Natural Resource Protection Cooperative Agreement Act

Bill: 109-hr-4294
Sponsor: Rep. Porter, Jon C. [R-NV-3]
Introduced: 2005-11-10 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Animals
Coastal zone
Conservation of natural resources
Ecosystem management
Environmental Protection
Government Operations and Politics
Habitat conservation
National parks
Nature conservation
Non-native species
Restoration ecology
Riparian ecology
Water Resources Development
Watersheds
Wetlands

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-10
text: 
Natural Resource Protection Cooperative Agreement Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to enter into cooperative agreements with State, local, or tribal governments, other public entities, educational institutions, private nonprofit organizations, or participating private landowners for the purpose of protecting natural resources of units of the National Park System through collaborative efforts on land inside and outside of National Park System units. States that such an agreement shall provide clear and direct benefits to park natural resources and shall provide for: (1) the preservation, conservation, and restoration of coastal and riparian systems, watersheds, and wetlands; (2) preventing, controlling, or eradicating invasive exotic species that are within a unit of the National Park System or adjacent to such a unit; or (3) restoration of natural resources, including native wildlife habitat or ecosystems. 

action_date: 2006-07-13
text: 
Natural Resource Protection Cooperative Agreement Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to enter into cooperative agreements with State, local, or tribal governments, other federal agencies, other public entities, educational institutions, private nonprofit organizations, or participating private landowners for the purpose of protecting natural resources of units of the National Park System through collaborative efforts on land inside and outside of National Park System units. States that such an agreement shall provide clear and direct benefits to park natural resources and shall provide for: (1) the preservation, conservation, and restoration of coastal and riparian systems, watersheds, and wetlands; (2) preventing, controlling, or eradicating invasive exotic species that are within a unit of the National Park System or adjacent to such a unit; or (3) restoration of natural resources, including native wildlife habitat or ecosystems. 
 
Bars the Secretary from using any funds associated with such an agreement for the purposes of land acquisition, regulatory activity, or the development, maintenance, or operation of infrastructure, except for ancillary support facilities that the Secretary determines to be necessary for the completion of projects or activities identified in the agreement.
 
Provides that, funds available to carry out the provisions of this Act shall be limited to programs and amounts specified in the statute for such use in the annual appropriations Act for the National Park Service. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-13
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 314.
action_date: 2006-07-13
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Resources. H. Rept. 109-558.
action_date: 2006-07-13
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Resources. H. Rept. 109-558.
action_date: 2006-06-21
text: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2006-06-21
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2006-06-21
text: Subcommittee on National Parks Discharged.
action_date: 2006-03-30
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2005-11-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks.
action_date: 2005-11-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2005-11-10
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2327-2328)
action_date: 2005-11-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-11-10
text: Introduced in House