Summary: Piedras Blancas Historic Light Station Outstanding Natural Area Act of 2007 - Establishes the Piedras Blancas Historic Light Station Outstanding Natural Area (Outstanding Natural Area) in San Luis Obispo County, California. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to manage the Outstanding Natural Area as part of the National Landscape Conservation System.Directs the Secretary of the Interior to manage the Outstanding Natural Area as part of the National Landscape Conservation System and to allow only those uses that further the purposes for the establishment of the Area, the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, and other applicable laws. Withdraws the federal lands and interests in lands included within the Outstanding Natural Area from: (1) all forms of entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws; (2) location, entry, and patent under the public land mining laws, and (3) operation of the mineral leasing and geothermal leasing laws and the mineral material laws. Requires the Secretary to: (1) manage the Outstanding Natural Area in a manner that conserves, protects, and enhances the unique and nationally important historical, natural, cultural, scientific, educational, scenic, and recreational values of that area, including an emphasis on preserving and restoring the Light Station facilities; and (2) complete a comprehensive management plan to provide long-term management guidance for the public lands within the Outstanding Natural Area and fulfill the purposes for which it is established. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into cooperative agreements with Federal, State, and local agencies to implement the management plan in the Outstanding Natural Area and to continue partnerships with local communities and the Hearst San Simeon State Historical Monument. Provides for the acquisition of State and privately held lands adjacent to the Outstanding Natural Area as additions to the Outstanding Natural Area.Prohibits restrictions on overflights and law enforcement activities in the Outstanding Natural Area. Directs the Secretary to ensure access to the Outstanding Natural Area by Indians and Indian tribes for cultural and religious purposes. Authorizes appropriations.

area act establishes historic light station outstanding natural area outstanding natural area california directs secretary interior manage national_landscape_conservation_system directs secretary interior manage national_landscape_conservation_system allow uses purposes establishment area federal_land_policy_and_management_act applicable laws withdraws federal lands interests lands included forms entry appropriation disposal public land laws location entry patent public land mining laws operation mineral leasing geothermal leasing laws mineral material laws requires secretary manage manner conserves protects enhances unique nationally important historical natural cultural scientific educational scenic recreational values area including emphasis preserving restoring facilities complete comprehensive management plan provide long term management guidance public lands fulfill purposes established authorizes secretary enter cooperative agreements local agencies implement management plan continue partnerships local communities provides acquisition state privately held lands adjacent additions prohibits restrictions overflights law enforcement activities directs secretary ensure access indians indian tribes cultural religious purposes authorizes appropriations


Summary: Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to convey at current state of use market prices specified lands formerly part of the Fort Bayard Military Reservation, Grant County, New Mexico, to the Village of Santa Clara, the City of Bayard, and Grant County, New Mexico, in tracts of not less than 40 acres, for business and community development. Requires approval of all parties for any such conveyance. Provides that the Secretary shall be responsible for the costs and recovery of any historic or prehistoric cultural properties located on such lands.

directs secretary agriculture convey current state use market prices specified lands new_mexico new_mexico tracts acres business community development requires approval parties conveyance provides secretary shall responsible costs recovery historic prehistoric cultural properties located lands


Summary: Yakima-Tieton Irrigation District Conveyance Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain buildings and lands of the Yakima Project, Washington, to the Yakima-Tieton Irrigation District. Directs the Secretary, if the conveyance has not been completed within 12 months, to report to Congress with an explanation and the date by which it will be completed.

directs secretary interior convey certain buildings lands yakima_project washington irrigation district directs secretary conveyance completed months report congress explanation date completed


Summary: Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to acquire from Irving N. Christensen and from Dennis W. and Cindy M. McCreary certain parcels of land in exchange for certain parcels of National Forest System lands in Tahoe National Forest, California. Withdraws all exchanged lands from location, entry, and patent under the mining laws.

authorizes secretary agriculture acquire certain parcels land exchange certain parcels national_forest_system lands california withdraws exchanged lands location entry patent mining laws


Summary: Small Tracts Reform Act - Amends the Small Tracts Act to provide for the sale, exchange, or interchange of National Forest System (NFS) lands, the sale or exchange of which is either not practicable or not expedient under any other authority of the Secretary of Agriculture and which are parcels or parts of parcels of 100 acres or less which are interspersed with or adjacent to lands which have been transferred out of Federal ownership and which are determined by the Secretary, because of location or size, not to be subject to efficient administration.

small tracts reform act amends small tracts act provide sale exchange interchange national_forest_system nfs lands sale exchange practicable authority secretary agriculture parcels parts parcels acres adjacent lands transferred federal ownership determined secretary location size subject efficient administration


Summary: Directs the Administrator of General Services to convey to the city of St. Joseph, Michigan, by quitclaim deed, any interest retained by the United States in St. Joseph Memorial Hall. Requires the city of St. Joseph, as consideration for such conveyance, to pay $10,000 to the United States. Permits the Administrator to require such additional terms and conditions for such conveyance as the Administrator considers appropriate to protect U.S. interests.

directs administrator general_services convey city michigan quitclaim deed interest retained united_states joseph memorial hall requires city consideration conveyance pay united_states permits administrator require additional terms conditions conveyance administrator considers appropriate protect interests


Summary: Brigadier General Francis Marion Memorial Act of 2007 - Authorizes the Marion Park Project, a committee of the Palmetto Conservation Foundation, to establish a commemorative work on federal land in the District of Columbia and its environs to honor Brigadier General Francis Marion. Prohibits the use of federal funds to pay any expense of its establishment. Makes the Marion Park Project solely responsible for acceptance of contributions for, and payment of the expenses of, the establishment of such commemorative work.

brigadier general memorial act authorizes park project committee establish commemorative work federal land district_of_columbia environs honor brigadier general prohibits use federal funds pay expense establishment makes solely responsible acceptance contributions payment expenses establishment commemorative work


Summary: Paleontological Resources Preservation Act - (Sec. 3) Directs the the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture, as appropriate, to: (1) manage and protect paleontological resources on federal land, using scientific principles and expertise; and (2) develop plans for inventorying, monitoring, and deriving the scientific and educational use of such resources. (Sec. 4) Directs the Secretary to establish a program to increase public awareness about such resources. (Sec. 5) Prohibits a person from collecting a paleontological resource from federal land without a permit issued under this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to allow casual collecting of a reasonable amount of common invertebrate and plant paleontological resources for non-commercial personal uses without a permit on certain federal lands. Recognizes as valid permits issued before enactment of this Act. Sets forth criteria by which the Secretary may issue permits for paleontological resources. Requires that any paleontological resource and associated records collected under a permit be deposited in an approved repository. Allows the Secretary to modify, suspend, or revoke a permit under specified circumstances, including if there is a violation of a term or a condition of a permit. Declares that a permit shall be revoked if any person working under the authority of the permit is convicted of a criminal offense under this Act or assessed a civil penalty under this Act. (Sec. 6) States that the Secretary may enter into agreements with non-federal repositories regarding the curation of paleontological resources, data, and records. (Sec. 7) Prohibits: (1) evacuating, removing, or altering a paleontological resource located on federal lands, except in accordance with this Act; (2) exchanging or receiving a paleontological resource, or selling or purchasing a paleontological resource, if the person knew or should have known such resource was illegally removed from federal lands; or (3) making or submitting false records, accounts, or identification of any paleontological resource excavated or removed from federal lands. Imposes criminal penalties for violating this Act. (Sec. 8) Sets forth requirements for the assessment of civil penalties by the Secretary for violations of any prohibitions contained in regulations or permits issued under this Act. Requires any recovered amounts to be available for use: (1) to protect or restore paleontological resources and sites which were the subject of the action, or to acquire sites with equivalent resources, and to protect, monitor, and study the resources and sites; (2) to provide educational materials to the public about paleontological resources and sites; and (3) as a reward. (Sec. 9) Allows the Secretary to pay a reward from penalties collected under this Act to any person who furnishes information leading to the finding of a civil violation, or the conviction of criminal violation, with respect to which the penalty was paid. Subjects to civil or, as appropriate, criminal forfeiture all paleontological resources with respect to which a violation occurred and all vehicles and equipment that were used in connection with the violation. Allows the Secretary to transfer administration of seized paleontological resources to educational institutions for scientific or educational purposes. (Sec. 10) Requires that information on the nature and specific location of a paleontological resource that requires a permit under this Act or other federal law be withheld from the public, including under the Freedom of Information Act, except under specified conditions. (Sec. 11) Directs the Secretary to issue such regulations as are appropriate to carry out this Act.(Sec. 13) Authorizes appropriations.

