_of_reclamation wilderness components national_wilderness_preservation_system incorporates lands allows secretary interior continue authorizing competitive running events currently permitted peak wilderness peak wilderness areas authorizes colorado_army_national_guard conduct aerial navigation training maneuver exercises wilderness areas designated act designates specified lands managed blm potential wilderness areas deep creek wilderness pisgah mountain wilderness publication secretary notice federal_register nonconforming uses lands authorized act conduct exercises overflights military helicopters violation wilderness act ceased provides securing adjudication use water rights certain wilderness areas designated act


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Fulfilling Our Responsibility for Efficient and Sustainable Timber Supply Act of 2013 or the FORESTS Act of 2013 - Extends through FY2023 the authority for the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to enter into stewardship end result contracting projects with private persons or other public or private entities to perform services to achieve land management goals for national forests and public lands that meet local and rural community needs.

Prohibits a multiyear stewardship contract from exceeding a 20-year period (under current law, a 10-year period).

Bars the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) and the Secretary of the Interior (the Secretaries) from being required to obligate funds to cover the costs of cancelling or terminating multiyear stewardship contracts or agreements until they are cancelled or terminated. Specifies the funding sources from which the costs of cancelling or terminating a multiyear stewardship contract may be paid.

Requires 25% of timber sale receipts from a multiyear stewardship contract or agreement to be paid to the county within whose boundaries the receipts are derived.

Authorizes the Secretaries to enter into cooperative agreements and contracts with state foresters to provide forest, rangeland, and watershed restoration and protection services. Permits state foresters to enter into subcontracts to provide such restoration and protection services. Prohibits the extension of such an agreement or contract beyond a 20-year period.

fulfilling responsibility efficient sustainable timber supply act forests act extends fy2023 authority forest_service bureau_of_land_management blm enter stewardship end result contracting projects private persons public private entities perform services achieve land management goals national forests public lands meet local rural community needs prohibits multiyear stewardship contract exceeding year period current law year period bars secretary agriculture usda secretary interior secretaries required obligate funds cover costs cancelling terminating multiyear stewardship contracts agreements cancelled terminated specifies funding sources costs cancelling terminating multiyear stewardship contract paid requires timber sale receipts multiyear stewardship contract agreement paid county boundaries receipts derived authorizes secretaries enter cooperative agreements contracts state foresters provide forest rangeland watershed restoration protection services permits state foresters enter subcontracts provide restoration protection services prohibits extension agreement contract year period


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Caring for Coal Miners Act - Amends the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to revise the formula for determining transfers from the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund to the Multiemployer Health Benefit Plan.

Requires the formula to be calculated by taking into account only: (1) those beneficiaries actually enrolled in the Plan as of the enactment of this Act (currently, enrolled as of December 31, 2006), who are eligible to receive health benefits on the first day of the calendar year for which the transfer is made; and in addition to these beneficiaries (2) those who would be denied health benefits payable directly by an employer in the bituminous coal industry under a coal wage agreement as a result of a bankruptcy proceeding commenced in 2012.

Considers the latter beneficiaries to be eligible to receive such health benefits under the Plan.

Requires reduction of the amount made available to a beneficiary as a result of this Act, however, by the amount of any benefits actually paid by a Voluntary Employees' Beneficiary Association (VEBA) to or on behalf of a covered beneficiary, so that no covered beneficiary receives a greater benefit than would have been payable before the VEBA was established.

Defines "Voluntary Employees' Beneficiary Association" as one established pursuant to the order entered May 29, 2013, by the Court in the case In re: Patriot Coal Corporation (Case No. 12-51502, Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Missouri).

caring coal miners act amends surface mining control reclamation act revise formula determining transfers abandoned_mine_reclamation_fund multiemployer_health_benefit_plan requires formula calculated taking account beneficiaries actually enrolled plan enactment act currently enrolled december eligible receive health benefits day calendar year transfer addition beneficiaries denied health benefits payable directly employer bituminous coal industry coal wage agreement result bankruptcy proceeding commenced considers beneficiaries eligible receive health benefits plan requires reduction available beneficiary result act benefits actually paid behalf covered beneficiary covered beneficiary receives greater benefit payable established defines established pursuant order entered court case patriot coal corporation case eastern_district missouri


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(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on December 3, 2013. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 Authorizes the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa in Minnesota to lease, sell, convey, warrant, or otherwise transfer all or any portion of its interest in any real property that is not held in trust by the United States for the Band's benefit.

measure amended passed house december summary version repeated authorizes band lake superior chippewa minnesota lease sell convey warrant transfer portion interest real property held trust united_states band benefit


Summary:
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

Disposal of Excess Federal Lands Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to offer for disposal by competitive sale certain federal lands in Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, and Wyoming, previously identified as suitable for disposal in the report submitted to Congress on May 27, 1997, pursuant to the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996.

