lcalvobartolome/proxann_data huggingface dataset:
Topic: Public Lands — National Parks
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Date: 2008-07-31 00:00:00

Harriet Tubman National Historical Park and Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park Act - Establishes in the City of Auburn, New York, the Harriet Tubman National Historical Park as a unit of the National Park System. Establishes in Caroline, Dorchester, and Talbot Counties, Maryland, the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park as a unit of the National Park System. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to provide grant funding and enter into cooperative agreements with certain entities for the historic preservation, rehabilitation, interpretation, and maintenance of such historical parks. Requires the Secretary to complete a general management plan for them.
Topic: Public Lands — National Parks
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Date: 2008-07-31 00:00:00

Frank Buckles World War I Memorial Act - Authorizes the American Battle Monuments Commission to establish a memorial on Federal land in the District of Columbia on or near the District of Columbia War Memorial to honor World War I veterans and to commemorate U.S. participation in that war. Establishes the World War I Memorial Advisory Board. Establishes a fund in the Treasury for expenses of establishing the memorial.
Topic: Public Lands — National Parks
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Date: 2008-07-31 00:00:00

National Museum of Industrial History Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to seek to enter into an agreement with an appropriate entity to provide federal assistance for the development and operation of an interpretive center and museum on the former Bethlehem Steel Plant Site in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, to preserve, display, and interpret historical resources related to industrialization in the United States and to promote other historical and cultural resources in the region through activities conducted at the interpretive center and museum. Sets forth covered and prohibited uses of such financial assistance, including prohibiting the use of assistance for the acquisition of items for the museum's collection. Provides for a non-federal match from the other parties to the agreement. Requires the Secretary to submit annual reports to Congress which describe: (1) the current status of the development of the interpretive center and museum; (2) the projects and activities funded; and (3) the balance of unexpended appropriated funds available to carry out this Act.
Topic: Public Lands — National Parks
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Date: 2008-07-31 00:00:00

Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to make corrections to the segment designations for the Chetco River, Oregon, including revising segment lengths. Withdraws the federal land within the boundaries of a certain segment of the Chetco River from all forms of: (1) entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws; (2) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and (3) disposition under laws pertaining to mineral and geothermal leasing or mineral materials.
Topic: Public Lands — National Parks
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Date: 2008-07-31 00:00:00

Everglades National Park Land Exchange Act of 2008 - Requires the Secretary of the Interior, if the state of Florida offers to convey non-federal land within Florida, and the offer is acceptable, to accept the offer and convey specified federal land within Everglades National Park to the state. Requires the land acquired by the Secretary through the exchange to become part of the Park. Ratifies a specified agreement between the United States and Florida Power & Light Company for the exchange and relocation of the Company's property in or adjacent to the Everglades National Park Expansion Area. Authorizes the Secretary to prepare an environmental assessment regarding such land exchange that identifies any immediate and proximate effect that may arise from the exchange and any potential mitigation measure for each such effect identified. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into an agreement with the Osceola family of Roy Cypress that: (1) allows the family to perpetually occupy and use a parcel of land commonly known as the William McKinley Osceola Hammock as a domestic residence; and (2) ensures that the occupancy and use of the Hammock by such family does not prevent the Secretary from constructing necessary improvements allowing for the completion of the Central and Southern Florida Project (for the improvement of water deliveries to the Park). Bars the area of the Hammock, subject to the written approval of the Secretary, from being enlarged through the addition of fill or by any other means.
Topic: Public Lands — National Parks
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Date: 2008-07-31 00:00:00

Fort Presque Isle National Historic Site Act of 2008 - Establishes the Fort Presque Isle National Historic Site in Erie, Pennsylvania, as a unit of the National Park System. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to prepare a general management plan for the Site.
Topic: Public Lands — National Parks
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Date: 2008-07-31 00:00:00

Amends the National Trails System Act to provide for the consideration of the Cascadia Marine Trail in the state of Washington for designation as a national scenic trail.
Topic: Public Lands — National Parks
Date: 2008-09-10 00:00:00

Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study to evaluate the significance of the Newtown Battlefield in Chemung County, New York (where the Battle of Newtown was held on August 29, 1779, during the Revolutionary War), as well as the suitability and feasibility of the Battlefield's inclusion in the National Park System.
Topic: Public Lands — National Parks
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Date: 2008-09-11 00:00:00

Amends Public Law 100-573 (relating to the establishment of the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Citizens Advisory Commission) to terminate the Commission 30 years after the enactment of such Act.
Topic: Public Lands — National Parks
Date: 2008-09-11 00:00:00

National Commission to Study the Establishment of the National Museum of the American People Act of 2008 - Establishes the National Commission to Study the Establishment of the National Museum of the American People to conduct a study regarding the feasibility of establishing a National Museum of the American People in Washington, D.C. that tells the story of the making of the American people. Specifies a summary of issues of which the Commission shall examine and report on, including the following possible components for the Museum: (1) a Center for Advanced Studies of the American People; (2) a National Genealogical Center; (3) a National Archives and Library of American Migration and Immigration; (4) an Education Resource Center; and (5) a Peopling of America Center.
Topic: Public Lands — National Parks
Date: 2008-09-16 00:00:00

Amends the Wilderness Act to grant members of recreation organizations the right to cross wilderness areas on established trails without restriction as part of a journey along a connecting system of trails across public, private, or wilderness area lands, provided such right is exercised within a day and continued without unreasonable delay. Defines a "recreation organization." Authorizes agencies administering wilderness areas to limit the exercise of such right within any specific area to not more than 10 wilderness crossings annually.
Topic: Public Lands — National Parks
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Date: 2008-09-23 00:00:00

Amends Public Law 100-573 (relating to the establishment of the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Citizens Advisory Commission) to terminate the Commission 21 years after the enactment of such Act.
Topic: Public Lands — National Parks
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Date: 2008-09-26 00:00:00

Requires funds generated by fees collected during FY2009-FY2014 for admission to or for using recreation facilities located in public recreation areas at Denison Dam, Lake Texoma, Texas and Oklahoma, to be retained by the Secretary of the Army and used to cover the cost of repairing any federally owned recreation structure, facility, or real property at Lake Texoma damaged as a result of flooding prior to September 30, 2007.
Topic: Public Lands — National Parks
Date: 2008-10-03 00:00:00

Designates the structure of the Gateway Arch and Old St. Louis Courthouse as National Historic Landmarks. Designates the grounds of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial surrounding the Arch for inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places.
Topic: Public Lands — National Parks
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Date: 2007-01-04 00:00:00

Fossil Creek Wild and Scenic River Act - Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate specified segments of Fossil Creek, a tributary to the Verde River in Arizona, as components of the national wild and scenic rivers system, to be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture. Permits the Arizona Public Service Company, the former licensee for the Childs-Irving Hydroelectric Project (FERC project number 2069), to conduct project decommissioning and restoration activities agreed to in the surrender application and relevant docketed filings with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Allows federal and state agencies to conduct native fish restoration and barrier maintenance activities in accordance with the environmental assessment, decision notice, and finding of no significant impact for the document entitled "Native Fish Restoration in Fossil Creek" (2004). Authorizes the U.S. Geological Survey or any other entity that has been given written permission by the Secretary, to undertake any necessary activities, including access by any existing road, to install, operate, maintain, or otherwise manage one or more stream flow gauges in Fossil Creek in cooperation with the Forest Service for monitoring and collecting stream flow and other water resource information. Authorizes appropriations.
Topic: Public Lands — National Parks
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Date: 2007-01-04 00:00:00

Granada Relocation Center National Historic Site Act of 2007 - Establishes the Granada Relocation Center National Historic Site, consisting of parts of Camp Amache, located in Granada, Colorado, as an affiliated site of the National Park System. Designates the "Friends of Amache" as the management entity for the Site. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to develop a general management plan for the Site.
Topic: Public Lands — National Parks
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Date: 2007-01-04 00:00:00

Mesa Verde National Park Boundary Expansion Act of 2007 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire specified land adjacent to the Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado or an interest in such land for addition to the Park. Revises the boundary of the Park to reflect the acquisition of such land. Requires the Secretary to administer any land or interest in land acquired under this Act as part of the Park. Authorizes appropriations.
Topic: Public Lands — National Parks
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Date: 2007-01-04 00:00:00

Amends the Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve Act of 2000 to provide that the purpose of the Baca National Wildlife Refuge shall be to restore, enhance, and maintain wetland, upland, riparian, and other habitats for native wildlife, plant, and fish species in the San Luis Valley. Instructs the Secretary of the Interior, in administering the Refuge, to: (1) emphasize migratory bird conservation; and (2) take into consideration the role of the Refuge in broader landscape conservation efforts. Provides for the Secretary, in administering water resources for the Refuge and subject to any existing agreement and to the extent consistent with the purposes of the Refuge, to use decreed water rights on the Refuge in approximately the same manner that the water rights have been used historically.
Topic: Public Lands — National Parks
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Date: 2007-01-04 00:00:00

Paterson Great Falls National Park Act of 2007 - Establishes in Paterson, New Jersey, the Paterson Great Falls National Park as a unit of the National Park System. Requires the Park to be administered in partnership by the Secretary of the Interior, the state of New Jersey, the city of Paterson and its applicable subdivisions, and others. Establishes the Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park Partnership to coordinate the activities of federal, state, and local authorities and the private sector in the development, for the Secretary's approval, and implementation of an integrated resource management plan. Directs the Secretary, acting through the Director of the National Park Service, to establish a Paterson Great Falls National Park Advisory Council. Authorizes the Secretary to acquire land or interests within the boundaries of the Park by donation, purchase with donated or appropriated funds, or exchange.
Topic: Public Lands — National Parks
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Date: 2007-01-04 00:00:00

Redesignates the White Rocks National Recreation Area in Vermont as the "Robert T. Stafford White Rocks National Recreation Area."
Topic: Public Lands — National Parks
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Date: 2007-01-04 00:00:00

National Trails System Willing Seller Act - Amends the National Trails System Act (the Act) to: (1) prohibit the federal acquisition of lands outside the exterior boundaries of any federally administered area, except with the owner's consent, for the Oregon, Mormon Pioneer, Lewis and Clark, Iditarod, and Nez Perce National Historic Trails and the Continental Divide, North Country, Ice Age, and Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trails; and (2) provide that federal authority to acquire fee title shall be limited to an average of not more than one-quarter mile on either side of such national historic trails and the Continental Divide National Scenic Trail. Eliminates requirements under the Act regarding: (1) the prohibition on the acquisition of lands and interests in the Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail and the Nez Perce National Historic Trail outside of the exterior boundaries of federally administered areas for such trails; and (2) the limitations on the designation of lands outside of such areas as segments of those trails. Revises Act provisions authorizing appropriations for the establishment and designation of national scenic and national historic trails. Limits funding for the acquisition of land or interests in land for, and for the development of, the Natchez Trace National Scenic Trail. Instructs the administering agency for the Trail to encourage volunteer trail groups' participation in the development of the Trail.
Topic: Public Lands — National Parks
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Date: 2007-01-04 00:00:00

Decreases the matching funds requirement, and authorizes additional appropriations, for the Keweenaw National Historical Park in Michigan.
Topic: Public Lands — National Parks
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Date: 2007-01-09 00:00:00

Granada Relocation Center National Historic Site Act of 2007 - Establishes the Granada Relocation Center National Historic Site, consisting of parts of Camp Amache, located in Granada, Colorado, as an affiliated site of the National Park System. Designates the "Friends of Amache" as the management entity for the Site. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to develop a general management plan for the Site.
Topic: Public Lands — National Parks
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Date: 2007-01-10 00:00:00

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 willing private landowners to protect natural resources of units of the National Park System (NPS) through collaborative efforts on land inside and outside of NPS units. Sets forth the terms and conditions that such an agreement shall contain, including that the agreement provide for: (1) clear and direct benefits to natural resources in units of the NPS; (2) the preservation, conservation, and restoration of coastal and riparian systems, watersheds, and wetlands; (3) preventing, controlling, or eradicating invasive exotic species that occupy land within a unit of the NPS or adjacent to such a unit; or (4) restoration of natural resources, including native wildlife habitat. Prohibits the Secretary from using any amounts associated with an agreement entered into under the Act for the purposes of land acquisition, regulatory activity, or the development, maintenance, or operation of infrastructure, with the exception of ancillary support facilities that the Secretary determines to be necessary for the completion of projects or activities identified in the agreement. Authorizes appropriations.
Topic: Public Lands — National Parks
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Date: 2007-01-10 00:00:00

