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Ensuring Public Involvement in the Creation of National Monuments Act - Amends the Antiquities Act of 1906 to subject national monument declarations by the President to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA).

Prohibits: (1) the President from making more than one such declaration in a state during any presidential four-year term of office without an express Act of Congress, or (2) such a declaration from including private property without the informed written consent of the affected private property owner.

Requires such a declaration: (1) to be considered a major federal action under NEPA, except if it affects 5,000 acres or less; (2) to be categorically excluded under NEPA and to expire three years after the date of the declaration (unless specifically designated as a monument by federal law) if it affects 5,000 acres or less; and (3) to be followed by a feasibility study that includes an estimate of the costs associated with managing the monument in perpetuity, including any loss of federal and state revenue, and the benefits associated with managing the monument in perpetuity.

 Allows a declaration to become permanent if: (1) it is specifically designated as a monument by federal statute, or (2) the President follows the review process under NEPA.

Prohibits this Act from being construed to increase the amount of funds that are authorized to be appropriated.

Date: 2013-04-10
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on April 1, 2014. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Prison Ship Martyrs' Monument Preservation Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to study the suitability and feasibility of designating the Prison Ship Martyr's Monument in Fort Greene Park in the New York City borough of Brooklyn as a unit of the National Park System (NPS).

Requires the study to include: (1) an analysis of operational issues that should be considered if the Monument were to be designated as an NPS unit; (2) an analysis of the feasibility of administering the Monument, considering its size, configuration, and other factors including an annual cost estimate; (3) an analysis of the economic, educational, and other impacts of the designation of the Monument as an NPS unit; (4) an analysis of the effect of such designation on existing commercial and recreational activities, and on the authorization, construction, operation, maintenance, or improvement of energy production and transmission infrastructure, and the authority of state and local governments to manage those activities; and (5) an identification of 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 lands if the Monument is designated as an NPS unit.

Requires, upon commencement of the study, owners of private property in or adjacent to the Monument to be notified of the study's commencement and scope.

Date: 2013-04-11
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
New Mexico Land Sovereignty Act - Prohibits any further extension or establishment of national parks and monuments in New Mexico, except by express authorization of Congress.

Date: 2013-04-11
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

Requires the inclusion of the land and interests commonly known as Gettysburg Train Station and its immediate surroundings in the Borough of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and the land and interests located along Plum Run in Cumberland Township, Pennsylvania, in Gettysburg National Military Park if the owner of the property has provided written consent for its inclusion. 

Declares that nothing in this Act shall be construed to create buffer zones outside of such property. States that the fact that an activity or use can be seen or heard from within such property shall not preclude that activity or use outside of the property.

 Permits the acquisition of property within the areas of the Train Station and along Plum Run by donation only.

Date: 2013-04-11
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, through the National Park Service (NPS), to make improvements to a support facility, including a visitor center, for a National Historic Site administered by the NPS if such project: (1) is conducted within the agency's existing budget, (2) is subject to a 50% non-federal cost sharing requirement, and (3) is conducted for a unit of the NPS which has the authority to establish a support facility outside the park's boundary.

Allows the NPS to operate and use all or part of a support facility, including a visitor center, for such a Site: (1) to carry out the duties associated with the administration and support of such Site, and (2) only in situations where there is an agreement between the Secretary and the commissioners of the county or parish in which the facility is located.

Date: 2013-04-15
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Amends the Dayton Aviation Heritage Preservation Act of 1992 to rename the John W. Berry, Sr. Wright Brothers Aviation Center, part of the Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park in Dayton, Ohio, as the "John W. Berry, Sr. Wright Brothers National Museum."

Date: 2013-04-15
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Yosemite National Park Boundary Expansion Act of 2013 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire the approximately 1,575 acres of identified land that is adjacent to Yosemite National Park in California for addition to the Park.

Permits an acquisition of such land to be made by donation, purchase from a willing seller, or exchange and revises the boundary of the Park to reflect the acquisition.

Requires the Secretary to administer any acquired land as part of the Park.