Requires the Secretary to offer such lands for at least fair market value as determined by an independent appraiser.

Requires the net proceeds from the sale to be deposited directly into the Treasury for reduction of the public debt.

Requires the Secretary to submit to Congress: (1) a list of any identified federal lands that have not been sold and the reasons why they were not sold; and (2) an update of a specified report, including a current inventory of the federal lands under the Secretary's administrative jurisdiction that are suitable for disposal.

measure amended introduced summary expanded action occurred measure disposal excess federal lands act directs secretary interior offer disposal competitive sale certain federal lands arizona colorado idaho montana nebraska nevada new_mexico oregon utah wyoming previously identified suitable disposal report submitted congress pursuant federal_agriculture_improvement reform act requires secretary offer lands fair market value determined independent appraiser requires net proceeds sale deposited directly treasury reduction public debt requires secretary submit congress list identified federal lands sold reasons sold update specified report including current inventory federal lands secretary administrative jurisdiction suitable disposal


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Wasatch Wilderness and Watershed Protection Act - Designates specified federal lands in the vicinity of the Lone Peak Wilderness and the Mount Olympus Wilderness, and specified federal lands comprising the Wayne Owens Grandeur Peaks/Mount Aire Wilderness within the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forests in Salt Lake County, Utah, as wilderness and as either a new component or as an addition to an existing component of the National Wilderness Preservation System.

Establishes specified federal lands within the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forests as the Mt. Aire, Mt. Olympus, Twin Peaks, and Lone Peak Special Management Areas.

Requires the Special Management Areas to be managed to maintain their presently existing wilderness character and potential for inclusion in the System.

 Allows the commercial helicopter-assisted skiing and snowboarding activities (known as heliskiing) that have been authorized on the federal lands included within the Special Management Areas to continue. Permits the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA), except as provided below, upon the expiration of such an authorization that was in effect for heliskiing, to reissue such authorizations in accordance with Forest Service procedures.

Requires the Secretary of Agriculture, within one year from the time in which all heliskiing activities within any special management area are no longer authorized or have otherwise been terminated, to publish a notice in the Federal Register to that effect. Designates the federal lands included within such an Area for which such a notice has been published as wilderness and adds them to the System as described in this Act.

Requires a land exchange involving certain federal and non-federal lands concerning the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forests.

watershed protection act designates specified federal lands vicinity specified federal lands comprising mount wilderness uinta wasatch cache national forests salt_lake_county utah wilderness new component addition existing component national_wilderness_preservation_system establishes specified federal lands uinta wasatch cache national forests requires special management areas managed maintain presently existing wilderness character potential inclusion system allows commercial helicopter assisted skiing activities known authorized federal lands included continue permits secretary agriculture usda provided expiration authorization effect reissue authorizations accordance forest_service procedures requires secretary agriculture year time activities special management area longer authorized terminated publish notice federal_register effect designates federal lands included area notice published wilderness adds system described act requires land exchange involving certain federal non federal lands concerning uinta wasatch cache national forests


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Preventing Government Waste and Protecting Coal Mining Jobs in America - Amends the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to require state programs for regulation of surface coal mining to incorporate the necessary rule concerning excess spoil, coal mine waste, and buffers for perennial and intermittent streams published by the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement on December 12, 2008.

Requires the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) publish notice of a determination when all states that wish to assume exclusive jurisdiction of such mining regulation have incorporated the rule in their programs; (2) assess the effectiveness of the rule's implementation during the five-year period following such notice; (3) carry out all required consultation on the benefits and other impacts of the implementation of the rule to any threatened or endangered species, with the participation of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the United States Geological Survey (USGS); and (4) report to Congress an evaluation of the rule's effectiveness, any ways in which it inhibits energy production, and any proposed changes to the rule. Prohibits issuance of any regulations regarding stream buffer zones or protection before publication of the report, other than a rule necessary to implement incorporation of the December 2008 rule described in this Act. Requires each state with an approved program for regulation of surface coal mining to submit program amendments incorporating such rule within two years of enactment of this Act.

preventing government waste protecting coal mining jobs america amends surface mining control reclamation act require state programs regulation surface coal mining incorporate necessary rule concerning excess coal waste buffers perennial intermittent streams published office_of_surface_mining_reclamation_and_enforcement december requires secretary interior publish notice determination states wish assume exclusive jurisdiction mining regulation incorporated rule programs assess effectiveness rule implementation year period following notice carry required consultation benefits impacts implementation rule threatened endangered species participation united_states fish_and_wildlife_service united_states_geological survey usgs report congress evaluation rule effectiveness ways energy production proposed changes rule prohibits issuance regulations stream buffer zones protection publication report rule necessary implement incorporation december rule described act requires state approved program regulation surface coal mining submit program amendments incorporating rule years enactment act


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Wildland Firefighters Protection Act - Requires the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), in cooperation with federal land management agencies, to develop a separate and distinct occupational series for firefighters who are engaged in the prevention, control, suppression, and management of wildfires (wildland firefighters) that more accurately reflects the variety of duties performed by such firefighters.

Establishes a three-year compensation pilot program for full- and part-time wildland firefighters to provide such firefighters with enhanced compensation (portal-to-portal compensation) while assigned to an emergency incident. Provides for the treatment of differential pay for hazardous duty as part of the base pay of wildland firefighters for retirement purposes.

cooperation federal land management agencies develop separate distinct occupational series firefighters engaged prevention control suppression management wildfires wildland firefighters accurately reflects variety duties performed firefighters establishes year compensation pilot program time wildland firefighters provide firefighters enhanced compensation portal portal compensation assigned emergency incident provides treatment differential pay hazardous duty base pay wildland firefighters retirement purposes


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Public Access and Lands Improvement Act - Title I: Santa Rosa Island Title Fairness and Land Preservation Act - Santa Rosa Island Title Fairness and Land Preservation Act - (Sec. 102) Authorizes Escambia County, Florida, at its discretion, to convey or dispose of all of its interest in any part of the property on Santa Rosa Island that was conveyed to it by the federal government pursuant to a specified Act and deed to any person or entity, free from any restriction on conveyance or reconveyance in such Act or deed.

Prohibits persons or entities holding a leasehold interest in such property from being required to involuntarily accept a fee interest in lieu of their leasehold interest.

Requires Escambia County within two years of enactment of this Act, to convey to Santa Rosa County, Florida, all interest held in any part of the property that falls within the jurisdictional boundaries of such county. Bars Santa Rosa County from being required to pay any sum for such property other than the actual costs associated with such conveyance.

Permits Santa Rosa County or any other person to which property is conveyed under this title to reconvey such property or any part of it.

Declares that leaseholders or owners of all properties under this title are free to pursue incorporation, annexation, or any other governmental status so long as all other legal conditions required for doing so are followed.

Declares further that each such property is under the jurisdiction of the county and any other local government entity in which it is located.

Requires that any proceeds from the conveyance of any property under this title by Escambia County or Santa Rosa County, other than direct and incidental costs associated with such conveyance, revert as windfall profits to the United States.

Directs Escambia County and Santa Rosa County to preserve in perpetuity those areas on Santa Rosa Island currently dedicated to conservation, preservation, the public, recreation, access, and public parking.

States that Escambia County and Santa Rosa County shall have no deadline or requirement to make any conveyance or reconveyance of any property defined under this title other than the conveyance it requires. Authorizes each county to establish conveyance or reconveyance terms, consistent with the conditions of this Act title and state law.

Title II: Anchorage Land Conveyance Act - Anchorage Land Conveyance Act of 2014 - (Sec. 203) Directs the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary in this Act unless otherwise specified) to convey, without consideration, to the city of Anchorage, Alaska, the reversionary interests of the United States in specified parcels of non-federal land in order to unencumber the title to such land to enable the economic development of such land.

Requires the city to pay all costs associated with such conveyance.

Title III: Fernley Economic Self-Determination Act - (Sec. 302) Directs the Secretary, after receiving an offer from the city of Fernley, Nevada, to purchase certain federal land, and acting through the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the Bureau of Reclamation, to convey to the city all interest of the United States in such land in exchange for consideration in an amount equal to the land's fair market value.

Permits the city and the Bureau of Reclamation to retain easements or rights-of-way on such federal land, including easements or rights-of-way necessary to carry out the operation and maintenance of the Truckee Canal or the Newlands Project.

Requires the city to pay or reimburse the Secretary, as appropriate, for reasonable transaction and administrative personnel costs associated with such conveyance.