Directs the Secretary of the Interior, if the Clinton Birthplace Foundation, Inc. donates the William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home, to designate the William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home site as a National Historic Site and unit of the National Park System, to be known as the "President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home National Historic Site."
Topic: Public Lands — National Parks
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Date: 2007-01-11 00:00:00

Columbia-Pacific National Heritage Area Study Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to determine the feasibility of designating the study area of the coastal areas of Clatsop County, Oregon, and Pacific County, Washington (known as the North Beach Peninsula) and areas relating to Native American history, local history, Euro-American settlement culture, and related economic activities of the Columbia River within a corridor along such River eastward in Clatsop County, Oregon, and Pacific, Columbia, and Wahkiakum Counties, Washington, as the "Columbia-Pacific National Heritage Area."
Topic: Public Lands — National Parks
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Date: 2007-01-11 00:00:00

Ice Age Floods National Geologic Trail Designation Act - Designates the Ice Age Floods National Geologic Trail, a trail from Missoula, Montana to the Pacific Ocean, to provide for the public appreciation, understanding, and enjoyment of the nationally significant natural and cultural features of the Ice Age Floods and to promote efforts to interpret and educate along the pathways of the floods. Requires the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the National Park Service, to administer the Trail in accordance with this Act. Prohibits the Trail, except as provided in this Act, from being considered a unit of the National Park System (NPS). Allows the Secretary, in order to improve management of the Trail and coordinate Trail activities with other public agencies and private entities, to establish and operate a Trail management office at a central location within the vicinity of the Trail. Requires the Secretary to prepare a cooperative management and interpretation plan for the Trail. Authorizes the Secretary to plan, design, and construct interpretive facilities for sites associated with the Trail if the facilities are constructed in partnership with state, local, tribal, or nonprofit entities and are consistent with the cooperative management and interpretation plan. Allows the Secretary, in order to facilitate the development of coordinated interpretation, education, resource stewardship, visitor facility development and operation, and scientific research associated with the Trail and to promote more efficient administration of the sites associated with the Trail, to enter into cooperative management agreements with appropriate officials in the states of Montana, Idaho, Washington, and Oregon in accordance with the authority provided for units of the NPS. States that, for purposes of such authority only, the Trail be considered an NPS unit. Permits the Secretary to enter into cooperative agreements with public or private entities to carry out this Act. Specifies the effect of this Act on private property rights. Declares that designation of the Trail does not create any liability for, or affect any liability under any law of, any private property owner with respect to any person injured on the private property. Authorizes appropriations.
Topic: Public Lands — National Parks
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Date: 2007-01-12 00:00:00

Grand Teton National Park Extension Act of 2007 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to: (1 ) accept from any willing donor the donation of any land or interest in land of the GT Park Subdivision; and (2) upon acquisition of land or an interest, include the land or interest in the boundaries of Grand Teton National Park and administer the land or interest as part of the Park. States that it is the intent of Congress that the acquisition of land or an interest in land be completed not later than one year after the enactment of this Act. Prohibits the Secretary from donating, selling, exchanging, or otherwise transferring any land acquired under this Act without express authorization from Congress. Designates the Grand Teton Discovery and Visitor Center located in Moose, Wyoming, and scheduled for completion in August 2007, as the "Craig Thomas Discovery and Visitor Center." Authorizes appropriations.
Topic: Public Lands — National Parks
Subject: Commemorations
Date: 2007-01-17 00:00:00

Brigadier General Francis Marion Memorial Act of 2007 - Authorizes the Marion Park Project and Committee of the Palmetto Conservation Foundation to jointly establish a commemorative work on federal land in the District of Columbia and its environs to honor the service of Brigadier General Francis Marion to the United States. Prohibits the use of federal funds to pay any expense of its establishment.
Topic: Public Lands — National Parks
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Date: 2007-01-17 00:00:00

Cesar Estrada Chavez Study Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to complete a special resource study to determine: (1) appropriate methods for preserving and interpreting certain sites in Arizona, California, and other states that are significant to the life of Cesar Estrada Chavez and the farm labor movement in the western United States; and (2) whether any of the sites meets the criteria for listing on the National Register of Historic Places or designation as a national historic landmark.