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Japanese American Memorial Act of 2007 - Adjusts the boundary of the Minidoka Internment National Monument located in Idaho to include the Nidoto Nai Yoni ("Let it not happen again") memorial that commemorates the Japanese Americans of Bainbridge Island, Washington, who were the first to be forcibly removed from their homes and relocated to internment camps during World War II. Authorizes the Secretary, for the purposes of defining the role of the National Park Service (NPS) in administering the Memorial owned by the City of Brainbridge Island to enter into agreements with the City of Bainbridge Island and specified entities. Authorizes the Secretary to operate and maintain a site in Seattle, Washington, for administrative and visitor use purposes associated with the Monument, using the facilities and other services of the Seattle unit of Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park. Requires the Secretary to coordinate the development of interpretive and educational materials and programs for the Memorial and Monument site in Idaho with the Manzanar National Historic Site in California. American Falls Reservoir District Number 2 Conveyance Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to convey specified land to the: (1) American Falls Reservoir District No. 2 located in Jerome, Lincoln, and Gooding Counties, Idaho; (2) city of Gooding; and (3) Idaho Department of Fish and Game. Revokes the Department of Interior's previous orders that withdrew specified land from the Gooding Division of the Minidoka project.

Date: 2007-03-19
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Minidoka National Historic Site Act of 2007 - Adjusts the boundary of the Minidoka Internment National Monument located in Idaho to include the Nidoto Nai Yoni ("Let it not happen again") memorial that commemorates the Japanese Americans of Bainbridge Island, Washington, who were the first to be forcibly removed from their homes and relocated to internment camps during World War II. Authorizes the Secretary, for the purposes of defining the role of the National Park Service (NPS) in administering the Memorial owned by the City of Brainbridge Island to enter into agreements with the City of Bainbridge Island and specified entities. Authorizes the Secretary to operate and maintain a site in Seattle, Washington, for administrative and visitor use purposes associated with the Monument, using the facilities and other services of the Seattle unit of Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park. Requires the Secretary to coordinate the development of interpretive and educational materials and programs for the Memorial and Monument site in Idaho with the Manzanar National Historic Site in California. American Falls Reservoir District Number 2 Conveyance Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to convey specified land to the: (1) American Falls Reservoir District No. 2 located in Jerome, Lincoln, and Gooding Counties, Idaho; (2) city of Gooding; and (3) Idaho Department of Fish and Game. Revokes the Department of Interior's previous orders that withdrew specified land from the Gooding Division of the Minidoka project.

Date: 2007-03-20
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Abraham Lincoln National Heritage Area Act - Establishes the Abraham Lincoln National Heritage Area in Illinois. Designates the Looking for Lincoln Heritage Coalition as the management entity for the Area. Allows the Coalition, using funds made available under this Act, to prepare a management plan for the Area and reports, studies, interpretive exhibits and programs, historic preservation projects, and other activities recommended in the plan. Prohibits the Coalition from using Federal funds received under this Act to acquire real property. Directs the Coalition to submit to the Secretary of the Interior a management plan reviewed by participating units of government within the Area's boundaries which shall, among other things: (1) contain a comprehensive program for conservation, interpretation, funding, management, and development and historical, cultural, and natural resources and recreational and educational opportunities of the Area; and (2) include a business plan detailing the functions of the local coordinating entity and of activities included in recommendations contained in the plan. Requires the Secretary to approve or disapprove the proposed plan not later than 90 days after receiving it. Authorizes the Secretary to provide technical and financial assistance to the Coalition for the development and implementation of the management plan. Requires the Coalition to provide assistance and encouragement to State and local governments, private organizations, and persons to protect and promote the Area's resources and values.

Date: 2007-03-21
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Amends the Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve Act of 2000 to provide that the purpose of the Baca National Wildlife Refuge shall be to restore, enhance, and maintain wetland, upland, riparian, and other habitats for native wildlife, plant, and fish species in the San Luis Valley. Instructs the Secretary of the Interior, in administering the Refuge, to: (1) emphasize migratory bird conservation; and (2) take into consideration the role of the Refuge in broader landscape conservation efforts. Provides for the Secretary, in administering water resources for the Refuge, to use decreed water rights on the Refuge in approximately the same manner that the water rights have been used historically.