Declares that any conveyances under this title shall not be considered a major federal action for purposes of an environmental impact statement required by the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA).

(Sec. 303) Releases the United States from all liabilities or claims of any kind or nature arising from the presence, release, or threat of release of any hazardous substance, pollutant, contaminant, petroleum product (or derivative of a petroleum product), solid waste, mine materials, or mining related features existing on the federal land.

(Sec. 304) Withdraws the federal land from: (1) entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws; (2) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and (3) disposition under the mineral leasing, mineral materials, and geothermal leasing laws.

Title IV: Land Disposal Transparency and Efficiency Act - Land Disposal Transparency and Efficiency Act - (Sec. 401) Bars any land or interests in land from being added to the inventory of lands and interests in land administered by the BLM until a centralized database of all lands identified as suitable for disposal under BLM jurisdiction is easily accessible to the public on a BLM website.

Requires the database to be updated to reflect changes in the status of lands identified for disposal under BLM administrative jurisdiction.

Title V: Preserving Access to Cape Hatteras National Seashore Recreational Area Act - Preserving Access to Cape Hatteras National Seashore Recreational Area Act - (Sec. 502) Requires the Cape Hatteras National Seashore Recreational Area in North Carolina to be managed in accordance with the Interim Protected Species Management Strategy/Environmental Assessment issued by the National Park Service (NPS) on June 13, 2007, for the Recreational Area until the Secretary issues a new final rule that meets the additional restrictions specified below.

Bars the imposition of any additional restrictions on pedestrian or motorized vehicular access to any part of the Recreation Area for species protection beyond those in the Interim Management Strategy, other than as specifically authorized pursuant to this title.

(Sec. 503) Allows the Secretary if, based on peer-reviewed science and after public comment, it is determined that additional restrictions on access to a part of the Recreation Area are necessary to protect endangered species, to only restrict pedestrian and vehicular access for recreational activities for the shortest possible time and on the smallest possible portions of such area.

(Sec. 504) Prohibits the final rule titled "Special Regulations, Areas of the National Park System, Cape Hatteras National Seashore--Off-Road Vehicle Management" from having any force or effect.

Invalidates the April 30, 2008, consent decree filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina regarding off-road vehicle use at the Seashore.

Title VI: Green Mountain Lookout Heritage Protection Act - Green Mountain Lookout Heritage Protection Act - (Sec. 602) Amends the Washington State Wilderness Act of 1984, with respect to certain lands in the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie and Wenatchee National Forests in the state of Washington designated as part of the Glacier Peak Wilderness, to specifically allow the operation and maintenance of Green Mountain Lookout.

(Sec. 603) Prohibits the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA), through the Forest Service, from moving the Lookout from its current location on Green Mountain in the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest unless the Secretary determines that its move is necessary to preserve the Lookout or to ensure the safety of individuals on or around Green Mountain. Requires the Secretary, if such a determination is made, to move the Lookout to a location outside of the lands described in this title, above.

Title VII: River Paddling Protection Act - River Paddling Protection Act - (Sec. 702) Makes the rivers and streams of Yellowstone National Park and Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming open to hand-propelled vessels. Declares specified regulations to have no force or effect with regard to the closing of rivers and streams of such Parks to such vessels.

Requires the Fish and Wildlife Service to coordinate any recreational use of hand-propelled vessels on the Gros Ventre River within the National Elk Refuge in Wyoming with Grand Teton National Park to ensure that use is consistent with the requirements of the National Wildlife Refuge Administration Act.

Title VIII: Grazing Improvement Act - Grazing Improvement Act - (Sec. 802) Amends the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (the Act in this title) to double from 10 to 20 years the period of a term for grazing permits and leases for domestic livestock grazing on public lands or lands within national forests in 16 contiguous western states.

Permits only applicants, permittees, and lessees whose interest in grazing livestock is directly affected by a final grazing decision concerning renewal, transfer or reissuance of a grazing permit or lease to appeal the decision to an administrative law judge or an appeal officer as applicable.

Requires any person, other than a directly affected party, challenging an action of the Secretary concerned regarding a final grazing decision in federal court who is not a prevailing party to pay to the prevailing parties (including a directly affected party who intervenes in such suit) fees and other expenses incurred by those parties in connection with the challenge, unless the court finds that the position of such person was substantially justified. (Defines "Secretary concerned" as the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of the Interior concerning lands under their respective jurisdictions.)

(Sec. 803) Directs that grazing permits or leases issued by the Secretary of the Interior respecting lands under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior and grazing permits issued by the Secretary of Agriculture respecting National Forest System lands that expire, are transferred, or are waived after this Act's enactment be renewed or reissued, as appropriate, under the Act, the Granger-Thye Act, the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act, or the California Desert Protection Act of 1994.

Excludes the renewal, reissuance, or transfer of a grazing permit or lease by the Secretary concerned from the NEPA requirement to prepare an environmental analysis if: (1) such decision continues to renew, reissue, or transfer current grazing management of the allotment; (2) monitoring indicates that such management meets objectives contained in the applicable land use or resource management plan of the allotment; or (3) the decision is consistent with the policy of the Department of the Interior or USDA regarding extraordinary circumstances.

Gives the Secretary concerned the sole discretion to determine the priority and timing for completing each required environmental reviews regarding any grazing allotment, permit, or lease based on the environmental significance of such authorization and available funding.

Makes NEPA inapplicable to domestic livestock crossing and trailing authorizations, transfers of grazing preference, and range improvements.

Requires any application for temporary trailing or crossing that has been submitted in a timely manner (or at least 30 days before the anticipated trailing or crossing) to be granted, modified, or denied at least 15 days before the date of the requested crossing or trailing.

Declares that temporary trailing or crossing authorizations across lands administered by the BLM or the Forest Service shall not be subject to protest or appeal except by the applicant or an affected permittee or lessee.

Title IX: Rim Fire Emergency Salvage Act - Rim Fire Emergency Salvage Act - (Sec. 902) Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, as part of the restoration and rehabilitation activities undertaken on the lands within the Stanislaus National Forest adversely impacted by the 2013 Rim Fire in California, to conduct a timber salvage and restoration pilot project on burned NFS land within the Rim Fire perimeter.

Requires the pilot project to be conducted in the manner provided in the proposed alternative in the draft environmental impact statement noticed in the Federal Register on December 6, 2013, for Rim Fire recovery.

Deems the pilot project and any activities conducted under it to be in compliance with: (1) NEPA, (2) the National Forest Management Act of 1976 with respect to timber sales on NFS lands, (3) the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974, (4) the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, and (5) the Endangered Species Act of 1973.

Declares that the pilot project and activities under it are not subject to: (1) administrative review, (2) judicial review by any U.S. court, or (3) a temporary restraining order or preliminary injunction based on environmental impacts in a case for which a final decision has not been issued.

(Sec. 903) Expresses the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Agriculture, respecting NFS lands, and the Secretary of the Interior, respecting BLM land, should use existing authorities available to them to retain revenues (other than those required to be deposited in the Treasury's general fund) generated by salvage sales conducted in response to catastrophic wild fires on such land to cover the cost of restoration projects on such land.

Title X: Chesapeake Bay Accountability and Recovery Act - Chesapeake Bay Accountability and Recovery Act of 2014 - (Sec. 1002) Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to submit to Congress a financial report containing: (1) an interagency crosscut budget for restoration activities that protect, conserve, or restore living resources, habitat, water resources, or water quality in the Chesapeake Bay watershed; (2) an accounting of funds received and obligated by all federal agencies for restoration activities; (3) an accounting from each state of all funds received and obligated from a federal agency for restoration activities; and (4) a description of each of the proposed federal and state restoration activities. Requires: (1) such report to describe only federal restoration activities that have funding amounts of at least $100,000 and state restoration activities that have funding amounts of at least $50,000; and (2) the Director to submit the report no later than 30 days after the submission of the President's annual budget to Congress.

(Sec. 1003) Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to develop and update biennially a plan to provide technical and financial assistance to Chesapeake Bay states to employ adaptive management in carrying out restoration activities in the Chesapeake Bay watershed.

Requires the plan to include: (1) specific and measurable objectives to improve water quality, habitat, and fisheries; (2) a process for stakeholder participation; (3) monitoring, modeling, experimentation, and other research and evaluation technical assistance requested by such states; (4) identification of restoration activities planned to attain the state's objectives; (5) identification of federal restoration activities that could help the state to attain its objectives; (6) a process for modification of state and federal restoration activities that have not attained or will not attain such objectives; and (7) a process for integrating and prioritizing state and federal restoration activities and programs to which adaptive management can be applied.

(Sec. 1004) Requires an Independent Evaluator for the Chesapeake Bay watershed, appointed by the Administrator from among nominees submitted by the Chesapeake Executive Council, to review biennially restoration activities and the use of adaptive management in them.