Date: 2013-04-23
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Mountains to Sound Greenway National Heritage Area Act - (Sec. 3) Establishes the Mountains to Sound Greenway National Heritage Area in the state of Washington, consisting of specified land in King and Kittitas counties.

Allows King or Kittitas county to elect at any time to be excluded from the Heritage Area.

Requires the Secretary of the Interior to select the local coordinating entity for the Heritage Area.

(Sec. 4) Requires the coordinating entity to submit a proposed management plan to King and Kittitas counties for approval before submitting the plan to the Secretary.

Requires the plan to include: (1) consideration of the state of Washington's government plans; (2) descriptions of partnership collaborations and actions that governments, private organizations, and individuals have agreed to take to protect the area; and (3) recommendations to coordinate federal, state, and local programs, including the role of the National Park Service (NPS).

Requires the Secretary to approve or disapprove the plan based on specified criteria, including whether the public and federal, state, tribal, and local governments were afforded an opportunity to be involved in the preparation of plan.

Authorizes the Secretary to provide technical assistance to the state, political subdivisions of the state, nonprofit organizations, and other interested parties.

(Sec. 5) Directs the Secretary, within 10 years after enactment of this Act, to submit to Congress a report evaluating the Heritage Area's coordinating entity, private and government investments, management structure, partnerships, and funding. Requires the report to include recommendations for the NPS's future role in the Heritage Area.

(Sec. 6) Directs the coordinating entity to report to the Secretary every five years after the Secretary has approved a management plan. Requires the report to specify the entity's expenses and income, as well as grants or contracts made by the coordinating entity to other entities.

Prohibits the coordinating entity from acquiring real property with federal funds or through condemnation.

(Sec. 7) Encourages federal agencies planning to conduct activities that may impact the Heritage Area to consult and coordinate with the Secretary and the local coordinating entity to the maximum extent practicable.

(Sec. 8) Prohibits this Act from altering the rights of property owners or affecting certain existing federal, state, tribal, or local projects, agreements, or regulatory requirements.

(Sec. 9) Declares that nothing in this Act authorizes the Secretary to allocate or distribute federal funds to the local coordinating entity or to expend federal funds for any purpose other than as specified in this Act.

(Sec. 10) Terminates the Secretary's authority to provide assistance 15 years after enactment of this Act.

Date: 2013-04-26
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
21st Century Great Outdoors Commission Act - Establishes the 21st Century Great Outdoors Commission to assess the use, value, job creation, and economic opportunities associated with the outdoor resources of public lands and other U.S. lands and water areas.

Provides for the appointment to the Commission of Members of the House and the Senate. Terminates the Commission 60 days after submission of its final report.

Instructs the Commission to establish an advisory council to assist the Commission in carrying out its duties. Requires that such council include the liaison officers involved with the Federal Interagency Council on Outdoor Recreation.

Date: 2013-05-06
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on December 2, 2013. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Lower East Side Tenement National Historic Site Amendments Act - Amends P.L. 105-378 (relating to the establishment of the Lower East Side Tenement National Historic Site in New York City, New York) to add the lower east side tenement at 103 Orchard Street to the Historic Site.

Prohibits anything in this Act from authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to acquire the property at 103 Orchard Street.

Date: 2013-05-07
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Saguaro National Park Boundary Expansion and Study Act of 2013 - Amends the Saguaro National Park Establishment Act of 1994 to modify further the boundaries of Saguaro National Park to include specified land.

Allows the Secretary of the Interior, with the consent of the State of Arizona, to acquire from the state land or interests in land within the boundary of the Park.

Directs the Secretary to conduct a study to identify lands that would be a part of any future boundary adjustments for the Park. Instructs that such study examine the natural, cultural, recreational, and scenic values and characters of the lands identified.

Date: 2013-05-09
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Long Island Aviation History Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of the aviation history of Long Island, with a particular focus on the Hempstead Plains, the areas surrounding Suffolk County Air Force Base, the hamlet of Bethpage, the hamlet of Port Washington, and the village of Farmingdale.

Date: 2013-05-13
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here, with an updated short title.)