Date: 2007-03-22
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a national cemetery in El Paso County, Colorado. Requires a report from the Secretary to Congress on the establishment of the cemetery.

Date: 2007-03-22
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Armed forces and national security
Battle of Camden Study Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to evaluate the national significance of the site of the Battle of Camden, South Carolina and the site of Historic Camden, South Carolina, and to determine the suitability and feasibility of designating such sites as a unit or as separate units of the National Park System.

Date: 2007-03-23
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
National Liberty Memorial Act - Authorizes the National Mall Liberty Fund D.C. (previously, the Black Revolutionary War Patriots Foundation) to establish a memorial on specified federal land in the District of Columbia to honor the slaves and free persons who served as soldiers and sailors or provided civilian assistance during the American Revolution and to honor the men, women, and children who ran away from slavery or filed petitions with courts and legislatures seeking their freedom. Requires the National Mall Liberty Fund D.C. to establish the memorial.

Date: 2007-03-26
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Commemorations
National Park Centennial Act - Establishes the National Park Centennial Fund in the Treasury. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individual taxpayers to designate overpayments and contributions for the benefit of the National Park System. Allocates such amounts to the Fund (along with necessary amounts from the General Fund to the extent that such amounts are inadequate in any fiscal year) for expenditure by the Secretary of the Interior. Authorizes appropriations for a public awareness campaign about the Fund and the ability of taxpayers to make tax-related contributions. Requires a specified percentage of Fund deposits to be used: (1) for the elimination of the backlog of unmet needs in the national parks as identified in the Facility Condition Index of the National Park Service (NPS); (2) to protect natural resources within the parks; and (3) to protect cultural resources within the parks. Requires a majority of such percentages to be distributed to those national parks that have completed comprehensive business plans under the Business Plan Initiative of the NPS. Directs the Government Accountability Office (GAO) annually to submit a report on the National Park System. Authorizes the Secretary of Education to provide grants to elementary and secondary schools for cooperative agreements with the NPS providing distance learning and onsite education programs. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to submit specified reports assessing the national parks.

Date: 2007-03-28
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Ka'u Coast Preservation Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to study and report to specified congressional committees on the suitability and feasibility of designating the Ka'u Coast from Kapaoo Point to Kahuku Point, Hawaii, as a unit of the National Park System.

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

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

Date: 2007-03-29
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
National Trails System Willing Seller Act - Amends the National Trails System Act to: (1) prohibit the federal acquisition of land and interest in land outside the exterior boundaries of any federally administered area, except with the owner's consent, for the Oregon, Mormon Pioneer, Lewis and Clark, and Nez Perce National Historic Trails and the Continental Divide, North Country, Ice Age, and Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trails; and (2) provide that federal authority to acquire fee title shall be limited to an average of not more than one-quarter mile on either side of the Oregon, Mormon Pioneer, Continental Divide, Lewis and Clark, and Nez Perce trails. Authorizes appropriations to implement the provisions of the Act relating to trails designated by the Act as national scenic or historic trails. Limits funding for the acquisition of land or interests for, or for the development of, the Natchez Trace National Scenic Trail. Instructs the administering agency for the Natchez Trace National Scenic Trail to encourage volunteer trail groups' participation in the development of such Trail.

Date: 2007-03-29
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. Designates the Santa Cruz Valley Heritage Alliance, Inc. as the management entity for the Area. Requires the management entity to prepare and submit a management plan for the Area to the Secretary of the Interior for approval. Prohibits the management entity from using federal funds received under this Act to acquire real property. Authorizes the Secretary to provide technical and financial assistance to the Area for the development and implementation of the approved management plan.

Date: 2007-04-17
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers Valley National Heritage Corridor Amendments Act of 2007 - Amends the Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers Valley National Heritage Corridor Act of 1994 to: (1) extend the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to make grants or provide any assistance under the Act for the Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers Valley National Heritage Corridor to September 30, 2015; and (2) increase the total amount that may be appropriated for the Corridor.

