National Landscape Conservation System Act

Bill: 110-s-1139
Sponsor: Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM]
Introduced: 2007-04-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Arts, Culture, Religion
California
Commemorations
Cultural property
Ecosystem management
Environmental Protection
Forest conservation
Historic sites
History
Landscape protection
Mountains
National monuments
Natural areas
Old growth forests
Oregon
Sports and Recreation
Trails
Water Resources Development
Wild rivers
Wilderness areas

Summary:
action_date: 2007-04-18
text: 
National Landscape Conservation System Act - Establishes in the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) the National Landscape Conservation System (thus, enacting into law the National Landscape Conservation System (NLCS) created by BLM in 2000) in order to conserve, protect, and restore nationally significant landscapes that have outstanding cultural, ecological, and scientific values for the benefit of current and future generations. 

action_date: 2007-06-28
text: 
National Landscape Conservation System Act - Establishes in the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) the National Landscape Conservation System (thus, enacting into law the National Landscape Conservation System (NLCS) created by BLM in 2000) in order to conserve, protect, and restore nationally significant landscapes that have outstanding cultural, ecological, and scientific values for the benefit of current and future generations. 

Requires that the NLCS include each of the following areas administered by BLM: (1) each area that is designated as a national monument, a national conservation area, a wilderness study area, a national scenic trail or historic trail designated as a component of the National Trails System, a component of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, or a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System; and (2) any area designated by Congress to be administered for conservation purposes, including the Steens Mountain Cooperative Management and Protection Area, the Headwaters Forest Reserve, the Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural Area, and any additional area designated by Congress for inclusion in the NLCS. 

Authorizes appropriations. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-28
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 249.
action_date: 2007-06-28
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Bingaman with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 110-116.
action_date: 2007-06-28
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Bingaman with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 110-116.
action_date: 2007-05-23
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2007-05-03
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 110-91.
action_date: 2007-04-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4679-4680)
action_date: 2007-04-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4679)
action_date: 2007-04-18
text: Introduced in Senate