lcalvobartolome/proxann_data huggingface dataset:
Topic: Public Lands — National Parks
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Date: 2013-02-06 00:00:00

Vietnam Veterans Donor Acknowledgment Act of 2013 - Extends, to November 17, 2018, the legislative authority of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, Inc. (Fund) to establish a Vietnam Veterans Memorial visitors center. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to allow the Fund to acknowledge donor contributions to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Visitor Center by displaying, inside the Center, an appropriate statement or credit.

Requires the Fund to: (1) bear all display expenses; and (2) prior to such display, submit to the Secretary for approval a display plan.

Requires the Secretary to approve such plan if it: (1) allows only short, discrete, and unobtrusive acknowledgments or credits; (2) does not permit any advertising slogans or company logos; and (3) conforms to applicable National Park Service guidelines for indoor donor recognition.

Allows the Fund, if a plan is not approved, to resubmit a revised plan.
Topic: Public Lands — National Parks
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Date: 2013-02-12 00:00:00

American Memorial Park Tinian Annex Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, using existing facilities instead of developing new facilities, to develop an annex in Tinian, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, as an extension of the American Memorial Park on the island of Saipan.

Requires the annex to be used to interpret the important aspects of the North Field Tinian by highlighting the historic events related to the Mariana Islands Campaign during World War II and to serve as a curatorial storage of artifacts of World War II.
Topic: Public Lands — National Parks
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Date: 2013-02-13 00:00:00

Carson National Forest Boundary Adjustment Act - Adjusts the boundary of the Carson National Forest in New Mexico to incorporate approximately 4,990 acres of land identified as the Miranda Canyon Boundary.
Topic: Public Lands — National Parks
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Date: 2013-02-13 00:00:00

Harriet Tubman National Historical Parks Act - Establishes in Caroline, Dorchester, and Talbot Counties, Maryland, the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park as a unit of the National Park System.

Establishes in Auburn, New York, the Harriet Tubman National Historical Park also as a unit of the National Park System.

Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to enter into cooperative agreements with certain entities for the historical preservation and interpretation of such parks.

Requires the Secretary to complete a general management plan for such parks.
Topic: Public Lands — National Parks
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Date: 2013-02-14 00:00:00

First State National Historical Park Act - Establishes the First State National Historical Park in Delaware, to be administered as a unit of the National Park System.

Specifies that the purpose of the Park is the preservation, protection, and interpretation of the nationally significant cultural and historic resources associated with early Dutch, Swedish, and English settlement of the colony of Delaware and parts of the colony of Pennsylvania and Delaware's role in the birth of the United States and as the first state to ratify the Constitution.

Requires the completion of a management plan for the Park.

Requires completion of a study assessing the historical significance of additional properties in Delaware associated with the Park.
Topic: Public Lands — National Parks
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Date: 2013-02-14 00:00:00

Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park Establishment Act - (Sec. 3) Establishes the Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park in Massachusetts and Rhode Island as a unit of the National Park System.

Requires the Secretary to prepare a general management plan for the Park that considers ways to use preexisting or planned visitor facilities and recreational opportunities developed in the John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor.

Dedicates the Park to former Senator John H. Chafee from Rhode Island in recognition of: (1) his role in the preservation of the resources of the Blackstone River Valley and the heritage corridor that bears his name, and (2) his decades of service to the people of Rhode Island and the United States.

Requires a memorial to be displayed at a location in the Park that recognizes Senator Chafee's role in the preservation of the resources of the Blackstone River Valley for the people of the United States.

Prohibits the use of condemnation to acquire land or interests in land under this Act. Prohibits anything in this Act from: (1) creating buffer zones outside the Park; or (2) restricting an activity because it can be seen, heard, or detected within the Park from being conducted outside its boundaries.
Topic: Public Lands — National Parks
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Date: 2013-02-14 00:00:00

(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on May 17, 2013. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Wood-Pawcatuck Watershed Protection Act - Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate for study for potential addition to the national wild and scenic rivers system specified segments of the Beaver, Chipuxet, Queen, Wood, and Pawcatuck Rivers in Rhode Island and Connecticut.

Requires the study to: (1) include the effect of designation on existing commercial and recreational activities, energy production and transmission infrastructure, and the authority of state and local governments to manage such activities; and (2) identify authorities allowing the influence of local land use decisions or restrictions on non-federal land, condemnation authorities, and all private property located in the study area.
Topic: Public Lands — National Parks
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Date: 2013-02-15 00:00:00

Utah Land Sovereignty Act - Prohibits any further extension or establishment of national parks and monuments in Utah except by express authorization of Congress.
Topic: Public Lands — National Parks
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Date: 2013-02-15 00:00:00

Amends the South Carolina National Heritage Corridor Act of 1996 to designate the South Carolina Heritage Corridor, Inc. as the management entity for the South Carolina National Heritage Corridor and transfers all program funds to such entity.
Topic: Public Lands — National Parks
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Date: 2013-02-15 00:00:00

Castle Clinton National Monument and Battery Castle Clinton National Monument and Battery Conservancy Partnership Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, through the National Park Service (NPS), to enter into one or more agreements with the Battery Conservancy of New York City, New York, (or a successor not-for-profit organization) to construct and operate the performance facility and associated structures and fixtures proposed for the Castle Clinton National Monument in New York City.

Authorizes the Secretary to retain and use any funds that are received from the Conservancy in accordance with this Act for the operation, enhancement, or interpretation of the Monument.

Allows the Secretary to enter into a cooperative agreement with the Conservancy for interpretive and educational programming related to the Monument.

Provides for the facility to be under U.S. ownership. Prohibits the Conservancy at any time from having any ownership interest, leasehold interest, or other right or interest in such facility.

Requires the facility to be administered by NPS as part of the Monument.
Topic: Public Lands — National Parks
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Date: 2013-02-26 00:00:00

Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate a specified segment of the Illabot Creek in Skagit County, Washington, as a component of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.

Prohibits the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) from acquiring lands or interests within the boundaries of the Illabot Creek Wild and Scenic River by condemnation.

Specifies this Act's effect on the creation of protective perimeters and buffer zones.

Prohibits the inclusion of private and non-federal property within the River's boundaries without the owner's written consent.
Topic: Public Lands — National Parks
Subject: Arts, culture, religion
Date: 2013-02-27 00:00:00

Commission to Study the Potential Creation of a National Women's History Museum Act - Establishes the Commission to Study the Potential Creation of a National Women's History Museum.

Requires the Commission to: (1) report recommendations for a plan of action for the establishment and maintenance of a National Women's History Museum in Washington, D.C.; (2) develop a fundraising plan to support the establishment, operation, and maintenance of the Museum through public contributions; (3) obtain an independent review of such fundraising plan, including an analysis of the resources necessary to fund the construction of the Museum and its operations and maintenance in perpetuity without reliance on federal funds; and (4) submit a legislative plan of action to establish and construct the Museum.

Directs the Commission's recommendations to address issues including the impact of the Museum on regional women history-related museums, whether it should be part of the Smithsonian Institution, and the cost of constructing, operating, and maintaining the Museum and acquiring its collections.

Prohibits federal funds from being obligated to carry out this Act.
Topic: Public Lands — National Parks
Subject: Social sciences and history
Date: 2013-02-27 00:00:00

African Burial Ground International Memorial Museum and Educational Center Act - Establishes the African Burial Ground International Memorial Museum and Educational Center at the African Burial Ground National Monument in New York, New York.

Directs the Secretary of the Interior, through the Director of the National Park Service (NPS), to: (1) acquire for the Museum property that is located adjacent to the National Monument or in any other area of the African Burial Ground National Historic Landmark in the city other than the location adjacent to the Monument, and (2) construct the Museum on the acquired property.

Establishes within the Department of the Interior the African Burial Ground Advisory Council to: (1) make recommendations to the Secretary on the construction of the Museum, and (2) advise and assist the Secretary on all matters relating to the operation and preservation of the Museum.
Topic: Public Lands — National Parks
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Date: 2013-02-27 00:00:00

White Clay Creek Wild and Scenic River Expansion Act of 2013 - Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate additional segments and tributaries of the White Clay Creek in Delaware and Pennsylvania as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.
Topic: Public Lands — National Parks
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Date: 2013-02-28 00:00:00

(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on May 17, 2013. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

San Antonio Missions National Historical Park Boundary Expansion Act of 2013 - Modifies the boundary of the Park to include approximately 137 acres of additional identified land. Bars the use of condemnation authority by the Secretary for the acquisition of lands and interests under this Act.

Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire land and interests within the boundary of the Park only by donation or exchange. Prohibits any payment from being made to a landowner in the case of an exchange.