Date: 2007-04-19
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Granada Relocation Center National Historic Site Act of 2007 - Establishes the Granada Relocation Center National Historic Site, consisting of parts of Camp Amache, located in Granada, Colorado, as an affiliated site of the National Park System. Designates the "Friends of Amache" as the management entity for the Site. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to develop a general management plan for the Site.

Date: 2007-04-19
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Fort Stanton-Snowy River National Cave Conservation Area Act - Establishes the Fort Stanton-Snowy River National Cave Conservation Area in Lincoln county, New Mexico, to protect, conserve, and enhance the unique and nationally important historic, cultural, scientific, archaeological, natural, and educational subterranean cave resources of the Fort Stanton-Snowy River cave system. Directs the Secretary to develop a plan for the long-term management of the Conservation Area. Authorizes the Secretary to establish facilities for: (1) the conduct of scientific research; and (2) the interpretation of the resources of the Conservation Area.

Date: 2007-04-20
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Repeals a provision of the John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 which requires the Secretary of the Interior to immediately cease the plan to exterminate deer and elk on Santa Rosa Island, California, by helicopter.

Date: 2007-04-25
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Amends the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2000 to revise the administrative authorities of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission. Authorizes the Commission to: (1) enter into contracts for specialized or professional services without regard to certain civil service requirements; (2) accept gifts of real or personal property; (3) appoint an architect; (4) hire and fire staff without regard to competitive service requirements and obtain temporary, intermittent, and part-time services; (5) enter into cooperative agreements with other government and private entities; and (6) accept volunteer services. Requires the Commission to: (1) appoint an Executive Director; and (2) obtain adminstrative and support services from the General Services Administration. Authorizes appropriations.

Date: 2007-05-01
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Commemorations
Hopewell Culture National Historical Park Boundary Adjustment Act - Modifies the boundary of the Hopewell Culture National Historical Park in Ohio to include certain lands marked for inclusion in the Park. Permits the acquisition of lands added under this Act only from willing sellers.

Date: 2007-05-07
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Acadia National Park Improvement Act of 2008 - Amends Public Law 99-420 (relating to the establishment of a permanent boundary for the Acadia National Park in Maine) to prohibit any town in which there is federally owned property under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior which lies outside the boundary of the Park from being eligible to receive such lands unless lands within the Park boundary and owned by such town have been conveyed to the Secretary. Extends the Acadia National Park Advisory Commission. Makes such extension take effect on September 25, 2006. Increases the ceiling on the amount of appropriations for the acquisition of lands and interests with respect to the Acadia National Park. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to provide assistance in the planning, construction, and operation of an intermodal transportation center located outside the Park's boundary, in the town of Trenton, Maine, to improve the management, interpretation, and visitor enjoyment of the Park. Allows the Secretary, in administering the intermodal transportation center, to enter into interagency agreements with other federal agencies and cooperative agreements with state and local agencies and nonprofits to: (1) provide exhibits, interpretive services, and technical assistance; (2) conduct activities that facilitate the dissemination of information related to the Park and the Island Explorer transit system or any successor transit system; (3) provide financial assistance for the construction of the center in exchange for space in the center that is sufficient for interpretation of the Park; and (4) assist with the operation and maintenance of the center. Authorizes appropriations.

Date: 2007-05-09
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: 2007-05-14
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Homestead National Monument of America Boundary Expansion Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire by donation or by purchase with donated or appropriated funds, from willing sellers only, the approximately 140 acres located south of the Homestead National Monument of America in Nebraska and owned by the Friends of Homestead and the approximately 160 acres known as the "Graff Parcel." Instructs the Secretary to revise the boundary of Homestead National Monument to reflect the acquisition upon its completion. Requires any lands acquired under this Act to be administered by the Secretary as part of Homestead National Monument.

Date: 2007-05-17
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Mississippi River Special Resource Study Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study along the route of the Mississippi River in the counties contiguous to the river from its headwaters in Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico for the purpose of evaluating a range of alternatives for protecting and interpreting the resources along the route, including alternatives for potential addition of all or portions of the route to the National Trails System.

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

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

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

Date: 2007-05-24
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Health
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a national cemetery in Sarpy County, Nebraska, to serve the needs of veterans and their families in eastern Nebraska and western Iowa.

Date: 2007-05-24
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Armed forces and national security
North Maui Coastal Preservation Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to study the feasibility of designating certain lands on the northern coast of Maui, Hawaii, as a National Seashore, National Historical Park, National Recreation Area, National Monument, National Preserve, or other unit of the National Park System.

Date: 2007-06-07
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Act Commemorating the LITE, or Lifetime Innovations of Thomas Edison - Establishes the Thomas Edison National Historical Park in New Jersey as a unit of the National Park System. Specifies that the Historical Park shall be comprised of all property owned by the United States in the Edison National Historic Site as well as all property authorized to be acquired by the Secretary of the Interior for inclusion in the Historic Site before the enactment of this Act. Allows the Secretary to acquire: (1) land or interests in land within the Historical Park's boundaries only from willing sellers; and (2) personal property associated with, and appropriated for, interpretation of the Historical Park. Permits the Secretary to consult and enter into cooperative agreements with interested entities and individuals to provide for the preservation, development, interpretation, and use of the Historical Park. Repeals the Act regarding the establishment and administration of the Edison National Historic Site. Authorizes appropriations.

Date: 2007-06-07
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Green McAdoo School National Historic Site Study Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study of the site of Green McAdoo School in Clinton, Tennessee, to evaluate the national significance, suitability, and feasibility of designating such site as a unit of the National Park System.

Date: 2007-06-13
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Recognizes the Navy UDT-SEAL Museum in Fort Pierce, Florida, as the official national museum of Navy SEALs and their predecessors, including the Underwater Demolition Teams, Naval Combat Demolition Units, Office of Strategic Services Maritime Units, and Amphibious Scouts and Raiders.

Date: 2007-06-19
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Armed forces and national security
Minute Man National Historical Park Boundary Revision Act - Modifies the boundary of Minute Man National Historical Park in Massachusetts to include the Colonel James Barrett Farm in Concord.

Date: 2007-06-21
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Chisholm and Great Western Cattle Trails Act - Amends the National Trails System Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct separate studies to consider the designation of the Chisholm Trail and the Great Western Trail, historic cattle-drive trails, for study and potential addition to the National Trails System.

Date: 2007-06-25
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Grants a federal charter to the Korean War Veterans Association, Incorporated (a nonprofit corporation incorporated under the laws of New York).

Date: 2007-06-25
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Government operations and politics
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to carry out a study to determine the suitability and feasibility of designating the U.S. Virgin Islands Military and Veterans Memorial, to be located on ten acres in Fredericksted, St.Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, as a unit of the National Park System.

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

Date: 2007-06-28
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Armed forces and national security
Civil War Battlefield Preservation Act of 2008 - Amends the American Battlefield Protection Act of 1996 to authorize appropriations for FY2009-FY2013 for the provision of grants under the battlefield acquisition grant program. Eliminates the provision for the repealing of the Act on September 30, 2008.

Date: 2007-06-28
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
National Park Centennial Challenge Fund Act - Establishes in the Treasury the National Park Centennial Challenge Fund (the Challenge Fund) which shall consist of qualified donations transferred from the Donations to the National Park Service account and amounts appropriated from the general fund of the Treasury, in accordance with this Act. Makes available all amounts deposited in the Challenge Fund to the Secretary of the Interior for signature projects and programs under this Act (projects and programs identified by the Director of the National Park Service (NPS) as those that will help prepare the national parks for another century of conservation, preservation, and enjoyment). Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director, to develop a list of signature projects and programs eligible for funding from the Challenge Fund. Requires that such list be submitted to the President and specified congressional committees.

Date: 2007-07-10
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Save the Statue of Liberty Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the National Park Service (NPS) and using funds available to the Secretary for this purpose, to commence necessary safety and related improvements to the Statue of Liberty so that it may be fully reopened to the public to provide the same access as before September 11, 2001.