sec directs secretary interior secretary agriculture appropriate manage protect paleontological resources federal land scientific principles expertise develop plans inventorying monitoring deriving scientific educational use resources sec directs secretary establish program increase public awareness resources sec prohibits person collecting paleontological resource federal land permit issued act authorizes secretary allow casual collecting reasonable common plant paleontological resources non commercial personal uses permit certain federal lands recognizes valid permits issued enactment act sets forth criteria secretary issue permits paleontological resources requires paleontological resource associated records collected permit deposited approved repository allows secretary modify suspend revoke permit specified circumstances including violation term condition permit declares permit shall revoked person working authority permit convicted criminal offense act assessed civil penalty act sec states secretary enter agreements non federal repositories curation paleontological resources data records sec prohibits removing altering paleontological resource located federal lands accordance act exchanging receiving paleontological resource selling purchasing paleontological resource person knew known resource illegally removed federal lands making submitting false records accounts identification paleontological resource removed federal lands imposes criminal penalties violating act sec sets forth requirements assessment civil penalties secretary violations prohibitions contained regulations permits issued act requires recovered amounts available use protect restore paleontological resources sites subject action acquire sites equivalent resources protect monitor study resources sites provide educational materials public paleontological resources sites reward sec allows secretary pay reward penalties collected act person furnishes information leading finding civil violation conviction criminal violation respect penalty paid subjects civil appropriate criminal forfeiture paleontological resources respect violation occurred vehicles equipment connection violation allows secretary transfer administration seized paleontological resources educational institutions scientific educational purposes sec requires information nature specific location paleontological resource requires permit act federal law withheld public including freedom information act specified conditions sec directs secretary issue regulations appropriate carry authorizes appropriations


Summary: Cache la Poudre River National Heritage Area Technical Amendments Act of 2007 - Amends the Cache La Poudre River Corridor Act to redesignate the Cache La Poudre Corridor as the "Cache la Poudre River National Heritage Area." Designates the Poudre Heritage Alliance as the management entity for the Area. Provides for the immediate removal of private property included within the boundaries of the Area upon request from the owner. Prohibits the Alliance from using federal funds received under this Act to acquire real property. Prohibits the acquisition of any land or interest in land by the Secretary of the Interior or the Alliance under this Act without the owner's consent. Requires the Alliance to prepare and submit a management plan for the Area. Allows the Secretary to enter into cooperative agreements with the Alliance for the purpose of carrying out the plan. Prohibits any privately owned property from being preserved, conserved, or promoted by the plan unless the owner gives the Alliance consent for such preservation, conservation, or promotion after receiving notification from the Alliance of the proposed preservation, conservation, or promotion. Specifies private property protections. Terminates the authority of the Secretary to provide financial assistance to the Alliance (excluding technical assistance and administrative oversight) under the Act 10 years after enactment of this Act.

amends cache river corridor act redesignate cache corridor cache river national heritage area designates heritage alliance management entity area provides immediate removal private property included boundaries area request owner prohibits alliance federal funds received act acquire real property prohibits acquisition land interest land secretary interior alliance act owner consent requires alliance prepare submit management plan area allows secretary enter cooperative agreements alliance purpose carrying plan prohibits privately owned property preserved conserved promoted plan owner gives alliance consent preservation conservation promotion receiving notification alliance proposed preservation conservation promotion specifies private property protections terminates authority secretary provide financial assistance alliance excluding technical assistance administrative oversight act years enactment act


Summary: Natural Resource Protection Cooperative Agreement Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to enter into cooperative agreements with state, local, or tribal governments, other federal agencies, other public entities, educational institutions, private nonprofit organizations, or participating private landowners for the purpose of protecting natural resources of units of the National Park System through collaborative efforts on land inside and outside of National Park System units. States that such an agreement shall provide clear and direct benefits to park natural resources and shall provide for: (1) the preservation, conservation, and restoration of coastal and riparian systems, watersheds, and wetlands; (2) preventing, controlling, or eradicating invasive exotic species that are within a unit of the National Park System or adjacent to such a unit; or (3) restoration of natural resources, including native wildlife habitat or ecosystems. Bars the Secretary from using any funds associated with such an agreement for the purposes of land acquisition, regulatory activity, or the development, maintenance, or operation of infrastructure, except for ancillary support facilities that the Secretary determines to be necessary for the completion of projects or activities identified in the agreement. Limits the funds available to carry out the provisions of this Act to programs and amounts specified in the statute for such use in the annual appropriation Act for the National Park Service.

agreement act authorizes secretary interior enter cooperative agreements state local tribal governments federal agencies public entities educational institutions private nonprofit organizations participating private landowners purpose protecting natural resources units national_park_system collaborative efforts land inside outside national_park_system units states agreement shall provide clear direct benefits park natural resources shall provide preservation conservation restoration coastal riparian systems watersheds wetlands preventing controlling eradicating invasive exotic species unit national_park_system adjacent unit restoration natural resources including native wildlife habitat ecosystems bars secretary funds associated agreement purposes land acquisition regulatory activity development maintenance operation infrastructure ancillary support facilities secretary determines necessary completion projects activities identified agreement limits funds available carry provisions act programs amounts specified statute use annual appropriation act national_park_service


Summary: Caribbean National Forest Preservation Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to acquire, by donation or purchase, from willing sellers tracts of land intended to assist in the consolidation of lands within or adjacent to the boundaries of the Caribbean National Forest in Puerto Rico. Requires the Secretary to adjust the boundaries of the Caribbean National Forest to include acquired lands.

secretary agriculture acquire donation purchase willing sellers tracts land intended assist consolidation lands adjacent boundaries puerto_rico requires secretary adjust boundaries include acquired lands


Summary: Chattahoochee National Forest Act of 2007 - Establishes the Mountaintown National Scenic Area in the Chattahoochee National Forest in Georgia. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to develop a management plan for the Scenic Area as an amendment to the land and resource management plan for the Forest. Designates specified lands in Georgia which are administered by the Secretary as part of the Chattahoochee National Forest as wilderness and incorporates such lands into the existing wilderness area to which they adjoin.

establishes georgia requires secretary agriculture develop management plan amendment land resource management plan forest designates specified lands georgia administered secretary wilderness incorporates lands existing wilderness area


Summary: Clean Ocean and Safe Tourism Anti-Drilling Act, or the COAST Anti-Drilling Act - Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from issuing a lease for the exploration, development, or production of oil, natural gas, or any other mineral in either the Mid-Atlantic or the North Atlantic planning areas.

clean_ocean_and_safe_tourism_anti-drilling_act coast anti drilling act amends outer_continental_shelf lands act prohibit secretary interior issuing lease exploration development production oil natural gas mineral mid-atlantic north_atlantic planning areas


