Gateway Communities Cooperation Act

Bill: 108-hr-1014
Sponsor: Rep. Radanovich, George [R-CA-19]
Introduced: 2003-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Alaska
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Commerce
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Economics and Public Finance
Employee training
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Federal-Indian relations
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
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Indian lands
Infrastructure
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Labor and Employment
Land use
Law
Local officials
Minorities
National forests
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Planning
Tourism
Transportation and Public Works
Transportation planning
Urban affairs
Wildlife refuges
Zoning and zoning law

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Gateway Communities Cooperation Act - Requires the National Park Service, the United States Forest Service, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Bureau of Land Management to: (1) provide for public involvement by government officials of local gateway communities (communities, including recognized Indian tribes or Alaska Native villages, adjacent to or near public lands) in the development of land use plans, programs, regulations, and decisions, transportation plans, general management plans, and any other public land plans, decisions, projects, or policies that will have a significant impact; (2) provide such communities with early public notice of such proposed decisions; (3) offer training sessions for officials for understanding and participating in agency planning processes; (4) assign an employee or contractor to work with such a community to develop data and analysis relevant in the preparation of agency plans, decisions, and policies; and (5) assist in conducting a review of plans likely to affect such community.
Allows a Federal land manager to enter into a cooperative agreement with gateway communities to provide for coordination between Federal, State, local, and tribal governments in land use inventory, planning, and management activities.
Requires the consolidation and coordination of the plans and planning processes of two or more Federal agencies to facilitate an affected gateway community's participation.
Directs Federal land agencies to solicit the participation of gateway communities as cooperating agencies under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 when a proposed action is determined to require the preparation of an environmental impact statement.
Allows a Federal land manager to make grants to enable an eligible gateway community (population under 10,000) to: (1) participate in Federal land planning or management processes; (2) obtain professional land use or transportation planning assistance necessary as a result of Federal action; (3) address and resolve public infrastructure impacts that are a likely result of the Federal land management decisions and for which sufficient funds are not otherwise available; and (4) provide information and interpretive services.
action_date: 2004-05-20
text: 
Gateway Communities Cooperation Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture (the relevant Secretary) to: (1) solicit involvement by government officials of local gateway communities (communities, including recognized Indian tribes or Alaska Native villages, that abut or are near public lands) in the development of land use plans, programs, regulations, and decisions, transportation plans, general management plans, and any other public land plans, decisions, projects, or policies for public lands under the jurisdiction of the National Park Service, the United States Forest Service, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Bureau of Land Management which are likely to have a significant impact; (2) facilitate such involvement, provide the appropriate officials with a summary of the assumptions, purposes, goals, and objectives of a plan, decision, project, or policy, a description of any anticipated significant impact, and information regarding the technical assistance and training available; (3) at the request of a gateway community, offer training sessions for officials for understanding and participating in agency planning processes and the methods by which they can most meaningfully participate in the development of agency plans, decisions, and policies; and (4) at the request of a gateway community, make available personnel, on a temporary basis, to assist gateway communities in the development of mutually compatible land use or management plans.
 
Authorizes the relevant Secretary to enter into cooperative agreements with gateway communities to coordinate the management of: (1) the land use inventory, planning, and management activities administered by such Secretary; and (2) the land use planning and management activities of other Federal agencies, agencies of the State in which the public lands are located, and local and tribal governments in the vicinity of such lands. 
Requires, when the plans of two or more Federal agencies are anticipated to have an impact on a gateway community, the consolidation and coordination of the agencies' plans and planning processes in order to facilitate the participation of affected gateway communities. 
Directs the relevant Secretary to allow any affected gateway communities the opportunity to be recognized as cooperating agencies under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 when a proposed action is determined to require an environmental impact statement. 
Allows the relevant Secretary to make grants to any gateway community with a population of 10,000 or less to carry out the purposes of this Act. 
Authorizes appropriations.
action_date: 2004-07-19
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on May 20, 2004. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Gateway Communities Cooperation Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture (the relevant Secretary) to: (1) solicit involvement by government officials of local gateway communities (communities, including recognized Indian tribes or Alaska Native villages, that abut or are near public lands) in the development of land use plans, programs, regulations, and decisions, transportation plans, general management plans, and any other public land plans, decisions, projects, or policies for public lands under the jurisdiction of the National Park Service, the United States Forest Service, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Bureau of Land Management which are likely to have a significant impact; (2) facilitate such involvement, provide the appropriate officials with a summary of the assumptions, purposes, goals, and objectives of a plan, decision, project, or policy, a description of any anticipated significant impact, and information regarding the technical assistance and training available; (3) at the request of a gateway community, offer training sessions for officials for understanding and participating in agency planning processes and the methods by which they can most meaningfully participate in the development of agency plans, decisions, and policies; and (4) at the request of a gateway community, make available personnel, on a temporary basis, to assist gateway communities in the development of mutually compatible land use or management plans.
 
Authorizes the relevant Secretary to enter into cooperative agreements with gateway communities to coordinate the management of: (1) the land use inventory, planning, and management activities administered by such Secretary; and (2) the land use planning and management activities of other Federal agencies, agencies of the State in which the public lands are located, and local and tribal governments in the vicinity of such lands. 
Requires, when the plans of two or more Federal agencies are anticipated to have an impact on a gateway community, the consolidation and coordination of the agencies' plans and planning processes in order to facilitate the participation of affected gateway communities. 
Directs the relevant Secretary to allow any affected gateway communities the opportunity to be recognized as cooperating agencies under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 when a proposed action is determined to require an environmental impact statement. 
Allows the relevant Secretary to make grants to any gateway community with a population of 10,000 or less to carry out the purposes of this Act. 
Authorizes appropriations.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-07-20
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2004-07-19
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2004-07-19
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text:  CR H5931)
action_date: 2004-07-19
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text:  CR H5931)
action_date: 2004-07-19
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1014.
action_date: 2004-07-19
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration:  CR H5931-5932)
action_date: 2004-07-19
text: Mr. Hayworth moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2004-05-20
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 291.
action_date: 2004-05-20
text: Committee on Agriculture discharged.
action_date: 2004-05-20
text: Committee on Agriculture discharged.
action_date: 2004-05-20
text: House Committee on Agriculture Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than May 20, 2004.
action_date: 2004-05-20
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Resources. H. Rept. 108-508, Part I.
action_date: 2004-05-20
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Resources. H. Rept. 108-508, Part I.
action_date: 2004-05-05
text: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2004-05-05
text: Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans Discharged.
action_date: 2003-10-21
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2003-10-21
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2003-03-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
action_date: 2003-02-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans.
action_date: 2003-02-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
action_date: 2003-02-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Introduced in House