Date: 2007-07-10
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: 2007-07-11
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Military Spouses Memorial Act of 2007 - Authorizes the Military Spouse Legacy Association, Inc., to establish a commemorative work on federal land in the District of Columbia and its environs to honor all those who have put their country first as military spouses throughout our Nation's history. Prohibits the use of federal funds to pay any expense of the establishment of the commemorative work. Makes the Military Spouse Legacy Association, Inc., solely responsible for acceptance of contributions for, and payment of the expenses of, the establishment of such work.

Date: 2007-07-12
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Commemorations
Martin Van Buren National Historic Site Boundary Revision Act - Adjusts the boundary of the Martin Van Buren National Historic Site in the State of New York to include approximately 261 acres of land identified as the "PROPOSED PARK BOUNDARY" as depicted on the "Boundary Map, Martin Van Buren National Historic Site," dated January 2005. Authorizes the Secretary to acquire such lands and interests from a willing seller.

Date: 2007-07-17
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial Enhancement Act of 2008 - 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 parcel of land, consisting of approximately five acres, 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 related to the land have been completed in accordance with the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 and other applicable laws. 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, in order to facilitate the land transfer under this Act, should promptly remediate remaining environmental contamination related to the land. Expresses the sense of Congress that, in order to preserve the Memorial for future generations, the Secretaries of Defense and the Interior should work together to: (1) repair storm damage to the Port Chicago site; and (2) develop a process by which future repairs and necessary modifications to the site can be achieved in as timely and cost-effective a manner as possible.

Date: 2007-07-19
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
National Women's Rights History Project Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to designate a vehicular tour route, to be known as the Votes for Women History Trail Route, to link properties in New York State that are historically and thematically associated with the struggle for women's suffrage in the United States. Requires the National Park Service to administer the Trail through the Women's Rights National Historical Park (established under prior law). Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) enter into cooperative agreements and memorandums of understanding with, and provide technical and financial assistance to, other federal agencies, the State of New York, localities, regional governmental bodies, and private entities; (2) make annual grants to state historic preservation offices for up to five years for assistance in surveying, evaluating, and nominating women's rights history properties to the National Register of Historic Places; and (3) make matching grants and give technical assistance for development of a network of governmental and nongovernmental entities providing interpretive and educational program development of national women's rights history, including historic preservation.

Date: 2007-07-19
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Stranahan House, Trading Post and Campsite Historic Preservation Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of the Stranahan House, trading post and camp historical and archeological site in Broward County, Florida, including both the property on which Stranahan House is located at 335 S.E. 6th Avenue in Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33301, as well as the adjacent property, at 500 East Las Olas Boulevard, where parts of the trading post and the campsite were located.

Date: 2007-07-19
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Perquimans River Wild and Scenic River Study Act of 2007 - Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate the Perquimans River and its tributaries in Perquimans County, North Carolina, for study for potential addition to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.

Date: 2007-07-24
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Trails Act Technical Correction Act of 2007 - Prescribes the times for filing a suit and for commencing a civil action by the owner of property subject to an interim use of railroad right-of-way for damage claims brought against the United States.

Date: 2007-07-24
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Allows the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the National Park Service, 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. Authorizes the Secretary to allow stocking in up to, but not over, 42 lakes. Provides that, the 42 lakes that may be stocked are those identified for potential stocking under Alternative B of the 2005 North Cascades National Park Service Complex Mountain Lakes Fishery Management Plan Draft. Requires the Secretary to only stock fish that are native to the slope of the Cascade Range on which the lake to be stocked is located and are functionally sterile. Authorizes the Secretary to coordinate the stocking of fish with the state of Washington.Continues the program of research and monitoring of the impacts of fish stocking on park resources. Instructs the Secretary to report on the results of such research and monitoring program every five years.

Date: 2007-07-30
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Harry S Truman Birthplace Study Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of the Harry S. Truman Birthplace State Historic Site in Lamar, Missouri.