Prohibits the inclusion of any private property or non-federal public property within the Park's boundaries without the owner's written consent.

Prohibits anything in this Act, the establishment of the Park, or its management from being construed as creating buffer zones outside of the Park.

Bars an activity or use that can be seen or heard from within the Park from precluding the conduct of that activity or use outside the Park.
Topic: Public Lands — National Parks
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Date: 2013-02-28 00:00:00

(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on September 20, 2013. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

New Philadelphia, Illinois, Study Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of the New Philadelphia archaeological site and the land surrounding it in Illinois (the study area).

Requires the Secretary to: (1) evaluate the national significance of the study area; (2) determine the suitability and feasibility of designating the study area as a unit of the National Park System (NPS); (3) consider other alternatives for preservation, protection, and interpretation of the study area by federal, state, or local governmental entities, or private and nonprofit organizations; and (4) determine the effect of the designation as an NPS unit on existing commercial and recreational activities as well as the authorization, construction, and operation of energy production and transmission infrastructure, and the effect on the authority of state and local officials to manage those activities.

Directs the Secretary also to identify any authorities, including condemnation, that will compel or permit the Secretary to influence or participate in local land use decisions (such as zoning) or place restrictions on non-federal land if the study area is designated as an NPS unit.
Topic: Public Lands — National Parks
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Date: 2013-03-04 00:00:00

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to decrease the length of a segment of the Lower Merced River in California designated as a wild and scenic river.

Revises provisions concerning the water surface level of Lake McClure.

Sets a new boundary at the boundary of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Project No. 2179 as it existed on February 15, 2013.
Topic: Public Lands — National Parks
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Date: 2013-03-06 00:00:00

Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta National Heritage Area Establishment Act - Establishes the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta National Heritage Area in California.

Designates the Delta Protection Commission as the management entity for the Heritage Area.

Requires the Commission to submit a proposed management plan for the Heritage Area to the Secretary of the Interior for approval.

Bars approval of the management plan until the Secretary has received certification from the Commission that the Delta Stewardship Council has reviewed such plan for consistency with the plan adopted by the Council pursuant to state law.
Topic: Public Lands — National Parks
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Date: 2013-03-07 00:00:00

American Battlefield Protection Program Amendments Act of 2013 - Amends the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to reauthorize through FY2018 and expand the Battlefield Acquisition Grant Program to: (1) include the preservation of Revolutionary War and War of 1812 sites in the United States; and (2) permit the acquisition not only of an interest in an eligible site, but also an eligible site.

Requires acquisitions of lands or interests under the Act to be from willing sellers only.

Requires the Program to submit to Congress a report on activities carried out under this Act. Prohibits any of the funds provided pursuant to this Act from being used to influence congressional action on any legislation or appropriation matters pending before Congress.
Topic: Public Lands — National Parks
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Date: 2013-03-07 00:00:00

San Juan Islands National Conservation Area Act - Establishes the San Juan Islands National Conservation Area in the state of Washington.

Directs the Secretary of the Interior to develop a comprehensive plan for the long-term management of the Conservation Area.

 Requires the Secretary to manage the Conservation Area in a manner to conserve, protect, and enhance the resources of such area.

Authorizes the Secretary to prescribe measures for the control of nonnative invasive plants and noxious weeds within the Conservation Area.

Instructs the Secretary, in consultation with Indian tribes, to ensure the protection of religious and cultural sites within the Conservation Area and to provide access to them by tribal members for traditional cultural and customary uses.

Directs the Secretary to establish the San Juan Islands National Conservation Area Advisory Council to advise the Secretary on the preparation and implementation of the management plan.
Topic: Public Lands — National Parks
Subject: Government operations and politics
Date: 2013-03-13 00:00:00

Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Completion Act - Provides for the appointment of members of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission to a four-year term.

Ensures that a design is selected by the Commission for the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial as an alternative to any designs submitted or selected before this Act's enactment.

Prohibits the use of federal funds to establish the Memorial.
Topic: Public Lands — National Parks
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Date: 2013-03-14 00:00:00

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Amends the Washington Park Wilderness Act of 1988 to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to adjust the boundaries of the North Cascades National Park and the Stephen Mather Wilderness in Washington state in order to provide a 100-foot wide corridor along which the Stehekin Valley Road may be rebuilt: (1) outside of the floodplain between mileposts 12.9 and 22.8, (2) within the boundaries of the Park, and (3) outside of the boundaries of the Wilderness.