Title XI: Alaska Native Veteran Allotment - (Sec. 1102) Directs the Secretary of the Interior to approve the Alaska Native Veteran Allotment application numbered AA-084021-B and to issue the applicant a patent for the 80 acres of federal land identified as Lot 2.

Limits the patent to surface rights only and subjects it to the terms and conditions of any certificate issued under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) with respect to the conveyance of certain federal lands in Alaska to certain Alaska Native veterans, including those providing that: (1) the patent is subject to valid existing rights, including any U.S. right to income derived from a lease, license, permit, right-of-way, or easement on the federal land; and (2) the United States shall reserve an interest in deposits of oil, gas, and coal on the land, including the right to explore, mine, and remove the minerals on parts of the land that are prospectively valuable for development.

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conveyance revert windfall profits united_states directs escambia_county preserve perpetuity areas currently dedicated conservation preservation public recreation access public parking states escambia_county shall deadline requirement conveyance property defined title conveyance requires authorizes county establish conveyance terms consistent conditions act title state law title anchorage land conveyance act anchorage land conveyance act sec directs secretary interior secretary act specified convey consideration city anchorage alaska reversionary interests united_states specified parcels non federal land order title land enable economic development land requires city pay costs associated conveyance title iii fernley economic self determination act sec directs secretary receiving offer city fernley nevada purchase certain federal land acting bureau_of_land_management blm bureau_of_reclamation convey city interest united_states land exchange consideration equal land fair market value permits city bureau_of_reclamation retain easements rights way federal land including easements rights way necessary carry operation maintenance canal requires city pay reimburse secretary appropriate reasonable transaction administrative personnel costs associated conveyance declares conveyances title shall considered major federal action purposes environmental impact statement required national_environmental_policy_act nepa sec releases united_states liabilities claims kind nature arising presence release threat release hazardous substance pollutant contaminant petroleum product derivative petroleum product solid waste materials mining related features existing federal land sec withdraws federal land entry appropriation disposal public land laws location entry patent mining laws disposition mineral leasing mineral materials geothermal leasing laws title land disposal transparency efficiency act land disposal transparency efficiency act sec bars land interests land added inventory lands interests land administered blm centralized database lands identified suitable disposal blm jurisdiction easily accessible public blm website requires database updated reflect changes status lands identified disposal blm administrative jurisdiction title preserving access cape national seashore recreational area act preserving access cape national seashore recreational area act sec requires north_carolina managed accordance issued national_park_service nps june secretary issues new final rule meets additional restrictions specified bars imposition additional restrictions pedestrian motorized vehicular access recreation_area species protection specifically authorized pursuant title sec allows secretary based peer reviewed science public comment determined additional restrictions access recreation_area necessary protect endangered species restrict pedestrian vehicular access recreational activities shortest possible time smallest possible portions area sec prohibits final rule titled special regulations areas national_park_system cape national seashore having force effect invalidates april consent decree filed united_states_district_court eastern_district north_carolina road vehicle use seashore title green mountain lookout heritage protection act green mountain lookout heritage protection act sec amends wilderness act respect certain lands mount baker snoqualmie state washington designated specifically allow operation maintenance sec prohibits secretary agriculture usda forest_service moving lookout current location green_mountain mount baker snoqualmie national forest secretary determines necessary preserve lookout ensure safety individuals green_mountain requires secretary determination lookout location outside lands described title title vii river protection act river protection act sec makes rivers streams grand national park wyoming open hand propelled vessels declares specified regulations force effect regard closing rivers streams parks vessels requires fish wildlife service coordinate recreational use hand propelled vessels wyoming grand national park ensure use consistent requirements title viii grazing improvement act grazing improvement act sec amends federal_land_policy_and_management_act act title double years period term grazing permits leases domestic livestock grazing public lands lands national forests contiguous western states permits applicants permittees lessees interest grazing livestock directly