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Adams National Historical Park Boundary Addition Act of 2009 - Amends the Adams National Historical Park Act of 1998 to revise the boundary of Adams National Historical Park to include the Quincy Homestead and carriage shed at 34 Butler Road in Quincy, Massachusetts, within the Park.

Date: 2009-01-08
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Santa Cruz Valley National Heritage Area Act - Establishes the Santa Cruz Valley National Heritage Area in Arizona. Requires the Santa Cruz Valley Heritage Alliance, Inc. as the local coordinating entity for the Area, to prepare and submit a management plan for it meeting specified criteria. Specifies procedures for approval or disapproval of the plan by the Secretary of the Interior in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security. Prohibits anything in this Act from impeding, prohibiting, or restricting activities of the Secretary of Homeland Security for the purpose of achieving operational control, as defined under the Secure Fence Act of 2006, within the Heritage Area.

Date: 2009-01-08
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail Designation Act - Amends the National Trails System Act to designate a corridor of approximately 600 miles following the route taken by the armies of General George Washington and Count Rochambeau between Newport, Rhode Island, and Yorktown, Virginia, in 1781 and 1782, as the "Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail." Directs the Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with the Secretary of Energy and private industry, to submit a report which: (1) contains a description of the energy resources available on such land and report on the amount of energy withdrawn from possible development; and (2) identifies the oil, natural gas, geothermal, wind, and solar energy that could be commercially produced, the annual available biomass for energy production, and any hydropower resources available, including tidal, dams, and in-stream flow turbines, and any impact on electricity transmission.

Date: 2009-01-08
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Harry S Truman Birthplace Study Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to complete a special resource study of the Harry S Truman Birthplace State Historic Site in Lamar, Missouri, to determine: (1) the suitability and feasibility of adding the birthplace site to the Harry S Truman National Historic Site or designating the site as a separate unit of the National Park System; and (2) the methods and means for the protection and interpretation of the Harry S Truman Birthplace State Historic Site by the National Park Service (NPS), other federal, state, or local government entities, or private or nonprofit organizations.

Date: 2009-01-08
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
River Raisin National Battlefield Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, if offered by Monroe or Wayne Counties, Michigan, or other willing landowners in either county, to accept a donation of real property in either county relating to the Battles of River Raisin (during the War of 1812) on January 18 and 22, 1813, and their aftermath. Instructs the Secretary, upon acquisition of such real property of sufficient acreage to permit efficient administration, to designate the acquired real property as a unit of the National Park System, to be known as the "River Raisin National Battlefield Park."Requires the Secretary to submit a report describing the progress made in acquiring real property under this Act and in designating the park.

Date: 2009-01-09
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Kalaupapa Memorial Act of 2009 - Requires the Secretary of the Interior to authorize Ka 'Ohana O Kalaupapa, a nonprofit organization consisting of patient residents at Kalaupapa National Historical Park, to establish a memorial at the location(s) approved by the Secretary at Kalawao or Kalaupapa within the boundaries of Kalaupapa National Historical Park on the island of Molokai, Hawaii, to honor those individuals who were forcibly relocated to Kalaupapa Peninsula from 1866 to 1969.

Date: 2009-01-09
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Lance Corporal Jeremy Burris Act - Amends the federal criminal code to modify the prohibition against destruction of veterans' memorials to include knowingly destroying the grave, headstone, or marker of any person in the Armed Forces and to extend such prohibition to memorials, graves, headstones, or markers on private as well as public property.

Date: 2009-01-09
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Crime and law enforcement
Trail of Tears Documentation Act - Amends the National Trails System Act to add as components of the Trail of Tears National Historic Trail, as generally described in the environmentally preferred alternative of the November 2007 Feasibility Study Amendment and Environmental Assessment for Trail of Tears National Historic Trail, the following routes and land components by which the Cherokee Nation was removed to Oklahoma: (1) the Benge and Bell routes; (2) the land components of the designated water routes in Alabama, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Tennessee; (3) the routes from the collection forts in Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, and Tennessee to the emigration depots; and (4) the related campgrounds located along such routes and land components. Prohibits acquisition of lands or interests in lands outside the exterior boundaries of any federally administered area by the federal government for the Trail of Tears National Historic Trail except with the consent of the owner.

Date: 2009-01-09
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Decreases the matching funds requirement, and authorizes additional appropriations, for the Keweenaw National Historical Park in Michigan.

Date: 2009-01-13
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
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.

Date: 2009-01-14
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Civil War Battlefield Preservation Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the American Battlefield Protection Program, to assist and work in partnership with citizens, federal, state, local, and tribal governments, other public entities, educational institutions, and private nonprofits in the identification, research, evaluation, interpretation, and protection of historic battlefields and associated sites. Establishes a battlefield acquisition grant program under which the Secretary may provide grants to eligible entities (states and local governments) to pay the federal share of the cost to acquire interests in eligible sites for the preservation and protection of those sites. Permits an eligible entity to acquire an interest in an eligible site using a grant in partnership with a nonprofit. Requires the non-federal share to be at least 50%. Limits acquisitions of land and interests under this Act to acquisitions of conservation easements and fee-simple purchases of eligible sites from willing sellers only. Authorizes appropriations. Repeals this Act on September 30, 2019.

Date: 2009-01-15
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
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."

Date: 2009-01-15
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Smithsonian Institution Facilities Authorization Act of 2009 - Authorizes the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution to: (1) design and construct laboratory and support space to accommodate the Mathias Laboratory at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center in Edgewater, Maryland; (2) construct laboratory space to accommodate the terrestrial research program of the Smithsonian tropical research institute in Gamboa, Panama; and (3) construct a greenhouse facility at its museum support facility in Suitland, Maryland, to maintain its horticultural operations and preserve the orchid collection it holds in trust. Authorizes appropriations for: (1) FY2009-FY2011 for the design and construction of the laboratory and support space to accommodate the Mathias Laboratory; (2) FY2009-FY2010 for the construction of the laboratory space to accommodate the terrestrial research program; and (3) the construction of the greenhouse facility.

Date: 2009-01-16
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Science, technology, communications
Recreational Shooting Protection Act - Declares that, federal public land shall be open to access and use for recreational shooting, except as limited by the Director of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for one or more of the following: (1) reasons of national security; (2) reasons of public safety; (3) to comply with applicable federal law; or (4) to comply with a law (including regulations) of the state in which the land is located that is applicable to recreational shooting. Requires management of federal public land in a manner that supports, promotes, and enhances recreational shooting opportunities.Provides that, federal public land management decisions and actions, shall to the maximum extent practicable, result in no net loss of land area available for recreational shooting on federal public land. Requires that, if any federal public land is permanently closed to recreational shooting, new acres of federal public land of comparable size and a reasonable distance from the closed location be designated for recreational shooting and be opened for the number of user-days equal to those available at the closed area. Requires the Director to submit annual reports describing: (1) any federal public land that was closed to recreational shooting; (2) the reason for the closure; and (3) federal public land that was opened to recreational hunting so as to compensate for the closure of such land. Permits states a right of action for failure of the Director to comply with this Act.

Date: 2009-01-22
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
United States Civil Rights Trail Special Resource Study Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study to evaluate a range of alternatives for the protection and interpretation of sites associated with the struggle for civil rights in the United States, including alternatives for potential addition of some or all of the sites to the National Trails System. Requires submission of a report to Congress that contains the results of such study and recommendations of the Secretary respecting the route.

Date: 2009-01-26
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Requires that the Cape Hatteras National Seashore, North Carolina, be managed in accordance with the Interim Protected Species Management Strategy/Environmental Assessment issued by the National Park Service (NPS) until the NPS issues a special regulation and long-term off-road vehicle management plan for the use of that seashore by the public. Invalidates the consent decree filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina regarding off-road vehicle use at that seashore.

Date: 2009-01-27
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Nellis Dunes National Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation Area Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to convey specified land to Clark County, Nevada, for use for: (1) a centralized off road vehicle recreation park; and (2) a designated area and facilities to discourage unauthorized use of off-highway vehicles in environmentally sensitive areas. Provides for the reservation of specified airspace easements above the surface of the land conveyed to the county. Designates the Nellis Dunes as the Nellis Dunes National Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation Area. Transfers administrative jurisdiction over certain land from the Bureau of Land Management to the Department of the Air Force for the enlargement and protection of Nellis Air Force Base.

Date: 2009-01-28
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to assess the suitability and feasibility of designating a specified study area in the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin (Alabama and Georgia) as the Chattahoochee Trace National Heritage Corridor.

Date: 2009-02-04
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Amends the Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor Act of 1988 to make the Delaware & Lehigh National Heritage Corridor Incorporated (the Corporation) the local coordinating entity for the Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor, assuming the Delaware and Lehigh Navigation Canal National Heritage Corridor Commission's duties in implementing the Cultural Heritage and Corridor Management Plan for the Delaware and Lehigh Navigation Canal National Heritage Corridor. Extends the authorization of appropriations to implement the management action plan created by the Commission through FY2012. Terminates the Secretary's authority to provide assistance under such Act five years after this Act's enactment.

Date: 2009-02-09
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Sabinoso Wilderness Act of 2009 - Designates certain land under the jurisdiction of the Taos Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in New Mexico as the "Sabinoso Wilderness" and as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System.

Date: 2009-02-09
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Cache La Poudre River National Heritage Area Act of 2009 - Establishes the Cache La Poudre River National Heritage Area in Colorado. Designates the Poudre Heritage Alliance, a nonprofit, as the local coordinating entity for the Heritage Area. Requires the Alliance to prepare and submit a management plan for the Heritage Area.

Date: 2009-02-09
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Mississippi Delta National Heritage Area Act of 2009 - Establishes the Mississippi Delta National Heritage Area. Designates the Mississippi Delta National Heritage Partnership as the coordinating entity for the Area. Requires the Partnership to develop and submit a management plan for the Area.Mississippi Hills National Heritage Area Act of 2009 - Establishes the Mississippi Hills National Heritage Area. Designates the Mississippi Hills Heritage Area Alliance as the coordinating entity for the Area. Requires the Alliance to develop and submit a management plan for the Area.

Date: 2009-02-09
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
James Madison Memorial Commission Act of 2009 - Establishes the James Madison Memorial Commission to plan for the design and construction of a memorial in Washington, D.C., as a tribute to the many accomplishments of James Madison, who was the fourth President of the United States.

Date: 2009-02-11
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Government operations and politics
Mississippi Delta National Heritage Area Act of 2009 - Establishes the Mississippi Delta National Heritage Area. Designates the Mississippi Delta National Heritage Partnership as the coordinating entity for the Area. Requires the Partnership to develop and submit a management plan for the Area.Mississippi Hills National Heritage Area Act of 2009 - Establishes the Mississippi Hills National Heritage Area. Designates the Mississippi Hills Heritage Area Alliance as the coordinating entity for the Area. Requires the Alliance to develop and submit a management plan for the Area.

Date: 2009-02-11
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial Enhancement Act of 2009 - Amends the Port Chicago National Memorial Act of 1992 to require the Secretary of the Interior to administer the Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial as a unit of the National Park System. Directs the Secretary of Defense to transfer a specified parcel of land within the proposed boundary on the map entitled "Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial, Proposed Boundary," dated August 2005, to the administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior if: (1) the land is excess to military needs; and (2) all environmental remediation actions necessary to respond to environmental contamination have been completed. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to enter into an agreement with the Secretary of Defense to provide as much public access as possible to the Memorial without interfering with military needs. Makes such authority no longer applicable if the Memorial ceases to be an enclave within the Concord Naval Weapons Station. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to enter into an agreement with the city of Concord, California, and the East Bay Regional Park District to establish and operate a facility for visitor orientation and parking, administrative offices, and curatorial storage for the Memorial. Expresses the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Defense should remediate remaining environmental contamination related to the land. Expresses the sense of Congress that the Secretaries of Defense and the Interior should work together to develop a process by which future repairs and necessary modifications to the Memorial can be achieved in as timely and cost-effective a manner as possible.

Date: 2009-02-12
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Harriet Tubman National Historical Park and Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park Act - Establishes in the City of Auburn, New York, the Harriet Tubman National Historical Park as a unit of the National Park System. Establishes in Caroline, Dorchester, and Talbot Counties, Maryland, the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park as a unit of the National Park System. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to provide grant funding and enter into cooperative agreements with certain entities for the historic preservation, rehabilitation, interpretation, and maintenance of such historical parks. Requires the Secretary to complete a general management plan for them.

Date: 2009-02-13
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Lake Hodges Surface Water Improvement and Reclamation Act of 2009 - Amends the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior, in cooperation with the Olivenhain Municipal Water District, California, to participate in the design, planning, and construction of projects to treat, reclaim, and reuse impaired surface water from Lake Hodges in San Diego County, California. Limits the federal share to 25% of the total project costs. Prohibits the Secretary from providing funds for project operation or maintenance.

Date: 2009-02-26
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Water resources development
Permits the Secretary of the Interior, with respect to the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore in Indiana, to accept donations of lands located outside the present boundaries of the Lakeshore if they are either contiguous with or separated from such lands by only a right-of-way.

Date: 2009-03-03
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Dorothy Buell Memorial Visitor Center Partnership Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to enter into a memorandum of understanding to establish a joint partnership with the Porter County Convention, Recreation and Visitor Commission with regard to the use of the Dorothy Buell Memorial Visitor Center as a visitor center for the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. Allows the Secretary to: (1) plan, design, construct, and install exhibits in the Center related to the use and management of the resources at the Lakeshore, at a cost under $1.5 million; and (2) use park staff from the Lakeshore in the Center to provide visitor information and education. States that, for the purposes of the acquisition of lands or interests in lands outside the present boundaries of the Lakeshore, lands may be considered contiguous to other lands if the lands touch them, or are separated from them by only a public or private right-of-way, such as a road, railroad, or utility corridor.

Date: 2009-03-03
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Hawai'i Capital National Heritage Area Establishment Act - Establishes the Hawai'i Capital National Heritage Area in Hawai'i which shall consist of portions of Honolulu and the Honolulu Ahupua'a. Designates the Hawai'i Capital Cultural Coalition as the local coordinating entity for the Area. Requires the Coalition to prepare and submit a management plan for the Area.

Date: 2009-03-04
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Veterans Eagle Parks Pass Act - Makes the National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass available at a discount to certain veterans. Makes a National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass made available under this Act valid for one year from the date of issuance.

Date: 2009-03-05
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Waco Mammoth National Monument Establishment Act of 2009 - Establishes in Texas, as a unit of the National Park System, the Waco Mammoth National Monument. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to enter into cooperative agreements with Baylor University and the city of Waco for the management of the Monument. Authorizes the: (1) acquisition from willing sellers of lands or interests within the proposed boundary of the Monument; and (2) construction of essential administrative or visitor use facilities on non-federal lands within the Monument. Requires the Secretary, in consultation with Baylor University and the city of Waco, to prepare a management plan for the Monument. Provides for the inclusion in such plan of opportunities for involvement by the University, the city, the state of Texas, and other local and national entities in the formulation of educational programs for the Monument and for the development and support of the Monument.

Date: 2009-03-06
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Directs the Secretary of the Interior, if within one year after the completion of the appraisal required by this Act, the Mount Olivet Cemetery Association of Salt Lake City, Utah, submits an offer to acquire the federal reversionary interest in all of the approximately 60 acres of land in Salt Lake City conveyed to the Association under the Act of January 23, 1909, to convey to the Association such reversionary interest in the lands covered by the offer. Requires the completion of such conveyance within 30 days of the date of such offer. Instructs the Secretary to complete a survey of such lands to determine the precise boundaries and acreage of the lands subject to the federal reversionary interest. Requires the Association to pay: (1) to the Secretary the appraised value of the federal interest, which shall be paid within 30 days after the conveyance is made; and (2) all costs associated with the conveyance, including the cost of the survey and appraisal. Requires proceeds from the conveyance to be deposited in the Federal Land Disposal Account established by the Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act and to be utilized in accordance with Account provisions.

Date: 2009-03-11
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Redesignates the Jimmy Carter National Historic Site in Georgia as the Jimmy Carter National Historical Park. Requires, in the administration of the Historical Park, the preservation and interpretation of a southern agricultural-based rural community during the early to middle years of the 20th century. Adds specified real property needed to enhance the visitor experience at the site, including additional acreage surrounding the boyhood home of former President Jimmy Carter. Authorizes the acquisition, by donation only, of: (1) other lands and interests in the environs of Plains, Georgia, containing natural, cultural, or historic resources consistent with the purposes of the Park; and (2) the Georgia Welcome Center on State Route 280/27.

Date: 2009-03-12
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Support for the Museum of the History of Polish Jews Act of 2009 - Requires assistance provided by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the Department of State to be made available to assist in the development of the permanent collection of the Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw, Poland. Authorizes the Secretary of State to provide a specified amount to the Museum to carry out such purposes.

Date: 2009-03-18
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: International affairs
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. Instructs that action required to be taken with respect to the preparation of a comprehensive management plan to provide for the protection of the Creek's river values be completed through revision of the Skagit Wild and Scenic River comprehensive management plan.

Date: 2009-03-18
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Cascadia Marine Trail Study Act - Amends the National Trails System Act to require the study of the Cascadia Marine Trail in the state of Washington for designation as a national scenic trail. Permits the evaluation of sites of recreational, scenic, or historic significance near the Trail for potential inclusion in the Trail. Provides also for consideration of what activities may be limited by the designation, including existing activities, hunting, boating, or proposed infrastructure improvements.

Date: 2009-03-19
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Preservation of the Second Amendment in National Parks and National Wildlife Refuges Act - Allows, except as provided under federal criminal law relating to the possession of firearms and other dangerous weapons in federal facilities, a person to possess, carry, and transport concealed, loaded, and operable firearms within a national park area or national wildlife refuge area in accordance with the laws of the state in which such area is located.

Date: 2009-03-24
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Amends the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (the Act), with respect to the Battlefield Acquisition Grant Program, to: (1) expand the current definition of "battlefield report" to include the report entitled "Report to Congress on the Historic Preservation of Revolutionary War and War of 1812 Sites in the United States"; and (2) expand the Program to 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 Secretary of the Interior to submit to Congress a report on related activities, including: (1) preservation carried out at the battlefields and associated sites identified in the battlefield report; (2) changes in their condition; and (3) other relevant developments related to such battlefields and sites. Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary to provide grants under the Program through FY2019 for the protection of Civil War, Revolutionary War, and War of 1812 battlefields.

Date: 2009-03-24
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Centennial District Authorization Act of 2009 - Establishes in the City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the Centennial Historic District (District). Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to make grants to, or enter into cooperative agreements with, state or local government agencies, nonprofit entities, and any leaseholders to administer the District. Directs the Secretary to: (1) prepare a plan for the development of historic, architectural, natural, cultural, recreational, and interpretive resources within the District; and (2) make grants for capital improvement projects in the District.

Date: 2009-04-02
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
America's Red Rock Wilderness Act of 2009 - Designates specified lands in the following areas of Utah as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System: (1) Great Basin; (2) Zion and Mojave Desert; (3) the Grand Staircase-Escalante; (4) Moab-La Sal Canyons; (5) Henry Mountains; (6) Glen Canyon; (7) San Juan-Anasazi; (8) Canyonlands Basin; (9) San Rafael Swell; and (10) Book Cliffs and Uinta Basin. Sets forth administrative provisions regarding: (1) filing by the Secretary of the Interior of a map and a legal description of each designated wilderness area with appropriate congressional committees; (2) the exchange of state-owned lands within such areas; (3) federal reservation of water rights; (4) measurement of setbacks for roads with wilderness; (5) authorized livestock grazing; and (6) withdrawal of such lands from disposition under certain public land laws.

Date: 2009-04-02
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to assess the suitability and feasibility of designating a certain part of the Rio Grande River and the areas surrounding it and other areas in Texas having similar heritage aspects and that are adjacent to, or in the vicinity of, the surrounding areas as the Los Caminos del Rio National Heritage Corridor.

Date: 2009-04-29
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Camp Hale Study Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct a study to determine: (1) the suitability and feasibility of designating Camp Hale, in Colorado, as a unit of the National Park System; or (2) any other designation or management option that would provide for the protection of resources within Camp Hale, including continued management of Camp Hale by the Forest Service. Requires the study to include the significance of Camp Hale in relation to national security during World War II and the Cold War, including: (1) the use of Camp Hale for training of the 10th Mountain Division and other elements of the U.S. Armed Forces; and (2) the use of Camp Hale for training by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) of Tibetan refugees seeking to resist the Chinese occupation of Tibet. Expresses the intent of Congress that the Secretaries not propose any designation that would affect valid existing rights, including: (1) all existing interstate water compacts; (2) water rights decreed at, or flowing within, below, or through Camp Hale; (3) water rights in Colorado; (4) U.S. water rights; and (5) the management and operation of any reservoir. Requires the Secretary to submit the study and any recommendations related to Camp Hale to Congress. Authorizes appropriations.

Date: 2009-05-07
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Cane River National Heritage Area Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Amends the Cane River Creole National Historical Park and National Heritage Area Act to: (1) revise the boundaries of the Cane River National Heritage Area, Louisiana; (2) revise the duties of the Cane River National Heritage Area Commission; and (3) terminate such Commission on August 5, 2025 (under current law, on the day occurring 10 years after the first official meeting of the Commission).

Date: 2009-05-13
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
National Park Service and Northwestern State University Collections Conservation Center Act - Amends the Cane River Creole National Historical Park and National Heritage Area Act (the Act) to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to enter into an agreement with Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, Louisiana, to construct a facility on land owned by the University to be used for: (1) housing the museum collection of the Historical Park; (2) providing additional space for use by the National Center for Preservation Technology and Training; and (3) providing space to the University for educational purposes related to the Williamson Museum collection if the University pays an appropriate rental fee to the National Park Service (NPS), as determined in such agreement. Requires the proceeds from the rental fees collected pursuant to this Act to be made available for the Historical Park.

Date: 2009-05-13
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
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. Instructs the Secretary to make use of relevant scientific information, including the plan and information gathered from 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 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 and to report to Congress on the results of such research and monitoring.

Date: 2009-05-14
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Upper Connecticut River Partnership Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish a Connecticut River Grants and Technical Assistance Program to provide grants and technical assistance to the governments of New Hampshire and Vermont, local governments, nonprofits, and the private sector to carry out projects for the conservation, restoration, and interpretation of historic and other resources in the upper Connecticut River watershed. Limits to a maximum of 75% the federal share of the cost of any project funded by a grant under this Act.

Date: 2009-05-21
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Water resources development
Directs the Secretary of the Interior, through the Director of the National Park Service (NPS), to conduct a study of the National D-Day Memorial in Bedford, Virginia, to evaluate its national significance and the suitability and feasibility of designating it as a unit of the National Park System. Requires the identification of alternatives for the management, administration, and protection of the Memorial.

Date: 2009-06-03
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate specified segments of the Molalla River in Oregon as a recreational river and as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.

Date: 2009-06-09
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Distinguished Flying Cross National Memorial Act - Designates a memorial that is under construction at March Field Air Museum in Riverside, California, as the Distinguished Flying Cross National Memorial, in honor of current and former members of the armed forces who have been awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. Prohibits: (1) inclusion of the National Memorial designated by this Act as a unit of the National Park System; and (2) the designation of the National Memorial from being construed as requiring or permitting the expenditure of federal funds for any related purposes.

Date: 2009-06-10
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Devil's Staircase Wilderness Act of 2009 - Designates certain federal land in Oregon as the Devil's Staircase Wilderness and as a wilderness area for inclusion in the National Wilderness Preservation System. Requires the Devil's Staircase Wilderness Area to be administered by the Secretaries of Agriculture and the Interior, subject to valid existing rights. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to decommission any National Forest System road within the wilderness boundaries and to convert Forest Service Road 4100 to a trail for primitive recreational use. Deems land acquired by the United States within the boundary of the Wilderness Area as part of the Devil's Staircase Wilderness. Specifies this Act's effect on fish and wildlife, buffer zones, and tribal rights. Withdraws the federal land designated as a wilderness area by this Act from all forms of: (1) entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws; (2) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and (3) disposition under all laws pertaining to mineral and geothermal leasing or mineral materials. Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate Franklin and Wasson Creeks in Oregon as wild rivers and as components of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System.

Date: 2009-06-16
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Oregon Caves National Monument Boundary Adjustment Act of 2010 - (Sec. 4) Redesignates the Oregon Caves National Monument as the Oregon Caves National Monument and Preserve. Designates lands identified as proposed addition lands on the map entitled "Oregon Caves National Monument and Preserve" as a National Preserve. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to: (1) transfer the proposed addition lands to the Secretary of the Interior (the Secretary) to be administered as part of the Monument and Preserve; and (2) adjust the boundary of the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest to exclude such lands transferred by the Secretary. Adjusts the boundary of the Monument to exclude certain land in the city of Cave Junction and identified on the map as the Cave Junction Unit. (Sec. 5) Requires the Secretary to revise the fire management plan for the Monument to include the Preserve and carry out hazardous fuel management activities within the Monument and Preserve. Allows for the completion of existing Forest Service stewardship and service contracts executed as of the enactment of this Act. Recognizes the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture to administer such existing contracts through their completion. Permits the grazing of domestic livestock on land within the Preserve to continue where authorized under permits or leases in existence as of enactment at not more than the current level. (Sec. 6) Directs the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary to accept the donation of a grazing lease or permit from a lessee or permittee for: (1) the Big Grayback Grazing Allotment located in the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest; and (2) the Billy Mountain Grazing Allotment located on a parcel of BLM-managed land. Instructs the Secretary to terminate each donated permit or lease and ensure a permanent end to grazing on the land covered by such permit or lease. Considers a lessee or permittee donating a grazing lease or permit to have waived any claim to any range improvement on the associated grazing allotment or portion. (Sec. 7) Allows the Secretary with specified administrative exceptions, to permit hunting, fishing, and trapping on land and water within the Preserve. (Sec. 8) Prohibits this Act from affecting the state's authority or responsibility to carry out any laws or duties related to fish and wildlife on areas within the Preserve. (Sec. 9) Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate: (1) the subterranean segment of the Cave Creek in Oregon known as the River Styx as a component of the national wild and scenic rivers system; and (2) certain additional segments of the Monument and Preserve for study for potential addition to the system. (Sec. 11) Directs the Secretary to report the results of such study to Congress.

Date: 2009-06-16
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Lower Rogue Wild and Scenic River Expansion Act - Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to add specified segments of creeks to the designation of the Rogue River in Oregon as a component of the national wild and scenic rivers system.

Date: 2009-06-16
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Requires the Architect of the Capitol to: (1) solicit bids and enter into an agreement for the creation of a statue of "The Unknown Slave"; and (2) acquire and permanently display it in Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center.

Date: 2009-07-08
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Congress
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the House reported version is repeated here.) Authorizes the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution to construct a vehicle maintenance building at the vehicle maintenance branch of the Smithsonian Institution in Suitland, Maryland, to be used for housing and maintaining vehicles and transportation equipment of the Smithsonian. Authorizes appropriations.

Date: 2009-07-15
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Government operations and politics
Requires, if the Secretary of the Interior acquires by donation from the Borlaug Heritage Foundation fee simple and unencumbered title to the Norman E. Borlaug Birthplace site and the Norman E. Borlaug Childhood Home site (both in Cresco, Iowa) and any related personal property, designation of all such property as a National Historic Site and as a unit of the National Park System, to be known as the "Dr. Norman E. Borlaug Birthplace Home National Historic Site."

Date: 2009-07-29
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Petersburg National Battlefield Boundary Modification Act - Modifies the boundary of Petersburg National Battlefield in Virginia to include the properties identified on the map titled "Petersburg National Battlefield Boundary Expansion," and dated June 2007. Authorizes the Secretary to acquire such lands or interests from willing sellers only by donation, purchase with donated or appropriated funds, exchange, or transfer. Requires the administration of any acquired lands or interests as part of the Petersburg National Battlefield. Authorizes the Secretaries of the Interior and the Army to transfer the administrative jurisdiction for approximately 1.171 acres under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior within the boundary of the Petersburg National Battlefield in exchange for approximately 1.170 acres under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Army within the boundary of the Fort Lee Military Reservation adjacent to the Battlefield. Requires the conveyed land to be included within the boundary of Petersburg National Battlefield and administered as part of such Battlefield.

Date: 2009-07-29
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Rocky Mountain Science Collections Center Act of 2009 - 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.

Date: 2009-07-30
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Pinnacles National Park Act - Establishes Pinnacles National Park in California to: (1) preserve and interpret for the benefit of future generations the chaparral, grasslands, blue oak woodlands, and majestic valley oak savanna ecosystems of the park's area, the areas's geomorphology, riparian watersheds, unique flora and fauna, and the ancestral and cultural history of native Americans, settlers and explorers; and (2) interpret the recovery program for the California Condor and the international significance of that program. Abolishes Pinnacles National Monument and includes the lands and interests therein in Pinnacles National Park. Redesignates the Pinnacles Wilderness as the Hain Wilderness. Designates specified lands comprising approximately 2,905 acres as wilderness and as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System. Deems such lands as being part of the Hain Wilderness.

Date: 2009-07-31
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Marianas Trench Marine National Monument Visitor Facility Authorization Act of 2010 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to construct a multipurpose visitor facility in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands for the interpretation and public education and enjoyment of the marine environment within the boundaries of the Marine National Monument. Authorizes the Secretary to accept, retain, and expend donations and use property or services donated from private persons and entities or from public entities, in the construction and operation of such visitor facility.

Date: 2009-07-31
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
State Admission Day Recognition Act of 2010 - Requires the Architect of the Capitol (AOC) to honor a state's anniversary of admission to the Union by flying its flag over the Capitol each year on that anniversary. Requires the AOC to fly the first such flag on the first December 7 which occurs after the enactment of this Act, in honor of Delaware's anniversary, the first state admitted to the Union. Authorizes the House Committee on House Administration and the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration to promulgate jointly such regulations as may be appropriate to carry out this Act, including regulations permitting the AOC to honor the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Northern Mariana Islands by flying the flag of each such jurisdiction over the Capitol each year on an appropriate date for that jurisdiction.

Date: 2009-09-09
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Congress
Extends, to November 17, 2014, the legislative authority of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, Inc. to establish a Vietnam Veterans Memorial visitors center.

Date: 2009-10-01
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources