Summary:
(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the Senate on March 31, 2014. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Green Mountain Lookout Heritage Protection Act - 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.

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 specified in this Act and designated as a wilderness area.

 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.

measure amended reported senate march summary version repeated green mountain lookout heritage protection act amends wilderness act respect certain lands mount baker snoqualmie state washington designated specifically allow operation maintenance 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 specified act designated wilderness area 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:
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

Black Hills Cemetery Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to convey, to the local communities in South Dakota that are currently managing specified community cemeteries, all interest of the United States in: (1) the parcels of National Forest System land that contain the cemeteries, and (2) up to an additional two acres adjoining each cemetery to ensure that such conveyances include unmarked gravesites and allow for the expansion of those cemeteries.

Subjects each such conveyance to the conditions that: (1) the recipient accept the conveyed real property as is, (2) the conveyed lands to continue to be used in the same manner and for the same purposes as they were immediately before conveyance, and (3) the recipients bear the cost of the survey for their particular parcels.

measure amended introduced summary expanded action occurred measure black cemetery act directs secretary agriculture usda convey local communities south_dakota currently managing specified community cemeteries interest united_states parcels national_forest_system land contain cemeteries additional acres adjoining cemetery ensure conveyances include unmarked gravesites allow expansion cemeteries subjects conveyance conditions recipient accept conveyed real property conveyed lands continue manner purposes immediately conveyance recipients bear cost survey particular parcels


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Fruit Heights Land Conveyance Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to convey to the city of Fruit Heights, Utah, all interest of the United States in approximately 100 acres of identified National Forest System land.

Requires the Secretary to reserve an easement to such land for the Bonneville Shoreline Trail.

Requires the city to use such land only for public purposes.

fruit heights land conveyance act directs secretary agriculture usda convey city utah interest united_states approximately acres identified national_forest_system land requires secretary reserve easement land bonneville shoreline trail requires city use land public purposes


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Scofield Land Transfer Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) complete a full physical and title survey of specified federal land concerning the Scofield Dam and Reservoir in Carbon County, Utah, and any other related land in and around Scofield Reservoir Basin; and (2) attempt to notify each person or entity claiming title to, or an interest in, such land (claimant) of the claimant's trespass or encroachment on federal land, including the existence of any trespassing or encroaching structures.

Authorizes the Secretary, in order to resolve trespass and encroachment issues and upon a claimant's request, to convey either a fee interest or a life estate to a claimant.

Subjects any conveyance to: (1) a claimant paying fair market value for the claimed land, (2) the United States retaining a flood easement over the entire portion of the federal land conveyed, and (3) specified deed restrictions.

Establishes the Scofield Reservoir Fund to provide enhanced recreation opportunities at the Scofield Reservoir. Deposits into the Fund any amounts paid by claimants pursuant to this Act.

land transfer act directs secretary interior complete physical title survey specified federal land concerning reservoir utah related land reservoir basin attempt notify person entity claiming title interest land claimant claimant trespass encroachment federal land including existence trespassing structures authorizes secretary order resolve trespass encroachment issues claimant request convey fee interest life estate claimant subjects conveyance claimant paying fair market value claimed land united_states retaining flood easement entire portion federal land conveyed specified deed restrictions establishes provide enhanced recreation opportunities reservoir deposits fund amounts paid claimants pursuant act


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Mississippi River Navigation Sustainment Act - Directs the Chief of Engineers to carry out a study of the Mississippi River Basin to: (1) improve the coordinated and comprehensive management of water resource projects in the greater Mississippi River Basin relating to extreme weather conditions, and (2) evaluate the feasibility of modifications to those projects and develop new projects to improve the reliability of navigation and more effectively reduce flood risk.

Directs the Chief to improve forecasting on the Mississippi River by: (1) updating forecasting technology deployed on the River and its tributaries, (2) constructing additional sedimentation ranges on the River and tributaries, and (3) deploying additional automatic identification system base stations at river gage sites. Requires the Chief to prioritize the sections of the River on which additional and more reliable information would have the greatest impact on maintaining navigation.

Authorizes the Chief to: (1) construct, operate, and maintain ingress and egress paths to docks, loading facilities, fleeting areas, and other critical locations outside of the authorized navigation channel on the Mississippi River upon determining such actions to be critical to maintaining safe and reliable navigation; and (2) mitigate, through dredging, any incidental impacts to loading or fleeting areas outside of such channel that result from operation and maintenance of the channel.

Directs the Chief: (1) in accordance with the project for navigation, Mississippi River between the Ohio and Missouri Rivers (Regulating Works), Missouri and Illinois, to carry out a 10-year pilot program to restore and protect fish and wildlife habitat in the middle Mississippi River; and (2) as part of such program, to conduct activities necessary to improve navigation through such project while restoring and protecting fish and wildlife habitat.

mississippi_river navigation sustainment act directs chief engineers carry study mississippi_river_basin improve coordinated comprehensive management water resource projects greater mississippi_river basin relating extreme weather conditions evaluate feasibility modifications projects develop new projects improve reliability navigation effectively reduce flood risk directs chief improve forecasting mississippi_river updating forecasting technology deployed river tributaries constructing additional ranges river tributaries deploying additional automatic identification system base stations river sites requires chief prioritize sections river additional reliable information greatest impact maintaining navigation authorizes chief construct operate maintain egress paths docks loading facilities areas critical locations outside authorized navigation channel mississippi_river determining actions critical maintaining safe reliable navigation mitigate dredging incidental impacts loading areas outside channel result operation maintenance channel directs chief accordance project navigation mississippi_river ohio missouri rivers regulating works missouri illinois carry year pilot program restore protect fish wildlife habitat program conduct activities necessary improve navigation project restoring protecting fish wildlife habitat


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San Juan County Federal Land Conveyance Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, on request of the plaintiffs in the case Blancett v. United States Department of the Interior, et al., in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico, to convey to them by sale all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to any portion of approximately 19 acres of certain federal surface estate in San Juan County, New Mexico (including any improvements or appurtenances).

Requires the plaintiffs to: (1) pay the administrative costs associated with such conveyance; and (2) pay to the Secretary an amount equal to the fair market value of the federal surface estate conveyed, as determined by an appraisal acceptable to the Secretary.

Requires deposit of the proceeds of any such conveyance in the general account of the Treasury to be used for deficit reduction.

Withdraws the federal land from: (1) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and (2) disposition under all laws relating to mineral and geothermal leasing or mineral materials.

secretary interior request plaintiffs case interior convey sale right title interest united_states portion approximately acres certain federal surface estate san_juan_county new_mexico including improvements appurtenances requires plaintiffs pay administrative costs associated conveyance pay secretary equal fair market value federal surface estate conveyed determined appraisal acceptable secretary requires deposit proceeds conveyance general account treasury deficit reduction withdraws federal land location entry patent mining laws disposition laws relating mineral geothermal leasing mineral materials


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Pacific Islands Parks Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct special resource studies of the following sites: (1) the Ka`u Coast on the island of Hawaii; (2) the northern coast of Maui, Hawaii; (3) the southeastern coast of Kauai, Hawaii; (4) historic sites on the Midway Atoll; and (5) upon request of the governor of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the island of Rota in the Commonwealth.