Date: 2007-07-31
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Tumacacori Highlands Wilderness Act of 2007 - Amends the Arizona Wilderness Act of 1984 to include certain land in Pajarita Wilderness in Coronado National Forest. Designates certain lands in the Coronado National Forest as wilderness and as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System, to be known as the "Tumacacori Highlands Wilderness."

Date: 2007-08-01
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Kalaupapa Memorial Act of 2008 - 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. Sets forth requirements concerning the design of the memorial. Requires that the location, size, design, and inscriptions of the memorial be subject to the approval of the Secretary.Makes Ka 'Ohana O Kalaupapa solely responsible for the acceptance of contributions for, and payment of, expenses associated with the establishment of the memorial.

Date: 2007-08-02
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Commemorations
South Park National Heritage Area Act - Establishes the South Park National Heritage Area in South Park, Colorado. Designates the Park County Tourism & Community Development Office, in conjunction with the South Park National Heritage Area Board of Directors, as the management entity for the Area. Requires the Park County Tourism & Community Development Office to submit a management plan for the Area.

Date: 2007-08-02
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Camp Hale Study Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the National Park Service (NPS), to conduct a special resource study to determine: (1) the suitability and feasibility of designating Camp Hale, in Colorado, as a separate unit of the National Park System; and (2) the methods and means for the protection and interpretation of Camp Hale by the NPS, other government entities, or private or nonprofit organizations.Requires a report to Congress, not later than three years after the date on which funds are made available to carry out this Act, containing the results of the study and the Secretary's recommendations.

Date: 2007-08-02
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish for placement a memorial headstone or marker in a national cemetery to commemorate veterans and their spouses whose remains are interred in an American Battle Monuments Commission cemetery.

Date: 2007-08-03
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Armed forces and national security
Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Amendments Act of 2007 - Amends the National Trails System Act to include within the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail the route traveled by Lewis and Clark from the Falls of the Ohio, located in Clarksville, Indiana, and Louisville, Kentucky, to Wood River, Illinois.

Date: 2007-08-04
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Extension Study Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to determine the suitability and feasibility of extending the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail to include the Eastern Legacy sites (the sites associated with the preparation or return phases of the Lewis and Clark expedition, commonly known as the "Eastern Legacy," including sites in Virginia, the District of Columbia, Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Indiana, Missouri, and Illinois).

Date: 2007-09-20
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
James Madison Memorial Commission Act of 2007 - 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: 2007-09-24
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Commemorations
Missisquoi and Trout Rivers Wild and Scenic River Study Act of 2008 - Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate a specified segment of the Missisquoi and Trout Rivers in Vermont for study for potential addition to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) analyze any potential impacts on the possession or use of a weapon, trap, or net, including a concealed weapon, on the Missisquoi and Trout Rivers or on lands adjacent to that area; (2) include in the study an assessment of any effect a wild and scenic designation in the study area is likely to have on energy production, transmission, or conveyance; (3) analyze the potential impact of the designation on private lands within the Rivers or adjacent to that area; and (4) complete the study of the Missisquoi and Trout Rivers and submit a report describing the results of the study. Prohibits anything in this Act from being construed as authorizing appropriations to designate or otherwise create a new component of the national wild and scenic rivers system.

Date: 2007-09-25
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: 2007-09-27
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Memorial Dedicated to All Victims of Terrorism Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to permit Suse and Peter Lowenstein to establish a commemorative work on lands under the Secretary's administrative jurisdiction in the District of Columbia or its environs to honor victims of terrorism. Prohibits the use of federal funds to pay any expense for the establishment of the commemorative work authorized by this Act. Makes Suse and Peter Lowenstein solely responsible for acceptance of contributions and payment of the expenses for the establishment of such commemorative work.

Date: 2007-10-01
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Commemorations
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 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: 2007-10-10
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study to evaluate the significance of the 1816 Farmington Quaker Meetinghouse in Farmington, New York, as well as the suitability and feasibility of its inclusion in the National Park System (NPS) as part of the Women's Rights National Historical Park.

Date: 2007-10-10
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Battle of Matewan Study Act - Requires the Secretary of the Interior to complete a special resource study of the sites and resources at Matewan, West Virginia, associated with the Battle of Matewan (the Matewan Massacre) of May 19, 1920, to determine the suitability and feasibility of designating certain historic areas as a unit of the National Park System.

