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Union Calendar No. 344 

110TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 2016 

[Report No. 110–561] 

To establish the National Landscape Conservation System, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 24, 2007 

Mr. GRIJALVA (for himself, Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Mrs. BONO, Mr. RENZI, 

Mr. UDALL of New Mexico, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. INSLEE, Mr. PALLONE, 

Mrs. MALONEY of New York, Ms. BERKLEY, Mrs. CAPPS, Ms. LEE, Mrs. 

WILSON of New Mexico, Mr. UDALL of Colorado, Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. 

GILCHREST, and Mr. KIRK) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 

APRIL 1, 2008 

Additional sponsors: Mr. HOLT, Mr. WAXMAN, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. 

BLUMENAUER, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr. BAIRD, Mr. 

FORTUN ̃O, Mr. GORDON of Tennessee, Ms. MCCOLLUM of Minnesota, Mr. 

LIPINSKI, Mr. CHANDLER, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. FRANK of 

Massachusetts, Ms. GIFFORDS, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. PRICE of North 

Carolina, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mr. BRALEY of Iowa, Mr. 

LOBIONDO, Ms. HOOLEY, Mr. PLATTS, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, Mr. BERMAN, Mr. FARR, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. HODES, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. SAXTON, Ms. SOLIS, Mr. HONDA, Ms. KILPATRICK, Mr. 

SPRATT, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. OLVER, Ms. SUTTON, Mr. WYNN, Mr. FILNER, Mr. MURPHY of Connecticut, Mr. SHAYS, Ms. BORDALLO, Mr. 

REICHERT, Ms. DEGETTE, Mr. PORTER, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. SARBANES, 

Mr. GONZALEZ, Mr. PASTOR, Mr. HIGGINS, and Mr. BACA

APRIL 1, 2008 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 


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[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on April 24, 2007] 

A BILL 

To establish the National Landscape Conservation System, 

and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Landscape 

5 Conservation System Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

7 In this Act: 

8 (1) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

9 the Secretary of the Interior. 

10 (2) SYSTEM.—The term ‘‘system’’ means the Na11 tional Landscape Conservation System established by 

12 section 3(a). 

13 SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE NATIONAL LANDSCAPE 

14 CONSERVATION SYSTEM. 

15 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—In order to conserve, protect, 

16 and restore nationally significant landscapes that have out17 standing cultural, ecological, and scientific values for the 

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1 lished in the Bureau of Land Management the National 

2 Landscape Conservation System. 

3 (b) COMPONENTS.—The system shall include each of 

4 the following areas administered by the Bureau of Land 

5 Management: 

6 (1) Each area that is designated as— 

7 (A) a national monument; 

8 (B) a national conservation area; 

9 (C) a wilderness study area; 

10 (D) a National Scenic Trail or National 

11 Historic Trail designated as a component of the 

12 National Trails System; 

13 (E) a component of the National Wild and 

14 Scenic Rivers System; or 

15 (F) a component of the National Wilderness 

16 Preservation System. 

17 (2) Any area designated by Congress to be ad18 ministered for conservation purposes, including— 

19 (A) the Steens Mountain Cooperative Man20 agement and Protection Area, as designated 

21 under section 101(a) of the Steens Mountain Co22 operative Management and Protection Act of 

23 2000 (16 U.S.C. 460nnn–11(a)); 

24 (B) the Headwaters Forest Reserve; 


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1 (C) the Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural 

2 Area; and 

3 (D) any additional area designated by Con4 gress for inclusion in the system. 

5 (c) MANAGEMENT.—The Secretary shall manage the 

6 system— 

7 (1) in accordance with each applicable law (in8 cluding regulations) relating to each component of the 

9 system included under subsection (b); and 

10 (2) in a manner that protects the values for 

11 which the components of the system were designated. 

12 SEC. 4. STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION. 

13 Nothing in this Act shall be construed to enhance, di14 minish, or modify any law or proclamation (or regulations 

15 related to such law or proclamation) under which the com16 ponents of the system identified in section 3(b) were estab17 lished, or are managed, including, but not limited to, the 

18 Alaska National Interest Land Conservation Act (43 U.S.C. 

19 1601 et seq.), the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), 

20 the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1271 et seq.), 

21 the National Trails System Act (16 U.S.C. 1241 et seq.), 

22 and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 

23 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.). 


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Union Calendar No. 344 

110TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 2016 

[Report No. 110

–561] 

A BILL 

To establish the National Landscape Conservation 

System, and for other purposes. 

APRIL 1, 2008 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 


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