Requires the Secretary, in conducting each such study, to: (1) evaluate the national significance of the site and the area surrounding it, (2) determine the feasibility of designating such site as a unit of the National Park System, and (3) consider other alternatives for the preservation and interpretation of the site.

Requires the Secretary to update the study authorized under the National Park Service Studies Act of 1999 relating to World War II sites in the Republic of Palau. Instructs the Secretary to: (1) determine whether conditions have changed to justify designating such sites as a System unit, and (2) consider other alternatives for the preservation and interpretation of those sites.

parks act directs secretary interior conduct special resource studies following sites coast island hawaii northern coast maui hawaii southeastern coast kauai hawaii historic sites midway atoll request governor commonwealth_of_the_northern_mariana_islands island commonwealth requires secretary conducting study evaluate national significance site area surrounding determine feasibility designating site unit national_park_system consider alternatives preservation interpretation site requires secretary update study authorized national_park_service studies act relating world war sites republic_of_palau instructs secretary determine conditions changed justify designating sites system unit consider alternatives preservation interpretation sites


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Thompson Divide Withdrawal and Protection Act of 2013 - Withdraws the Thompson Divide Withdrawal and Protection Area (the Thompson Divide) in Colorado from: (1) entry, appropriation, and disposal under the public land laws; (2) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and (3) operation of the mineral leasing, mineral materials, and geothermal leasing laws.

Directs the Secretary of the Interior to provide a written notice to holders of valid existing mineral leases or other mineral interests within the Thompson Divide of the potential opportunity for donation, voluntary exchange, or other relinquishment of those rights for retirement.

Permits a holder of a valid mineral lease or other mineral interest within the Thompson Divide, upon receipt of such notification, to submit a written notice to the Secretary of that holder's interest in the retirement or other conveyance of such right for withdrawal and protection purposes.

Instructs the Secretary to prepare a list of interested holders and make such list available to the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA), qualified nonprofit conservation organizations, or persons interested in acquiring a right for retirement.

Requires, if any mineral lease or other mineral interest is relinquished, donated to, exchanged, or otherwise acquired by the United States within the Thompson Divide or under the authority of the Secretary or the USDA Secretary, such land to be withdrawn as described above.

 Prohibits the Secretaries from using federal funds to repurchase valid federal mineral leases or other mineral interests within the Thompson Divide.

withdrawal protection act withdraws thompson divide withdrawal colorado entry appropriation disposal public land laws location entry patent mining laws operation mineral leasing mineral materials geothermal leasing laws directs secretary interior provide written notice holders valid existing mineral leases mineral interests potential opportunity donation voluntary exchange relinquishment rights retirement permits holder valid mineral lease mineral interest receipt notification submit written notice secretary holder interest retirement conveyance right withdrawal protection purposes instructs secretary prepare list interested holders list available secretary agriculture usda qualified nonprofit conservation organizations persons interested acquiring right retirement requires mineral lease mineral interest relinquished donated exchanged acquired united_states thompson divide authority secretary usda secretary land withdrawn described prohibits secretaries federal funds repurchase valid federal mineral leases mineral interests


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Amends the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) and the Secretary of the Interior, as appropriate, to implement procedures to ensure that not less than 600,000 acres of federal land each fiscal year are treated with mechanical treatments intended to produce merchantable wood.

Directs the Secretary to: (1) declare that emergency circumstances exist for all federal land affected by a catastrophic event, including federal land outside urban interface areas; and (2) take actions necessary for the rehabilitation or restoration of such federal land, with highest priority given to land impacted by large-scale beetle infestations.

Directs the Secretary to initiate salvage activities on federal land affected by a catastrophic event so as to prevent significant deterioration of timber values, development of significant fire hazard, or other forest mortality that would prevent such land from regenerating to forest within five years.

Excludes from the provisions of this Act: (1) a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System; (2) federal land on which the removal of vegetation is prohibited or restricted by Congress, the President, or a land management plan; or (3) a wilderness study area.

amends healthy forests restoration act direct secretary agriculture usda secretary interior appropriate implement procedures ensure acres federal land fiscal year treated mechanical treatments intended produce merchantable wood directs secretary declare emergency circumstances exist federal land affected catastrophic event including federal land outside urban interface areas actions necessary rehabilitation restoration federal land highest priority given land impacted large scale beetle infestations directs secretary initiate salvage activities federal land affected catastrophic event prevent significant deterioration timber values development significant fire hazard forest mortality prevent land forest years excludes provisions act component national_wilderness_preservation_system federal land removal vegetation prohibited restricted congress president land management plan wilderness study area


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Offshore Fairness Act - Amends the Submerged Lands Act to extend the seaward boundaries of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia to a line three marine leagues (currently, three geographic miles) distant from the coast line.

Directs the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) notify such states of the right to request a conveyance of the applicable interest of the United States in and to the expanded submerged land; and (2) at such a state's request, convey to the applicable state the interest of the United States in and to such land.

Prohibits states conveyed such land from imposing: (1) burdens or requirements on an interest owner that would be stricter than any federal burdens or requirements, and (2) administrative or judicial penalties or sanctions on an interest owner that are more severe than any federal administrative or judicial penalty or sanction.

Declares submerged land within the seaward boundaries of such states to be subject to federal oil and gas mineral rights and to be considered part of the federal outer continental shelf for purposes of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006, and other laws applicable to the leasing of the oil and gas resources.

 Prohibits this Act from affecting any federal oil and gas lease in effect on the date of the land conveyance. Excludes from specified requirements and prohibitions any interest in the expanded submerged land that is granted by the state after the date on which the land is conveyed.

Authorizes such states to exercise their sovereign taxation powers within the entire extent of the extended seaward boundaries. Prohibits this Act from affecting a state's authority to tax any federal oil and gas lease in effect on the date of enactment of this Act.

Directs the Secretary of Commerce to grant such states exclusive fishery management authority over: (1) reef fish in the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean in the expanded submerged land, (2) red snapper fish in designated areas until the state's governor certifies that the stock assessments of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) are accurate and based on sound science.

offshore fairness act amends submerged lands act extend seaward boundaries alabama florida georgia louisiana mississippi north_carolina south_carolina virginia line marine leagues currently geographic miles distant coast line directs secretary interior notify states right request conveyance applicable interest united_states expanded submerged land state request convey applicable state interest united_states land prohibits states conveyed land imposing burdens requirements interest owner federal burdens requirements administrative judicial penalties sanctions interest owner severe federal administrative judicial penalty sanction declares submerged land seaward boundaries states subject federal oil gas mineral rights considered federal outer continental shelf purposes outer_continental_shelf_lands_act gulf_of_mexico_energy_security_act laws applicable leasing oil gas resources prohibits act affecting federal oil gas lease effect date land conveyance excludes specified requirements prohibitions interest expanded submerged land granted state date land conveyed authorizes states exercise sovereign taxation powers entire extent extended seaward boundaries prohibits act affecting state authority tax federal oil gas lease effect date enactment act directs secretary commerce grant states exclusive fishery management authority reef fish gulf_of_mexico atlantic_ocean expanded submerged land red snapper fish designated areas state governor certifies stock assessments national_oceanic_and_atmospheric_administration noaa accurate based sound science


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Alaska Subsistence Structure Protection Act of 2013 - Requires the maximum land use fee for a special use permit issued by the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) for the use and occupancy of a covered cabin or temporary structure on National Forest System land in Alaska to be not more than $250.