Date: 2007-10-12
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Extends through December 31, 2014, the authority for the Frederick Douglass Gardens, Inc., to establish a memorial and gardens on Department of the Interior lands in the District of Columbia or its environs in honor and commemoration of Frederick Douglass.

Date: 2007-10-23
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Golf Course Preservation and Modernization Act - Requires the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the National Park Service (NPS), to ensure that month-to-month concessions contracts are continued for the operation and maintenance of the Rock Creek, Langston, and East Potomac golf courses until the lease in force for East Potomac expires, at which time the lease entered into pursuant to this Act for the continued operation and maintenance of Rock Creek, Langston, and East Potomac as golf courses commences. Requires that such lease include the three golf courses in one lease agreement, and that they be operated and maintained in a manner that: (1) retains their historic nature; (2) at least two of the courses require fees related to use of the courses to be affordable; (3) may allow fees collected at one course to subsidize the maintenance and operation of at least one of the other courses; and (4) allows for a long-term ground lease on all three courses. Instructs the Secretary to solicit proposals, through a competitive process, to procure such lease. Authorizes the Secretary, after such solicitation, to enter into agreements to procure the lease. Specifies that the request for proposals be solicited in such a manner: (1) to provide that the lease be entered into not later than 180 days after this Act's effective date or not later than 30 days after expiration of the concession contract for East Potomac; and (2) which ensures the participation of disadvantaged business enterprises among the equity partners of the sponsors of the proposals.

Date: 2007-10-31
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Mountaintown National Scenic Area Act of 2007 - Establishes the Mountaintown National Scenic Area in the Chattahoochee National Forest in Georgia. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to develop a management plan for the Scenic Area as an amendment to the land and resource management plan for the Forest.

Date: 2007-11-06
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Smithsonian Modernization Act of 2007 - Revises provisions regarding the composition of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution by providing for the membership of the Regents to be composed of 21 members who shall be appointed by the President from among a list of nominees submitted by the Speaker of the House and the Majority Leader of the Senate. Revises the number of Regents who shall constitute a quorum to do business. Revises requirements for the terms of office for Regents. Permits Regents to be reappointed.

Date: 2007-11-06
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Government operations and politics
Wright Brothers-Dunbar National Historic Park Designation Act - Amends the Dayton Aviation Heritage Preservation Act of 1992 to: (1) rename the Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park as the Wright Brothers-Dunbar National Historic Park; and (2) authorize the Secretary of the Interior to make grants to partners of the Park, including the Aviation Trail, Inc., the Ohio Historical Society, and Dayton History, for projects not requiring federal involvement other than providing financial assistance and which shall be limited to construction and development on non-federal property within the boundaries of the Park for projects that support the purposes of the Park.

Date: 2007-11-15
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Title I: Additional Areas Included In Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park - (Sec. 101) Amends the Dayton Aviation Heritage Preservation Act of 1992 to provide for the acquisition and inclusion of the following additional sites in the Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park: (1) Hawthorn Hill, Oakwood, Ohio; and (2) the Wright Company factory and associated land and buildings, Dayton, Ohio. (Sec. 102) Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to enter into a cooperative agreement with a partner or partners, including the Wright Family Foundation, to operate and provide programming for Hawthorn Hill and charge reasonable fees to defray park operation and programming costs. Title II: Wright Brothers-Dunbar National Historical Park Designation - (Sec. 201) Renames the Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park as the Wright Brothers-Dunbar National Historic Park. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to partners of the park, including the Aviation Trail, Inc., the Ohio Historical Society, and Dayton History, for projects not requiring federal involvement other than providing financial assistance. Limits projects to construction and development on non-federal property within park boundaries. (Sec. 202) Amends Title V of division J of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005 to remove the Neil Armstrong Air & Space Museum, Wapakoneta, Ohio, from inclusion in the boundaries of the the National Aviation Heritage Area.

Date: 2007-11-15
Topic: Public Lands (National Parks)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources