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Question: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Grand Staircase Escalante
Enhancement Act''.

SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.

The table of contents for this Act is as follows:

Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Table of contents.
Sec. 3. Definitions.
Sec. 4. Establishment of Escalante Canyons National Park and Preserve.
Sec. 5. Withdrawals.
Sec. 6. Map and legal description.
Sec. 7. Grand Staircase National Monument.
Sec. 8. Kaiparowits National Monument.
Sec. 9. Escalante Canyons National Monument.
Sec. 10. Escalante Canyons National Park and Preserve, Grand Staircase
National Monument, Kaiparowits National
Monument, and Escalante Canyons National
Monument Management Council.
Sec. 11. Federal land manager adherence.
Sec. 12. Clarification.
Sec. 13. Restoration of land status.
Sec. 14. Hole in the Rock Road.
Sec. 15. Effect on proclamations.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

In this Act:
(1) Management council.--The term ''Management Council''
means the council established under section 10.
(2) Secretary.--The term ''Secretary'' means the Secretary
of the Interior.

SEC. 4. ESTABLISHMENT OF ESCALANTE CANYONS NATIONAL PARK AND PRESERVE.

(a) Establishment.--There is hereby established within the
Escalante Canyons National Monument the ''Escalante Canyons National
Park and Preserve'' in the State of Utah.
(b) Boundaries.--The boundaries of Escalante Canyons National Park
and Preserve are as generally depicted on the map entitled ''____'',
numbered ___, and dated ____. The map shall be on file and available
for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the National Park
Service.
(c) Purpose.--The purpose of the Escalante Canyons National Park
and Preserve shall be to protect, conserve, and enhance in the
Escalante Canyons National Park and Preserve--
(1) the unique and nationally important historic, natural,
scenic, and natural resources;
(2) recreation, including hunting; and
(3) grazing.

SEC. 5. WITHDRAWALS.

Subject to valid existing rights, any Federal land within the
Escalante Canyons National Park and Preserve, including any land or
interest in land that is acquired by the United States after the date
of enactment of this Act, is withdrawn from--
(1) entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land
laws;
(2) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and
(3) operation of the mineral leasing, mineral materials,
and geothermal leasing laws.

SEC. 6. MAP AND LEGAL DESCRIPTION.

(a) In General.--As soon as practicable after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on
Natural Resources of the House of Representatives and the Committee on
Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate a map and legal description
of the Escalante Canyons National Park and Preserve.
(b) Force and Effect.--The map and legal description submitted
under this section shall have the same force and effect as if included
in this Act, except that the Secretary may make minor modifications of
any clerical or typographical errors in the map or legal description
provided these changes are first reported to the State of Utah,
Garfield and Kane Counties in Utah, and the Management Council.

SEC. 7. GRAND STAIRCASE NATIONAL MONUMENT.

(a) Establishment.--Subject to valid existing rights, the Federal
land comprising approximately 211,983 acres, identified as ''Grand
Staircase Unit'' and generally depicted on the map entitled ''Grand
Staircase-Escalante National Monument Modification'' is hereby
established as the ''Grand Staircase National Monument''.
(b) Purpose.--The purpose of the Grand Staircase National Monument
shall be to protect, conserve, and enhance the monument's--
(1) unique and nationally important historic, scenic, and
natural resources;
(2) recreation, including hunting; and
(3) grazing.
(c) Map.--
(1) As soon as practicable after the date of the enactment
of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on
Natural Resources of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate a map
and legal description of the Grand Staircase National Monument
established in this section.
(2) The map and legal description submitted under this
section shall have the same force and effect as if included in
this title, except that the Secretary may make minor
modification of any clerical or typographical errors in the map
or legal description provided these changes are first reported
to the State of Utah, Kane County, Utah, and the Management
Council.
(3) A copy of the map and legal description shall be on
file and available for public inspection in the appropriate
field offices of the Bureau of Land Management.

SEC. 8. KAIPAROWITS NATIONAL MONUMENT.

(a) Establishment.--Subject to valid existing rights, the Federal
land comprising approximately 551,117 acres, identified as
''Kaiparowits Unit'' and generally depicted on the map entitled ''Grand
Staircase-Escalante National Monument Modification'' is hereby
established as the ''Kaiparowits National Monument''.
(b) Purpose.--The purpose of the Kaiparowits National Monument
shall be to protect, conserve, and enhance the monument's--
(1) unique and nationally important historic, scenic, and
natural resources;
(2) recreation, including hunting; and
(3) grazing.
(c) Map.--
(1) As soon as practicable after the date of the enactment
of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on
Natural Resources of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate a map
and legal description of the Kaiparowits National Monument
established in this section.
(2) The map and legal description submitted under this
section shall have the same force and effect as if included in
this title, except that the Secretary may make minor
modification of any clerical or typographical errors in the map
or legal description provided these changes are first reported
to the State of Utah, Kane and Garfield Counties, Utah, and the
Management Council.
(3) A copy of the map and legal description shall be on
file and available for public inspection in the appropriate
field offices of the Bureau of Land Management.

SEC. 9. ESCALANTE CANYONS NATIONAL MONUMENT.

(a) Establishment.--Subject to the valid existing rights, the
Federal land comprising approximately 243,241 acres, identified as
''Escalante Canyons Unit'' and generally depicted on the map entitled
''Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Modification'' is hereby
established as the ''Escalante Canyons National Monument''.
(b) Purpose.--The purpose of the Escalante Canyons National
Monument shall be to protect, conserve, and enhance the monument's--
(1) unique and nationally important historic, scenic, and
natural resources;
(2) recreation, including hunting; and
(3) grazing.
(c) Map.--
(1) As soon as practicable after the date of the enactment
of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on
Natural Resources of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate a map
and legal description of the Escalante Canyons National
Monument established in this section.
(2) The map and legal description submitted under this
section shall have the same force and effect as if included in
this title, except that the Secretary may make minor
modification of any clerical or typographical errors in the map
or legal description provided these changes are first reported
to the State of Utah, Garfield County, Utah, and the Management
Council.
(3) A copy of the map and legal description shall be on
file and available for public inspection in the appropriate
field offices of the Bureau of Land Management.

SEC. 10. ESCALANTE CANYONS NATIONAL PARK AND PRESERVE, GRAND STAIRCASE
NATIONAL MONUMENT, KAIPAROWITS NATIONAL MONUMENT, AND
ESCALANTE CANYONS NATIONAL MONUMENT MANAGEMENT COUNCIL.

(a) Establishment.--The Management Council is hereby established.
(b) Duties.--The Management Council shall develop and implement the
comprehensive management plans for the Escalante Canyons National Park
and Preserve, the Grand Staircase National Monument, the Kaiparowits
National Monument, and the Escalante Canyons National Monument
consistently with the purposes of those areas as provided in this Act.
(c) Membership.--The Management Council shall be composed of 7
members appointed not later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act as follows:
(1) One individual from the Department of Interior,
appointed by the President.
(2) Five individuals, appointed by the President in
consultation with the Congressional delegation from the State
of Utah and the Governor of Utah, who shall represent the
following:
(A) Two from the Garfield County, Utah, Board of
Commissioners.
(B) Two from the Kane County, Utah, Board of
Commissioners.
(C) One Utah State Legislator representing Kane
County, Garfield County, or both.
(3) One at-large representative appointed by the President.
(d) Qualifications.--The members appointed under subsections (c)(2)
and (3) shall not be employees of the Federal Government.
(e) Terms.--The President shall appoint the members under
subsections (c)(2) and (3) for a term of 5 years, except that the
President shall designate staggered terms for the members initially
appointed to the Management Council. The President may reappoint a
member to not more than three consecutive terms.
(f) Vacancies.--Vacancies of members appointed under subsections
(c)(2) and (3) shall be filled in the same manner as such positions
were originally filled as soon as practicable after the vacancy has
occurred.
(g) Compensation.--Members appointed under subsections (c)(2) and
(3) shall serve without pay, except for reasonable travel expenses,
including per diem in lieu of subsistence, at the rate authorized for
employees of agencies under subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5,
United States Code, while away from their homes or regular places of
business in the performance of duties for the Council.
(h) Chair.--The members shall select the chair of the Management
Council from the members appointed under subsection (c)(2) and (3) for
a term beginning on the date of selection, and ending in 5 years or
until the member's term of office expires, whichever occurs first.
(i) Staff Assistance.--The Management Council may request
administrative assistance from Federal employees under the jurisdiction
of the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture.
(j) Meetings.--
(1) Frequency.--The Management Council shall meet at the
call of the Chair or a majority of the members. Meetings shall
be held no less than once per year. A majority must be present
to constitute a quorum to conduct official business.
(2) Announcement; open meetings.--All meetings of the
Management Council shall be announced at least one week in
advance in publications of general circulation and shall be
open to the public.
(k) Administration.--
(1) The Management Council shall allow hunting, fishing and
trapping on lands and water under the jurisdiction of the
Secretary within the Escalante Canyons National Park and
Preserve in accordance with the applicable laws of the State of
Utah.
(2) The Management Council shall ensure that the privilege
of grazing domestic livestock on lands with the Escalante
Canyons National Park and Preserve shall continue to be
exercised and enhanced in perpetuity. Grazing within the
Escalante Canyons National Park and Preserve shall be
administered by the National Park Service.

SEC. 11. FEDERAL LAND MANAGER ADHERENCE.

Federal land managers shall adhere to the management plans created
by the Management Council.

SEC. 12. CLARIFICATION.

Nothing in this Act affects the jurisdiction of the State of Utah
with respect to the management of fish, wildlife and predators in the
State.

SEC. 13. RESTORATION OF LAND STATUS.

Subject to valid existing rights, the provisions of existing
withdrawals, and the requirements of applicable law, the public lands
excluded from the monument reservation under Presidential Proclamation
___, dated December 4, 2017, and issued under chapter 3203 of title 54,
United States Code, shall be open to:
(1) entry, location, selection, sale or other disposition
under the public land laws;
(2) disposition under all laws relating to mineral and
geothermal leasing; and
(3) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws.

SEC. 14. HOLE IN THE ROCK ROAD.

The Secretary shall convey to the State of Utah all right, title
and interest of the United States in and to the Hole in the Rock Road
(BLM Road 200).

SEC. 15. EFFECT ON PROCLAMATIONS.

Any provision of Presidential Proclamation 6920, dated September
18, 1996, and Presidential Proclamation ____, dated December 4, 2017,
and issued under chapter 3203 of title 54, United States Code, that is
inconsistent with this Act is hereby declared null and void.

Answer: Grand Staircase Escalante Enhancement Act This bill establishes the Escalante Canyons National Park and Preserve within the Escalante Canyons National Monument (established by this bill and consisting of approximately 243,241 acres) in Utah. Federal lands within the park and preserve, including lands or interests acquired by the United States afterwards, are withdrawn from: entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws; location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and operation of the mineral leasing, mineral materials, and geothermal leasing laws. The bill also establishes the Grand Staircase National Monument (consisting of approximately 211,983 acres) and the Kaiparowits National Monument (consisting of approximately 551,117 acres). A management council shall implement comprehensive management plans for the park and preserve and the monuments. Federal land managers must adhere to the management plans created by the council. The public lands excluded from the lands and interests in lands reserved within the modified boundaries of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument under the Presidential Proclamation dated December 4, 2017, shall be open to: entry, location, selection, sale, or other disposition under the public land laws; disposition under all laws related to mineral and geothermal leasing; and location, entry, and patent under the mining laws. Interior shall convey to the state of Utah the Hole in the Rock Road (BLM [Bureau of Land Management] Road 200).

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SECTION 1. ACQUISITION OF LANDS.

(a) In General.--(1) The Secretary of the Interior (hereinafter
referred to as the ''Secretary'') is authorized to acquire, by purchase
with donated or appropriated funds, donation, or otherwise, lands and
interests therein in the following properties located at Hyde Park, New
York identified as lands critical for protection as depicted on the map
entitled ''Roosevelt Family Estate'' and dated September 1994:
(A) The ''Open Park Hodhome Tract'', consisting of
approximately 30 acres, which shall be the highest priority for
acquisition.
(B) The ''Top Cottage Tract'', consisting of approximately
30 acres.
(C) The ''Poughkeepsie Shopping Center, Inc. Tract'',
consisting of approximately 55 acres.
(b) Administration.--Lands and interests therein acquired by the
Secretary pursuant to this Act shall be added to, and administered by
the Secretary as part of the Franklin Delano Roosevelt National
Historic Site or the Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site, as
appropriate.
(c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are hereby authorized
to be appropriated not to exceed $3,000,000 to carry out this Act.

Answer: Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire lands and interests in specified properties located at Hyde Park, New York, identified as lands critical for protection on the Roosevelt Family Estate to be added to and administered by the Secretary as part of the Franklin Delano Roosevelt National Historic Site or the Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site. Authorizes appropriations.

Question: SECTION 1. PERMANENT EXTENSION OF ESTATE TAX AS IN EFFECT IN 2009.