affected final grazing decision concerning renewal transfer reissuance grazing permit lease appeal decision administrative law judge appeal officer applicable requires person directly affected party challenging action secretary concerned final grazing decision federal court prevailing party pay prevailing parties including directly affected party suit fees expenses incurred parties connection challenge court finds position person substantially justified defines secretary concerned secretary agriculture secretary interior concerning lands respective jurisdictions sec directs grazing permits leases issued secretary interior respecting lands jurisdiction department_of_the_interior grazing permits issued secretary agriculture respecting national_forest_system lands expire transferred waived act enactment renewed reissued appropriate act act jones farm california_desert_protection_act excludes renewal reissuance transfer grazing permit lease secretary concerned nepa requirement prepare environmental analysis decision continues renew reissue transfer current grazing management allotment monitoring indicates management meets objectives contained applicable land use resource management plan allotment decision consistent policy department_of_the_interior usda extraordinary circumstances gives secretary concerned sole discretion determine priority timing completing required environmental reviews grazing allotment permit lease based environmental significance authorization available funding makes nepa inapplicable domestic livestock crossing trailing authorizations transfers grazing preference range improvements requires application temporary trailing crossing submitted timely manner days anticipated trailing crossing granted modified denied days date requested crossing trailing declares temporary trailing crossing authorizations lands administered blm forest_service shall subject protest appeal applicant affected permittee lessee title rim fire emergency salvage act rim fire emergency salvage act sec directs secretary agriculture restoration rehabilitation activities undertaken lands adversely impacted rim fire california conduct timber salvage restoration pilot project burned nfs land rim fire perimeter requires pilot project conducted manner provided proposed alternative draft environmental impact statement federal_register december recovery deems pilot project activities conducted compliance nepa national_forest_management_act respect timber sales nfs lands forest_and_rangeland_renewable_resources_planning_act federal_land_policy_and_management_act endangered species act declares pilot project activities subject administrative review judicial review court temporary restraining order preliminary injunction based environmental impacts case final decision issued sec expresses sense congress secretary agriculture respecting nfs lands secretary interior respecting blm land use existing authorities available retain revenues required deposited treasury general fund generated salvage sales conducted response catastrophic wild fires land cover cost restoration projects land title chesapeake bay accountability recovery_act sec requires director office_of_management_and_budget omb submit congress financial report containing interagency crosscut budget restoration activities protect conserve restore living resources habitat water resources water quality chesapeake_bay watershed accounting funds received obligated federal agencies restoration activities accounting state funds received obligated federal agency restoration activities description proposed federal state restoration activities requires report describe federal restoration activities funding amounts state restoration activities funding amounts director submit report later days submission president annual budget congress sec requires administrator environmental_protection_agency epa develop update biennially plan provide technical financial assistance chesapeake_bay states employ adaptive management carrying restoration activities chesapeake_bay watershed requires plan include specific measurable objectives improve water quality habitat fisheries process stakeholder participation monitoring modeling experimentation research evaluation technical assistance requested states identification restoration activities planned attain state objectives identification federal restoration activities help state attain objectives process modification state federal restoration activities attained attain objectives process integrating prioritizing state federal restoration activities programs adaptive management applied sec requires independent evaluator chesapeake_bay watershed appointed administrator nominees submitted chesapeake_executive_council review biennially restoration activities use adaptive management title alaska native veteran allotment sec directs secretary interior approve alaska native veteran allotment application numbered issue applicant patent acres federal land identified lot limits patent surface rights subjects terms conditions certificate issued alaska native claims settlement act ancsa respect conveyance certain federal lands alaska certain alaska_native veterans including providing patent subject valid existing rights including right income derived lease license permit right way easement federal land united_states shall reserve interest deposits oil gas coal land including right explore remove minerals parts land valuable development


