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Topic: Public Lands — National Parks
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Date: 2016-06-07 00:00:00

Acadia National Park Schoodic Peninsula Land Ratification and Approval Act

(Sec. 2) This bill confirms that the boundary of Acadia National Park in Maine includes approximately 1,441 acres of land and interests in the Schoodic Peninsula. (Sec. 3) The Department of the Interior may only acquire land or interests in land within the boundaries of the park in accordance with specified law.

The bill repeals certain provisions authorizing Interior to accept property for the extension of Acadia National Park (formerly named Lafayette National Park).

(Sec. 4) Interior shall reestablish and appoint members to the Acadia National Park Advisory Commission.

(Sec. 5) Certain land in the park that was conveyed by Interior to the town of Tremont, Maine, shall no longer be used exclusively for school purposes, but for public purposes, subject to the conditions that: (1) use of the property (on such land) shall not degrade or adversely impact the park's resources or values; and (2) such land shall remain in public ownership for recreational, educational, or similar public purposes.
Topic: Public Lands — National Parks
Subject: Civil rights and liberties, minority issues
Date: 2016-06-14 00:00:00

Preserving Civil Rights Heritage Act of 2016

This bill requires the Department of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of significant civil rights sites, including:

 the former home of Medgar Evers in Jackson, Mississippi; the Tallahatchie County Courthouse in Sumner, Mississippi; the site of Bryant's Store in Money, Mississippi; the former office of Dr. Gilbert in Biloxi, Mississippi; and the Old Neshoba County Jail in Philadelphia, Mississippi. Interior must submit its recommendations to Congress after evaluating the suitability and feasibility of designating each site as a unit of the National Park System and considering other alternatives for preservation, protection, and interpretation by federal, state, or local governments or private or nonprofit organizations.
Topic: Public Lands — National Parks
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Date: 2016-06-28 00:00:00

Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Park Act of 2016

This bill establishes the Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Park in South Carolina for the preservation and interpretation of the nationally significant historical values and cultural resources associated with Fort Sumter, Fort Moultrie, and Sullivan's Island Life Saving Station Historic District.

The Department of the Interior shall arrange for the interpretation of historical events and activities that occurred in the vicinity of Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie, including:

 the Battle of Sullivan's Island on June 28, 1776; the Siege of Charleston during 1780; and the Civil War, including the bombardment of Fort Sumter by Confederate forces on April 12, 1861; and the development of the coastal defense system of the United States during the period from the Revolutionary War to World War II, including that of Sullivan's Island Life Saving Station. Interior may enter into cooperative agreements with public and private entities and individuals to carry out this bill.
Topic: Public Lands — National Parks
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Date: 2016-07-14 00:00:00

Lowell National Historical Park Creative Partnerships Act

This bill requires any loan made in 1984 by the Lowell Historic Preservation Commission to the Lowell Development and Financial Corporation to enable it to furnish low-interest loans for the preservation, restoration, or development of certain properties in the Lowell National Historical Park or the Lowell Historic Preservation District in Massachusetts to have a maturity of 42 years.

(Under current law, all such loans, regardless of the year in which they were made, must have a maturity of 35 years.)
Topic: Public Lands — National Parks
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Date: 2016-09-13 00:00:00

This bill prohibits any further extension or establishment of national monuments in Utah except by express authorization of Congress.
Topic: Public Lands — National Parks
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Date: 2016-09-29 00:00:00

Local Community and Sportsmen Input in Monuments Act

This bill makes the designation of a national monument by the President subject to the following consultation and approval requirements.

No national monuments may be designated by the President unless:

 each county, borough, parish, or equivalent unit of local government within and adjacent to the boundaries of which the proposed monument is to be located has been consulted respecting the designation and has approved it; and the governor and the legislature of each state within the boundaries of which such monument is to be located has approved it. Any national monument that is designated subject to such requirements shall be open to hunting, fishing, other forms of recreation, grazing, and historic or traditional uses, unless the Department of the Interior, the Department of Agriculture (USDA), or the Department of the Army closes all or a portion of the monument to one or more of such uses in accordance with the purposes of federal law relating to monuments, ruins, sites, and objects of antiquity.

Interior shall not impose any restrictions on hunting, fishing, grazing, wildlife management, or other historic or traditional uses at a national monument that is designated subject to this bill until the end of an appropriate review period which provides for, respecting the proposed restriction, concurrence by the applicable state wildlife management agencies, public input, and approval by Congress.
Topic: Defense — General
Subject: Armed forces and national security
Date: 2007-01-04 00:00:00

Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 to: (1) make the chairman of the Commission on the Implementation of the New Strategic Posture of the United States responsible for all Commission financial and administrative matters; (2) extend until 18 months after its first meeting the deadline for the Commission's final report to the congressional defense committees; (3) provide guaranteed Commission funding for FY2008; and (4) terminate the Commission 30 days after the date of its final report. Authorizes the chairmen of the defense committees to jointly appoint up to three additional Commission members.
Topic: Defense — General
Subject: Armed forces and national security
Date: 2007-01-10 00:00:00

National Naval Force Structure Policy Act - States that it is U.S. policy to rebuild as soon as possible the size of the U.S. Navy fleet to no fewer than 375 vessels in active service, including 15 aircraft carrier battle groups and 15 amphibious ready groups.
Topic: Defense — General
Subject: Armed forces and national security
Date: 2007-03-20 00:00:00

Wounded Warriors Joint Health Care Ombudsman Act - Directs the Secretary of Defense to establish a Department of Defense (DOD)-wide Ombudsman Office and to assign Office oversight responsibility to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs. Requires the Ombudsman to provide assistance to and answer questions from medical holdover patients and their families regarding: (1) administrative processes, financial matters, and non-military related services available to such patients and families; (2) transfer to the care of the Veterans Administration (VA); and (3) support services available upon the patient's return home. Directs the Ombudsman to establish toll-free telephone numbers for such patients and family members. Makes the Ombudsman responsible for handling congressional inquiries regarding medical holdover patients and other medical questions related to the Armed Forces. Defines a medical holdover patient as one held over for medical treatment by DOD for an injury, illness, or disease incurred or aggravated while on active duty.
Topic: Defense — General
Subject: Armed forces and national security
Date: 2007-08-03 00:00:00

Military Environmental Responsibility Act - Requires the Department of Defense (DOD) and defense-related agencies (the Department of Energy, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the Office of Naval Nuclear Reactors, and any others as designated by the President) to fully comply with designated Federal and State environmental laws, including those related to public health and safety, to the same extent as any other entities subject to such laws. Waives any immunity of the United States with respect to such laws as applied to DOD and any defense-related agency. Provides for administrative enforcement actions.Requires the Secretary of Defense , for each weapon system for which congressional budget justification is required, to ensure that all development and procurement decisions comply with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969.Repeals: (1) a Federal provision prohibiting the use of certain military appropriation accounts for the payment of fines and penalties for environmental noncompliance; and (2) a provision of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000 which prohibits the use of defense funds to conduct treatment, storage, or disposal activities at sites designated under the Formerly Utilized Site Remedial Action Program.
Topic: Defense — General
Subject: Economics and public finance
Date: 2008-02-06 00:00:00

Semper Fi Act - Rescinds all amounts appropriated by the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008 for the city of Berkeley, California, or entities in such city. Transfers the rescinded amounts to the Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps account of the Department of Defense (DOD) for FY2008, to be used for recruiting.
Topic: Defense — General
Subject: Armed forces and national security
Date: 2008-04-17 00:00:00

Separating Servicemember Handbook Development Act - Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 to direct the Secretary of Defense to develop and maintain, in a handbook and on a publically-available Internet website, a comprehensive description of the compensation and other benefits to which an Armed Forces member, and the family of the member, would be entitled on separation or retirement resulting from a serious injury or illness. Requires that the handbook be provided to each member as soon as practicable following an injury or illness for which the member may retire or separate.
Topic: Defense — General
Subject: Immigration
Date: 2008-04-17 00:00:00

Makes technical corrections to provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 which provide special immigrant status for certain Iraqis employed by or on behalf of the U.S. government. Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security or State to convert approved petitions for such status with respect to which visas are not immediately available to approved petitions for petitions filed before October 1, 2008.
Topic: Defense — General
Subject: Armed forces and national security
Date: 2007-01-04 00:00:00

Establishes in the Department of Defense (DOD) a Deputy Secretary of Defense for Management (Deputy Secretary) to: (1) serve as the Chief Management Officer of DOD; and (2) act as principal adviser to the Secretary of Defense on matters relating to the management of DOD, including defense business activities. Makes the Deputy Secretary responsible to the Secretary for development, approval, implementation, integration, and oversight for the management of DOD that relate to performance of the the following functions: (1) planning and budgeting, including performance measurement; (2) acquisition; (3) logistics; (4) facilities, installations, and environment; (5) financial management; (6) human resources and personnel; and (7) management of information resources. Requires the Deputy Secretary, among other things, to: (1) develop and maintain a department-wide strategic plan for defense business reform; and (2) establish performance goals and measures for improving and evaluating overall DOD economy, efficiency, and effectiveness. Directs the Secretary and the Deputy Secretary to jointly identify each year the individual and organizational goals to be achieved by the Deputy Secretary.
Topic: Defense — General
Subject: Armed forces and national security
Date: 2007-02-13 00:00:00

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 - Authorizes appropriations for the Department of Defense (DOD) for FY2008 for military operations and military construction. Authorizes appropriations to DOD for: (1) procurement, including aircraft, missiles, weapons and tracked combat vehicles, ammunition, shipbuilding and conversion, and other procurement; (2) the Rapid Acquisition Fund and the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Fund; (3) research, development, test, and evaluation, including ballistic missile defense; (4) operation and maintenance, including defense working capital funds, the defense health program, chemical agents and munitions destruction, and environmental restoration; (5) active and reserve military personnel, including end strengths; and (6) increased costs due to the Global War on Terror for military activities and military construction. Sets forth provisions or requirements concerning: (1) active and reserve military personnel, including officer personnel policy; (2) military education and training, including military justice and defense dependents' education; (3) military pay and allowances; (4) retired pay and survivor benefits, including Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP) matters; (5) military health care; (6) acquisition policy and management; (7) DOD organization and management, including intelligence-related matters; (8) financial, counterdrug, and homeland security matters; (9) civilian personnel matters; and (10) matters relating to other nations, including nonproliferation. Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007[sic] - (Text to be submitted at a later date.)
Topic: Defense — General
Subject: Armed forces and national security
Date: 2007-11-13 00:00:00

Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, 2008 - Makes emergency supplemental appropriations for the Department of Defense (DOD) for FY2008 for: (1) military personnel; (2) operation and maintenance; (3) the Iraq Freedom Fund; (4) the Afghanistan Security Forces Fund; (5) the Iraq Security Forces Fund; (6) the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Fund; (7) procurement; (8) Defense Working Capital Funds; (9) the Defense Health Program; and (10) defense drug interdiction and counter-drug activities. Specifies authorized, restricted, and prohibited uses of funds appropriated in this Act. Makes funds available to fund the Commander's Emergency Response (urgent humanitarian relief and reconstruction assistance in Iraq and Afghanistan). Directs the Secretary of Defense to report to Congress a comprehensive set of performance indicators and measures for progress toward military and political stability in Iraq.
Topic: Defense — General
Subject: Armed forces and national security
Date: 2007-12-12 00:00:00

Directs the Secretary of Defense, before furloughing Department of Defense (DOD) employees on the basis of a lack of funds, to suspend all nonessential DOD service contracts as necessary to make up for the lack of funds. Applies this Act to FY2008.
Topic: Defense — General
Subject: Armed forces and national security
Date: 2008-03-31 00:00:00

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 - Authorizes appropriations for the Department of Defense (DOD) for FY2009. Authorizes appropriations to DOD for: (1) procurement, including aircraft, missiles, weapons and tracked combat vehicles, ammunition, shipbuilding and conversion, and other procurement; (2) the Rapid Acquisition Fund; (3) the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Fund; (4) Defense Production Act purchases; (5) research, development, test, and evaluation; (6) operation and maintenance, including working capital funds, the Defense Health Program, chemical agents and munitions destruction, drug interdiction and counter-drug activities, and the Defense Inspector General; (6) active and reserve military personnel, including end strengths; (7) the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Program; (8) chemical demilitarization construction; and (9) Guard and reserve forces facilities. Sets forth provisions or requirements concerning: (1) active and reserve military personnel, including officer and reserve personnel policy; (2) military education and training; (3) military pay and allowances; (4) retired pay and survivor benefits; (5) military health care; (6) acquisition policy and management; (7) DOD organization and management, including the chemical demilitarization program and intelligence-related matters; (8) financial matters, including counter-drug activities and matters related to homeland security; (9) civilian personnel matters; (10) matters relating to foreign nations; (11) matters relating to building partner capabilities to combat international terrorism; and (12) base closure and realignment activities. Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 - Authorizes appropriations for FY2009 for military construction for the Armed Forces and defense agencies.
Topic: Defense — General
Subject: Immigration
Date: 2008-04-08 00:00:00

Makes technical corrections to provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 which provide special immigrant status for certain Iraqis employed by or on behalf of the U.S. government. Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security or State to convert approved petitions for such status with respect to which visas are not immediately available to approved petitions for petitions filed before October 1, 2008.
Topic: Defense — General
Subject: Armed forces and national security
Date: 2009-01-07 00:00:00

Fallen Hero Commemoration Act - Directs the Secretary of Defense to grant access to accredited members of the media: (1) at military commemoration ceremonies and military memorial services for members of the Armed Forces who have died on active duty; and (2) when the remains of such members arrive at U.S. military installations. Authorizes the Secretary to establish the policy for media accreditation.
Topic: Defense — General
Subject: Government operations and politics
Date: 2009-02-03 00:00:00

