lcalvobartolome/proxann_data huggingface dataset:
Topic: Public Lands — National Parks
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Date: 2007-03-28 00:00:00

National Park Centennial Act - Establishes the National Park Centennial Fund in the Treasury. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individual taxpayers to designate overpayments and contributions for the benefit of the National Park System. Allocates such amounts to the Fund (along with necessary amounts from the General Fund to the extent that such amounts are inadequate in any fiscal year) for expenditure by the Secretary of the Interior. Authorizes appropriations for a public awareness campaign about the Fund and the ability of taxpayers to make tax-related contributions. Requires a specified percentage of Fund deposits to be used: (1) for the elimination of the backlog of unmet needs in the national parks as identified in the Facility Condition Index of the National Park Service (NPS); (2) to protect natural resources within the parks; and (3) to protect cultural resources within the parks. Requires a majority of such percentages to be distributed to those national parks that have completed comprehensive business plans under the Business Plan Initiative of the NPS. Directs the Government Accountability Office (GAO) annually to submit a report on the National Park System. Authorizes the Secretary of Education to provide grants to elementary and secondary schools for cooperative agreements with the NPS providing distance learning and onsite education programs. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to submit specified reports assessing the national parks.
Topic: Public Lands — National Parks
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Date: 2007-03-29 00:00:00

Ka'u Coast Preservation Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to study and report to specified congressional committees on the suitability and feasibility of designating the Ka'u Coast from Kapaoo Point to Kahuku Point, Hawaii, as a unit of the National Park System.
Topic: Public Lands — National Parks
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Date: 2007-03-29 00:00:00

Extends the authorities provided to the Secretary of the Interior with respect to the Coastal Heritage Trail Route in New Jersey until September 30, 2011.
Topic: Public Lands — National Parks
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Date: 2007-03-29 00:00:00

Weir Farm National Historic Site Amendment Act - Amends the Weir Farm National Historic Site Establishment Act of 1990 to: (1) require that property acquired for the development of visitor and administrative facilities for the Weir Farm National Historic Site in Connecticut be within Fairfield county; (2) continue to require minimum development of the property and prohibit anything from either preventing the acquisition of property for the development of such facilities that, prior to the acquisition, was developed in a manner inconsistent with such requirement, or requiring remediation of such previously developed property to reflect the natural character of the property comprising the Site; and (3) require, prior to and as a prerequisite to any development of visitor and administrative facilities on the acquired property, one or more agreements with the chief elected official of the unit of local government having jurisdiction over such property.
Topic: Public Lands — National Parks
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Date: 2007-03-29 00:00:00

National Trails System Willing Seller Act - Amends the National Trails System Act to: (1) prohibit the federal acquisition of land and interest in land outside the exterior boundaries of any federally administered area, except with the owner's consent, for the Oregon, Mormon Pioneer, Lewis and Clark, 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 the Oregon, Mormon Pioneer, Continental Divide, Lewis and Clark, and Nez Perce trails. Authorizes appropriations to implement the provisions of the Act relating to trails designated by the Act as national scenic or historic trails. Limits funding for the acquisition of land or interests for, or for the development of, the Natchez Trace National Scenic Trail. Instructs the administering agency for the Natchez Trace National Scenic Trail to encourage volunteer trail groups' participation in the development of such Trail.
Topic: Public Lands — National Parks
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Date: 2007-04-17 00:00:00

Santa Cruz Valley National Heritage Area Act - Establishes the Santa Cruz Valley National Heritage Area in Arizona. Designates the Santa Cruz Valley Heritage Alliance, Inc. as the management entity for the Area. Requires the management entity to prepare and submit a management plan for the Area to the Secretary of the Interior for approval. Prohibits the management entity from using federal funds received under this Act to acquire real property. Authorizes the Secretary to provide technical and financial assistance to the Area for the development and implementation of the approved management plan.
Topic: Public Lands — National Parks
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Date: 2007-04-19 00:00:00

Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers Valley National Heritage Corridor Amendments Act of 2007 - Amends the Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers Valley National Heritage Corridor Act of 1994 to: (1) extend the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to make grants or provide any assistance under the Act for the Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers Valley National Heritage Corridor to September 30, 2015; and (2) increase the total amount that may be appropriated for the Corridor.
Topic: Public Lands — National Parks
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Date: 2007-04-19 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: 2007-04-20 00:00:00