 World War II Memorial Prayer Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to install at the World War II memorial in the District of Columbia a suitable plaque or an inscription with the words that President Franklin D. Roosevelt prayed with the United States on June 6, 1944, the morning of D-Day.

Date: 2013-05-23
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
National Monument Designation Transparency and Accountability Act - Amends the Antiquities Act of 1906 to require land reserved as part of a national monument to be confined to the smallest area essential to ensure the proper care and management of the objects of historic or scientific interest protected by the monument.

Sets forth additional procedures for the designation of national monuments under the Act.

Date: 2013-05-23
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here, with an updated short title.)

 York River Wild and Scenic River Study Act of 2014 - Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate a specified segment of the York River in Maine and all of its associated tributaries for potential addition to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.

Requires the Secretary of the Interior to study the York River to: (1) determine the designation's effect on existing commercial and recreational activities, the construction and operation of energy production and transmission infrastructure, and the authority of state and local governments to manage those activities; and (2) identify all authorities that will authorize or require the Secretary to influence local land use decisions (such as zoning) or place restrictions on non-federal land if designated under this Act, all authorities that the Secretary may use to condemn property, and all private property located in the area studied pursuant to this Act.

Date: 2013-05-23
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Alabama Black Belt National Heritage Area Act - Establishes the Alabama Black Belt National Heritage Area in Alabama.

Designates the Center for the Study of the Black Belt at the University of West Alabama as the local coordinating entity for the Heritage Area, requires the Center to submit a management plan for the Heritage Area, and sets forth procedures for the approval or disapproval of such plan.

Date: 2013-06-04
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Champion Hill, Port Gibson, and Raymond Battlefields Addition Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire land or interests within the area identified as the modified core battlefield for the Port Gibson, Champion Hill, and Raymond battlefields of the Vicksburg campaign of the American Civil War and the area identified as Golden West Cemetery for inclusion in the Vicksburg National Military Park in Mississippi.

Date: 2013-06-05
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Medgar Evers House Study Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of the home of the late civil rights activist Medgar Evers, which is located at 2332 Margaret Walker Alexander Drive in Jackson, Mississippi.

Requires the Secretary to evaluate the national significance of such site and determine the suitability and feasibility of designating it as a unit of the National Park System.

Date: 2013-06-11
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Amends the Steel Industry American Heritage Area Act of 1996 to extend through FY2023 the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to make grants or provide other assistance for the Rivers of Steel National Heritage Area in Pennsylvania.

 Amends the Lackawanna Valley National Heritage Area Act of 2000 to extend through FY2023 the authority of the Secretary to provide grants or other assistance for the Lackawanna Valley National Heritage Area in Pennsylvania.

Amends the Delaware and Lehigh Navigation Canal Heritage Corridor Act of 1988 to extend through FY2023: (1) the authorization of appropriations for the management action plan respecting the Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor in Pennsylvania, and (2) the authority of the Secretary to provide financial assistance for the Corridor.

Amends the Schuylkill River Valley National Heritage Area to extend through FY2023 the authority of the Secretary to make grants or provide other assistance for the Schuylkill River Valley National Heritage Area in Pennsylvania.

Date: 2013-06-13
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior or the Administrator of General Services (GSA), as applicable, to permit a sponsor authorized to establish a commemorative work in the District of Columbia and its environs to acknowledge donor contributions at such work.

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 recognition.

Requires the sponsor to: (1) bear all display expenses; and (2) submit a display plan to the Secretary for approval before the display.

Allows resubmission of a revised plan if the original plan is not approved.

Date: 2013-06-17
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
United States Civil Rights Trail Special Resource Study Act of 2013 - 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 with respect to the route.

Date: 2013-06-18
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
National Patriots Memorial Act - Authorizes the Benjamin Harrison Society to establish a memorial in the District of Columbia to honor patriots of the American Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 who served in the Armed Forces or who contributed funds in support of the wars of independence, as well as allies who fought in support of the nation's freedom in such Wars.

Date: 2013-06-18
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on May 6, 2014. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Hinchliffe Stadium Heritage Act - Amends the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to include within the Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park, New Jersey, approximately six acres of land containing Hinchliffe Stadium. Prohibits the Secretary of the Interior from acquiring fee title to the Stadium, but authorizes the Secretary to acquire a preservation easement if doing so will facilitate resource protection of the Stadium.

Prohibits the Secretary, in administering such land, from: (1) including non-federal property within the six acres as part of the Park without the written consent of the owner, (2) acquiring by condemnation any land or interests in land within the six acres, or (3) construing this Act to create buffer zones outside the boundaries of the Park.

Date: 2013-06-19
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Rogue Wilderness Area Expansion Act - Adds specified federal land managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in the Wild Rogue Wilderness as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System.

Requires the part of the Rogue River, which lies within the Wild Rogue Wilderness, including the Wilderness additions, and was designated under the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act as a component of the System in 1968, to be managed as a wild river.

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.

Prohibits: (1) the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) from licensing the construction of any dam, water conduit, reservoir, powerhouse, transmission line, or other project works affecting specified stream segments; and (2) any federal department or agency from assisting in the construction of any water resources project affecting any such segment, except for maintaining or repairing existing projects.

Date: 2013-06-25
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Oregon Caves Revitalization Act of 2013 - Redesignates the Oregon Caves National Monument as the Oregon Caves National Monument and Preserve.

Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to transfer certain land identified as proposed addition lands to the Secretary of the Interior (the Secretary) and adjust the boundary of the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest to exclude such lands transferred by the Secretary.

 Directs the Secretaries to accept the donation of a grazing lease or permit from a lessee or permittee for the Big Grayback Grazing Allotment located in the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest or the Billy Mountain Grazing Allotment located on a parcel of BLM-managed land.

 Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate 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 certain additional segments of the Monument and Preserve for study for potential addition to the system.

Date: 2013-06-25
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Casa Grande Ruins National Monument Boundary Modification Act of 2013 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to transfer or acquire only from willing sellers the private or state lands or interests identified on the map entitled "Proposed Casa Grande Ruins Boundary Modification".

Transfers administrative jurisdiction of specified withdrawn federal lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) or the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) to the National Park Service (NPS).

Transfers to the BIA the administrative jurisdiction of certain federal land administered by the NPS for purposes of the San Carlos Irrigation Project.

Requires the Secretary to administer all such transferred or acquired lands as part of the Casa Grande Ruins National Monument in Arizona.

Requires the Secretary, as consideration for the acquisition of state and private lands, unless such lands are donated, to: (1) pay fair market value for such lands; and (2) convey to the state of Arizona and private land owners, as the case may be, federal lands, interest in federal land, or any other federal asset of equal value located in Arizona.

Authorizes the Secretary to enter into an agreement with the state of Arizona to provide for cooperative management of specified state trust lands.

Date: 2013-06-25
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Lower Farmington River and Salmon Brook Wild and Scenic River Act - Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate specified segments of the Lower Farmington River and Salmon Brook in Connecticut as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.

Requires the Secretary of the Interior to manage: (1) the river segments in accordance with the Lower Farmington River and Salmon Brook Management Plan, dated June 2011; and (2) coordinate the management responsibilities of the Secretary under this Act relating to such segments with the Lower Farmington River and Salmon Brook Wild and Scenic Committee.

Makes the provisions of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act prohibiting federal acquisition of lands by condemnation applicable to the designated segments. Limits the authority of the Secretary to acquire lands for the purposes of such segments to acquisition by donation or with the owner's consent and subject to additional management plan criteria.

Prohibits the designation made by this Act from being construed as: (1) prohibiting, pre-empting, or abridging the potential future licensing or re-licensing of the Rainbow Dam and Reservoir (including any and all aspects of its facilities, operations, and transmission lines) by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) as a federally licensed hydroelectric generation project; or (2) affecting the operation of, or imposing any flow or release requirements on, the unlicensed hydroelectric facility at the Dam and Reservoir.

Bars the Lower Farmington River from being administered as part of the National Park System or being subject to System regulations.

Revises the description of a specified designated segment of the Farmington River in Connecticut.