Summary: Southern Nevada Readiness Center Act - Permits Clark County, Nevada, to convey approximately 51 acres of land in Clark County to the Nevada Division of State Lands for use by the Nevada National Guard. Provides for the reversion of such land to Clark County for management in accordance with the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act of 1998 if it ceases to be used by the Nevada National Guard.

center act permits clark_county nevada convey approximately acres land clark_county use provides reversion land clark_county management accordance southern_nevada_public_land_management_act ceases


Summary: Coffman Cove Administrative Site Conveyance Act of 2008 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to convey to the city of Coffman Cove, Alaska, without consideration and by quitclaim deed, a specified parcel of National Forest System land within the city. Excludes a certain part of such land from the conveyance. Allows the United States to reserve a right-of-way to provide access to the excluded land. Provides that if any part of the land conveyed to the city (other than a part of land sold pursuant to this Act) ceases to be used for public purposes, the land may revert to the United States. Requires, if the city sells any part of such conveyed land: (1) the amount of consideration for the sale to reflect fair market value, as determined by an appraisal; and (2) the city to pay to the Secretary an amount equal to the gross proceeds of the sale which shall be available for the Tongass National Forest.

cove administrative site conveyance act directs secretary agriculture convey city alaska consideration quitclaim deed specified parcel national_forest_system land city excludes certain land conveyance allows united_states reserve right way provide access excluded land provides land conveyed city land sold pursuant act ceases public purposes land revert united_states requires city sells conveyed land consideration sale reflect fair market value determined appraisal city pay secretary equal gross proceeds sale shall available tongass_national_forest


Summary: Directs the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the Municipality of Anchorage, Alaska, the reversionary interest of the United States in and to parcels of real property, including improvements thereon, which are owned by the Municipality and located in Anchorage, for the purpose of unencumbering the title of the Municipality.

directs secretary interior convey municipality anchorage alaska reversionary interest united_states parcels real property including improvements thereon owned municipality located anchorage purpose unencumbering title municipality


Summary: Lester Nichols Presque Isle Light Station Act of 2007 - Directs the Commandant of the Coast Guard to modify, in compliance with the Omnibus Consolidated Appropriations Act, 1997, the 2004 Agreement for Outgoing Loans (AOL) with Presque Isle Township, Michigan, in order to provide for return of the Historic Third Order Fresnel Lens to the lantern room atop the Presque Isle Light Station Lighthouse. Declares that: (1) the United States shall retain ownership of the Lens; and (2) the active aid to navigation at the Lighthouse, together with associated electronic and lighthouse equipment, shall continue to be operated and maintained by the United States within the Lens.

light station act directs commandant coast guard modify compliance agreement outgoing loans presque_isle_township michigan order provide return lens room presque_isle_light_station_lighthouse declares united_states shall retain ownership lens active aid navigation lighthouse associated electronic lighthouse equipment shall continue operated maintained united_states lens


Summary: Wild Sky Wilderness Act of 2007 - (Sec. 2) Designates certain lands in the Skykomish River valley, Washington, as the Wild Sky Wilderness, to be managed by the Secretary of Agriculture. (Sec. 3) Directs the Secretary to establish a trail plan. Authorizes the use of helicopter access to construct and maintain a joint Forest Service-Snohomish County telecommunications repeater site to provide improved communication for safety, health, and emergency purposes. Allows the continued use of floatplanes on Lake Isabel in the Wild Sky Wilderness, subject to reasonable restrictions. Provides that such wilderness designation shall not preclude the operation and maintenance of the existing Evergreen Mountain Lookout in the same manner and degree in which the operation and maintenance were occurring as of the enactment of this Act. (Sec. 4) Authorizes the Secretary to acquire lands in the Wild Sky Wilderness by purchase, donation, or exchange, with priority to be given to specified Priority Acquisition Lands. Requires the boundaries of the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest and the Wild Sky Wilderness to be adjusted to encompass any lands so acquired. Directs the Secretary to ensure adequate access to private in-holdings within the Wild Sky Wilderness. States that valuation of private lands shall be determined without reference to any restrictions on access or use which arise out of designation as a wilderness area. (Sec. 5) Requires the Secretary to accept specified lands within the Snoqualmie National Forest, Washington, from the Chelan County Public Utility District if the District offers such lands to the Secretary (in title acceptable to the Secretary, and provided there is no hazardous material on the site) in exchange for a permanent easement, including helicopter access, to maintain an existing telemetry site to monitor snow pack on land within the Wenatchee National Forest, Washington. Provides for extinguishment of the easement and reversion of all conveyed rights to the United States if the District no longer needs to maintain a telemetry site.

wild sky wilderness act sec designates certain lands valley washington wild sky wilderness managed secretary agriculture sec directs secretary establish trail plan authorizes use helicopter access construct maintain joint telecommunications site provide improved communication safety health emergency purposes allows continued use lake wild sky wilderness subject reasonable restrictions provides wilderness designation shall preclude operation maintenance existing manner degree operation maintenance occurring enactment act sec authorizes secretary acquire lands purchase donation exchange priority given specified requires boundaries baker snoqualmie national_forest adjusted encompass lands acquired directs secretary ensure adequate access private holdings wild sky wilderness states valuation private lands shall determined reference restrictions access use arise designation wilderness area sec requires secretary accept specified lands washington district offers lands secretary title acceptable secretary provided hazardous material site exchange permanent easement including helicopter access maintain existing telemetry site monitor snow pack land washington provides extinguishment easement reversion conveyed rights united_states district longer needs maintain telemetry site


Summary: Colorado Northern Front Range Mountain Backdrop Protection Study Act - Requires the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service, to conduct a study of the land within the study area (certain lands in southern Boulder, northern Jefferson, and northern Gilpin Counties, Colorado) and complete a report: (1) identifying the present ownership of the land within the study area; (2) identifying any undeveloped land that may be at risk of development; and (3) describing any actions that could be taken to preserve the open and undeveloped character of the land within the study area. Requires the Secretary to conduct the study and develop the report with the support and participation of one or more specified state and local entities. Allows the Secretary if such state and local entities do not support and participate in the study and report to: (1) decrease the area covered by the study area, as appropriate; or (2) opt not to conduct the study or develop the report and notify specified congressional committees of such decision. Prohibits anything in this Act from authorizing the Secretary of Agriculture to take any action that would affect the use of any land not owned by the United States.

range mountain protection study act requires secretary agriculture acting chief forest_service conduct study land study area certain lands southern boulder northern jefferson northern colorado complete report identifying present ownership land study area identifying undeveloped land risk development describing actions taken preserve open undeveloped character land study area requires secretary conduct study develop report support participation specified state local entities allows secretary state local entities support participate study report decrease area covered study area appropriate opt conduct study develop report notify specified congressional committees decision prohibits act authorizing secretary agriculture action affect use land owned united_states


Summary: Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, if the State of Florida notifies the Secretary that encroachments by improvements or occupation have occurred before July 13, 2006, on one or more of the parcels of real property described in this Act, to release to Florida any reversionary interest of the United States in and to any identified parcel without further federal administrative review or analysis. Bars the United States from receiving any funds as consideration for the release of the reversionary interests specified above. Requires all net proceeds from the disposition of such real property to be used by the State for the acquisition of other lands adjacent to the exterior boundaries of Blackwater River State Forest and Withlacoochee State Forest. Requires: (1) any lands so acquired to become a part of the state forest; and (2) that the acquired lands be used for public purposes. Requires the State to agree to indemnify and hold the United States harmless with regard to any boundary disputes related to any parcel released under this Act.

