Denali National Park Improvement Act

Bill: 113-s-157
Sponsor: Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
Introduced: 2013-01-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Alaska
Alternative and renewable resources
Dams and canals
Electric power generation and transmission
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Land transfers
Licensing and registrations
Oil and gas
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Pipelines

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-28
text: 
 Denali National Park Improvement Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to issue permits for specified microhydro projects in the Kantishna Hills area within the Denali National Park and Preserve (the Park) in Alaska. Defines &quot;microhydro project&quot; as a hydroelectric power generating facility with a maximum power generation capability of 100 kilowatts and includes any distribution or transmission lines required to serve such area. 
 
Directs the Secretary to exchange Park land near or adjacent to land owned by Doyon Tourism, Inc., located at the mouth of Eureka Creek for approximately 18 acres of land owned by Doyon Tourism within the Galena patented mining claim. 
 
Requires the land acquired by the Secretary to be administered as part of the Park. 
 
Authorizes the Secretary to issue right-of-way permits, subject to certain terms and conditions, for: (1) a high-pressure natural gas transmission pipeline (including appurtenances) in nonwilderness areas within the boundary of the Park within, along, or near the approximately seven-mile segment of the George Parks Highway that runs through the Park; and (2) any distribution and transmission pipelines and appurtenances that the Secretary determines to be necessary to provide natural gas supply to the Park. 
 
Designates the Talkeetna Ranger Station that is on B Street in Talkeetna, Alaska, and that is approximately 100 miles south of the entrance to the Park, as the Walter Harper Talkeetna Ranger Station. 

action_date: 2013-04-22
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
 
 
 Denali National Park Improvement Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to issue permits for specified microhydro projects in the Kantishna Hills area within the Denali National Park and Preserve (the Park) in Alaska. Defines &quot;microhydro project&quot; as a hydroelectric power generating facility with a maximum power generation capability of 100 kilowatts and includes any distribution or transmission lines required to serve such area. 
 
Requires the Secretary to complete, no later than 180 days after the submission of a permit application, any analysis required by the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 respecting any proposed or existing microhydro projects in such area. 
 
Directs the Secretary to exchange Park land near or adjacent to land owned by Doyon Tourism, Inc., located at the mouth of Eureka Creek for approximately 18 acres of land owned by Doyon Tourism within the Galena patented mining claim. Instructs the Secretary to seek to complete such exchange by February 2015. Permits, if the values of the tracts proposed for exchange are determined not to be equal, an equalization of such values to be achieved by adjusting the quantity of the acreage owned by Doyon Tourism. 
 
Requires the land acquired by the Secretary to be administered as part of the Park. 
 
Authorizes the Secretary to issue right-of-way permits, subject to certain terms and conditions, for: (1) a high-pressure natural gas transmission pipeline (including appurtenances) in nonwilderness areas within the boundary of the Park within, along, or near the approximately seven-mile segment of the George Parks Highway that runs through the Park; and (2) any distribution and transmission pipelines and appurtenances that the Secretary determines to be necessary to provide natural gas supply to the Park. 
 
Designates the Talkeetna Ranger Station that is on B Street in Talkeetna, Alaska, and that is approximately 100 miles south of the entrance to the Park, as the Walter Harper Talkeetna Ranger Station. 

action_date: 2013-06-19
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the Senate reported version is repeated here.)

 
 Denali National Park Improvement Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to issue permits for specified microhydro projects in the Kantishna Hills area within the Denali National Park and Preserve (the Park) in Alaska. Defines &quot;microhydro project&quot; as a hydroelectric power generating facility with a maximum power generation capability of 100 kilowatts and includes any distribution or transmission lines required to serve such area. 
 
Requires the Secretary to complete, no later than 180 days after the submission of a permit application, any analysis required by the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 respecting any proposed or existing microhydro projects in such area. 
 
Directs the Secretary to exchange Park land near or adjacent to land owned by Doyon Tourism, Inc., located at the mouth of Eureka Creek for approximately 18 acres of land owned by Doyon Tourism within the Galena patented mining claim. Instructs the Secretary to seek to complete such exchange by February 2015. Permits, if the values of the tracts proposed for exchange are determined not to be equal, an equalization of such values to be achieved by adjusting the quantity of the acreage owned by Doyon Tourism. 
 
Requires the land acquired by the Secretary to be administered as part of the Park. 
 
Authorizes the Secretary to issue right-of-way permits, subject to certain terms and conditions, for: (1) a high-pressure natural gas transmission pipeline (including appurtenances) in nonwilderness areas within the boundary of the Park within, along, or near the approximately seven-mile segment of the George Parks Highway that runs through the Park; and (2) any distribution and transmission pipelines and appurtenances that the Secretary determines to be necessary to provide natural gas supply to the Park. 
 
Designates the Talkeetna Ranger Station that is on B Street in Talkeetna, Alaska, and that is approximately 100 miles south of the entrance to the Park, as the Walter Harper Talkeetna Ranger Station. 

action_date: 2013-09-10
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the Senate reported version is repeated here.)

 
 Denali National Park Improvement Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to issue permits for specified microhydro projects in the Kantishna Hills area within the Denali National Park and Preserve (the Park) in Alaska. Defines &quot;microhydro project&quot; as a hydroelectric power generating facility with a maximum power generation capability of 100 kilowatts and includes any distribution or transmission lines required to serve such area. 
 
Requires the Secretary to complete, no later than 180 days after the submission of a permit application, any analysis required by the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 respecting any proposed or existing microhydro projects in such area. 
 
Directs the Secretary to exchange Park land near or adjacent to land owned by Doyon Tourism, Inc., located at the mouth of Eureka Creek for approximately 18 acres of land owned by Doyon Tourism within the Galena patented mining claim. Instructs the Secretary to seek to complete such exchange by February 2015. Permits, if the values of the tracts proposed for exchange are determined not to be equal, an equalization of such values to be achieved by adjusting the quantity of the acreage owned by Doyon Tourism. 
 
Requires the land acquired by the Secretary to be administered as part of the Park. 
 
Authorizes the Secretary to issue right-of-way permits, subject to certain terms and conditions, for: (1) a high-pressure natural gas transmission pipeline (including appurtenances) in nonwilderness areas within the boundary of the Park within, along, or near the approximately seven-mile segment of the George Parks Highway that runs through the Park; and (2) any distribution and transmission pipelines and appurtenances that the Secretary determines to be necessary to provide natural gas supply to the Park. 
 
Designates the Talkeetna Ranger Station that is on B Street in Talkeetna, Alaska, and that is approximately 100 miles south of the entrance to the Park, as the Walter Harper Talkeetna Ranger Station. 

action_date: 2013-09-18
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the Senate reported version is repeated here.)

 
 Denali National Park Improvement Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to issue permits for specified microhydro projects in the Kantishna Hills area within the Denali National Park and Preserve (the Park) in Alaska. Defines &quot;microhydro project&quot; as a hydroelectric power generating facility with a maximum power generation capability of 100 kilowatts and includes any distribution or transmission lines required to serve such area. 
 
Requires the Secretary to complete, no later than 180 days after the submission of a permit application, any analysis required by the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 respecting any proposed or existing microhydro projects in such area. 
 
Directs the Secretary to exchange Park land near or adjacent to land owned by Doyon Tourism, Inc., located at the mouth of Eureka Creek for approximately 18 acres of land owned by Doyon Tourism within the Galena patented mining claim. Instructs the Secretary to seek to complete such exchange by February 2015. Permits, if the values of the tracts proposed for exchange are determined not to be equal, an equalization of such values to be achieved by adjusting the quantity of the acreage owned by Doyon Tourism. 
 
Requires the land acquired by the Secretary to be administered as part of the Park. 
 
Authorizes the Secretary to issue right-of-way permits, subject to certain terms and conditions, for: (1) a high-pressure natural gas transmission pipeline (including appurtenances) in nonwilderness areas within the boundary of the Park within, along, or near the approximately seven-mile segment of the George Parks Highway that runs through the Park; and (2) any distribution and transmission pipelines and appurtenances that the Secretary determines to be necessary to provide natural gas supply to the Park. 
 
Designates the Talkeetna Ranger Station that is on B Street in Talkeetna, Alaska, and that is approximately 100 miles south of the entrance to the Park, as the Walter Harper Talkeetna Ranger Station. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-09-18
text: Became Public Law No: 113-33.
action_date: 2013-09-18
text: Became Public Law No: 113-33.
action_date: 2013-09-18
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2013-09-18
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2013-09-12
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2013-09-12
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2013-09-10
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5451-5452)
action_date: 2013-09-10
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H5451-5452)
action_date: 2013-09-10
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 157.
action_date: 2013-09-10
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5451-5452)
action_date: 2013-09-10
text: Mr. Hastings (WA) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2013-09-10
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 139.
action_date: 2013-09-10
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 113-192.
action_date: 2013-09-10
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 113-192.
action_date: 2013-07-24
text: Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2013-07-24
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2013-07-24
text: Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation Discharged.
action_date: 2013-06-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2013-06-19
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4717-4722; text as passed Senate: CR S4719-4720)
action_date: 2013-06-19
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S4717-4722; text as passed Senate: CR S4719-4720)
action_date: 2013-04-22
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 50.
action_date: 2013-04-22
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Wyden without amendment. With written report No. 113-19.
action_date: 2013-04-22
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Wyden without amendment. With written report No. 113-19.
action_date: 2013-03-14
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2013-01-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-01-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S330-332)
action_date: 2013-01-28
text: Introduced in Senate

Enacted as: number: 113-33