Defines "covered cabin or temporary structure" to mean a cabin (including related structures) or a tent platform on System land in Alaska: (1) that is used for subsistence uses; (2) that is subject to the disclaimer of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA) allowing the renewal or continuation of valid existing cabin leases or permits for cabins, homesites, and similar structures on federal lands; (3) that is subject to the ANILCA requirement that the Secretary permit the continuation of existing uses, and the future establishment and use of, temporary campsites, tent platforms, shelters, and other related temporary facilities and equipment with respect to the taking of fish and wildlife; or (4) that is used for commercial fishing by a permittee not generating more than $15,000 in gross annual income from the fishery.

alaska subsistence structure protection act requires maximum land use fee special use permit issued secretary agriculture usda use occupancy covered cabin temporary structure national_forest_system land alaska defines covered cabin temporary structure mean cabin including related structures platform system land alaska subsistence uses subject disclaimer alaska_national_interest_lands_conservation_act anilca allowing renewal continuation valid existing cabin leases permits cabins similar structures federal lands subject anilca requirement secretary permit continuation existing uses future establishment use temporary platforms shelters related temporary facilities equipment respect taking fish wildlife commercial fishing permittee generating gross annual income fishery


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National Forest Insect and Disease Treatment Act of 2013 - Amends the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) or the Secretary of the Interior, as appropriate, to designate as part of an insect and disease treatment and research pilot program at least one subwatershed in at least one national forest in each state that is experiencing an insect or disease epidemic and characterized by: (1) substantially increased tree mortality due to infestation; (2) the risk of substantially increased tree mortality over the next 15 years due to infestation; or (3) presence in an area in which the risk of hazard trees poses an imminent risk to public infrastructure, health, or safety.

Authorizes the Secretary to carry out priority projects on federal land in the designated subwatersheds to reduce the risk or extent of, or increase the resilience to, insect or disease infestation in the subwatersheds. Deems such projects to be authorized hazardous fuel reduction projects.

Extends the authorization of appropriations for the insect infestation and related diseases program through FY2018.

amends healthy forests restoration act direct secretary agriculture usda secretary interior appropriate designate insect disease treatment research pilot program subwatershed national forest state experiencing insect disease epidemic characterized substantially increased tree mortality infestation risk substantially increased tree mortality years infestation presence area risk hazard trees poses imminent risk public infrastructure health safety authorizes secretary carry priority projects federal land designated subwatersheds reduce risk extent increase resilience insect disease infestation subwatersheds deems projects authorized hazardous fuel reduction projects extends authorization appropriations insect infestation related diseases program fy2018


Summary: America's Red Rock Wilderness Act of 2013 - Designates specified lands in the following areas of Utah as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System: (1) Great Basin, (2) Grand Staircase-Escalante, (3) Moab-La Sal Canyons, (4) Henry Mountains, (5) Glen Canyon, (6) San Juan-Anasazi, (7) Canyonlands Basin, (8) San Rafael Swell, and (9) Book Cliffs and Uinta Basin. Sets forth administrative provisions regarding: (1) the exchange of state-owned lands within such areas, (2) federal reservation of water rights, (3) measurement of setbacks for roads with wilderness, (4) authorized livestock grazing, and (5) withdrawal of such lands from disposition under certain public land laws.

america red rock wilderness act designates specified lands following areas utah components national_wilderness_preservation_system great_basin grand staircase escalante moab sal canyons henry_mountains glen_canyon san_juan-anasazi san rafael swell book cliffs uinta basin sets forth administrative provisions exchange state owned lands areas federal reservation water rights measurement setbacks roads wilderness authorized livestock grazing withdrawal lands disposition certain public land laws


Summary: Soledad Canyon Settlement Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to cancel Bureau of Land Management (BLM) mineral contracts CA-20139 and CA-22901 (located in Soledad Canyon, California) and compensate the contract holder for the cancellation of such contracts with proceeds from the sale of lands near Victorville, California. Withdraws affected areas from mining.

secretary interior cancel bureau_of_land_management blm mineral contracts ca-20139 ca-22901 located california compensate contract holder cancellation contracts proceeds sale lands near california withdraws affected areas mining


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Columbine-Hondo Wilderness Act - Title I: Addition to the National Wilderness Preservation System - (Sec. 101) Designates approximately 45,000 acres of specified land in Carson National Forest in New Mexico as: (1) the Columbine-Hondo Wilderness, and (2) a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System. States that Congress does not intend for the designation to create a protective perimeter or buffer zone around the Wilderness.

Authorizes the grazing of livestock to continue in the wilderness if grazing was established before this Act's enactment, and if it proceeds in accordance with specified guidelines.

Releases any federal land within the Columbine-Hondo Wilderness Study Area administered by the Forest Service that is not designated as wilderness by this Act from further review for designation as wilderness.

(Sec. 102) Modifies the boundary of the Wheeler Peak Wilderness in New Mexico.

Title II: Land Conveyances and Sales - (Sec. 201) Directs Department of Agriculture (USDA) to convey to the town of Red River, New Mexico, without consideration and by quitclaim deed, one or more of Parcels, 1, 2, 3, and 4 of federal land in Taos County, New Mexico. Subjects the conveyance to public rights-of-way through Parcels 1, 3, and 4 and an administrative right-of-way through Parcel 2 reserved by the United States. Requires the town to use Parcel 1 for a wastewater treatment plant, Parcel 2 for a cemetery, Parcel 3 for a public park, and Parcel 4 for a public road.

(Sec. 202) Directs USDA to convey approximately 4.6 acres of National Forest System land to the village of Taos Ski Valley in New Mexico. Subjects the conveyance to an administrative right-of-way reserved to the United States. Directs the Village to use the land for a wastewater treatment plant.

(Sec. 203) Authorizes the USDA to convey at fair market value: (1) 0.2 acres of National Forest System land in New Mexico depicted as Parcel 5 to the holder of the permit numbered,"QUE302101," and (2) 0.1 acres of National Forest System land depicted as Parcel 6 to the owner of the private property adjacent to that parcel. Requires proceeds from the sale to be deposited in the Sisk Act fund.

addition sec designates approximately acres specified land carson_national_forest new_mexico hondo wilderness component national_wilderness_preservation_system states congress intend designation create protective perimeter buffer zone wilderness authorizes grazing livestock continue wilderness grazing established act enactment proceeds accordance specified guidelines releases federal land hondo wilderness study area administered forest_service designated wilderness act review designation wilderness sec modifies boundary peak wilderness new_mexico title land conveyances sales sec usda convey town red_river new_mexico consideration quitclaim deed parcels federal land new_mexico subjects conveyance public rights way parcels administrative right way parcel reserved united_states requires town use parcel wastewater treatment plant parcel cemetery parcel public park parcel public road sec directs usda convey approximately acres national_forest_system land village taos ski valley new_mexico subjects conveyance administrative right way reserved united_states directs village use land wastewater treatment plant sec authorizes usda convey fair market value acres national_forest_system land new_mexico depicted parcel holder permit acres national_forest_system land depicted parcel owner private property adjacent parcel requires proceeds sale deposited sisk act fund


Summary: Coal Miner Employment and Domestic Energy Infrastructure Protection Act of 2013 - Prohibits the Secretary of the Interior, before December 31, 2017, from issuing or approving any proposed or final regulation under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 that would: (1) adversely impact employment in coal mines in the United States; (2) cause a reduction in revenue received by the federal government or any state, tribal, or local government, by reducing through regulation the quantity of coal in the United States that is available for mining; (3) reduce the quantity of coal available for domestic consumption or for export; (4) designate any area as unsuitable for surface coal mining and reclamation operations; (5) expose the United States to liability for taking the value of privately owned coal through regulation; or (6) cause further time delays to permitting or increase costs.

prohibits secretary interior december issuing approving proposed final regulation surface_mining_control reclamation act adversely impact employment coal mines united_states cause reduction revenue received federal government state tribal local government reducing regulation quantity coal united_states available mining reduce quantity coal available domestic consumption export designate area unsuitable surface coal mining reclamation operations expose united_states liability taking value privately owned coal regulation cause time delays permitting increase costs


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Hermosa Creek Watershed Protection Act of 2014 - (Sec. 3) Designates 70,650 acres of federal lands in San Juan National Forest in Colorado as the Hermosa Creek Special Management Area.

Requires the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to conserve, protect, and manage the resources of the Special Management Area in accordance with the National Forest Management Act of 1976. Permits motorized or mechanized vehicles in the Area only on road and trails designated for use by those vehicles. Directs the USDA to authorize the use of vehicles that go over snow within the Area when there is adequate snow coverage. Authorizes the USDA to permit grazing within the Area if the grazing is established before this Act's enactment.

Prohibits certain road construction or renovation as well as certain commercial timber harvesting activities in the East Hermosa Area located within the Special Management Area. Provides that this Act does not affect the potential for development, operation, or maintenance of a water storage reservoir at a certain site in the Special Management Area. Requires USDA to develop within three years a management plan for the long-term protection and management of the Special Management Area that provides for recreational opportunities, including skiing, biking, hiking, fishing, hunting, horseback riding, snowmobiling, motorcycle riding, off-highway vehicle use, snowshoeing, and camping. (Sec. 4) Designates 37,236 acres of land within the Protection Area as the Hermosa Creek Wilderness.

(Sec. 5) Withdraws specified federal land and mineral interests in the area surrounding Durango, Colorado. Authorizes the Department of the Interior to convey any portion of the withdrawn land that is administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to Durango, La Plata County, or Colorado pursuant to the Recreation and Public Purposes Act.

(Sec. 6) Directs Interior, upon the expiration of a specified permit, to convey to La Plata County, Colorado, 82 acres of land managed by the BLM in the Tres Rios District in Colorado. Authorizes the land to be used for any public purpose in accordance with the Recreation and Public Purposes Act.

(Sec. 7) Designates approximately 461 acres of land in San Juan County, Colorado, as the Molas Pass Recreation Area. Provides for the use of snowmobiles in the area. Allows USDA to authorize other recreational uses in the Area.

Designates certain land as the Molas Pass Wilderness Study Area. Transfers the administration of the land from the BLM to the Forest Service.

Releases the West Needles Contiguous Wilderness Study Area in San Juan County, Colorado, from further study for designation as wilderness.

(Sec. 8) Provides that nothing in this Act establishes a buffer zone around Hermosa Creek Special Management Area or the Hermosa Creek Wilderness.

sec designates acres federal lands san juan national forest colorado requires department_of_agriculture usda conserve protect manage resources special_management_area accordance national_forest_management_act permits motorized mechanized vehicles area road trails designated use vehicles directs usda authorize use vehicles snow area adequate snow coverage authorizes usda permit grazing area grazing established act enactment prohibits certain road construction renovation certain commercial timber harvesting activities located special_management_area provides act affect potential development operation maintenance water storage reservoir certain site special_management_area requires usda develop years management plan long term protection management special_management_area provides recreational opportunities including skiing hiking fishing hunting riding riding highway vehicle use sec designates acres land creek wilderness sec withdraws specified federal land mineral interests area surrounding colorado authorizes department_of_the_interior convey portion withdrawn land administered bureau_of_land_management blm colorado pursuant recreation_and_public_purposes_act sec directs interior expiration specified permit convey colorado acres land managed blm rios district colorado authorizes land public purpose accordance recreation_and_public_purposes_act sec designates approximately acres land san_juan_county colorado provides use snowmobiles area allows usda authorize recreational uses area designates certain land transfers administration land blm forest_service releases west needles contiguous wilderness study area san_juan_county colorado study designation wilderness sec act establishes buffer zone creek wilderness


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Permanent Stewardship Contracting Authority Act of 2013 - Amends the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 to authorize the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to enter into stewardship contracting projects with private persons or other public or private entities to perform services to achieve land management goals for the national forests and public lands that meet local and rural community needs.

States that the land management goals of a project may include: (1) road and trail maintenance or obliteration to restore or maintain water quality; (2) soil productivity, habitat for wildlife and fisheries, or other resource values; (3) setting of prescribed fires to improve the composition, structure, condition, and health of stands or to improve wildlife habitat; (4) removing vegetation or other activities to promote healthy forest stands, reduce fire hazards, or achieve other land management objectives; (5) watershed restoration and maintenance; (6) restoration and maintenance of wildlife and fish; or (7) control of noxious and exotic weeds and reestablishing native plant species.

Repeals a section of the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 that provides for forest health protection.

permanent stewardship contracting authority act amends healthy forests restoration act authorize forest_service bureau_of_land_management blm enter stewardship contracting projects private persons public private entities perform services achieve land management goals national forests public lands meet local rural community needs states land management goals project include road trail maintenance restore maintain water quality soil productivity habitat wildlife fisheries resource values setting prescribed fires improve composition structure condition health stands improve wildlife habitat removing vegetation activities promote healthy forest stands reduce fire hazards achieve land management objectives watershed restoration maintenance restoration maintenance wildlife fish control noxious exotic weeds reestablishing native plant species repeals section department_of_the_interior_and_related_agencies_appropriations_act provides forest health protection


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State Mineral Revenue Protection Act - Amends the 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.

act amends mineral leasing act direct secretary interior request state alaska lieu payments state federal_oil_and_gas_royalty_management_act convey state right title interest amounts required paid treasury sales bonuses royalties including interest charges rentals public land deposits located state current law requires payment state money derived sales bonuses royalties rentals requires secretary convey alaska request right title interest amounts required paid treasury sales bonuses royalties including interest charges rentals public land deposits located alaska requires person conveyance act pay directly state person owes right title interest conveyed state requires secretary provide prompt notice conveyance duty direct payments state involved holder lease public land act applies


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Las Vegas Valley Public Land and Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument Act of 2013 - (Sec. 2) Establishes the Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument consisting of approximately 22,650 acres of public land in Clark County, Nevada, in order to conserve, protect, interpret, and enhance the paleontological, scientific, educational, and recreational resources of such land.

Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire lands or interests in land within or adjacent to the boundaries of the Monument. Withdraws any land within the Monument from: (1) entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws; (2) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and (3) operation of the mineral leasing laws, geothermal leasing laws, and mineral materials laws.

Requires the Secretary to credit land conserved for the Monument toward the development of additional non-federal land through an amendment to the Clark County Multi-Species Habitat Conservation Plan.

Terminates the Upper Las Vegas Wash Conservation Transfer Area.

Transfers from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to the National Park Service (NPS) administrative jurisdiction over the Monument land.

Requires the Secretary to develop a management plan that provides for the long-term protection and management of the Monument. Directs the Secretary to provide for interpretation of, and education and scientific research on, the Monument's paleontological resources, with priority given to the onsite exhibition and curation of those resources. Instructs the Secretary to issue a 400-foot right-of-way to a qualified electric utility for the construction of high-voltage transmission facilities if specified conditions are met. Terminates the right-of-way in 15 years if construction has not been initiated, unless the Secretary determines that it is in the public interest to continue the right-of-way.

Instructs the Secretary to issue a 100-foot right-of-way to a public water agency for the construction, maintenance, repair, and replacement of a buried water conveyance pipeline and associated facilities within the Water Conveyance Facilities Corridor and the Renewable Energy Transmission Corridor. Prohibits a public water right-of-way from being granted along the Moccasin Drive alignment. Instructs the Secretary to issue a 100-foot right-of-way to a unit of local government or a public water agency for the construction, operation, maintenance, repair, and replacement 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 to provide guidance for the management of the Monument. Terminates the Council six years after this Act's enactment unless an extension is jointly recommended by the Director of the NPS and the Director of the BLM. Withdraws the land identified on the map as BLM Withdrawal Lands from: (1) entry under the public land laws; (2) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and (3) operation of the mineral leasing, geothermal leasing, and mineral materials laws.

(Sec. 3) Adds specified land to Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area. Requires the Secretary to update the management plan to reflect the acquired land.

(Sec. 4) Requires conveyance of land managed by the BLM identified as the North Las Vegas Job Creation Zone to the city of North Las Vegas, Nevada. Allows North Las Vegas to sell any portion of the land for nonresidential development if specified conditions are met.

Requires the gross proceeds from the sale of such land to be distributed in accordance with the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act of 1998. Permits North Las Vegas to retain a portion of such land for public recreation or other public purposes.

Requires any parcel of land not conveyed for nonresidential development or reserved for recreation or other public purposes to revert to the United States, at the discretion of the Secretary, in 30 years. Requires land that North Las Vegas uses in a manner that is inconsistent with this section to revert to the United States, at the Secretary's discretion, or be sold.

(Sec. 5) Directs the Secretary to convey land managed by the BLM identified as the Las Vegas Job Creation Zone to the city of Las Vegas. Permits Las Vegas to sell any portion of such land for nonresidential development.

Permits Las Vegas to retain a portion of the land for public recreation or other public purposes.

Requires any parcel of land not conveyed for nonresidential development or reserved for recreation or other public purposes to revert to the United States, at the discretion of the Secretary, in 30 years. Requires land that Las Vegas uses in a manner that is inconsistent with this section to revert to the United States, at the Secretary's discretion, or be sold.

(Sec. 6) Amends the Clark County Conservation of Public Land and Natural Resources Act of 2002 to convey additional land identified as the Las Vegas Police Shooting Range to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department.

(Sec. 7) Excludes certain lands in the Spring Mountains National Recreation Area from withdrawal from: (1) all forms of entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws; (2) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and (3) operation under the mineral leasing and geothermal leasing laws.

(Sec. 8) Permits Clark County to convey to a unit of local government or regional governmental entity land within the Airport Environs Overlay District if the land is used for a water or wastewater treatment facility or any other public purpose.

(Sec. 9) Requires specified federal lands to be conveyed to the Nevada System of Higher Education for the Great Basin College, the College of Southern Nevada, and the University of Nevada if specified conditions are met.

Requires the federal land conveyed to be used in accordance with a specified agreement between the Board of Regents and the 99th Air Base Wing, Nellis Air Force Base.

 (Sec. 10) Directs the Secretary to convey specified land managed by the BLM to Clark County for the development of flood mitigation infrastructure for the Southern Nevada Supplemental Airport if specified conditions are met.

 Requires the Secretary to reserve the mineral estate with respect to the conveyed land, except for purposes related to flood mitigation (including removal from aggregate flood events).

Withdraws the public land to be conveyed from: (1) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and (2) operation of the mineral leasing and geothermal leasing laws.

Requires the land conveyed to revert to the United States, at the option of the Secretary, if the land conveyed to Clark County under the Ivanpah Valley Airport Public Lands Transfer Act reverts to the United States.

Requires all interest of the county in the land shall revert, at the option of the Secretary, to the United States if the county is not using the land conveyed for the withdrawn purpose.

(Sec. 11) Releases the Sunrise Mountain Instant Study Area from further study for designation as wilderness.

 (Sec. 12) Directs the Secretary to convey to Clark County all interest of the United States in the Clark County Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation Park.

Requires the Secretary to reserve the mineral estate in the conveyed land, except for purposes related to flood mitigation (including removal from aggregate flood events).

Permits the parcels of land conveyed to be used by the Clark County for any public purposes.

Requires the land to revert to the United States, at the option of the Secretary, if Clark County ceases to use the land as intended.

Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force and Clark County to develop a special management plan for the land.

Amends the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act of 1998 to permit amounts in the special account to be expended by the Secretary for the Clark County Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation Park.

 Designates the Nellis Dunes Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation Area. Authorizes the Secretary to develop a special management plan for the Nellis Dunes Off-Highway Recreation Area to enhance the safe use of off-highway vehicles for recreational purposes.

(Sec. 13) Amends the Military Lands Withdrawal Act of 1999 to withdraw and reserve specified additional lands in Clark County for Nellis Air Force Base.