Summary:
Good Samaritan Cleanup of Abandoned Hardrock Mines Act of 2013 - Encourages the partial or complete remediation of inactive and abandoned mine sites for the public good by good samaritans (defined as individuals or entities who had no role in the creation of the historic mine residue or any resulting environmental pollution and are not legally responsible for the remediation of the historic mine residue). Defines "inactive or abandoned mine site" as a mine site located in the United States that is no longer actively mined and that was used for the production of a mineral other than coal and has historic mine residue.

Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to authorize a permitting authority (i.e., the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency [EPA] or a state or Indian tribe with an approved good samaritan program) to issue good samaritan discharge permits. Sets forth requirements for the issuance of such permits, including the applicant's submission of a detailed remediation plan and a determination by a permitting authority that such plan preserves water quality. Grants a release from liability under such Act to good samaritans who comply with a discharge permit approved under the terms of this Act.

Terminates the authority to issue good samaritan discharge permits ten years after enactment of this Act.

good samaritan cleanup abandoned hardrock mines act encourages partial complete remediation inactive abandoned sites public good good samaritans defined individuals entities role creation historic residue resulting environmental pollution legally responsible remediation historic residue defines inactive abandoned site site located united_states longer actively mined production mineral coal historic residue amends federal_water_pollution_control_act commonly known clean water act authorize permitting authority administrator environmental_protection_agency epa state indian tribe approved good samaritan program issue good samaritan discharge permits sets forth requirements issuance permits including applicant submission detailed remediation plan determination permitting authority plan preserves water quality grants release liability act good samaritans comply discharge permit approved terms act terminates authority issue good samaritan discharge permits years enactment act


Summary:
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to convey to River Bottom Farms of La Paz County, Arizona, approximately 80 acres of specified Bureau of Land Management (BLM) land in Riverside County, California, in exchange for two specified parcels of non-federal land in the county from River Bottoms Farms that are contiguous to the Cibola National Wildlife Refuge.

Subjects the conveyed federal land to valid existing rights, including easements, rights-of-way, utility lines, and any other valid encumbrances on the land as of the date of conveyance.

Requires the values of the federal and non-federal lands to be exchanged to be equal, or equalized, by a cash payment to the Secretary or River Bottom Farms, as appropriate.

Requires the acquired non-federal land to become a part of the Cibola National Wildlife Refuge.

directs secretary interior convey river farms arizona approximately acres specified bureau_of_land_management blm land riverside_county california exchange specified parcels non federal land county river farms contiguous subjects conveyed federal land valid existing rights including easements rights way utility lines valid encumbrances land date conveyance requires values federal non federal lands exchanged equal equalized cash payment secretary river farms appropriate requires acquired non federal land


Summary:
(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on December 16, 2013. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA), if the White Lotus Foundation in Santa Barbara, California, offers to convey to the Secretary a parcel of non-federal land that is acceptable to the Secretary and the Secretary accepts the offer, to convey approximately five acres of certain identified National Forest System land in Santa Barbara County to the Foundation.

Subjects the land exchange to provisions under the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 related to exchanges of public lands and interests therein within the National Forest System.

Expresses the intent of Congress that the land exchange be completed within two years of enactment of this Act. Allows the Secretary to offer to sell to the White Lotus Foundation the federal land for fair market value if such exchange is not completed by such time.

Makes the land exchange and any such sale subject to specified additional terms and conditions, including to valid existing rights and the White Lotus Foundation paying the reasonable costs of surveys, appraisals, and other administrative costs associated with the exchange or sale.

Requires land conveyed by exchange or sale under this Act to be appraised by an independent appraiser selected by the Secretary and such an appraisal to be conducted in accordance with nationally recognized appraisal standards.

measure amended reported house december summary version repeated authorizes secretary agriculture usda santa_barbara california offers convey secretary parcel non federal land acceptable secretary secretary accepts offer convey approximately acres certain identified national_forest_system land foundation subjects land exchange provisions federal_land_policy_and_management_act related exchanges public lands interests national_forest_system expresses intent congress land exchange completed years enactment act allows secretary offer sell federal land fair market value exchange completed time makes land exchange sale subject specified additional terms conditions including valid existing rights paying reasonable costs surveys appraisals administrative costs associated exchange sale requires land conveyed exchange sale act appraised independent appraiser selected secretary appraisal conducted accordance nationally recognized appraisal standards


Summary:
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Approves the conveyance by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) to the state of Mississippi of the federally-owned Yellow Creek Port properties in the custody of the TVA at Iuka, Mississippi.

measure amended introduced summary version repeated approves conveyance tennessee_valley_authority tva state mississippi federally owned yellow creek port properties custody tva mississippi


Summary:
Rim Fire Emergency Salvage Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA), with respect to affected Stanislaus National Forest lands, and the Secretary of the Interior, with respect to affected Bureau of Land Management (BLM) lands, as part of the restoration and rehabilitation activities undertaken on the lands within the Forest and the BLM lands adversely impacted by the 2013 Rim Fire in California, to promptly plan and implement salvage timber sales of dead, damaged, or downed timber resulting from the wildfire.

Requires such salvage timber sales to proceed immediately and to completion.

Declares that such sales shall not be subject to administrative or judicial review in any U.S. court.

rim fire emergency salvage act directs secretary agriculture usda respect affected lands secretary interior respect affected bureau_of_land_management blm lands restoration rehabilitation activities undertaken lands forest blm lands adversely impacted rim fire california promptly plan implement salvage timber sales dead damaged downed timber resulting wildfire requires salvage timber sales proceed immediately completion declares sales shall subject administrative judicial review court