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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1154 

To reverse the designation by the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary 

of Agriculture of certain communities in the State of Alaska as nonrural. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

APRIL 30, 2015 

Ms. MURKOWSKI introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 

referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To reverse the designation by the Secretary of the Interior 

and the Secretary of Agriculture of certain communities 

in the State of Alaska as nonrural. 

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 ‘‘Subsistence Access 

5 Management Act of 2015’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF SECRETARIES. 

7 In this Act, the term ‘‘Secretaries’’ means the Sec8 retary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture. 


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1 SEC. 3. REDESIGNATION NOT AUTHORIZED. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi3 sion of law, including any regulation, order, or policy, for 

4 purposes of administering the Federal Subsistence Man5 agement Program on public lands within the State of Alas6 ka pursuant to the Alaska National Interest Lands Con7 servation Act (16 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.), with respect to 

8 a community or area designated as rural by the Secre9 taries by regulation effective on or before May 6, 2007, 

10 the Secretaries may not, except pursuant to Act of Con11 gress— 

12 (1) redesignate the community or area as 

13 nonrural; or 

14 (2) adjust the boundaries of a community or 

15 area to render some or all of that community or 

16 area nonrural. 

17 (b) REINSTATEMENT OF LIST.— 

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—The list of communities and 

19 areas designated rural (including the boundaries of 

20 those communities and areas) in effect on May 6, 

21 2007, is reinstated. 

22 (2) EFFECT.—Except as modified by Act of 

23 Congress, with respect to those communities and 

24 areas designated as rural, the list described in para25 graph (1) shall be in effect as if the final rule enti26 tled ‘‘Subsistence Management Regulations for PubVerDate Sep 11 2014 02:53 May 08, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1154.IS S1154

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1 lic Lands in Alaska, Subpart C; Nonrural Deter2 minations’’ (72 Fed. Reg. 25688 (May 7, 2007)) 

3 had not been issued. 

4 SEC. 4. EFFECT. 

5 Nothing in this Act prohibits the Secretaries from de6 termining that, in accordance with regulations duly pro7 mulgated by the Secretaries— 

8 (1) a community or area designated nonrural 

9 by the Secretaries should be redesignated as rural; 

10 or 

11 (2) the boundaries of a community or area des12 ignated nonrural should be adjusted by the Secre13 taries to render some or all of that community or 

14 area rural. 

15 SEC. 5. PUBLICATION OF INTERIM FINAL RULE, LIST. 

16 (a) PUBLICATION OF INTERIM FINAL RULE.—Not 

17 later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 

18 the Secretaries shall publish an interim final rule amend19 ing any regulations inconsistent with this Act. 

20 (b) PUBLICATION OF LIST.—Once each year after the 

21 publication under subsection (a), the Secretaries shall 

22 publish in the Federal Register a list of communities and 

23 areas (including the boundaries of those communities and 


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1 areas) designated rural and nonrural in accordance with 

2 this Act. 

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