SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Bureau of Land Man-
agement Foundation Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) BOARD.—The term ‘‘Board’’ means the 
Board of Directors of the Foundation. 
(2) BLM.—The term ‘‘BLM’’ means the Bu-
reau of Land Management. 
(3) CHAIRMAN.—The term ‘‘Chairman’’ means 
the Chairman of the Board. 
(4) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means 
an individual member of the Board. 
(5) FOUNDATION.—The term ‘‘Foundation’’ 
means the Bureau of Land Management Foundation 
established by this Act. 
(6) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
(7) NATIONAL
CONSERVATION
LANDS.—The 
term ‘‘National Conservation Lands’’ means the sys-
tem of lands established by section 2002 of the Om-
nibus Public Lands Management Act of 2009 (16 
U.S.C. 7202). 
(8) WILD
FREE-ROAMING
HORSES
AND
BUR-
ROS.—The term ‘‘wild free-roaming horses and bur-
ros’’ has the same meaning that term has under sec-
tion 2(b) of the Wild Free-Roaming Horses And 
Burros Act Of 1971 (16 U.S.C. 1332(b)). 
(9) ORPHANED OIL AND GAS WELL SITES.— 
The term ‘‘orphaned oil and gas well sites’’ means 
all onshore oil and gas wells in the United States 
that have no responsible or liable parties and that— 
(A) are located on federally managed 
lands; 
(B) are located on lands or minerals that 
were federally managed at the time oil and gas 
operations were initiated; or 
(C) adversely impact the health or produc-
tivity of Federal lands. 
(10) ABANDONED
MINE
LANDS.—The term 
‘‘abandoned mine lands’’ means all hard rock mines 
in the United States that were abandoned before 
January 1, 1981, and all coal mines in the United 
States that were abandoned before August 3, 1977, 
and that— 
(A) are located on federally managed 
lands; 
(B) are located on lands or minerals that 
were federally managed at the time mining op-
erations were initiated; or
(C) adversely impact the health or produc-
tivity of Federal lands. 
SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT AND PURPOSES OF THE BUREAU 
OF LAND MANAGEMENT FOUNDATION. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established the Bu-
reau of Land Management Foundation as a charitable and 
nonprofit corporation that shall not be considered an agen-
cy or establishment of the United States. 
(b) PURPOSES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The purposes of the Foun-
dation are to— 
(A) encourage, accept, obtain, administer, 
and use private gifts of money, devises, and be-
quests of real and personal property for the 
benefit of, or in connection with, the activities 
and services of the BLM described in subpara-
graph (B); 
(B) undertake, conduct, and encourage 
programs and activities that support— 
(i) educational, technical, scientific, 
and other assistance or activities that sup-
port the management of BLM lands in re-
gard to— 
(I) wild free-roaming horses and 
burros;
(II) fish and wildlife and their 
habitats; 
(III) 
National 
Conservation 
Lands; 
(IV) recreation resources; and 
(V) cultural and historic re-
sources; and 
(ii) activities that support the rec-
lamation and remediation of— 
(I) abandoned mine lands; 
(II) orphaned oil and gas well 
sites; or 
(III) public lands impacted by 
development connected to mineral ex-
ploration and development activities. 
(2) INCLUDED
RECLAMATION
ACTIVITIES.— 
Reclamation activities under paragraph (1)(B) 
should include, but not be limited to, the remedi-
ation of soil and water contamination, the restora-
tion of wildlife habitat in order to restore the nat-
ural, scenic, historic, cultural, and ecological values 
of such areas, or the promotion of the economic po-
tential of such areas. 
(c) ACTIVITIES OF THE FOUNDATION AND THE BU-
REAU
OF LAND MANAGEMENT.—The activities of the
Foundation authorized under this Act shall be supple-
mental to and shall not preempt any authority or responsi-
bility of the BLM under any other provision of law. 
(d) RANGE OF FOUNDATION ACTIVITIES.—The ac-
tivities and grants made by the Foundation under sub-
section (b)(1)(B) that are not subject to limitations under 
section 5(d)(4) shall be undertaken in equal proportion 
under clauses (i) and (ii) of subsection (b)(1)(B). 
SEC. 4. BOARD OF DIRECTORS. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT AND MEMBERSHIP.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Foundation shall have a 
governing Board of Directors, which shall consist of 
no more than nine members, each of whom shall be 
a United States citizen. 
(2) REQUIREMENTS OF MEMBERS.—Of the ap-
pointed members of the Board— 
(A) at least three shall have education or 
experience in natural, cultural, conservation, or 
other resource management, law, research, or 
advocacy; 
(B) at least three shall have education or 
experience in energy and minerals development, 
reclamation, or remediation; and 
(C) up to three shall be appointed as at- 
large members.