Fort Stanton-Snowy River National Cave Conservation Area Act - Establishes the Fort Stanton-Snowy River National Cave Conservation Area in Lincoln county, New Mexico, to protect, conserve, and enhance the unique and nationally important historic, cultural, scientific, archaeological, natural, and educational subterranean cave resources of the Fort Stanton-Snowy River cave system. Directs the Secretary to develop a plan for the long-term management of the Conservation Area. Authorizes the Secretary to establish facilities for: (1) the conduct of scientific research; and (2) the interpretation of the resources of the Conservation Area.
Topic: Public Lands — National Parks
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Date: 2007-04-25 00:00:00

Repeals a provision of the John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 which requires the Secretary of the Interior to immediately cease the plan to exterminate deer and elk on Santa Rosa Island, California, by helicopter.
Topic: Public Lands — National Parks
Subject: Commemorations
Date: 2007-05-01 00:00:00

Amends the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2000 to revise the administrative authorities of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission. Authorizes the Commission to: (1) enter into contracts for specialized or professional services without regard to certain civil service requirements; (2) accept gifts of real or personal property; (3) appoint an architect; (4) hire and fire staff without regard to competitive service requirements and obtain temporary, intermittent, and part-time services; (5) enter into cooperative agreements with other government and private entities; and (6) accept volunteer services. Requires the Commission to: (1) appoint an Executive Director; and (2) obtain adminstrative and support services from the General Services Administration. Authorizes appropriations.
Topic: Public Lands — National Parks
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Date: 2007-05-07 00:00:00

Hopewell Culture National Historical Park Boundary Adjustment Act - Modifies the boundary of the Hopewell Culture National Historical Park in Ohio to include certain lands marked for inclusion in the Park. Permits the acquisition of lands added under this Act only from willing sellers.
Topic: Public Lands — National Parks
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Date: 2007-05-09 00:00:00

Acadia National Park Improvement Act of 2008 - Amends Public Law 99-420 (relating to the establishment of a permanent boundary for the Acadia National Park in Maine) to prohibit any town in which there is federally owned property under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior which lies outside the boundary of the Park from being eligible to receive such lands unless lands within the Park boundary and owned by such town have been conveyed to the Secretary. Extends the Acadia National Park Advisory Commission. Makes such extension take effect on September 25, 2006. Increases the ceiling on the amount of appropriations for the acquisition of lands and interests with respect to the Acadia National Park. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to provide assistance in the planning, construction, and operation of an intermodal transportation center located outside the Park's boundary, in the town of Trenton, Maine, to improve the management, interpretation, and visitor enjoyment of the Park. Allows the Secretary, in administering the intermodal transportation center, to enter into interagency agreements with other federal agencies and cooperative agreements with state and local agencies and nonprofits to: (1) provide exhibits, interpretive services, and technical assistance; (2) conduct activities that facilitate the dissemination of information related to the Park and the Island Explorer transit system or any successor transit system; (3) provide financial assistance for the construction of the center in exchange for space in the center that is sufficient for interpretation of the Park; and (4) assist with the operation and maintenance of the center. Authorizes appropriations.
Topic: Public Lands — National Parks
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Date: 2007-05-14 00:00:00

Arizona National Scenic Trail Act - Amends the National Trails System Act to designate the Arizona Trail, extending approximately 807 miles across Arizona from the border between Arizona and Utah to the international border with Mexico, as the "Arizona National Scenic Trail."
Topic: Public Lands — National Parks
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Date: 2007-05-17 00:00:00

Homestead National Monument of America Boundary Expansion Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire by donation or by purchase with donated or appropriated funds, from willing sellers only, the approximately 140 acres located south of the Homestead National Monument of America in Nebraska and owned by the Friends of Homestead and the approximately 160 acres known as the "Graff Parcel." Instructs the Secretary to revise the boundary of Homestead National Monument to reflect the acquisition upon its completion. Requires any lands acquired under this Act to be administered by the Secretary as part of Homestead National Monument.
Topic: Public Lands — National Parks
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Date: 2007-05-24 00:00:00

Mississippi River Special Resource Study Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study along the route of the Mississippi River in the counties contiguous to the river from its headwaters in Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico for the purpose of evaluating a range of alternatives for protecting and interpreting the resources along the route, including alternatives for potential addition of all or portions of the route to the National Trails System.
Topic: Public Lands — National Parks
Subject: Arts, culture, religion
Date: 2007-05-24 00:00:00

Rocky Mountain Science Collections Center Act of 2007 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to provide a grant to the Denver Museum of Nature & Science in Denver, Colorado, to pay the federal share of the cost of: (1) constructing one or more on-site collection facilities that meet the standards of the Museum; and (2) obtaining goods and services required by the Museum, including the acquisition of designs, plans, furnishings, equipment, and other support for the Museum. Requires the Museum, as a condition of receiving such assistance, to match any amounts provided to the Museum under this Act. States that, in order to meet such matching requirement, the Museum may provide to the Secretary cash, in-kind donations, and services.
Topic: Public Lands — National Parks
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Date: 2007-05-24 00:00:00

Tule Lake Segregation Center Special Resource Study Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of the national significance, suitability, and feasibility of including the Tule Lake Segregation Center in Modoc County, California, in the National Park System.
Topic: Public Lands — National Parks
Subject: Health
Date: 2007-05-24 00:00:00

Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Act Reauthorization Act of 2007 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to revise provisions requiring centers to provide appropriate information, training, and technical assistance on youth suicide to require such information, training, and assistance on suicide among all ages, particularly for youth. Reauthorizes appropriations for FY2008-FY2012 for research, training, and technical assistance centers related to mental health, substance abuse, and the justice system and suicide.Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to ensure that a state does not receive more than one grant or cooperative agreement for the development of youth suicide early intervention and prevention strategies at any one time. (Current law requires the Secretary to ensure that each state is awarded only one such grant or cooperative agreement.) Reauthorizes appropriations for FY2008-FY2012 for such grants or cooperative agreements.Reauthorizes appropriations for FY2008-FY2012 for grants to institutions of higher education for services to students with mental and behavioral health problems.
Topic: Public Lands — National Parks
Subject: Armed forces and national security
Date: 2007-05-24 00:00:00

Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a national cemetery in Sarpy County, Nebraska, to serve the needs of veterans and their families in eastern Nebraska and western Iowa.
Topic: Public Lands — National Parks
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Date: 2007-06-07 00:00:00

North Maui Coastal Preservation Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to study the feasibility of designating certain lands on the northern coast of Maui, Hawaii, as a National Seashore, National Historical Park, National Recreation Area, National Monument, National Preserve, or other unit of the National Park System.
Topic: Public Lands — National Parks
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Date: 2007-06-07 00:00:00

Act Commemorating the LITE, or Lifetime Innovations of Thomas Edison - Establishes the Thomas Edison National Historical Park in New Jersey as a unit of the National Park System. Specifies that the Historical Park shall be comprised of all property owned by the United States in the Edison National Historic Site as well as all property authorized to be acquired by the Secretary of the Interior for inclusion in the Historic Site before the enactment of this Act. Allows the Secretary to acquire: (1) land or interests in land within the Historical Park's boundaries only from willing sellers; and (2) personal property associated with, and appropriated for, interpretation of the Historical Park. Permits the Secretary to consult and enter into cooperative agreements with interested entities and individuals to provide for the preservation, development, interpretation, and use of the Historical Park. Repeals the Act regarding the establishment and administration of the Edison National Historic Site. Authorizes appropriations.
Topic: Public Lands — National Parks
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Date: 2007-06-13 00:00:00

Green McAdoo School National Historic Site Study Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study of the site of Green McAdoo School in Clinton, Tennessee, to evaluate the national significance, suitability, and feasibility of designating such site as a unit of the National Park System.
Topic: Public Lands — National Parks
Subject: Armed forces and national security
Date: 2007-06-19 00:00:00

Recognizes the Navy UDT-SEAL Museum in Fort Pierce, Florida, as the official national museum of Navy SEALs and their predecessors, including the Underwater Demolition Teams, Naval Combat Demolition Units, Office of Strategic Services Maritime Units, and Amphibious Scouts and Raiders.
Topic: Public Lands — National Parks
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Date: 2007-06-21 00:00:00

Minute Man National Historical Park Boundary Revision Act - Modifies the boundary of Minute Man National Historical Park in Massachusetts to include the Colonel James Barrett Farm in Concord.
Topic: Public Lands — National Parks
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Date: 2007-06-25 00:00:00

Chisholm and Great Western Cattle Trails Act - Amends the National Trails System Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct separate studies to consider the designation of the Chisholm Trail and the Great Western Trail, historic cattle-drive trails, for study and potential addition to the National Trails System.
Topic: Public Lands — National Parks
Subject: Government operations and politics
Date: 2007-06-25 00:00:00

Grants a federal charter to the Korean War Veterans Association, Incorporated (a nonprofit corporation incorporated under the laws of New York).
Topic: Public Lands — National Parks
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Date: 2007-06-28 00:00:00

Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to carry out a study to determine the suitability and feasibility of designating the U.S. Virgin Islands Military and Veterans Memorial, to be located on ten acres in Fredericksted, St.Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, as a unit of the National Park System.
Topic: Public Lands — National Parks
Subject: Armed forces and national security
Date: 2007-06-28 00:00:00

Directs the Secretary of Defense to make a grant to the National D-Day Museum Foundation for facilities and programs of America's National World War II Museum in New Orleans, LA.
Topic: Public Lands — National Parks
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Date: 2007-06-28 00:00:00

Civil War Battlefield Preservation Act of 2008 - Amends the American Battlefield Protection Act of 1996 to authorize appropriations for FY2009-FY2013 for the provision of grants under the battlefield acquisition grant program. Eliminates the provision for the repealing of the Act on September 30, 2008.
Topic: Public Lands — National Parks
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Date: 2007-07-10 00:00:00

National Park Centennial Challenge Fund Act - Establishes in the Treasury the National Park Centennial Challenge Fund (the Challenge Fund) which shall consist of qualified donations transferred from the Donations to the National Park Service account and amounts appropriated from the general fund of the Treasury, in accordance with this Act. Makes available all amounts deposited in the Challenge Fund to the Secretary of the Interior for signature projects and programs under this Act (projects and programs identified by the Director of the National Park Service (NPS) as those that will help prepare the national parks for another century of conservation, preservation, and enjoyment). Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director, to develop a list of signature projects and programs eligible for funding from the Challenge Fund. Requires that such list be submitted to the President and specified congressional committees.
Topic: Public Lands — National Parks
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Date: 2007-07-10 00:00:00

Save the Statue of Liberty Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the National Park Service (NPS) and using funds available to the Secretary for this purpose, to commence necessary safety and related improvements to the Statue of Liberty so that it may be fully reopened to the public to provide the same access as before September 11, 2001.
Topic: Public Lands — National Parks
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Date: 2007-07-11 00:00:00

Ocmulgee National Heritage Corridor Act - Establishes the Ocmulgee National Heritage Corridor in Georgia. Designates the Ocmulgee Heritage L.L.C. as the local coordinating entity for the Heritage Corridor. Requires the Ocmulgee Heritage L.L.C. to prepare and submit a management plan for the Heritage Corridor.
Topic: Public Lands — National Parks
Subject: Commemorations
Date: 2007-07-12 00:00:00

Military Spouses Memorial Act of 2007 - Authorizes the Military Spouse Legacy Association, Inc., to establish a commemorative work on federal land in the District of Columbia and its environs to honor all those who have put their country first as military spouses throughout our Nation's history. Prohibits the use of federal funds to pay any expense of the establishment of the commemorative work. Makes the Military Spouse Legacy Association, Inc., solely responsible for acceptance of contributions for, and payment of the expenses of, the establishment of such work.
Topic: Public Lands — National Parks
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Date: 2007-07-17 00:00:00

Martin Van Buren National Historic Site Boundary Revision Act - Adjusts the boundary of the Martin Van Buren National Historic Site in the State of New York to include approximately 261 acres of land identified as the "PROPOSED PARK BOUNDARY" as depicted on the "Boundary Map, Martin Van Buren National Historic Site," dated January 2005. Authorizes the Secretary to acquire such lands and interests from a willing seller.