(a) Restoration of Unified Credit Against Gift Tax.--Paragraph (1)
of section 2505(a) (relating to general rule for unified credit against
gift tax), after the application of subsection (f), is amended by
striking ''(determined as if the applicable exclusion amount were
$1,000,000)''.
(b) Exclusion Equivalent of Unified Credit Equal to $3,500,000.--
Subsection (c) of section 2010 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
(relating to unified credit against estate tax) is amended to read as
follows:
''(c) Applicable Credit Amount.--
''(1) In general.--For purposes of this section, the
applicable credit amount is the amount of the tentative tax
which would be determined under section 2001(c) if the amount
with respect to which such tentative tax is to be computed were
equal to the applicable exclusion amount.
''(2) Applicable exclusion amount.--
''(A) In general.--For purposes of this subsection,
the applicable exclusion amount is $3,500,000.
''(B) Inflation adjustment.--In the case of any
decedent dying in a calendar year after 2010, the
dollar amount in subparagraph (A) shall be increased by
an amount equal to--
''(i) such dollar amount, multiplied by
''(ii) the cost-of-living adjustment
determined under section 1(f)(3) for such
calendar year by substituting 'calendar year
2009' for 'calendar year 1992' in subparagraph
(B) thereof.
If any amount as adjusted under the preceding sentence
is not a multiple of $10,000, such amount shall be
rounded to the nearest multiple of $10,000.''.
(c) Maximum Estate Tax Rate Equal to 45 Percent.--
(1) In general.--Subsection (c) of section 2001 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to imposition and rate
of tax) is amended--
(A) by striking ''but not over $2,000,000'' in the
table contained in paragraph (1),
(B) by striking the last 2 items in such table,
(C) by striking ''(1) in general.--'', and
(D) by striking paragraph (2).
(2) Conforming amendment.--Paragraphs (1) and (2) of
section 2102(b) of such Code are amended to read as follows:
''(1) In general.--A credit in an amount that would be
determined under section 2010 as the applicable credit amount
if the applicable exclusion amount were $60,000 shall be
allowed against the tax imposed by section 2101.
''(2) Residents of possessions of the united states.--In
the case of a decedent who is considered to be a 'nonresident
not a citizen of the United States' under section 2209, the
credit allowed under this subsection shall not be less than the
proportion of the amount that would be determined under section
2010 as the applicable credit amount if the applicable
exclusion amount were $175,000 which the value of that part of
the decedent's gross estate which at the time of the decedent's
death is situated in the United States bears to the value of
the decedent's entire gross estate, wherever situated.''.
(d) Modifications of Estate and Gift Taxes To Reflect Differences
in Unified Credit Resulting From Different Tax Rates.--
(1) Estate tax.--
(A) In general.--Section 2001(b)(2) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to computation of tax)
is amended by striking ''if the provisions of
subsection (c) (as in effect at the decedent's death)''
and inserting ''if the modifications described in
subsection (g)''.
(B) Modifications.--Section 2001 of such Code is
amended by adding at the end the following new
subsection:
''(g) Modifications to Gift Tax Payable To Reflect Different Tax
Rates.--For purposes of applying subsection (b)(2) with respect to 1 or
more gifts, the rates of tax under subsection (c) in effect at the
decedent's death shall, in lieu of the rates of tax in effect at the
time of such gifts, be used both to compute--
''(1) the tax imposed by chapter 12 with respect to such
gifts, and
''(2) the credit allowed against such tax under section
2505, including in computing--
''(A) the applicable credit amount under section
2505(a)(1), and
''(B) the sum of the amounts allowed as a credit
for all preceding periods under section 2505(a)(2).
For purposes of paragraph (2)(A), the applicable credit amount
for any calendar year before 1998 is the amount which would be
determined under section 2010(c) if the applicable exclusion
amount were the dollar amount under section 6018(a)(1) for such
year.''.
(2) Gift tax.--Section 2505(a) of such Code (relating to
unified credit against gift tax) is amended by adding at the
end the following new flush sentence:
''For purposes of applying paragraph (2) for any calendar year, the
rates of tax in effect under section 2502(a)(2) for such calendar year
shall, in lieu of the rates of tax in effect for preceding calendar
periods, be used in determining the amounts allowable as a credit under
this section for all preceding calendar periods.''.
(e) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to estates of decedents dying, generation-skipping transfers, and
gifts made, after December 31, 2009.
(f) Additional Modifications to Estate Tax.--
(1) In general.--The following provisions of the Economic
Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001, and the
amendments made by such provisions, are hereby repealed:
(A) Subtitles A and E of title V.
(B) Subsection (d), and so much of subsection
(f)(3) as relates to subsection (d), of section 511.
(C) Paragraph (2) of subsection (b), and paragraph
(2) of subsection (e), of section 521.
The Internal Revenue Code of 1986 shall be applied as if such
provisions and amendments had never been enacted.
(2) Sunset not to apply.--
(A) Subsection (a) of section 901 of the Economic
Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 is
amended by striking ''this Act'' and all that follows
and inserting ''this Act (other than title V) shall not
apply to taxable, plan, or limitation years beginning
after December 31, 2010.''.
(B) Subsection (b) of such section 901 is amended
by striking '', estates, gifts, and transfers''.
(3) Repeal of deadwood.--
(A) Sections 2011, 2057, and 2604 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 are hereby repealed.
(B) The table of sections for part II of subchapter
A of chapter 11 of such Code is amended by striking the
item relating to section 2011.
(C) The table of sections for part IV of subchapter
A of chapter 11 of such Code is amended by striking the
item relating to section 2057.
(D) The table of sections for subchapter A of
chapter 13 of such Code is amended by striking the item
relating to section 2604.

SEC. 2. UNIFIED CREDIT INCREASED BY UNUSED UNIFIED CREDIT OF DECEASED
SPOUSE.

(a) In General.--Section 2010(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended by section 1(b), is amended by striking paragraph (2)
and inserting the following new paragraphs:
''(2) Applicable exclusion amount.--For purposes of this
subsection, the applicable exclusion amount is the sum of--
''(A) the basic exclusion amount, and
''(B) in the case of a surviving spouse, the
aggregate deceased spousal unused exclusion amount.
''(3) Basic exclusion amount.--
''(A) In general.--For purposes of this subsection,
the basic exclusion amount is $3,500,000.
''(B) Inflation adjustment.--In the case of any
decedent dying in a calendar year after 2010, the
dollar amount in subparagraph (A) shall be increased by
an amount equal to--
''(i) such dollar amount, multiplied by
''(ii) the cost-of-living adjustment
determined under section 1(f)(3) for such
calendar year by substituting 'calendar year
2009' for 'calendar year 1992' in subparagraph
(B) thereof.
If any amount as adjusted under the preceding sentence
is not a multiple of $10,000, such amount shall be
rounded to the nearest multiple of $10,000.
''(4) Aggregate deceased spousal unused exclusion amount.--
For purposes of this subsection, the term 'aggregate deceased
spousal unused exclusion amount' means the lesser of--
''(A) the basic exclusion amount, or
''(B) the sum of the deceased spousal unused
exclusion amounts computed with respect to each
deceased spouse of the surviving spouse.
''(5) Deceased spousal unused exclusion amount.--For
purposes of this subsection, the term 'deceased spousal unused
exclusion amount' means, with respect to the surviving spouse
of any deceased spouse dying after December 31, 2009, the
excess (if any) of--
''(A) the basic exclusion amount of the deceased
spouse, over
''(B) the amount with respect to which the
tentative tax is determined under section 2001(b)(1) on
the estate of such deceased spouse.
''(6) Special rules.--
''(A) Election required.--A deceased spousal unused
exclusion amount may not be taken into account by a
surviving spouse under paragraph (5) unless the
executor of the estate of the deceased spouse files an
estate tax return on which such amount is computed and
makes an election on such return that such amount may
be so taken into account. Such election, once made,
shall be irrevocable. No election may be made under
this subparagraph if such return is filed after the
time prescribed by law (including extensions) for
filing such return.
''(B) Examination of prior returns after expiration
of period of limitations with respect to deceased
spousal unused exclusion amount.--Notwithstanding any
period of limitation in section 6501, after the time
has expired under section 6501 within which a tax may
be assessed under chapter 11 or 12 with respect to a
deceased spousal unused exclusion amount, the Secretary
may examine a return of the deceased spouse to make
determinations with respect to such amount for purposes
of carrying out this subsection.
''(7) Regulations.--The Secretary shall prescribe such
regulations as may be necessary or appropriate to carry out
this subsection.''.
(b) Conforming Amendments.--
(1) Paragraph (1) of section 2505(a) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended by section 1(a), is amended to
read as follows:
''(1) the applicable credit amount in effect under section
2010(c) which would apply if the donor died as of the end of
the calendar year, reduced by''.
(2) Section 2631(c) of such Code is amended by striking
''the applicable exclusion amount'' and inserting ''the basic
exclusion amount''.
(3) Section 6018(a)(1) of such Code is amended by striking
''applicable exclusion amount'' and inserting ''basic exclusion
amount''.
(c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to estates of decedents dying, generation-skipping transfers, and
gifts made, after December 31, 2009.

SEC. 3. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING REVENUE NEUTRALITY.

It is the sense of the Senate that any reduction in Federal
revenues resulting from the provisions of, and amendments made by, this
Act should be fully offset.

Answer:
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) establish a permanent estate tax exclusion of $3.5 million ($7 million for married couples filing joint tax returns) and a maximum 45% tax rate for decedents dying, generation-skipping transfers, and gifts made, after December 31, 2009; (2) allow an annual inflation adjustment to the exclusion amount after 2010; and (3) allow a surviving spouse an increase in the estate tax exclusion by the unused exclusion amount of a deceased spouse.

Expresses the sense of the Senate that any reduction in federal revenues resulting from this Act should be fully offset.