directs secretary agriculture state florida notifies secretary improvements occupation occurred july parcels real property described act release florida reversionary interest united_states identified parcel federal administrative review analysis bars united_states receiving funds consideration release reversionary interests specified requires net proceeds disposition real property state acquisition lands adjacent exterior boundaries requires lands acquired state forest acquired lands public purposes requires state agree indemnify hold united_states harmless regard boundary disputes related parcel released act


Summary: Virginia Ridge and Valley Act of 2007 - Designates certain lands in the Jefferson National Forest, Virginia (Brush Mountain and Brush Mountain East, Seng Mountain and Raccoon Branch, Stone Mountain, Hunting Camp Creek and Garden Mountain, Mountain Lake Additions, Lewis Fork Addition and Little Wilson Creek Additions, Shawvers Run Additions, Peters Mountain Addition, and Kimberling Creek Additions) as wilderness. Designates certain lands in the Jefferson National Forest as: (1) the "Lynn Camp Creek Wilderness Study Area"; and (2) the "Kimberling Creek Potential Wilderness Area" for eventual incorporation in the Kimberling Creek Wilderness. Sets forth requirements regarding ecological restoration. Specifies that the Potential Wilderness Area be designated as wilderness and included in Kimberling Creek Wilderness on the earlier of: (1) the date on which the Secretary of Agriculture publishes in the Federal Register notice that the conditions in such Area that are incompatible with the Wilderness Act have been removed; or (2) five years after enactment of this Act. Designates Seng Mountain and Raccoon Branch, and Bear Creek, as National Scenic Areas (Scenic Areas). Establishes such Areas for purposes of: (1) ensuring the protection and preservation of scenic quality, water quality, natural characteristics, and water resources; (2) protecting wildlife and fish habitat; (3) protecting areas that may develop characteristics of old-growth forests; and (4) providing a variety of recreation opportunities. Authorizes the Secretary to only allow such uses of the Scenic Areas as will further the purposes for which they are established.Directs the Secretary to: (1) develop a management plan for such Scenic Areas; and (2) establish a trail plan for National Forest System (NFS) lands in order to develop hiking and equestrian trails on the lands in Jefferson National Forest designated as wilderness by this Act and non-motorized recreation trails within the Seng Mountain and Bear Creek Scenic Areas. Instructs the Secretary to establish the trail plan in consultation with interested parties. Requires the Secretary to report on the implementation of such plan, including the identification of priority trails for development.Directs the Secretary to develop a specified sustainable trail along the southern boundary of the Raccoon Branch Wilderness connecting to forest development road 49352 in Smyth County.Sets forth provisions regarding roads, vegetation management, motorized travel, fire, insects and disease, water, mining, mineral and geothermal leasing. Permits motorized access to lands designated as wilderness or a wilderness study area by this Act when required in connection with an emergency involving the health and safety of persons, including search and rescue efforts or a response to an Amber Alert.

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Summary: Requires the Administrator of the General Services Administration (GSA) to convey all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the GSA Fleet Management Center (located in Anchorage, Alaska) to the Alaska Railroad Corporation in exchange for: (1) suitable replacement property and such other consideration as agreed to; or (2) payment of fair market value. Requires any proceeds received to be deposited into the Federal Buildings Fund.

requires administrator general_services_administration gsa convey right title interest united_states located anchorage alaska exchange suitable replacement property consideration agreed payment fair market value requires proceeds received deposited federal_buildings_fund


Summary: Authorizes the construction, operation, and maintenance of St. Louis County arterial road 1151, known as the "Lemay Connector Road" in St. Louis City and County, Missouri, over certain deed-restricted property, notwithstanding specified federal law and any easement or other similar restriction pursuant to those laws that requires the property to be maintained for open space, recreation, or wetland management. Requires St. Louis County to: (1) ensure that the project is constructed, operated, and maintained in a manner that would not cause any future additional flood damage that would not have occurred without the project; and (2) identify and agree to restrict a nearby parcel of land of equal or greater size to such deed restricted land so that such parcel is maintained for open space, recreation, or wetland management. Declares that the federal government shall not be liable for future flood damage caused by the project. Makes St. Louis County, Missouri, or its assignee liable for any such damage. Declares that the deed-restricted property specified by this Act is not eligible for any future disaster assistance from any other federal source.

authorizes construction operation maintenance road known road county missouri certain deed restricted property notwithstanding specified federal law easement similar restriction pursuant laws requires property maintained open space recreation wetland management requires ensure project constructed operated maintained manner cause future additional flood damage occurred project identify agree restrict nearby parcel land equal greater size deed restricted land parcel maintained open space recreation wetland management declares federal government shall liable future flood damage caused project makes missouri assignee liable damage declares deed restricted property specified act eligible future disaster assistance federal source


Summary: Utah Recreational Land Exchange Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to convey specified federal land in Grand, San Juan, and Uintah Counties, Utah, to the State of Utah in exchange for specified non-federal land in such counties. Sets forth provisions regarding the administration of the non-federal land after the exchange, including mineral receipts, grazing permits, and hazardous materials.

directs secretary interior convey specified federal land grand san_juan utah exchange specified non federal land counties sets forth provisions administration non federal land exchange including mineral receipts grazing permits hazardous materials


Summary: Sacramento River National Recreation Area Act of 2007 - Establishes the Sacramento River National Recreation Area in California, consisting of specified public land in Tehama and Shasta Counties. Requires the development of a a management plan for such Area to: (1) enhance managed recreational opportunities, including hiking, camping, mountain biking, picnicking, wildlife viewing hunting, fishing, swimming, and boating; and (2) promote local economic development through recreation.

sacramento river national recreation area act establishes california consisting specified public land shasta counties requires development management plan area enhance managed recreational opportunities including hiking mountain wildlife viewing hunting fishing swimming boating promote local economic development recreation


Summary: American Falls Reservoir District Number 2 Conveyance Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to convey all right, title, and interest in specified land to the: (1) American Falls Reservoir District No. 2 (District) located in Jerome, Lincoln, and Gooding Counties, Idaho; (2) city of Gooding; and (3) Idaho Department of Fish and Game. Requires the District to pay fair market value for the land. Relieves the United States of liability for damages of any kind relating to the land, unless they result from injury caused by negligence of the United States. Revokes the Department of Interior's previous orders that withdrew specified land from the Gooding Division of the Minidoka project and requires the the Secretary, acting through the Director of the BLM, to manage the withdrawn land.

conveyance act authorizes secretary interior convey right title interest specified land district located lincoln counties idaho city game requires district pay fair market value land relieves united_states liability damages kind relating land result injury caused negligence united_states revokes department_of_interior previous orders specified land project requires secretary acting director blm manage withdrawn land


Summary: Snoqualmie Pass Land Conveyance Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to convey a specified parcel of National Forest System land to the King and Kittitas Counties Fire District #51 of King and Kittitas Counties, Washington, and to permit the District to use such parcel as a site for a new Snoqualmie Pass fire and rescue station. Provides for reversion to the United States of the conveyed property if it is not being used in accordance with the purposes specified above. Provides that, if necessary, the exact acreage and legal description of the lands to be conveyed shall be determined by a survey satisfactory to the Secretary.

snoqualmie pass land conveyance act directs secretary agriculture convey specified parcel national_forest_system land king counties fire district king counties washington permit district use parcel site new snoqualmie pass fire rescue station provides reversion united_states conveyed property accordance purposes specified provides necessary exact acreage legal description lands conveyed shall determined survey satisfactory secretary


Summary: Nevada Cancer Institute Expansion Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), to accept the relinquishment of all or part of the Alta-Hualapai Site by the city of Las Vegas, Nevada. Directs the Secretary, after relinquishment of all or part of the Alta-Hualapai Site, to convey to the Nevada Cancer Institute (the Institute) in Las Vegas, the part of the Site that is necessary for the development of a nonprofit cancer institute. Requires the Secretary, after a request from the city, to convey to the city any remaining part of the Alta-Hualapai Site necessary for ancillary medical or nonprofit use compatible with the Institute's mission. Requires any conveyance by the city of any part of the land received to be for no less than fair market value and the proceeds from any such conveyance to be distributed in accordance with Public Law 105-263 (the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act of 1998).Provides that the conveyance by the Secretary under this Act shall be at no cost, except that the Secretary may require the recipient to bear any costs associated with the transfer of title or any necessary land surveys. Requires the Secretary to submit a report on all transactions conducted under Public Law 105-263. Authorizes the Secretary to grant rights-of-way to the Las Vegas Valley Water District on a portion of the Alta-Hualapai Site for a flood control project and a water pumping facility.

secretary interior acting director bureau_of_land_management blm accept relinquishment city las_vegas nevada directs secretary relinquishment convey institute las_vegas site necessary development nonprofit cancer institute requires secretary request city convey city remaining necessary ancillary medical nonprofit use compatible institute mission requires conveyance city land received fair market value proceeds conveyance distributed accordance public law southern_nevada_public_land_management_act conveyance secretary act shall cost secretary require recipient bear costs associated transfer title necessary land surveys requires secretary submit report transactions conducted public law authorizes secretary grant rights way portion flood control project water pumping facility


Summary: Allows the Mount Olivet Cemetery Association in Salt Lake City, Utah, to use all or part of the property conveyed by the Act of January 23, 1909 (the Act), which is still owned by the Association and which is not used by the Association for cemetery purposes, for the construction of a school and related educational and recreational purposes in addition to the purpose specified in the Act. Permits such property to be conveyed as authorized under state law subject to such modified use restrictions.

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Summary: Amends the Florida National Forest Land Management Act of 2003 to: (1) authorize the conveyance of an additional tract of federal land pursuant to the Act; and (2) provide for the disposition of the net proceeds derived from sales or exchanges under the Act to be available for expenditure by the Secretary of Agriculture for the acquisition, construction, or maintenance of administrative improvements for units of the National Forest System in Florida. Permits: (1) proceeds from the sale or exchange of such additional tract to be used exclusively for the purchase of inholdings in the Apalachicola National Forest; and (2) proceeds from any sale or exchange of land under this Act to be used for administrative improvements, as authorized above, only if the land generating the proceeds was improved with infrastructure.

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Summary: Platte River Recovery Implementation Program and Pathfinder Modification Authorization Act - Title I: Platte River Recovery Implementation Program - (Sec. 102) Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Commissioner of Reclamation and in cooperation with the Governance Committee established under the Platte River Recovery Implementation Program Cooperative Agreement, to: (1) participate in such Program; (2) carry out any projects or activities that are designated for implementation during the Program's first 13 years (First Increment); (3) acquire interests in land, water, and facilities from willing sellers; (4) transfer acquired interests; and (5) accept or provide grants.(Sec. 104) Allows the Program to be modified before the completion of the First Increment if the Secretary and the states of Nebraska, Wyoming, and Colorado determine that the modifications are consistent with Program purposes.(Sec. 105) Declares that no action carried out under this Act, with respect to the acreage limitation provisions of the reclamation laws, shall: (1) be considered in determining whether a district has discharged its obligation to repay the construction cost of project facilities used to make irrigation water available for delivery to land in the district; (2) serve as the basis for reinstating acreage limitation provisions in a district that has completed payment of its construction obligations; or (3) serve as the basis for increasing the construction repayment obligation of the district, which would extend the period during which the acreage limitation provisions would apply. Declares that nothing in this Act creates federal water rights or requires the grant of water rights to federal entities.(Sec. 106) Authorizes appropriations.(Sec. 107) Terminates the Secretary's authority to implement the First Increment on September 30, 2020.Tittle II: Pathfinder Modification Project - (Sec. 201) Authorizes the Secretary, acting through the Commissioner, to: (1) modify the Pathfinder Dam and Reservoir; and (2) enter one or more agreements with the state of Wyoming to implement the Pathfinder Modification Project. (Sec. 202) Authorizes the capacity of the Pathfinder Reservoir to be used for municipal, environmental, and other purposes, as described in Appendix F to the final settlement stipulation in Nebraska v. Wyoming.

modification authorization act title river recovery implementation program sec authorizes secretary interior acting commissioner reclamation cooperation established river recovery implementation program cooperative agreement participate program carry projects activities designated implementation program years increment acquire interests land water facilities willing sellers transfer acquired interests accept provide allows program modified completion increment secretary states nebraska wyoming colorado determine modifications consistent program declares action carried act respect acreage limitation provisions reclamation laws shall considered determining district discharged obligation repay construction cost project facilities irrigation water available delivery land district serve basis reinstating acreage limitation provisions district completed payment construction obligations serve basis increasing construction repayment obligation district extend period acreage limitation provisions apply declares act creates federal water rights requires grant water rights federal authorizes terminates secretary authority implement increment september modification project sec authorizes secretary acting commissioner modify reservoir enter agreements state wyoming implement sec authorizes capacity municipal environmental purposes described appendix final settlement stipulation nebraska wyoming


Summary: Federal Lands Restoration, Enhancement, Public Education, and Information Resources Act or Federal Lands REPAIR Act - Amends the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, the National Park Service Organic Act, the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966, and federal law relating to National Forest System lands, to make available any moneys received from fines or any moneys received from collateral payments in lieu of appearance for violations of rules and regulations applicable to federal lands under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture for certain restoration and public informational activities on such lands. Transfers any such excess funds to the Crime Victims Fund established under the Victims of Crime Act of 1984.

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Summary: Amends the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, the National Park Service Organic Act, the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966, and other federal law to provide that: (1) any person who knowingly violates or fails to comply with any of the provisions of such an Act or any regulation issued under such an Act concerning the management, use, and protection of Bureau of Land Management (BLM) lands, National Park System lands, National Wildlife Refuge lands, and National Forest lands shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor, subject to fine and/or imprisonment as provided under federal criminal law; and (2) any person who otherwise violates or fails to comply with any of the provisions of such an Act or any regulation issued under such an Act concerning the management, use, and protection of such lands shall be guilty of a Class B misdemeanor, subject to fine and/or imprisonment as provided under federal criminal law. Permits requiring persons adjudged guilty of a: (1) Class B misdemeanor on BLM or National Park System lands to pay all costs of the proceedings; and (2) a Class A or Class B misdemeanor on National Wildlife Refuge or National Forest lands to pay all costs of the proceedings. Amends the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, the National Park Service Organic Act, and other federal law to set a minimum fine of $500 for certain fire usage violations on BLM, National Park System, and National Forest lands.

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Summary: Rim of the Valley Corridor Study Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a resource study of and submit a report on the Rim of the Valley Corridor in California to evaluate a range of alternatives for protecting the Corridor's resources, including the alternative of establishing all or part of the Corridor as a unit of the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area. Lists the objectives the Secretary shall seek to achieve in conducting the study. Directs the Secretary to analyze the potential impact that establishment of all or part of the Rim of the Valley Corridor as a unit of the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area is likely to have on land within or bordering the area that is privately owned at the time such study is conducted. Requires the report to discuss the concerns of private landowners within the existing boundaries of the Recreation Area. Instructs the Secretary, as part of evaluating each alternative considered under such study, to estimate the impact of implementing the alternative on staffing and other potential costs to federal, state, and local agencies and other organizations.

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Summary: Amends the Forest Service use and occupancy permit program to require amounts collected in connection with the issuance of a special use permit for a marina at a unit of the National Forest System (NFS) derived from the public domain to be deposited in an existing special account in the Treasury established for the Secretary of Agriculture for specified recreation management purposes.

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Summary: America's Red Rock Wilderness Act of 2007 - Designates specified lands in the following areas of Utah as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System: (1) Great Basin; (2) Zion and Mojave Desert; (3) the Grand Staircase-Escalante; (4) Moab-La Sal Canyons; (5) Henry Mountains; (6) Glen Canyon; (7) San Juan-Anasazi; (8) Canyonlands Basin; (9) San Rafael Swell; and (10) Book Cliffs and Uinta Basin. Sets forth administrative provisions regarding: (1) filing by the Secretary of the Interior of a map and a legal description of each designated wilderness area with appropriate congressional committees; (2) the exchange of state-owned lands within such areas; (3) federal reservation of water rights; (4) measurement of setbacks for roads with wilderness; (5) authorized livestock grazing; and (6) withdrawal of such lands from disposition under certain public land laws.

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Summary: Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse Outstanding Natural Area Act of 2008 - Establishes the Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse Outstanding Natural Area in Palm Beach County, Florida. Withdraws the federal lands and interests in such land included within the Outstanding Natural Area 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 of the mineral leasing and geothermal leasing laws and the mineral materials laws. Revokes certain Executive Orders and a certain public land order. Directs the Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with the Commandant of the Coast Guard, to: (1) develop a comprehensive management plan to provide long-term management guidance for the public land in the Outstanding Natural Area; and (2) ensure that the Outstanding Natural Area fulfills the purposes for which it is established. Requires the Secretary to: (1) manage the Outstanding Natural Area as part of the National Landscape Conservation System; and (2) in a manner that conserves, protects, and enhances the unique and nationally important historical, natural, cultural, scientific, educational, scenic, and recreational values of the Outstanding Natural Area, including an emphasis on the restoration of native ecological systems. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) enter into cooperative agreements with federal, state, county, other local government agencies, and other partners (including the Loxahatchee River Historical Society) for the long-term management of the Outstanding Natural Area; and (2) acquire for inclusion in the Outstanding Natural Area any state or private land or any interest in state or private land that is adjacent to the Outstanding Natural Area and identified in the management plan as appropriate for acquisition. Prohibits restrictions on specified law enforcement activities and ongoing and future Coast Guard operations in the Outstanding Natural Area. Authorizes appropriations.

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Summary: Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act - Designates the following lands in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming as wilderness and components of the National Wilderness Preservation System (System): (1) Greater Glacier/Northern Continental Divide ecosystem; (2) Greater Yellowstone ecosystem; (3) Greater Salmon/Selway ecosystem; (4) Greater Cabinet/Yaak/Selkirk ecosystem; (5) Greater Hells Canyon ecosystem; (6) Islands in the Sky Wilderness; and (7) Blackfeet Wilderness. Designates: (1) specified wild land areas as Biological Connecting Corridors to protect the life flow of the Northern Rockies Bioregion; (2) the inventoried roadless areas identified as part of the Corridors as wilderness and components of the System; and (3) certain biological connecting corridors as special corridor management areas. Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate segments of specified rivers and creeks in Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. Establishes the National Wildland Restoration and Recovery System and the National Wildland Recovery Corps.Requires the Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture to assure nonexclusive access to the specified areas and corridors designated by this Act by Native Americans for traditional cultural and religious purposes.

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Summary: Grants the town of Jupiter Island, Florida, the right of first refusal to select and take without consideration fee simple title to real property within the jurisdiction of the town comprising specified parcels (Bon Air Beach lots 259 and 260 located at 83 North Beach Road and Bon Air Beach lots 261 and 267), including any improvements thereon that are not authorized or required by another provision of law to be conveyed to another person. Allows the Commandant of the Coast Guard to identify, describe, and determine the property referred to above that is subject to the right of the town under this Act. Prohibits such property from being conveyed until the Commandant determines that the property is not needed to carry out Coast Guard operations. Requires any property conveyed under this Act to be used by the town solely for conservation of habitat and as protection against damage from wind, tidal, and wave energy. Provides for reversion to the U.S. government if such property is used for purposes other than conservation.

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Summary: Modifies a land grant patent issued by the Secretary of the Interior to the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society, Chippewa County, Michigan.

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Summary: Provides for the sale of specified federal land in Winn Parish, Louisiana, with a right of first refusal to Collins Camp Properties for the Collins Campsites and a specified parcel. Requires sale proceeds to be used for the acquisition of lands and interests in the Kisatchie National Forest in Louisiana.

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Summary: Releases any reversionary interests of the United States (including interests under the Union Pacific Railroad Act) in and to specified railroad lands in the City of Reno, Nevada, that were originally granted to the Union Pacific Railroad under the provisions of such Act.

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Summary: Hardrock Mining and Reclamation Act of 2007 - (Sec. 3) States this Act applies to any mining claim, millsite claim, or tunnel site claim: (1) located under the general mining laws before, on, or after the date of enactment of this Act; or (2) used for beneficiation or mineral processing activities, regardless of whether legal and beneficial title to the mineral is held by the United States. Title I: Mineral Exploration and Development - (Sec. 101) Conditions federal issuance of a patent for any mining or millsite claim located under the general mining laws upon specified determinations by the Secretary of the Interior. (Sec. 102) Subjects production of locatable minerals, including mineral concentrates or products derived from such minerals, to a royalty of 8% of the gross income from mining. Imposes a 4% royalty upon federal lands subject to an existing permit. Subjects to specified royalties certain federal land added to an existing operations permit. Sets forth royalty payment requirements governing claim holders, operators, and transporters. Makes each person liable for royalty payments under this Act jointly and severally liable for royalty on all locatable minerals, concentrates, or derived products lost or wasted from a mining claim maintained in compliance with this Act when such loss or waste is due to negligence on the part of any person or due to the failure to comply with any rule, regulation, or order issued under this Act. Establishes a civil penalty for failure to comply with royalty requirements. (Sec. 103) Sets forth a hardrock mining claim maintenance fee for each unpatented mining claim, mill, or tunnel site on federally owned lands, whether located before, on, or after enactment of this Act. Requires waiver of such fee for a claimant who certifies in writing that on the payment due date the claimant and all related parties held not more than 10 mining claims, mill sites, or tunnel sites, or any combination of them on public lands, and had performed requisite assessment work. States that nonpayment of the claim maintenance fee constitutes a forfeiture of the unpatented mining claim, mill, or tunnel site. (Sec. 104) States that timely payment of the claim maintenance fee asserts claimant's authority to use and occupy the federal land concerned for prospecting and exploration. Title II: Protection of Special Places - (Sec. 201) States that mining claims may be located under the general mining laws only on such lands and interests as were open to location immediately before enactment of this Act. Designates the following lands as not open to location of mining claims under the general mining laws on or after the date of enactment of this Act: (1) wilderness study areas; (2) areas of critical environmental concern; (3) areas designated for inclusion in the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System (including areas designated for potential addition, or eligible for inclusion in such system); and (4) any area identified in certain inventoried roadless areas maps contained in the Forest Service Roadless Area Conservation Final Environmental Impact Statement. (Sec. 202) Permits a state, political subdivision, or Indian tribe to petition the Secretary for withdrawal of specific federal land from operation of the general mining laws in order to protect specific values that are important to such entities. Title III: Environmental Considerations of Mineral Exploration and Development - (Sec. 301) Instructs the Secretary to ensure that mineral activities on federal land subject to a mining claim, millsite claim, or tunnel site claim are carefully controlled to prevent undue degradation of public lands and resources. Prohibits the Secretary from granting permission to engage in mineral activities if the Secretary publishes a determination in the Federal Register that undue degradation would result. (Sec. 302) Prohibits mineral activities on federal land that may cause a disturbance of surface resources unless the claim and permit were issued in compliance with this Act. (Sec. 303) Sets forth requirements for the exploration permit process and for operations permits. (Sec. 305) Prohibits the issuance or transfer of permits if the underlying claim is in violation of this Act unless corrective action has been taken according to specified requirements. Prohibits any permit issuance if there is a pattern of willful violations of its environmental protection requirements by the applicant, an affiliate, or the operator or claim holder if different from the applicant. (Sec. 306) Sets forth requirements for financial assurance as a prerequisite to a permit. Requires such financial assurance to include the estimated cost of maintaining effluent treatment to meet effluent limitations and water quality standards after cessation of mineral activities. (Sec. 307) Requires restoration of lands under this Act to a condition capable of supporting: (1) the uses they were capable of supporting prior to surface disturbance; or (2) other beneficial uses which conform to applicable land use plans as determined by the Secretaries. Sets forth operation and reclamation standards. Instructs the Secretary of the Interior to work with state and local governments to ensure that surface or groundwater withdrawals as a result of mining activities do not cause undue degradation. (Sec. 308) Declares that state law or regulations which exceed the requirements of this Act shall not construed to be inconsistent with such requirements. States that an understanding before the enactment of this Act between the Secretary concerned and any state or political subdivision regarding mineral activities on lands subject to this Act may only continue in force until one year after the date of enactment of this Act. (Sec. 309) Prohibits issuance of a permit authorizing mineral activities that would impair the land or resources of the National Park System or a National Monument. Title IV: Mining Mitigation - Subtitle A: Locatable Minerals Fund - (Sec. 401) Establishes the Locatable Minerals Fund (Fund) composed of: (1) penalties, fees and royalties; (2) the Hardrock Reclamation Account, and (3) the Hardrock Community Impact Assistance Account. Subtitle B: Use of Hardrock Reclamation Account - (Sec. 411) Authorizes the Secretary to use moneys in the Hardrock Reclamation Account for the reclamation and restoration of land and water resources adversely affected by past mineral activities on certain federal lands, including habitat reclamation and restoration. Prescribes requirements for allocation among certain states of 50% of the amounts deposited into such Account. Subtitle C: Use of Hardrock Community Impact Assistance Account - (Sec. 421) Makes the Hardrock Community Impact Assistance Account available to provide assistance for the planning, construction, and maintenance of public facilities and the provision of public services to states, political subdivisions, and Indian tribes socially or economically impacted by mineral activities conducted under the general mining laws. (Sec. 422) Prescribes allocation of funds from such Account. Title V: Administrative and Miscellaneous Provisions - Subtitle A: Administrative Provisions - (Sec. 501) Amends the Mining and Minerals Policy Act of 1970 to declare that it is federal mining and minerals policy to ensure that mineral extraction and processing not cause undue degradation of the natural and cultural resources of the public lands. Confers responsibility upon the Secretary of Agriculture to implement certain policy provisions of such Act. Amends the National Materials and Minerals Policy, Research and Development Act of 1980 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to promptly initiate actions to improve the availability and analysis of mineral data in public land use decision making with respect to National Forest System lands. (Sec. 502) Authorizes the Secretaries to: (1) collect users fees; and (2) make inspections and monitor mineral activities. (Sec. 504) Authorizes citizens suits to compel compliance with this Act. (Sec. 505) Sets forth procedures for: (1) administrative and judicial review; and (2) enforcement, including penalties, suspensions and revocations. any person who holds a limited patent or maintains a claim pursuant to this section shall be required to carry out reclamation as prescribed Subtitle B: Miscellaneous Provisions - (Sec. 511) Amends the Energy Policy Act of 1992 to subject certain oil shale claims to the reclamation requirements of titles II and III of this Act. (Sec. 517) Repeals: (1) the Building Stone Act; and (2) the Saline Placer Act.

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issued act establishes civil penalty failure comply royalty requirements sec sets forth hardrock mining claim maintenance fee unpatented mining claim mill tunnel site federally owned lands located enactment act requires waiver fee claimant certifies writing payment date claimant related parties held mining claims mill sites tunnel sites combination public lands performed requisite assessment work states nonpayment claim maintenance fee constitutes forfeiture unpatented mining claim mill tunnel site sec states timely payment claim maintenance fee asserts claimant authority use occupy federal land concerned exploration title protection special places sec states mining claims located general mining laws lands interests open location immediately enactment act designates following lands open location mining claims general mining laws date enactment act wilderness study areas areas critical environmental concern areas designated inclusion national_wild_and_scenic_rivers_system including areas designated potential addition eligible inclusion system area identified certain inventoried roadless areas maps contained sec permits state political subdivision indian tribe petition secretary withdrawal specific federal land operation general mining laws order protect specific values important entities title iii environmental considerations mineral exploration development sec instructs secretary ensure mineral activities federal land subject mining claim millsite claim tunnel site claim carefully controlled prevent undue degradation public lands resources prohibits secretary granting permission engage mineral activities secretary publishes determination federal_register undue degradation result sec prohibits mineral activities federal land cause disturbance surface resources claim permit issued compliance act sec sets forth requirements exploration permit process operations permits sec prohibits issuance transfer permits underlying claim violation act corrective action taken according specified requirements prohibits permit issuance pattern willful violations environmental protection requirements applicant affiliate operator claim holder different applicant sec sets forth requirements financial assurance prerequisite permit requires financial assurance include estimated cost maintaining effluent treatment meet effluent limitations water quality standards cessation mineral activities sec requires restoration lands act condition capable supporting uses capable supporting prior surface disturbance beneficial uses conform applicable land use plans determined secretaries sets forth operation reclamation standards instructs secretary interior work state local governments ensure surface groundwater withdrawals result mining activities cause undue degradation sec declares state law regulations exceed requirements act shall construed inconsistent requirements states understanding enactment act secretary concerned state political subdivision mineral activities lands subject act continue force year date enactment act sec prohibits issuance permit authorizing mineral activities impair land resources national_park_system national monument title mining mitigation subtitle locatable minerals fund sec establishes composed penalties fees royalties subtitle use hardrock reclamation account sec authorizes secretary use moneys reclamation restoration land water resources adversely affected past mineral activities certain federal lands including habitat reclamation restoration prescribes requirements allocation certain states amounts deposited account subtitle use sec makes available provide assistance planning construction maintenance public facilities provision public services states political subdivisions indian tribes socially economically impacted mineral activities conducted general mining laws sec prescribes allocation funds account title administrative miscellaneous provisions subtitle administrative provisions sec amends declare federal mining minerals policy ensure mineral extraction processing cause undue degradation natural cultural resources public lands confers responsibility secretary agriculture implement certain policy provisions act amends direct secretary agriculture promptly initiate actions improve availability analysis mineral data public land use decision making respect national_forest_system lands sec authorizes secretaries collect users fees inspections monitor mineral activities sec authorizes citizens suits compel compliance act sec sets forth procedures administrative judicial review enforcement including penalties suspensions revocations person holds limited patent maintains claim pursuant section shall required carry reclamation prescribed subtitle miscellaneous provisions sec amends energy policy act subject certain oil shale claims reclamation requirements titles iii act sec repeals building stone act saline placer act


Summary: Southern Nevada Limited Transition Area Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the city of Henderson, Nevada, all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to specified federal land in Henderson (the Transition Area). Permits the city, after conveyance, to sell, lease, or otherwise convey any part or parts of the Transition Area for nonresidential development purposes, or to elect to retain parcels in the Transition Area for public recreation or other public purposes consistent with the Recreation and Public Purposes Act. Requires the city to: (1) plan and manage the Transition Area in accordance with federal law and regulations relating to airport noise compatibility planning; and (2) agree that if any land in the Transition area is sold, leased, or otherwise conveyed by the city, the sale, lease, or conveyance shall contain a limitation to require uses compatible with that airport noise compatibility planning.

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Summary: Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness and Indian Peaks Wilderness Expansion Act - Designates certain lands in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, as the Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness (the Wilderness) and as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System. Provides for the inclusion of specified potential wilderness land within the Park in such Wilderness. Sets forth provisions: (1) governing continued operations at the Grand River Ditch; and (2) concerning water rights and permitted and prohibited activities within such Wilderness. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish an alignment line and identify the boundaries for the East Shore Trail within the East Shore Trail Area. Authorizes necessary adjustments in such boundaries, except any that would place any portion of the Trail in such Wilderness. Includes any portion of such Area that is not traversed by the Trail, that is not west of the Trail, and that is not within 50 feet of the centerline of the Trail in such Wilderness. Amends the Indian Peaks Wilderness Area, the Arapaho National Recreation Area and the Oregon Islands Wilderness Area Act to adjust the boundaries of: (1) the Indian Peaks Wilderness Area; and (2) the Arapaho National Recreation Area. Applies provisions governing leases of National Park System buildings and property to property known as the Leiffer tract near the Park's eastern boundary in Larimer County, Colorado.

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Summary: Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation Program Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) manage and implement the Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation Program; and (2) enter into an agreement with Arizona, California, and Nevada providing for the use of water from the Lower Colorado River for habitat creation and maintenance in accordance with the Habitat Conservation Plan, Biological Assessment and Biological and Conference Opinion, Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report, Funding and Management Agreement, Implementing Agreement, and a specified permit issued and executed in connection with the Program. Authorizes appropriations.Allows any party to the Funding and Management Agreement or the Implementing Agreement and any permittee under the permit to commence a civil action in U.S. district court to adjudicate rights and obligations of the parties under the program documents. Permits the United States or any U.S. agency to be named as a defendant in such actions. Waives the sovereign immunity of the United States for purposes of such actions, except as to claims seeking money from the United States.

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Summary: National Forest Roadless Area Conservation Act - Identifies roadless areas within the National Forest System set forth in specified maps as National Forest Inventoried Roadless Areas, and directs the Secretary of Agriculture to manage such Areas to maintain their roadless character. Authorizes the Forest Service to modify such maps for the sole purpose of improving their accuracy or inclusiveness. Requires any substantial modification of those maps to be made through the national forest management planning process and documented in an environmental impact statement.

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Summary: Borderlands Conservation and Security Act of 2007 - Requires: (1) not later than May 30, 2008, development of a border protection strategy that supports U.S. border security needs in the manner that best protects units of the National Park System, National Forest System land, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) land, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) land, and other relevant land under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior or the Department of Agriculture; and (2) development of a border protection strategy for tribal lands along the U.S.-Mexico border. Requires provision of: (1) federal land resource training for Customs and Border Protection agents assigned to patrol protected land; and (2) cultural resource training for such agents assigned to patrol tribal lands. Requires: (1) the Secretaries of Agriculture and Interior to submit to the Secretary of Homeland Security an inventory of costs incurred related to illegal border activity and border enforcement activities, including the cost of identified items; and (2) the development of recommendations for a cost recovery mechanism related to such items. Establishes a program for: (1) providing financial assistance for projects to improve management of ecologically sensitive or listed species, improving wildlife habitat to aid in their management, and mitigating the impacts of border enforcement, human and drug smuggling, and unauthorized immigration on them; and (2) awarding grants to eligible organizations to promote conservation of such species. Establishes the Borderland Conservation Fund to carry out projects under this Act.

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Summary: Sabinoso Wilderness Act of 2008 - Designates certain land under the jurisdiction of the Taos Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in New Mexico as the "Sabinoso Wilderness" and as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System. Requires any acquired land or interest in land within the boundary of the Sabinoso Wilderness to become part of such wilderness. Sets forth requirements with respect to livestock grazing in the Sabinoso Wilderness and fish and wildlife in New Mexico. Continues to allow private landowners adequate access to inholdings in the Sabinoso Wilderness. Requires certain private lands to be managed as an inholding in such wilderness. Withdraws the lands identified as "Land Withdrawn From Mineral Entry" and "Lands Released From Wilderness Study Area & Withdrawn From Mineral Entry" from: (1) all forms of entry, appropriation, and disposal under the public land laws, except for disposal by exchange in accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976; (2) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and (3) operation of the mineral materials and geothermal leasing laws.

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Summary: Help to Access Land for the Education of Scouts or HALE Scouts Act - Requires the conveyance of specified National Forest System land in the Ouachita National Forest in Oklahoma to the Indian Nations Council, Inc., of the Boy Scouts of America. Excludes from such conveyance the inclusion of any land within the Indian Nations National Scenic and Wildlife Area designated under the Winding Stair Mountain National Recreation and Wilderness Area Act. Requires the Council, as consideration for such land, to pay to the Secretary of Agriculture the fair market value of the land, as determined by an appraisal approved by the Secretary and done to conform with the Uniform Appraisal Standards for Federal Land Acquisitions and the provisions relating to exchanges of public lands and interests within the National Forest System under the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976. Provides for the deposit of such consideration into the fund established by the Sisk Act. Makes the deposited amount available for expenditure for the acquisition of land and interests in the Ouachita National Forest. States that access to the conveyed land shall be from the adjacent land of the Council or its successor. Bars the Secretary from being required to provide additional access to such land. Authorizes the Secretary to prescribe such terms and conditions on the conveyance as the Secretary considers in the public interest, including the reservation of access rights to the conveyed land for administrative purposes.

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Summary: National Wildlife Refuge System Operations Enhancement Act of 2007 - Increases the price of Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamps. Requires amounts received for such stamps sold in excess of $15.00 to be used by the Secretary of the Interior for the costs of national wildlife refuge operations. National Wildlife Refuge System Semipostal Stamp Act of 2007 - Sets forth provisions for the issuance and sale of a special postage stamp in order to afford a convenient way for the public to contribute toward funding the operations of the National Wildlife Refuge System. National Wildlife Refuge Checkoff Act of 2007 - Permits a taxpayer to designate that $1 of any tax overpayment, and any cash contribution which the taxpayer includes with such return, shall be deposited into the National Wildlife Refuge System Trust Fund established by this Act. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to make payments to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) from such Fund.

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Summary: Utah National Guard Lands Consolidation Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to accept ownership of certain lands owned by the State of Utah and located within the boundaries of the public lands currently withdrawn for military use by the Utah National Guard as "Camp Williams", if such lands are offered to the Secretary by the State, in exchange for conveyance to the State by the Secretary of public lands within the boundaries of Camp Williams of substantially equal value to the acquired lands.

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Summary: Izembek and Alaska Peninsula Refuge and Wilderness Enhancement and King Cove Safe Access Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the state of Alaska King Cove Road and Sitkinak Island upon: (1) conveyance by the state and other owners of specified non-federal land, including King Cove Corporation, to the Secretary of title to such non-federal land; and (2) certification by the governor of the state that the state-owned land at Kinzaroff Lagoon has been designated under state law as a state refuge. Requires the King Cove Road conveyance to be used for construction of a state road. Provides, upon conveyance of the non-federal land to the Secretary, for the designation of the wilderness additions to the Izembek and Alaska Peninsula Wildlife Refuges as wilderness.

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