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resources priority given onsite exhibition curation resources instructs secretary issue foot right way qualified electric utility construction high voltage transmission facilities specified conditions met terminates right way years construction initiated secretary determines public interest continue right way instructs secretary issue foot right way public water agency construction maintenance repair replacement buried water conveyance pipeline associated facilities prohibits public water right way granted drive alignment instructs secretary issue foot right way unit local government public water agency construction operation maintenance repair replacement buried water conveyance pipeline access existing buried water pipeline facility surge tank establishes tule springs fossil beds national monument advisory council provide guidance management monument terminates council years act enactment extension jointly recommended director nps director blm withdraws land identified map blm 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recreation public purposes requires parcel land conveyed nonresidential development reserved recreation public purposes revert united_states discretion secretary years requires land las_vegas uses manner inconsistent section revert united_states secretary discretion sold sec amends convey additional land identified sec excludes certain lands withdrawal forms entry appropriation disposal public land laws location entry patent mining laws operation mineral leasing geothermal leasing laws sec permits clark_county convey unit local government regional governmental entity land airport environs overlay district land water wastewater treatment facility public purpose sec requires specified federal lands conveyed nevada_system_of_higher_education great_basin_college college_of_southern_nevada university_of_nevada specified conditions met requires federal land conveyed accordance specified agreement board_of_regents air base wing sec directs secretary convey specified land managed blm clark_county development flood mitigation infrastructure specified conditions met requires secretary reserve mineral estate respect conveyed land purposes related flood mitigation including removal aggregate flood events withdraws public land conveyed location entry patent mining laws operation mineral leasing geothermal leasing laws requires land conveyed revert united_states option secretary land conveyed clark_county public lands transfer act reverts united_states requires interest county land shall revert option secretary united_states county land conveyed withdrawn purpose sec releases sunrise mountain instant study area study designation wilderness sec directs secretary convey clark_county interest united_states clark county highway vehicle recreation park requires secretary reserve mineral estate conveyed land purposes related flood mitigation including removal aggregate flood events permits parcels land conveyed clark_county public purposes requires land revert united_states option secretary clark_county ceases use land intended authorizes secretary air_force clark_county develop special management plan land amends southern_nevada_public_land_management_act permit amounts special account expended secretary designates dunes highway vehicle recreation area authorizes secretary develop special management plan enhance safe use highway vehicles recreational purposes sec amends military lands withdrawal act withdraw reserve specified additional lands clark_county air force base


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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.

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.

directs secretary interior secretary agriculture usda implement process provide eligible organizations individuals expedited access federal lands conduct good samaritan search recovery missions 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


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Gold Butte National Conservation Area Act - Establishes the Gold Butte National Conservation Area in Nevada.

Establishes the Gold Butte National Conservation Area Advisory Council.

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

Authorizes the Secretary, through the BLM, to establish a visitor center and field office in Mesquite, Nevada, to assist in fulfilling the purposes of the Lake Mead National Recreation Area, the Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument, and the Conservation Area.

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

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

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

Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails Network Reauthorization Act - Amends the Chesapeake Bay Initiative Act of 1998 to reauthorize through FY2018 the Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails Network.

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Summary: Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act - Makes an employee of a land management agency who served under a time-limited appointment in the competitive service eligible to compete for a permanent appointment in the agency if the original appointment was competitive, totaled a period of at least 24 months, and the employee's performance was at an acceptable level. Requires such an employee's appointment to a full-time position, if such a position is offered and the employee agrees to such employment, if the original position stated that there was the potential for the position to become permanent.

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Limestone Hills Training Area Withdrawal Act of 2014 - (Sec. 2) Withdraws 18,644 acres of public lands and interests in Broadwater County, Montana.

Reserves the withdrawn land for the Army for: (1) training for active and reserve forces; (2) construction and operation of support and maintenance facilities for those forces; (3) training by the Montana Department of Military Affairs; (4) training by state and local law enforcement agencies, civil defense organizations, and public education institutions; and (5) other defense-related purposes.

Prohibits anything in this Act from being construed as altering any rights reserved for an Indian tribe for tribal use of land within the military land withdrawal area by treaty or federal law. Requires the Army to consult with any Indian tribes in the vicinity of the withdrawal area before taking action affecting tribal rights or cultural resources protected by treaty or federal law.

(Sec. 4) Subjects the withdrawn federal land to regulations related to locatable mineral activities and mining.

Prohibits the Army from restricting mining on the land.

Directs the Army to remove unexploded ordnance on land subject to mining. Requires the Army and the Department of the Interior to enter into an agreement regarding coordination of defense-related uses and mining and the ongoing removal of unexploded ordnance.

(Sec. 5) Gives Interior authority to issue grazing permits and leases on this land.

(Sec. 6) Terminates this withdrawal and reservation on March 31, 2039.

(Sec. 7) Permits hunting, fishing, and trapping on the withdrawn land.

(Sec. 8) Declares that nothing in this Act shall be construed to: (1) establish a reservation in favor of the United States with respect to any water or water right on withdrawn land, or (2) authorize the appropriation of water on such land except in accordance with applicable state law.

(Sec. 9 ) Requires the Army to take necessary precautions to prevent, and actions to, suppress brush and range fires occurring as a result of military activities on the land.

Requires Interior, at the Army's request, to assist in the suppression of such fires, and be reimbursed by the Army.

(Sec. 10) Instructs the Secretary of the Army to maintain a program of decontamination on the land for defense-related contamination.

(Sec. 11) Prescribes a procedure for extending the withdrawal after its termination date.

(Sec. 12) Declares that, upon termination of the withdrawal under this Act, the previously withdrawn land shall not be open to any form of appropriation under the public land laws, including the mining laws and the mineral leasing and geothermal leasing laws, until Interior publishes an appropriate order specifying when such land will be restored to the public domain and opened for such purposes.

(Sec. 13) Prescribes a procedure for the Army to relinquish any or all of the lands.

Requires the Army to decontaminate the relinquished land if practicable and economically feasible.

Absolves Interior of any obligation to accept contaminated land or any land determined not suitable for return to the public domain.

area withdrawal act sec withdraws acres public lands interests montana reserves withdrawn land army training active reserve forces construction operation support maintenance facilities forces training training state local law enforcement agencies civil defense organizations public education institutions defense related purposes prohibits act construed altering rights reserved indian tribe tribal use land military land withdrawal area treaty federal law requires army consult indian tribes vicinity withdrawal area taking action affecting tribal rights cultural resources protected treaty federal law sec subjects withdrawn federal land regulations related locatable mineral activities mining prohibits army restricting mining land directs army remove unexploded ordnance land subject mining requires army department_of_the_interior enter agreement coordination defense related uses mining ongoing removal unexploded ordnance sec gives interior authority issue grazing permits leases land sec terminates withdrawal reservation march sec permits hunting fishing trapping withdrawn land sec declares act shall construed establish reservation favor united_states respect water water right withdrawn land authorize appropriation water land accordance applicable state law sec requires army necessary precautions prevent actions suppress brush range fires occurring result military activities land requires interior army request assist suppression fires reimbursed army sec instructs secretary army maintain program decontamination land defense related contamination sec prescribes procedure extending withdrawal termination date sec declares termination withdrawal act previously withdrawn land shall open form appropriation public land laws including mining laws mineral leasing geothermal leasing laws interior publishes appropriate order specifying land restored public domain opened purposes sec prescribes procedure army relinquish lands requires army relinquished land practicable economically feasible absolves interior obligation accept contaminated land land determined suitable return public domain


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Target Practice and Marksmanship Training Support Act - Amends the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to: (1) authorize a state to pay up to 90% of the costs of acquiring land for, expanding, or constructing a public target range; (2) authorize a state to elect to allocate 10% of a specified amount apportioned to it from the federal aid to wildlife restoration fund for such costs; (3) limit the federal share of such costs under such Act to 90%; and (4) require amounts provided for such costs under such Act to remain available for expenditure and obligation for five fiscal years.

Shields the United States from any civil action or claim for money damages for injury to or loss of property, personal injury, or death caused by an activity occurring at a public target range that is funded by the federal government pursuant to such Act or located on federal land, except to the extent provided under the Federal Tort Claims Act with respect to the exercise or performance of a discretionary function.

Urges the Chief of the Forest Service and the Director of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to cooperate with state and local authorities and other entities to carry out waste removal and other activities on any federal land used as a public target range to encourage its continued use for target practice or marksmanship training.

target_practice marksmanship training support act amends pittman robertson wildlife restoration act authorize state pay costs acquiring land expanding constructing public target range authorize state elect allocate specified apportioned federal aid wildlife restoration fund costs limit federal share costs act require amounts provided costs act remain available expenditure obligation fiscal years shields united_states civil action claim money damages injury loss property personal injury death caused activity occurring public target range funded federal government pursuant act located federal land extent provided federal tort claims act respect exercise performance discretionary function urges chief forest_service director bureau_of_land_management blm cooperate state local authorities entities carry waste removal activities federal land public target range encourage continued use target practice marksmanship training


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Douglas County Conservation Act of 2013 - Designates specified federal land managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), to be known as the Burbank Canyons Wilderness, as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System.

Releases BLM land in any part of the Burbank Canyon Wilderness not designated as wilderness by this Act from further study for designation as wilderness.

Transfers all interest of the United States in certain land which shall be held in trust for the Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California, and which shall become part of the Tribe's reservation.

Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to implement a cooperative management agreement for the land identified as the Cooperative Management Area in order to: (1) preserve cultural resources, (2) ensure regular access by members of the Tribe and the community across National Forest System land for cultural and religious purposes, and (3) protect recreational uses.

Requires the Secretary concerned to convey certain Forest Service land (Lake Tahoe-Nevada State Park) to the state of Nevada, to be used for the conservation of wildlife or natural resources or for a public park. (Defines "Secretary concerned" as the Secretary of Agriculture. acting through the Chief of the Forest Service, for National Forest System lands, and the Secretary of the Interior for land managed by BLM.)

Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to make publicly available a prospectus to solicit one or more concessionaires for the lands identified as the Round Hill Pines Resort and Zephyr Shoals.

Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service, to transfer from the Forest Service to Nevada, Douglas County (the county), or the applicable unit of local government, certain lands or interests which are unsuitable for Forest Service administration or necessary for a public purpose.

Authorizes the Secretary concerned to convey or lease specified lands to the county to be managed for flood control and management, water resource infrastructure, recreation and public purposes, or forest service recreation.

Directs the Secretary concerned to conduct one or more sales of specified BLM and county lands to qualified bidders.

Amends the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act of 1998 to specify the use of funds for federal land in Douglas County.

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

Tennessee Wilderness Act - Designates specified federal lands in Cherokee National Forest in Tennessee as wilderness and as additions to the National Wilderness Preservation System.

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Stewardship Contracting Reauthorization and Improvement Act - (Sec. 2) Amends the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 to authorize the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to enter into stewardship contracting projects with private persons or other public or private entities to perform services to achieve land management goals for the national forests and public lands that meet local and rural community needs.

States that the land management goals of a project may include: (1) road and trail maintenance or obliteration to restore or maintain water quality; (2) soil productivity, habitat for wildlife and fisheries, or other resource values; (3) setting of prescribed fires to improve the composition, structure, condition, and health of stands or to improve wildlife habitat; (4) removing vegetation or other activities to promote healthy forest stands, reduce fire hazards, or achieve other land management objectives; (5) watershed restoration and maintenance; (6) restoration and maintenance of wildlife and fish; or (7) control of noxious and exotic weeds and reestablishing native plant species.

Requires a source for performance of an agreement or contract under this Act to be selected on a best-value basis.

Permits a contract, at the discretion of the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA), to be considered a contract for the sale of property.

Limits contracts to no more than 10 years.

Allows, as an offset against the cost of services received under the agreement or contract, the value of removed timber or other forest products.

Sets forth requirements for fire liability provisions.

Permits the Forest Service and the BLM to collect monies from an agreement or contract if the collection is a secondary objective of negotiating the contract that will best achieve the purposes of this Act.

Allows recovery of certain costs of removal of timber or other forest products, notwithstanding that the contractor did not harvest the timber.

Authorizes performance and payment bonds in an amount determined sufficient to protect the investment in receipts by the federal government generated by the contractor from the estimated value of the forest products to be removed.

Requires a multiparty monitoring and evaluation process to assess the stewardship contracting projects conducted under this Act.

Requires annual reports to Congress on: (1) the status of agreements or contracts under this Act, (2) the accomplishments that have resulted, and (3) the role of local communities in the development of agreements or contract plans.

Instructs the Forest Service and the BLM to offset any direct spending authorized under this Act using any additional amounts that may be made available to the Forest Service or the BLM for the applicable fiscal year.

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Oregon Eastside Forests Restoration, Old Growth Protection, and Jobs Act of 2013 - Provides for the management of forest service land in Washington on the eastside of the Cascade Range (covered area).

(Sec. 102) Directs the Forest Service to manage the forest in accordance with this Act for 15 years.

Directs the Forest Service in the covered area to seek to: (1) conserve and restore forest and watershed health; (2) reduce the risk of, and increase the resistance and resiliency of the land to, uncharacteristic disturbances; (3) allow for characteristic natural disturbances; and (4) harvest wood to maintain the appropriate scale of industry infrastructure to accomplish these goals.

Instructs the Forest Service to: (1) use landscape-scale planning based on watershed boundaries as a tool to implement vegetation management and ecological restoration projects; and (2) seek to achieve planning and implementation efficiencies by working with the relevant collaborative group, the Eastside Forest Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel established by this Act, and other partners.

Instructs the Forest Service to identify and retain trees that are 150 years of age or older, with exceptions.

 Limits road construction in carrying out any vegetation management project.

Requires the Forest Service to ensure that the projects include monitoring to inform an assessment of the effectiveness of treatments and adaptive management of future projects.

 (Sec. 103) Authorizes the Forest Service to establish performance objectives for the covered area. Requires each performance goal to be measured annually for a 15-year period.

 Requires the Forest Service to prioritize vegetative management project and hazardous fuels reduction activities in the covered area.

Requires the Forest Service to prepare, offer, and promptly implement projects that are predominantly comprised of mechanical treatment in the covered area that emphasize sawtimber as a byproduct and meet specified criteria.

 Requires the Forest Service to prioritize for treatment any area that has opportunities for reduced planning and implementation costs because of opportunities to work with a collaborative group on a project, or opportunities to use non-federal resources to complete a project.

(Sec. 104) Requires the primary focus of aquatic and riparian protection activities to be to protect, maintain, and restore natural ecological functions and processes beneficial to water quality and quantity, including temperature and turbidity, native fish and wildlife, and watershed resilience.

States that desired watershed conditions shall include maintaining or enhancing riparian processes and conditions to ensure that the watersheds operate consistently with local disturbance regimes and support native flora and fauna.

Directs the Forest Service to develop an aquatic and riparian conservation strategy that incorporates riparian management areas, key watersheds, watershed analysis, watershed restoration and monitoring.