Date: 2013-06-27
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Essex National Heritage Area Reauthorization Act - Amends the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 to: (1) extend the authority for the Secretary of the Interior to make grants or provide assistance respecting the Essex National Heritage Area until September 30, 2027, and (2) increase the total amount that may be appropriated for the Area under the Act to $20 million.

Date: 2013-06-27
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on June 30, 2014. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Upper Missisquoi and Trout Wild and Scenic Rivers Act - (Sec. 2) Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate specified segments of the Missisquoi River and Trout River in Vermont as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.

(Sec. 3) Requires the river segments designated by this Act to be managed in accordance with the Upper Missisquoi and Trout Rivers Management Plan and any amendments meeting certain criteria.

Requires the Secretary of the Interior to coordinate the management responsibilities with the Upper Missisquoi and Trout Rivers Wild and Scenic Committee.

Authorizes the Secretary to enter into cooperative agreements for the protection, preservation, and enhancement of the river segments with: (1) the state of Vermont; (2) specific municipalities; and (3) local, regional, statewide, or multi-state planning, environmental, or recreational organizations.

States that the designation of the river segments does not: (1) preclude the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) from licensing, relicensing, or otherwise authorizing the operation of specified hydroelectric projects; or (2) limit the modernization, upgrades, or other changes to the projects. Prohibits resource protection, mitigation, or enhancement measures required by FERC hydropower proceedings from being considered project works under this Act. Permits such measures within the segments. Prohibits resource protection, mitigation, or enhancement measures required by FERC hydropower proceedings from being considered project works under this Act. Permits such measures within the segments.

Considers zoning ordinances adopted by specific towns as satisfying provisions in the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act that prohibit the Secretary from acquiring lands by condemnation within a designated Wild and Scenic River boundary when certain local zoning ordinances are in place.

 Limits the authority of the Secretary to acquire lands under this Act to acquisition by donation or exchange and subject to additional management plan criteria.

Prohibits the Secretary from acquiring by condemnation any land or interest in land within the boundaries of the river segments designated by this Act.

Bars the inclusion of any private or non-federal public property within the boundaries of such river segments without the owner's written consent.

Bars the Missisquoi and Trout Rivers from being administered as part of the National Park System.

Declares that nothing in this Act or the Upper Missisquoi and Trout Rivers Management Plan shall be construed to create buffer zones outside the river segment boundaries designated by this Act.

Date: 2013-06-27
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Apollo Lunar Landing Legacy Act - Establishes the Apollo Lunar Landing Sites National Historical Park on the Moon as a unit of the National Park System.

Requires the Secretary of the Interior and the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to complete jointly a general management plan for the Park.

Authorizes the Secretary to enter into one or more agreements with the head of a federal agency to provide public access to, and management, interpretation, and historic preservation of, historically significant Apollo lunar landing site resources under that agency's jurisdiction or control.

Directs the Secretary and the Administrator to enter into an agreement providing for the primary management of the Park by the Administrator.

Requires the Administrator's responsibilities to include: (1) ensuring proper monitoring of the Apollo lunar landing sites; (2) managing access to the sites, including through coordination with other spacefaring nations and entities; and (3) in conjunction with the Director of the Smithsonian Institution, ensuring an accurate cataloging of items in the Park.

Instructs the Secretary to submit the Apollo 11 lunar landing site to the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) for designation as a World Heritage Site.

Date: 2013-07-08
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Smithsonian Modernization Act of 2013 - Revises requirements for the composition of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Requires the Board to be composed of 21 members appointed by the President from among lists of nominees submitted by the Speaker of the House and the Majority Leader of the Senate.

Increases from 8 to 17 the number of Regents constituting a quorum to do business.

 Revises requirements for the terms of office for Regents. Permits Regents to be reappointed.

Date: 2013-07-08
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Government operations and politics
Prohibits the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution from charging a fee for admission to an exhibit that is part of the permanent collection of any museum or facility that is part of any bureau established in or under the Smithsonian Institution, including the National Gallery of Art.

Allows the charging of a fee for admission to an exhibit, however, if: (1) charging a fee is necessary and unavoidable, (2) the Secretary submits a statement explaining the determination to Congress, and (3) the charging of such fee does not become effective until after the expiration of a 45-day period beginning on the date the statement is submitted.

Makes such prohibition non-applicable to the exhibit "Butterfly Pavilion" at the National Museum of Natural History. Requires the Secretary to submit a plan for eliminating the admission fee for such exhibit, including steps to cover the expenses incurred in carrying out the exhibit.

Date: 2013-07-08
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Government operations and politics
Modifies the boundary of Petersburg National Battlefield in Virginia to include the land and interests in land identified on the map titled "Petersburg National Battlefield Boundary Expansion" and dated June 2007.

Transfers from the Secretary of the Interior (the Secretary) to the Secretary of the Army administrative jurisdiction over approximately 1.170 acres of land for the Fort Lee Military Reservation.

Transfers from the Secretary of the Army to the Secretary administrative jurisdiction over approximately 1.171 acres of land for the Battlefield.

Requires inclusion of the conveyed land within the boundary of the Petersburg National Battlefield.

Date: 2013-07-09
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Act Reauthorization of 2013 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize and revise a research, training, and technical assistance resource center to prevent suicides (the Suicide Prevention Resource Center). Expands the program's focus from youth suicides to suicides among all ages, particularly among groups that are at high risk for suicide. Repeals authority for grants to establish research, training, and technical assistance centers related to mental health, substance abuse and the justice system.

Reauthorizes a program of grants for the development of state or tribal youth suicide early intervention and prevention strategies.

Reauthorizes and revises a grant program to enhance services for students with mental health or substance use disorders at institutions of higher education. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) (who currently is merely authorized), acting through the Director of the Center for Mental Health Services, to award grants to enhance such services and to develop best practices for the delivery of such services. Permits grant funds to be used for the provision of such services to students and to employ appropriately trained staff. Requires the Secretary to give special consideration to applications for grants that describe programs that demonstrate the greatest need for new or additional mental and substance use disorder services and the greatest potential for replication.

Date: 2013-07-18
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Health
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 the life of the veteran for whom it was purchased.

Date: 2013-07-18
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Reauthorizes appropriations through FY2018 for the Votes for Women History Trail Route in the state of New York, the National Women's Rights History Project Registry, and the National Women's Rights History Project Partnership Network.

Date: 2013-07-19
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
National Discovery Trails Act of 2013 - Amends the National Trails System Act to establish national discovery trails which shall be extended, continuous interstate trails located so as to provide for outdoor recreation and travel and to connect representative examples of America's trails and communities.

Authorizes the designation of such trails on federal lands and, with the consent of the owner, on non-federal lands.

 Designates as a national discovery trail the 6,000-mile American Discovery Trail which shall extend from Cape Henlopen State Park in Delaware to Point Reyes National Seashore in California, splitting into northern and southern routes at Cincinnati, Ohio, and rejoining at Denver, Colorado.

Sets forth requirements for designation of a trail as a national discovery trail.

Requires the appropriate Secretary for each national discovery trail to: (1) administer the trail in cooperation with a competent trailwide volunteer-based organization; and (2) submit a comprehensive plan for the protection, management, development, and use of such trail.

Date: 2013-08-02
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Black Metropolis National Heritage Area Study Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to study the feasibility of designating a specified region in Chicago, Illinois, as the Black Metropolis National Heritage Area.

Date: 2013-09-10
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on May 1, 2014. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Huna Tlingit Traditional Gull Egg Use Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to allow members of the Hoonah Indian Association to collect the eggs of glaucous-winged gulls up to two times a year at up to five locations within Alaska's Glacier Bay National Park.

Considers the collection of those eggs within the Park by the Association to be a use specifically permitted by the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act.

Requires collection schedules and locations to be based on an annual plan prepared by the Secretary and the Association.

Date: 2013-09-17
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Native Americans
National Park Service Study Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct special resource studies of: (1) the Kau coast, on the island of Hawaii; (2) the prehistoric, historic, and limestone forest sites on the island of Rota in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands; (3) sites in Alaska associated with the forced abandonment of the Aleut villages of Makushin, Kashega, and Biorka around Unalaska Island and Attu on Attu Island during World War II; (4) the five relocation sites in Alaska at Funter Bay, Burnett Inlet, Killisnoo, Ward Lake and the Wrangell Institute; (5) specified World War II Japanese American Relocation Center sites; (6) Mahaulepu, on the island of Kauai in Hawaii; (7) the town of Goldfield and outlying mining sites in Nevada; (8) the Hudson River Valley in New York; (9) the Norman Studios in Jacksonville, Florida, where African-American casts and crews were used in the production of silent films; (10) the Mobile-Tensaw River Delta in Alabama; (11) Galveston Bay in Texas; (12) the Pullman site in Illinois; (13) the northern coast of Maui in Hawaii; and (14) historic sites on the Midway Atoll.

Requires updates of: (1) the study authorized by the National Park Service Studies Act of 1999 relating to World War II sites, Republic of Palau; and (2) the 1979 study entitled "Vermejo Ranch, New Mexico/Colorado: Study of Management Options."

Directs the Secretary to: (1) study alternatives for commemorating and interpreting the role of the Buffalo Soldiers in the early years of the National Parks, (2) conduct a national historic landmark theme study to identify sites and resources in the southern United States that are significant to the Reconstruction era, and (3) study the feasibility of including 45 miles of the Chattahoochee River and land along the river corridor within the boundary of the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area located in Georgia.

Date: 2013-09-18
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Preservation Research at Institutions Serving Minorities Act or the PRISM Act - Amends the National Historic Preservation Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior, as part of a comprehensive historic preservation education and training program, to provide technical or financial assistance to Hispanic-serving institutions for the establishment of historic preservation training and degree programs.

Date: 2013-09-25
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Education
Buffalo Bayou National Heritage Area Act - Establishes the Buffalo Bayou National Heritage Area in Texas. Designates the Buffalo Bayou National Heritage Area Corporation as the management entity for the Heritage Area. Requires the Corporation to submit a management plan for the Heritage Area. Sets forth requirements for the approval or disapproval of such plan.

Specifies this Act's effect on private property protections and water rights with regard to the Heritage Area. Bars anything in this Act from being meant as modifying the Rio Grande Natural Area Act.

Date: 2013-09-26
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Augusta Canal National Heritage Area Reauthorization Act of 2013 - Amends the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 to extend through FY2023 the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to make grants or provide assistance for the Augusta Canal National Heritage Area in Georgia.

Date: 2013-09-27
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Restore the Tour Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to accept gifts of money and other intangible personal property on the condition that such money or the proceeds from the sale of such property be used solely to provide public tours of the White House. Authorizes the Administrator of the General Services Administration (GSA) to accept gifts of tangible property on the condition that such property be sold and the proceeds from the sale be used to provide public tours of the White House.

Date: 2013-09-27
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Government operations and politics
(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on April 1, 2014. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Flushing Remonstrance Study Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of the John Bowne House in Queens, New York, the Friends Meeting House at 137-17 Northern Boulevard, Queens, and other resources in the vicinity of Flushing related to the history of religious freedom during the era of the 1657 signing of the Flushing Remonstrance (the study area).

Requires the Secretary to: (1) evaluate the national significance of the study area's resources; (2) determine the suitability and feasibility of designating resources within the study area as a unit of the National Park System (NPS); (3) identify properties related to the John Bowne House that could potentially meet criteria for designation as a National Historic Landmark; (4) evaluate the impact of the proposed action on the flow of commerce and commercial activity, job opportunities, and any adverse economic effects that could not be avoided if the proposal is implemented; (5) analyze the effect of the designation of the study area as an NPS unit on existing recreational activities, and on the authorization, construction, operation, maintenance, or improvement of energy production and transmission infrastructure, and the authority of state and local governments to manage those activities; and (6) 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 lands if the study area is designated as an NPS unit.

Requires the owners of private property in or adjacent to the study area to be notified of such study's commencement and scope.

Date: 2013-09-30
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
River Paddling Protection Act - Opens the rivers and streams of Yellowstone National Park and Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming to hand-propelled vessels. Declares specified regulations to have no force or effect with regard to the closing of rivers and streams of such Parks to such vessels.

Requires the Fish and Wildlife Service to coordinate any recreational use of hand-propelled vessels on the Gros Ventre River within the National Elk Refuge in Wyoming with Grand Teton National Park to ensure that use is consistent with the requirements of the National Wildlife Refuge Administration Act.

Date: 2013-11-14
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Eliminate the Commission to Nowhere Act of 2013 - Terminates the Denali Commission (established to provide an annual work plan for rural and infrastructure development and job training in Alaska) and repeals the Denali Commission Act of 1998.

Date: 2013-11-21
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Transportation and public works
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

Military Land and National Defense Act or the Military LAND Act - Amends the National Historic Preservation Act to require the Secretary of the Interior to notify the House Committee on Natural Resources and the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources if a property owned by the federal government is being considered for inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places, for designation as a National Historic Landmark, or for nomination to the World Heritage List. Prohibits such inclusion or designation of federal property if the head of any federal agency managing such property objects to such inclusion or designation for national security reasons, such as any impact the inclusion or designation of such property would have on use of the property for military training or readiness.

Requires the Secretary to promulgate regulations to allow for expedited removal of a federal property listed on the National Register of Historic Places if the managing agency of such property submits a written request to remove the property for national security reasons.

Date: 2013-12-10
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Sedona-Red Rock National Scenic Area Act of 2010 [sic] - Establishes the Sedona-Red Rock National Scenic Area in the Coconino National Forest in Arizona to limit exchanges of land involving National Forest System land included in the Scenic Area and to manage the System land included in the Scenic Area as provided in the land resource management plan for the Forest.

Bars the inclusion of any land located outside the boundaries of Coconino National Forest in the Scenic Area.

Date: 2013-12-11
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on June 30, 2014. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Extends until December 2, 2020, the legislative authority of the Adams Memorial Foundation to establish a commemorative work on federal land in the District of Columbia in honor of former President John Adams and his family's legacy of public service.

Sets forth provisions governing the deposit of excess funds received for the memorial's establishment to the National Park Foundation.

Date: 2013-12-19
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Fort Wingate Land Division Act of 2014 - Declares that all interest of the United States in and to certain lands of the former Fort Wingate Depot Activity in McKinley County, New Mexico, and transferred to the Secretary of the Interior are to be held in trust for the Zuni Tribe as part of the Zuni Reservation, unless the Tribe elects to have specified parcels of those lands conveyed to it in restricted fee status.

 Declares that all interest of the United States in and to specified lands of the former Fort Wingate Depot Activity and transferred to the Secretary are to be held in trust for the Navajo Nation as part of the Navajo Reservation, unless the Navajo Nation elects to have specified parcels of those lands conveyed to it in restricted fee status.

Subjects the lands of the former Fort Wingate Depot Activity held in trust or conveyed in restricted fee status to reservation by the United States of such easements as the Secretary of the Army determines are reasonably required to permit access to lands of the Activity for administrative, environmental cleanup, and environmental remediation purposes.

Requires the lands of the former Fort Wingate Depot Activity identified as parcel 1 to be held in trust subject to a shared easement for cultural and religious purposes only.

Declares that the entire access road for the former Fort Wingate Depot Activity shall be held in common by both the Zuni Tribe and the Navajo Nation to provide for equal access to the Activity.

Subjects lands held in trust or conveyed in restricted fee status to such easements as may be reasonably required to permit the Department of Defense (DOD) access to the Missile Defense Agency facility at the former Fort Wingate Depot Activity.

Requires the Zuni Tribe or the Navajo Nation, after a parcel of land has been transferred or conveyed, to notify the Secretary of the Army of the existence or discovery of any contamination or hazardous material on it.

Date: 2014-01-08
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Native Americans
Rock Creek National Park in the District of Columbia Act - Redesignates the Rock Creek Park in the District of Columbia as Rock Creek National Park in the District of Columbia.

Date: 2014-01-16
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources