To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to grant to States and local governments easements and rights-of-way over Federal land within Gateway National Recreation Area for construction, operation, and maintenance of projects for control and prevention of flooding and shoreline erosion.

Bill: 116-hr-415
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Rose, Max [D-NY-11]
Introduced: 2019-01-09
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Floods and storm protection

Land use and conservation

New Jersey

New York State

Parks, recreation areas, trails

Seashores and lakeshores

State and local government operations
Latest action: action_date: 2019-02-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-01-09
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p> This bill authorizes the Department of the Interior to grant to any state or local government an easement or right-of-way over federal lands within Gateway National Recreation Area in the states of New York and New Jersey to construct, operate, or maintain projects for the control and prevention of flooding and shoreline erosion.<br /></p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 415 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 9, 2019 Mr. Rose of New York introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to grant to States and local governments easements and rights-of-way over Federal land within Gateway National Recreation Area for construction, operation, and maintenance of projects for control and prevention of flooding and shoreline erosion.

1. Authority to grant easements and rights-of-way over Federal lands within Gateway National Recreation Area Section 3 of Public Law 92–592 ( 16 U.S.C. 460cc–2 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (j) Authority To grant easements and rights-of-Way (1) In general The Secretary of the Interior may grant, to any State or local government, an easement or right-of-way over Federal lands within Gateway National Recreation Area for construction, operation, and maintenance of projects for control and prevention of flooding and shoreline erosion. (2) Charges and reimbursement of costs The Secretary may grant such an easement or right-of-way without charge for the value of the right so conveyed, except for reimbursement of costs incurred by the United States for processing the application therefore and managing such right. Amounts received as such reimbursement shall be credited to the relevant appropriation account. .