 (Sec. 105) Requires the Secretary to establish the Eastside Forest Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel to advise the Secretary, collaborative groups, and the public about the development and implementation of: (1) goals to improve forest and watershed health and related social and economic goals in the covered area; and (2) projects needed to accomplish goals.

 (Sec. 106) Directs the Forest Service to implement ecological restoration projects in the covered area to support land management goals.

Directs the Forest Service to implement at least one ecological restoration project with a gross planning area of 50,000 acres for each national forest in the covered area that provides landscape-scale work within a watershed area within three years.

Requires the Forest Service, in developing and implementing ecological restoration projects, to consider the best available science and data, the recommendations of the Advisory Panel, the views of collaborative groups, and dry and moist forest plant association groups.

Requires the Forest Service to examine opportunities for, and achieve, a net reduction in the permanent road system to improve forest and watershed health.

Requires the Forest Service to prioritize ecological restoration projects in the covered area, taking into consideration: (1) the criteria to be considered in developing and implementing such projects, and (2) the degree to which such projects would improve forest health and watershed health.

Instructs the Forest Service, in selecting and planning ecological restoration projects, to prioritize projects that meet certain criteria.

(Sec. 107) Directs the Forest Service to consult with, and consider the recommendations of, any collaborative group that meet certain criteria.

(Sec. 108) Directs the Forest Service to carry out vegetation management projects and ecological restoration projects in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA).

Instructs the Forest Service to prepare a large scale environmental impact statement to support a record of decision for vegetation management projects in National Forests in the eastern part of Oregon for projects that share ecological conditions and resource issues, including projects: (1) that are located wholly in dry ponderosa pine and dry mixed conifer forests types, (2) that are endorsed by or the product of a collaborative group, and (3) no portion of which is located in an inventoried roadless area.

Requires the environmental impact statement to be used as the basis for decisions on covered vegetation management projects and ecological restoration projects, except for limited projects: (1) that are developed after the completion of such statement; and (2) for which such statement does not adequately analyze the work to be performed.

Instructs the Forest Service to complete the record of decision for the environmental impact statement within one year.

Specifies the legal timeline for a legal challenge to the environmental impact statement and record of decision.

(Sec. 109) Makes this title inapplicable to a vegetation management project that is: (1) initiated more than 180 days before this Act's enactment; or (2) approved or under a contract before that date.

 Requires the Forest Service to prepare a report on the implementation of this title.

 Terminates the authority provided by this title 15 years after enactment of this Act.

(Sec. 110) Permits any amounts appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this title to be used to support cost-sharing authorities provided by this title.

Prohibits the Forest Service from diverting funding from a national forest or grassland outside of Oregon to meet the performance requirements of this title.

Permits the Forest Service to reprogram any funds: (1) made available to the Secretary through an appropriation for the National Forest System, and (2) allocated to be used on the national forests in the covered area.

Prohibits any funds appropriated for a recreation or grazing activity from being subject to reprogramming.

Title II: Cooperative Partnership Funding - (Sec. 201) Amends the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996 to permit expenditures for the preparation of timber sales to include expenditures for forest planning activities necessary for timber sales for projects that are located on any landscape that receives funding under the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009.

(Sec. 202) Directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to carry out projects to address the restoration of forests in cooperation with the states.

jobs_act provides management forest service land washington range covered area sec directs forest_service manage forest accordance act years directs forest_service covered area seek conserve restore forest watershed health reduce risk increase resistance resiliency land disturbances allow characteristic natural disturbances harvest wood maintain appropriate scale industry infrastructure accomplish goals instructs forest_service use landscape scale planning based watershed boundaries tool implement vegetation management ecological restoration projects seek achieve planning implementation efficiencies working relevant collaborative group forest scientific technical advisory panel established act partners instructs forest_service identify retain trees years age older exceptions limits road construction carrying vegetation management project requires forest_service ensure projects include monitoring inform assessment effectiveness treatments adaptive management future projects sec authorizes forest_service establish performance objectives covered area requires performance goal measured annually year period requires forest_service prioritize vegetative management project hazardous fuels reduction activities covered area requires forest_service prepare offer promptly implement projects predominantly comprised mechanical treatment covered area emphasize byproduct meet specified criteria requires forest_service prioritize treatment area opportunities reduced planning implementation costs opportunities work collaborative group project opportunities use non federal resources complete project sec requires primary focus aquatic riparian protection activities protect maintain restore natural ecological functions processes beneficial water quality quantity including temperature native fish wildlife watershed resilience states desired watershed conditions shall include maintaining enhancing riparian processes conditions ensure watersheds operate consistently local disturbance regimes support native flora directs forest_service develop aquatic riparian conservation strategy incorporates riparian management areas key watersheds watershed analysis watershed restoration monitoring sec requires secretary establish advise secretary collaborative groups public development implementation goals improve forest watershed health related social economic goals covered area projects needed accomplish goals sec directs forest_service implement ecological restoration projects covered area support land management goals implement ecological restoration project gross planning area acres national forest covered area provides landscape scale work watershed area years requires forest_service developing implementing ecological restoration projects consider best available science data recommendations advisory_panel views collaborative groups dry forest plant association groups requires forest_service examine opportunities achieve net reduction permanent road system improve forest watershed health requires forest_service prioritize ecological restoration projects covered area taking consideration criteria considered developing implementing projects degree projects improve forest health watershed health instructs forest_service selecting planning ecological restoration projects prioritize projects meet certain criteria sec directs forest_service consult consider recommendations collaborative group meet certain criteria sec directs forest_service carry vegetation management projects ecological restoration projects accordance national_environmental_policy_act nepa instructs forest_service prepare large scale environmental impact statement support record decision vegetation management projects eastern oregon projects share ecological conditions resource issues including projects located wholly dry pine dry mixed forests types endorsed product collaborative group portion located inventoried roadless area requires environmental impact statement basis decisions covered vegetation management projects ecological restoration projects limited projects developed completion statement statement adequately analyze work performed instructs forest_service complete record decision environmental impact statement year specifies legal timeline legal challenge environmental impact statement record decision sec makes title inapplicable vegetation management project initiated days act enactment approved contract date requires forest_service prepare report implementation title terminates authority provided title years enactment act sec permits amounts appropriated secretary carry title support cost sharing authorities provided title diverting funding national forest grassland outside oregon meet performance requirements title reprogram funds available secretary appropriation national_forest_system allocated national forests covered area prohibits funds appropriated recreation grazing activity subject reprogramming title cooperative partnership funding sec amends department_of_the_interior_and_related_agencies_appropriations_act permit expenditures preparation timber sales include expenditures forest planning activities necessary timber sales projects located landscape receives funding omnibus_public_land_management_act sec directs department_of_agriculture usda carry projects address restoration forests cooperation states


Summary:
Lake Hill Administrative Site Affordable Housing Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA), upon receiving an offer from Summit County, Colorado, in which the county agrees to be responsible for the costs specified below, to convey to the county 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 such direct sale of such Site.

lake hill administrative site affordable housing act directs secretary agriculture usda receiving offer colorado county agrees responsible costs specified convey county interest united_states approximately acres national_forest_system land county identified lake hill administrative site makes summit county responsible processing transaction costs related direct sale site