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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 re-
ferred 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 Cali-
fornia, Mr. BERMAN, Mr. FARR, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. HODES, Ms. BALD-
WIN, Mr. SAXTON, Ms. SOLIS, Mr. HONDA, Ms. KILPATRICK, Mr. 
SPRATT, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. OLVER, Ms. SUTTON, Mr. WYNN, Mr. FIL-
NER, 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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Landscape 
Conservation System Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
(2) SYSTEM.—The term ‘‘system’’ means the Na-
tional Landscape Conservation System established by 
section 3(a). 
SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE NATIONAL LANDSCAPE 
CONSERVATION SYSTEM. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—In order to conserve, protect, 
and restore nationally significant landscapes that have out-
standing cultural, ecological, and scientific values for the 
benefit of current and future generations, there is estab-
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lished in the Bureau of Land Management the National 
Landscape Conservation System. 
(b) COMPONENTS.—The system shall include each of 
the following areas administered by the Bureau of Land 
Management: 
(1) Each area that is designated as— 
(A) a national monument; 
(B) a national conservation area; 
(C) a wilderness study area; 
(D) a National Scenic Trail or National 
Historic Trail designated as a component of the 
National Trails System; 
(E) a component of the National Wild and 
Scenic Rivers System; or 
(F) a component of the National Wilderness 
Preservation System. 
(2) Any area designated by Congress to be ad-
ministered for conservation purposes, including— 
(A) the Steens Mountain Cooperative Man-
agement and Protection Area, as designated 
under section 101(a) of the Steens Mountain Co-
operative Management and Protection Act of 
2000 (16 U.S.C. 460nnn–11(a)); 
(B) the Headwaters Forest Reserve; 
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(C) the Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural 
Area; and 
(D) any additional area designated by Con-
gress for inclusion in the system. 
(c) MANAGEMENT.—The Secretary shall manage the 
system— 
(1) in accordance with each applicable law (in-
cluding regulations) relating to each component of the 
system included under subsection (b); and 
(2) in a manner that protects the values for 
which the components of the system were designated. 
SEC. 4. STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION. 
Nothing in this Act shall be construed to enhance, di-
minish, or modify any law or proclamation (or regulations 
related to such law or proclamation) under which the com-
ponents of the system identified in section 3(b) were estab-
lished, or are managed, including, but not limited to, the 
Alaska National Interest Land Conservation Act (43 U.S.C. 
1601 et seq.), the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), 
the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1271 et seq.), 
the National Trails System Act (16 U.S.C. 1241 et seq.), 
and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 
(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 Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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