Ice Age Floods National Geologic Route Designation Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-383
Sponsor: Rep. Hastings, Doc [R-WA-4]
Introduced: 2005-01-26 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Federal advisory bodies
Floods
Geology
Government Operations and Politics
Idaho
Land transfers
Maps
Montana
National parks
Oregon
Sports and Recreation
Tourism
Trails
Washington State

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-26
text: 
Ice Age Floods National Geologic Trail Designation Act of 2005 - Designates the Ice Age Floods National Geologic Trail, a trail from Missoula, Montana to the Pacific Ocean, to provide for the public appreciation, understanding, and enjoyment of the nationally significant natural and cultural features of the Ice Age Floods, and to promote efforts to interpret and educate along the pathways of the floods. 
 
Requires the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the National Park Service, to administer the Trail. Allows the Secretary to establish and operate a Trail management office within the vicinity of the Trail. Requires the Secretary to establish and maintain a trail advisory committee to assist the Trail manager and staff with the operation of the Trail.
 
Requires the Secretary to prepare a Cooperative Management and Interpretation Plan for the Trail to: (1) describe strategies for the coordinated development of the Trail; (2) identify potential partnering opportunities to develop interpretative facilities and educational programs; (3) confirm and expand upon the inventory of floods' features contained in a specified National Park Service study; and (4) review and modify the map of the Trail.
 
Allows the Secretary to acquire not more than 25 acres of land for public information and administrative purposes to facilitate the geographic diversity of the Trail.

action_date: 2006-09-06
text: 
Ice Age Floods National Geologic Route Designation Act of 2006 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the National Park Service (NPS), and with the concurrence of the agency having jurisdiction over such roads, to designate a vehicular tour route from Missoula, Montana, to the Pacific Ocean along existing public roads linking certain nationally significant natural and cultural sites associated with the Ice Age Floods, which shall be known as the &quot;Ice Age Floods National Geologic Route.&quot; 
 
Requires the Secretary to prepare and transmit to specified congressional committees a description of sites along the Route and a general plan, which shall include the location and description of unique geographic or geologic features and significant landforms and important cultural resources.
 
Requires the general plan to include proposals for a comprehensive interpretive program of the Route. 
 
Requires the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the NPS Director, to administer a program for interpretation of the Route.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to provide other federal, state, tribal, and local nonprofit or private entities with technical assistance in developing interpretive devices and materials with respect to sites linked by segments of the Route administered by such entities.
 
Instructs the Secretary to ensure that the Route is marked with appropriate signs and other markers to guide the public. 
 
Declares that nothing in this Act shall be construed to require any private property owner to allow public access (including federal, state, or local government access) to such private property, or to modify any provision of federal, state, or local law with regard to public access to or use of private lands.
 
Authorizes appropriations. 

action_date: 2006-09-25
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on September 6, 2006. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Ice Age Floods National Geologic Route Designation Act of 2006 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the National Park Service (NPS), and with the concurrence of the agency having jurisdiction over such roads, to designate a vehicular tour route from Missoula, Montana, to the Pacific Ocean along existing public roads linking certain nationally significant natural and cultural sites associated with the Ice Age Floods, which shall be known as the &quot;Ice Age Floods National Geologic Route.&quot; 
 
Requires the Secretary to prepare and transmit to specified congressional committees a description of sites along the Route and a general plan, which shall include the location and description of unique geographic or geologic features and significant landforms and important cultural resources.
 
Requires the general plan to include proposals for a comprehensive interpretive program of the Route. 
 
Requires the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the NPS Director, to administer a program for interpretation of the Route.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to provide other federal, state, tribal, and local nonprofit or private entities with technical assistance in developing interpretive devices and materials with respect to sites linked by segments of the Route administered by such entities.
 
Instructs the Secretary to ensure that the Route is marked with appropriate signs and other markers to guide the public. 
 
Declares that nothing in this Act shall be construed to require any private property owner to allow public access (including federal, state, or local government access) to such private property, or to modify any provision of federal, state, or local law with regard to public access to or use of private lands.
 
Authorizes appropriations. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-11-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2006-09-26
text: Received in the Senate.
action_date: 2006-09-25
text: The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2006-09-25
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2006-09-25
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H6941-6942)
action_date: 2006-09-25
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 H6941-6942)
action_date: 2006-09-25
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate H.R. 383.
action_date: 2006-09-25
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6941-6942)
action_date: 2006-09-25
text: Mr. Renzi moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2006-09-06
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 359.
action_date: 2006-09-06
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Resources. H. Rept. 109-619.
action_date: 2006-09-06
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Resources. H. Rept. 109-619.
action_date: 2006-07-19
text: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2006-07-19
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2006-07-19
text: Subcommittee on National Parks Discharged.
action_date: 2006-07-13
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks.
action_date: 2005-01-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2005-01-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-01-26
text: Introduced in House