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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 404 

To establish the National Landscape Conservation System, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 9, 2009 

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

HINCHEY, Mr. INSLEE, Mrs. MALONEY, Mr. PALLONE, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. 

WAXMAN, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. FARR, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. GEORGE

MILLER of California, Mr. PASTOR of Arizona, Ms. LEE of California, 

Ms. BORDALLO, Ms. SUTTON, Mr. HOLT, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. SARBANES, 

Mr. REICHERT, Mr. BERMAN, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, and Mr. 

GORDON of Tennessee) introduced the following bill; which was referred 

to the Committee on Natural Resources 

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: 


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

2 the Secretary of the Interior. 

3 (2) SYSTEM.—The term ‘‘system’’ means the 

4 National Landscape Conservation System estab5 lished by section 3(a). 

6 SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE NATIONAL LANDSCAPE 

7 CONSERVATION SYSTEM. 

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

9 and restore nationally significant landscapes that have 

10 outstanding cultural, ecological, and scientific values for 

11 the benefit of current and future generations, there is es12 tablished in the Bureau of Land Management the Na13 tional Landscape Conservation System. 

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

15 the following areas administered by the Bureau of Land 

16 Management: 

17 (1) Each area that is designated as— 

18 (A) a national monument; 

19 (B) a national conservation area; 

20 (C) a wilderness study area; 

21 (D) a National Scenic Trail or National 

22 Historic Trail designated as a component of the 

23 National Trails System; 

24 (E) a component of the National Wild and 

25 Scenic Rivers System; or 


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1 (F) a component of the National Wilder2 ness Preservation System. 

3 (2) Any area designated by Congress to be ad4 ministered for conservation purposes, including— 

5 (A) the Steens Mountain Cooperative Man6 agement and Protection Area, as designated 

7 under section 101(a) of the Steens Mountain 

8 Cooperative Management and Protection Act of 

9 2000 (16 U.S.C. 460nnn–11(a)); 

10 (B) the Headwaters Forest Reserve; 

11 (C) the Yaquina Head Outstanding Nat12 ural Area; 

13 (D) public land within the California 

14 Desert Conservation Area administered by the 

15 Bureau of Land Management for conservation 

16 purposes; and 

17 (E) any additional area designated by Con18 gress for inclusion in the system. 

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

20 system— 

21 (1) in accordance with each applicable law (in22 cluding regulations) relating to each component of 

23 the system included under subsection (b); and 


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

2 which the components of the system were des3 ignated. 

4 SEC. 4. STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION. 

5 Nothing in this Act shall be construed to enhance, 

6 diminish, or modify any law or proclamation (or regula7 tions related to such law or proclamation) under which 

8 the components of the system identified in section 3(b) 

9 were established, or are managed, including, but not lim10 ited to, the Alaska National Interest Land Conservation 

11 Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), the Wilderness Act (16 

12 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 

13 U.S.C. 1271 et seq.), the National Trails System Act (16 

14 U.S.C. 1241 et seq.), and the Federal Land Policy and 

15 Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.). In 

16 addition, nothing in this Act creates a Federal cause of 

17 action based on inclusion within the National Landscape 

18 Conservation System. Moreover, nothing in this Act is in19 tended to additionally restrict or hinder energy develop20 ment within the system. 

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