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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Outdoor Recreation Legacy 
Partnership Grant Program Act of 2015''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Eligible entity.--
                    (A) In general.--The term ``eligible entity'' 
                means--
                            (i) a State;
                            (ii) a political subdivision of a State, 
                        including--
                                    (I) a city; and
                                    (II) a county;
                            (iii) a special purpose district, including 
                        park districts; and
                            (iv) an Indian tribe (as defined in section 
                        4 of the Indian Self-Determination and 
                        Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450b)).
                    (B) Political subdivisions and indian tribes.--A 
                political subdivision of a State or an Indian tribe 
                shall be considered an eligible entity only if the 
                political subdivision or Indian tribe represents or 
                otherwise serves a qualifying urban area.
            (2) Outdoor recreation legacy partnership grant program.--
        The term ``Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership Grant 
        Program'' means the program established under section 3(a).
            (3) Qualifying urban area.--The term ``qualifying urban 
        area'' means an area described in the notice of the Bureau of 
        the Census entitled ``Qualifying Urban Areas for the 2010 
        Census'' (77 Fed. Reg. 18652 (March 27, 2012)).
            (4) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior.

SEC. 3. GRANTS AUTHORIZED.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary shall establish an outdoor 
recreation legacy partnership grant program under which the Secretary 
may award grants to eligible entities for projects--
            (1) to acquire land and water for parks and other outdoor 
        recreation purposes; and
            (2) to develop new or renovate existing outdoor recreation 
        facilities.
    (b) Matching Requirement.--
            (1) In general.--As a condition of receiving a grant under 
        subsection (a), an eligible entity shall provide matching funds 
        in the form of cash or an in-kind contribution in an amount 
        equal to not less than 100 percent of the amounts made 
        available under the grant.
            (2) Sources.--The matching amounts referred to in paragraph 
        (1) may include amounts made available from State, local, 
        nongovernmental, or private sources.

SEC. 4. ELIGIBLE USES.

    (a) In General.--A grant recipient may use a grant awarded under 
this Act--
            (1) to acquire land or water that provides outdoor 
        recreation opportunities to the public; and
            (2) to develop or renovate outdoor recreational facilities 
        that provide outdoor recreation opportunities to the public, 
        with priority given to projects that--
                    (A) create or significantly enhance access to park 
                and recreational opportunities in an urban neighborhood 
                or community;
                    (B) engage and empower underserved communities and 
                youth;
                    (C) provide opportunities for youth employment or 
                job training;
                    (D) establish or expand public-private 
                partnerships, with a focus on leveraging resources; and
                    (E) take advantage of coordination among various 
                levels of government.
    (b) Limitations on Use.--A grant recipient may not use grant funds 
for--
            (1) grant administration costs;
            (2) incidental costs related to land acquisition, including 
        appraisal and titling;
            (3) operation and maintenance activities;
            (4) facilities that support semiprofessional or 
        professional athletics;
            (5) indoor facilities such as recreation centers or 
        facilities that support primarily non-outdoor purposes; or
            (6) acquisition of land or interests in land that restrict 
        access to specific persons.

SEC. 5. NATIONAL PARK SERVICE REQUIREMENTS.

    In carrying out the Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership Grant 
Program, the Secretary shall--
            (1) conduct an initial screening and technical review of 
        applications received; and
            (2) evaluate and score all qualifying applications.

SEC. 6. REPORTING.

    (a) Annual Reports.--Not later than 30 days after the last day of 
each report period, each State lead agency that receives a grant under 
this Act shall annually submit to the Secretary performance and 
financial reports that--
            (1) summarize project activities conducted during the 
        report period; and
            (2) provide the status of the project.
    (b) Final Reports.--Not later than 90 days after the earlier of the 
date of expiration of a project period or the completion of a project, 
each State lead agency that receives a grant under this Act shall 
submit to the Secretary a final report containing such information as 
the Secretary may require.

SEC. 7. REVENUE SHARING.

    Section 105(a)(2)(B) of the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 
2006 (43 U.S.C. 1331 note; Public Law 109-432) is amended by inserting 
before the period at the end ``, of which 20 percent for each of fiscal 
years 2017 through 2055 shall be used by the Secretary of the Interior 
to provide grants under the Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership Grant 
Program Act of 2015.''.
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Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership Grant Program Act of 2015 This bill directs the Department of the Interior to establish an outdoor recreation legacy partnership grant program under which Interior awards grants to eligible entities (the states, their political subdivisions, special purpose districts, and Indian Tribes) for projects to: (1) acquire land and water for parks and other outdoor recreation purposes, and (2) develop new or renovate existing outdoor recreation facilities.  As a condition for receiving a grant, an eligible entity shall provide matching funds in cash or in kind equal to 100% of the amounts available under the grant.  A grant recipient may use the grant to acquire land or water providing outdoor recreation opportunities to the public. A grant may also be used to develop or renovate outdoor recreational facilities, with priority given to projects that:   create or significantly enhance access to park and recreational opportunities in an urban neighborhood or community; engage and empower underserved communities and youth; provide opportunities for youth employment or job training; establish or expand public-private partnerships; take advantage of coordination among various levels of government.   Grant funds may not be used for specified costs, facilities, and activities, including the acquisition of lands or interests that restrict access to particular persons.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Mississippi Valley 
National Historical Park Act of 1999''.
    (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this Act is as 
follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Findings.
Sec. 3. Mississippi Valley National Historical Park, Blytheville, 
                            Arkansas.
Sec. 4. Transfer of jurisdiction, Eaker Air Force Base, for historical 
                            park.
Sec. 5. Acquisition of Chickasawba Mound for inclusion in historical 
                            park.
Sec. 6. Administration of historical park.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) The central and lower Mississippi Valley region 
        contained the highest population levels and the most complex 
        Native American societies north of Mexico before the arrival of 
        European peoples in the 16th century.
            (2) In addition, the Mississippi Valley has also hosted 
        Spanish, French, English, and ultimately American societies at 
        different times in the last 450 years.
            (3) Blytheville, Arkansas, is centrally located in the 
        Mississippi Valley region.
            (4) Former Eaker Air Force Base, which is located outside 
        of Blytheville, Arkansas, in the central Mississippi Valley 
        region, is the site of 14 archaeological sites associated with 
        Native Americans.
            (5) Because of its value in illustrating and interpreting 
        the heritage of the United States, the largest of these 
        archaeological sites, was recognized by the National Park 
        Service as a National Historic Landmark in 1996.
            (6) Another archaeological site outside of Blytheville, 
        Arkansas, the Chickasawba Mound, was placed on the National 
        Register of Historic Places in 1984 because of its historic and 
        archaeological resources.
            (7) These previous actions by the Department of the 
        Interior recognize that these archaeological sites are likely 
        to benefit, educate, and inspire present and future generations 
        of Americans, but no unified heritage park for the central 
        Mississippi Valley region exists within the National Park 
        Service.
            (8) Blytheville, Arkansas, also possesses many other 
        regionally and nationally significant natural, seismic, 
        cultural, and recreational resources associated with the 
        heritage of the central Mississippi Valley region.
            (9) The sites and resources associated with the heritage of 
        the central Mississippi Valley region require recognition 
        through the establishment of a national historical park for the 
        central Mississippi Valley region as a unit of the National 
        Park System.
            (10) As a result of the closing of Eaker Air Force Base in 
        Blytheville, Arkansas, pursuant to the Defense Base Closure and 
        Realignment Act of 1990, Federal land and facilities are 
        readily available for the establishment of a national 
        historical park for the central Mississippi Valley region to 
        protect the archaeological sites located on the former military 
        installation, as well as to preserve, maintain, and interpret 
        the natural, seismic, cultural, and recreational heritage of 
        the central Mississippi Valley region for the benefit, 
        education, and inspiration of present and future generations of 
        Americans.

SEC. 3. MISSISSIPPI VALLEY NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK, BLYTHEVILLE, 
              ARKANSAS.

    (a) Establishment.--In order to preserve for the benefit and 
inspiration of the people of the United States as a national historical 
park certain properties in Blytheville, Arkansas, and its vicinity 
associated with the archaeological, natural, seismic, cultural, and 
recreational heritage of the Mississippi Valley region, there is 
established as a unit of the National Park System the Mississippi 
Valley National Historical Park in the State of Arkansas.
    (b) Boundaries.--The historical park shall consist of approximately 
570 acres, including the real property transferred to the National Park 
Service at former Eaker Air Force Base under section 4 and the parcel 
of real property containing the archaeological site known as the 
Chickasawba Mound and authorized for acquisition under section 5. The 
boundaries of the historical park shall also include all property 
authorized to be acquired for inclusion in the park by any law enacted 
after the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 4. TRANSFER OF JURISDICTION, EAKER AIR FORCE BASE, FOR HISTORICAL 
              PARK.

    (a) Transfer of Archaeological Sites.--The Secretary of Defense 
shall transfer, without reimbursement, to the administrative 
jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior the parcels of real 
property (including improvements thereon) located at former Eaker Air 
Force Base, Blytheville, Arkansas, consisting of the archaeological 
sites depicted on the map entitled ``Arkansas Aeroplex Archaeological 
Sites''.
    (b) Visitor and Administrative Sites.--
            (1) Transfer required.--To preserve the historical 
        character and landscape of the main features of the historical 
        park, the Secretary of Defense also shall transfer, without 
        reimbursement, to the administrative jurisdiction of the 
        Secretary of the Interior an additional parcel of real property 
        at former Eaker Air Force Base for the development of visitor, 
        administrative, museum, curatorial, and maintenance facilities 
        for the historical park.
            (2) Acreage limitation.--The parcel transferred under this 
        subsection may not exceed 15 acres.
            (3) Selection.--The parcel to be transferred under this 
        subsection shall be jointly selected by the Secretary of 
        Defense and the Secretary of the Interior.
    (c) Use of Land.--The Secretary of the Interior shall use the real 
property transferred under this section as part of the historical park.
    (d) Legal Description.--The exact acreage and legal description of 
the real property to be transferred under this section shall be 
determined by a survey satisfactory to the Secretary of Defense. The 
cost of the survey shall be borne by the Secretary of the Interior.

SEC. 5. ACQUISITION OF CHICKASAWBA MOUND FOR INCLUSION IN HISTORICAL 
              PARK.

    The Secretary of the Interior may acquire for inclusion in the 
historical park, by donation or exchange, the archaeological site known 
as the Chickasawba Mound, which was placed on the National Register of 
Historic Places in 1984.

SEC. 6. ADMINISTRATION OF HISTORICAL PARK.

    (a) Applicable Laws.--The Secretary of the Interior shall 
administer the historical park in accordance with this Act and the laws 
generally applicable to units of the National Park System, including 
the Act of August 25, 1916 (commonly known as the National Park Service 
Organic Act; 16 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), and the Act of August 21, 1935 
(commonly known as the Historic Sites, Buildings, and Antiquities Act; 
16 U.S.C. 461 et seq.).
    (b) Cooperative Agreements.--
            (1) Authorized.--The Secretary of the Interior may consult 
        and enter into cooperative agreements with interested entities 
        and individuals to provide for the preservation, development, 
        interpretation, and use of the historical park.
            (2) Conditions.--Any payment made by the Secretary pursuant 
        to such a cooperative agreement shall be subject to an 
        agreement that conversion, use, or disposal of the project 
        assisted under the cooperative agreement for purposes contrary 
        to the purposes of the historical park, as determined by the 
        Secretary, shall result in a right of the United States to 
        reimbursement of all funds made available to such project or 
        the proportion of the increased value of the project 
        attributable to such finds as determined at the time of such 
        conversion, use, or disposal, whichever is greater.
    (c) Acquisition of Real Property.--Subject to sections 4 and 5, the 
Secretary of the Interior may acquire, within the boundaries of the 
historical park, real property with appropriated or donated funds, by 
donation, or by exchange for inclusion in the historical park.
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Directs the Secretary of Defense to transfer, without reimbursement, to the administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior certain archaeological sites (including improvements) located at the former base, including an additional parcel of real property for the development of visitor, administrative, museum, curatorial, and maintenance facilities.
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) acquire for inclusion in the historical park, by donation or exchange, the archaeological site known as the Chickasawba Mound, which was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984; and (2) enter into cooperative agreements with interested entities and individuals to provide for the preservation, development, interpretation, and use of the park.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Endangered Species Improvement Act 
of 1993''.

SEC. 2. INSERTING A PUBLIC INTEREST DETERMINATION IN LISTING DECISION.

    (a) In General.--Section 4(a)(1) of the Endangered Species Act of 
1973 (16 U.S.C. 1533(a)(1)) is amended to read as follows:
    ``Sec. 4. (a) In General.--(1) The Secretary shall by regulation 
promulgated in accordance with subsection (b) of this section determine 
that a species is an endangered species or a threatened species if the 
Secretary determines the following:
            ``(A) That the species warrants listing as an endangered 
        species or a threatened species because of any of the following 
        factors:
                    ``(i) The past or present destruction, 
                modification, or curtailment of its habitat or range.
                    ``(ii) Overutilization for commercial, 
                recreational, scientific, or educational purposes.
                    ``(iii) Disease or predation.
                    ``(iv) The inadequacy of existing regulatory 
                mechanisms.
                    ``(v) Other natural or manmade factors affecting 
                its continued existence.
            ``(B) That the listing of the species is in the public 
        interest after considering the following factors:
                    ``(i) The technical practicability of recovering 
                the species.
                    ``(ii) The biological significance of the species.
                    ``(iii) The quality of available data on the 
                species.
                    ``(iv) The direct and indirect costs to the public 
                and private sectors, including public service and 
                employment, which may be imposed by the application of 
                the protections of this Act to such species.
                    ``(v) The impacts on the use and value of non-
                Federal property which may result from application of 
                the protections of this Act to such species.
                    ``(vi) The impacts on the environment and other 
                species which may result from the application of the 
                protections of this Act to such species.
                    ``(vii) The scientific and other benefits which may 
                result from the application of the protections of this 
                Act to such species.
                    ``(viii) Any other beneficial or adverse effects 
                which may result from the application of the 
                protections of this Act to such species.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 4(b)(1)(A) of the Endangered 
Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1533(b)(1)(A)) is amended by striking 
``subsection (a)(1)'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``subsection 
(a)(1)(A)''.

SEC. 3. REQUIRING BLIND PEER REVIEW.

    Section 4(b) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 
1533(b)) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new 
paragraph:
    ``(9) Prior to making any determination pursuant to subsection 
(a)(1), the Secretary shall submit for peer review all information on 
and analyses of the species or habitat upon which such determination 
will be made to a panel of experts who are not employed by, under 
contract to, or recipients of grants from the department of the 
Secretary. The panel shall be selected by the Inspector General of the 
department of the Secretary without the advice or consent of the 
Secretary or any official of any agency advising the Secretary on the 
determination. The Secretary shall consider the report of the panel 
prior to making a determination, shall make the report available to the 
public, and shall provide a response to the report in the preamble to 
the final rule setting forth the determination.''.

SEC. 4. AVOIDING BIAS.

    Section 4(b) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 
1533(b)), as amended by section 3 of this Act, is further amended by 
adding at the end thereof the following paragraph (11):
    ``(10) No person who advises the Secretary on, or otherwise 
participates formally in procedures leading to, a determination 
pursuant to subsection (a)(1), or the institution with which such 
person is employed, shall receive any grant or other funding under or 
pursuant to this Act or any other authority of the Secretary to study, 
conduct research on, undertake conservation activities for, or 
otherwise address the species which is the subject of such 
determination.''.

SEC. 5. ESTIMATION OF NUMBER OF A SPECIES.

    Section 4(b) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 
1533(b)), as amended by sections 3 and 4 of this Act, is further 
amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
    ``(11)(A) The Secretary shall determine and publish in the Federal 
Register with each proposed rule under subsection (a)(1) an estimate of 
the number of the species that is the subject of the rule.
    ``(B) The estimate published under subparagraph (A) for a species--
            ``(i) shall be periodically reviewed and revised by the 
        Secretary to reflect changes in the number of the species; and
            ``(ii) shall be used by the Secretary to make 
        determinations under subsection (c)(2)(B).''.

SEC. 6. APPLYING THE EMERGENCY LISTING PROCESS TO EMERGENCY SITUATIONS.

    Section 4(b)(7) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 
1533(b)(7)) is amended by striking ``a significant risk to the well-
being'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``an immediate threat of 
extinction''.

SEC. 7. LIMITING APPLICATION OF TAKE PROHIBITION PRIOR TO COMPLETION OF 
              A RECOVERY PLAN.

    Section 9(a) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 
1538(a)) is amended by inserting at the end thereof a new paragraph (3) 
as follows:
    ``(3) For purposes of paragraph (1)(B) of this subsection and any 
regulation applying such paragraph to a threatened species pursuant to 
section 4(d) of this Act, the terms ``harm'' and ``harass'' in the 
definition of ``take'' in section 3(19) of this Act shall apply only to 
such species which are subject to a recovery plan issued under section 
4(f) of this Act.''.

SEC. 8. ELIMINATING CITIZEN SUITS AGAINST PRIVATE PARTIES.

    Section 11(g) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 
1540(g)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)(A) by striking ``any person, including 
        the United States and any other governmental instrumentality or 
        agency (to the extent permitted by the eleventh amendment to 
        the Constitution), who'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``the 
        United States, or any instrumentality or agency thereof, 
        which'';
            (2) in the first sentence following subparagraph (C) of 
        paragraph (1) by striking ``or the citizenship of the 
        parties''; and
            (3) in paragraph (3) by striking ``(A)'' and subparagraph 
        (B).

SEC. 9. COMPENSATION FOR DIMINUTION IN VALUE OF PRIVATE PROPERTY 
              RIGHTS.

    (a) In General.--The Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 
et seq.) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following:

``SEC. 19. COMPENSATION FOR DIMINUTION IN VALUE OF PRIVATE PROPERTY 
              RIGHTS.

    ``(a) In General.--The head of any Federal agency who takes an 
action under this Act, or regulations issued pursuant to this Act, 
shall compensate the owner of private property for any diminution in 
value caused by the action. Action may cause the diminution in value of 
private property--
            ``(1) even though the action results in less than a 
        complete deprivation of all use or value or of all separate 
        distinct interests in the same private property; and
            ``(2) even if the action is temporary in nature.
    ``(b) Duty of Federal Agency Heads.--The head of each Federal 
agency shall, at the time of issuing regulations or undertaking any 
activity under this Act, determine whether such regulations or activity 
results in the diminution in value of private property such that such 
diminution is compensable under this section.
    ``(c) Compensation.--(1) Within 60 days after the date of issuance 
of any such regulation or the taking of any such action which results 
in a diminution in value of private property which is compensable under 
this section, the head of the Federal agency concerned shall make an 
offer of compensation to the owner of the private property affected. 
Any offer made under this paragraph shall be effective for one year.
    ``(2) Such owner may reject the offer and, within one year after 
such rejection, file a claim for compensation in the United States 
Claims Court for a determination of the value of the property affected. 
In addition to awarding fair market value for the property affected, 
the court may award reasonable attorney's fees and expenses of 
litigation.
    ``(3) In any case in which the property affected involves lands, 
such owner, in lieu of a claim under paragraph (2), may exchange in 
accordance with applicable Federal law lands affected by such law, 
regulation, or activity.
    ``(4) Such owner may also accept such compensation as may be 
available under other laws for tax benefits, mineral rights credits, 
and comparable offers for value by the United States.
    ``(5) Any cash settlement or judgment from the United States Claims 
Court pursuant to paragraph (2) shall be paid as a matter of right from 
the land and water conservation fund established by section 2 of the 
Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l-5).''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply to any activity of the United States Government after the date of 
enactment of this Act.
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Endangered Species Improvement Act of 1993 - Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to require the Secretary of the Interior (or of Commerce or Agriculture, under specified circumstances) to determine that a species is endangered or threatened if the Secretary determines that:  (1) the species warrants listing as an endangered or threatened species because of natural or manmade factors affecting its continued existence; and (2) such listing is in the public interest (after considering specified factors, including any beneficial or adverse effects which may result from the application of or the protections of the Act to such species). 
Directs the Secretary, prior to making any such determination, to submit for peer review all information on and analyses of the species or habitat upon which such determination will be made to a panel of experts who are not employed by, under contract to, or recipients of grants from the department of the Secretary. 
Bars any person who participates formally in such determination from receiving any funding pursuant to the Act or any other authority of the Secretary to study, conduct research on, undertake conservation activities for, or otherwise address the species involved. 
Sets forth provisions regarding:  (1) estimating the number of a species subject to a proposed rule; (2) applying the emergency listing process to situations involving "an immediate threat of extinction" (currently, "a significant risk to the well-being" of a species); (3) limiting application of the taking prohibition prior to completion of a recovery plan; and (4) eliminating citizen suits against private parties. 
Directs the head of any Federal agency who takes an action under the Act to compensate the owner of private property for any diminution in value caused by the action.