Requires that the boundary adjustments be such that equal acreage amounts are exchanged between the Wilderness and the Park.
Topic: Public Lands — National Parks
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Date: 2013-03-14 00:00:00

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 Rattlesnake Mountain Public Access Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to provide access to the summit of Rattlesnake Mountain in the Hanford Reach National Monument in the state of Washington for educational, recreational, historical, scientific, cultural, and other purposes.

Authorizes the Secretary to enter into cooperative agreements to facilitate access to the summit of Rattlesnake Mountain for guided tours, including motorized tours, and to maintain the access road to the summit.
Topic: Public Lands — National Parks
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Date: 2013-03-14 00:00:00

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the House reported version is repeated here.)

North Cascades National Park Service Complex Fish Stocking Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to authorize the stocking of fish in lakes in the North Cascades National Park, Ross Lake National Recreation Area, and Lake Chelan National Recreation Area (the North Cascades National Park Service Complex).

Authorizes the Secretary to allow stocking in not more than 42 of the 91 lakes which have historically been stocked with fish.

Requires the Secretary to stock only fish that are: (1) native to the slope of the Cascade Range on which the lake to be stocked is located; and (2) non-reproducing, as identified in management alternative B of the North Cascades National Park Service Complex Mountain Lakes Fishery Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement (June 2008).

Instructs the Secretary to take into consideration relevant scientific information, including such plan and the information gathered under the research and monitoring program specified below, in making fish stocking decisions under this Act.

 Requires the Secretary to coordinate the stocking of fish with the state of Washington.

Requires the Secretary to continue, and report to Congress on, a program of research and monitoring of the impacts of fish stocking on the resources of the applicable unit of the North Cascades National Park Service Complex.
Topic: Public Lands — National Parks
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Date: 2013-03-14 00:00:00

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Designates Mammoth Peak in Yosemite National Park as "Mount Jessie Benton Fremont" to be informally known as "Mt. Jessie," in honor of Jessie Benton Fremont's contributions toward the approval of the Yosemite Grant (the land grant under which the Yosemite Valley and the Mariposa Big Tree Grove in California were granted to the state of California by the federal government for their preservation and public use).
Topic: Public Lands — National Parks
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Date: 2013-03-15 00:00:00

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

Manhattan Project National Historical Park Act - (Sec. 5) Establishes the Manhattan Project National Historical Park as a unit of the National Park System, which may be composed of specified facilities, lands, or interests in one or more eligible areas or parts of such areas in Oak Ridge, Tennessee; Los Alamos, New Mexico; and Hanford, Washington. Requires inclusion of the B Reactor National Historic Landmark in Hanford.

(Sec. 6) Directs the Secretary of the Interior (the Secretary) and the Secretary of Energy (DOE) to enter into an agreement to govern their respective roles in administering the facilities, lands, or interests in land under the DOE's jurisdiction to be included in the Park.

(Sec. 7) Requires the Secretary to consult with interested state, county, and local officials, and members of the public before executing any such agreement and in developing the general management plan.

Adds to the Park lands, interests in land, or facilities within the eligible areas which are acquired by the Secretary or are included in an amendment to the agreement.

(Sec. 8) Requires the Secretary to develop a general management plan for the Park in consultation and collaboration with the Oak Ridge, Los Alamos, and Richland DOE site offices.

Authorizes the Secretary to provide interpretive tours of historically significant Manhattan Project sites and resources that are located outside the boundary of the Park.

Prohibits the acquisition by condemnation of any land or interest in land under, or for the purposes of, this Act.

Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) enter into agreements with federal agencies to provide public access to, and management, interpretation, and historic preservation of, historically significant Manhattan Project resources under their control; and (2) accept donations from, and enter into cooperative agreements with, state, local, and tribal governments, organizations, or individuals to further the purpose of such an interagency agreement or to provide visitor services and administrative facilities within proximity to the Park.

Authorizes the Secretary to provide technical assistance for the management, interpretation, and historic preservation of historically significant Manhattan Project resources not included in the Park.

(Sec. 9) Prohibits anything in this Act, the establishment of the Park, or the management plan from being construed as creating buffer zones outside of the Park.

Prohibits anything in this Act from constituting a cause of action respecting activities outside or adjacent to the established boundary of the Park.