Department of Peace Act - Establishes a Department of Peace, which shall be headed by a Secretary of Peace (Secretary). Sets forth the mission of the Department, including: (1) cultivation of peace as a national policy objective; and (2) development of policies that promote national and international conflict prevention, nonviolent intervention, mediation, peaceful conflict resolution, and structured conflict mediation. Establishes in the Department: (1) the Office of Peace Education and Training; (2) the Office of Domestic Peace Activities; (3) the Office of International Peace Activities; (4) the Office of Technology for Peace; (5) the Office of Arms Control and Disarmament; (6) the Office of Peaceful Coexistence and Nonviolent Conflict Resolution; (7) the Office of Human Rights and Economic Rights; and (8) the Intergovernmental Advisory Council on Peace. Directs the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State to consult with the Secretary concerning nonviolent means of conflict resolution when a conflict between the United States and any other government or entity is imminent or occurring. Transfers to the Department the functions, assets, and personnel of various federal agencies. Establishes the Federal Interagency Committee on Peace. Directs the Secretary to encourage citizens to celebrate the blessings of peace and endeavor to create peace on a Peace Day.
Topic: Defense — General
Subject: Armed forces and national security
Date: 2009-06-25 00:00:00

Requires the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to give a Member, officer, or employee of either chamber of Congress carrying out official duties outside the United States a written statement of the cost of any DOD-provided transportation within 10 days after completion of the trip. Requires the Member, officer, or employee to include such cost in any report which must be filed pursuant to the Rules of the House of Representatives or the Standing Rules of the Senate. Excludes from such requirements any trip whose sole purpose is to visit one or more U.S. military installations and/or to visit U.S. military personnel in a war zone.
Topic: Defense — General
Subject: Water resources development
Date: 2009-12-01 00:00:00

Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 2000 to extend through December 31, 2010, the authority of the Secretary of the Army to accept and expend funds contributed by non-federal public entities to expedite the evaluation of permits under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Army.
Topic: Defense — General
Subject: International affairs
Date: 2010-09-29 00:00:00

Repeal of the Authorization for Use of Military Force - States that the Authorization for Use of Military Force (P.L. 107-40) has been used to justify an open-ended authorization for the use of military force and such an interpretation is inconsistent with the authority of Congress to declare war and make all laws for executing powers vested by the Constitution in the U.S. government. Repeals the Authorization for Use of Military Force (P.L. 107-40), effective 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act.
Topic: Defense — General
Subject: Armed forces and national security
Date: 2009-02-27 00:00:00

Redesignates the: (1) Department of the Navy as the Department of the Navy and Marine Corps; and (2) Secretary of the Navy as the Secretary of the Navy and Marine Corps. Makes similar redesignations with respect to Department Assistant Secretaries and the General Counsel.
Topic: Defense — General
Subject: Social sciences and history
Date: 2009-03-03 00:00:00

Star-Spangled Banner and War of 1812 Bicentennial Commission Act - Establishes the Star-Spangled Banner and War of 1812 Bicentennial Commission to plan, encourage, develop, execute, and coordinate programs, observances, and activities commemorating the historic events that preceded and are associated with the War of 1812. Includes among other Commission duties to: (1) coordinate activities with state commemoration commissions, the National Park Service, the Department of Defense (DOD), and other appropriate federal agencies; (2) facilitate scholarly research on, publication about, and interpretation of the people and events associated with that War; (3) design, develop, and provide for the maintenance of an exhibit that will travel throughout the United States during the commemoration period to interpret events of the War of 1812; and (4) review essential facilities and infrastructure at War of 1812 sites and identify possible improvements that could be made to enhance and maximize visitor experience at the sites. Requires the Commission to: (1) prepare a strategic plan and annual performance plans for activities carried out under this Act; and (2) submit annual reports on gifts, bequest, and devises it receives and a final report on its activities by September 30, 2015. Authorizes appropriations for FY2010-FY2015. Terminates the Commission on December 31, 2015.
Topic: Defense — General
Subject: Social sciences and history
Date: 2009-04-01 00:00:00

Establishes the World War I Centennial Commission to: (1) plan, develop, and execute programs, projects, and activities to commemorate the centennial of World War I; (2) encourage private organizations and state and local governments to organize and participate in such activities; (3) facilitate and coordinate such activities throughout the United States; and (4) serve as a clearinghouse for the collection and dissemination of information about centennial events and plans; and (5) develop commemoration recommendations for Congress and the President.