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Tenant Rights Restoration Act of 2010 - Amends federal bankruptcy law to prohibit a bankruptcy trustee from selling real estate that is the property of the estate free and clear of an existing leasehold interest unless the lessee is permitted to elect either to: (1) treat such lease as terminated by the sale; or (2) retain its rights in or appurtenant to the real property for the balance of the lease term, including any renewal or extension of such rights, to the extent that they are enforceable under applicable nonbankruptcy law.

Date: 2010-07-30
Topic: Public Lands (Public Lands)
Subject: Finance and financial sector
Tumacacori Highlands Wilderness Act - 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: 2010-09-16
Topic: Public Lands (Public Lands)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Rare Earths and Critical Materials Revitalization Act of 2010 - Title I: Rare Earth Materials - (Sec. 101) Establishes in the Department of Energy (DOE) a research, development, and commercial application program to assure the long-term, secure, and sustainable supply of specified rare earth materials to satisfy the national security, economic well-being, and industrial production needs of the United States. Directs the Secretary of Energy (Secretary) to: (1) support new or significantly improved processes and technologies (as compared to those currently in use in the rare earth materials industry); (2) encourage multidisciplinary collaborations and opportunities for students at institutions of higher education; (3) collaborate with relevant agencies of foreign countries with interests relating to rare earth materials; and (4) submit an implementation plan to Congress. Requires the Secretary to offer to contract with the National Academy of Sciences for an assessment of the program after it has been in operation for four years. (Sec. 102) Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to authorize the Secretary through FY 2015, only to the extent provided in advance in a subsequent appropriations Act, to make loan guarantee commitments for the commercial application of new or significantly improved technologies for specified categories of projects, including: (1) separation and recovery of rare earth materials from ores or other sources; (2) preparation of rare earth materials in oxide, metal, alloy, or other forms needed for national security, economic well-being, or industrial production purposes; and (3) application of rare earth materials in the production of improved magnets, batteries, refrigeration systems, optical systems, electronics, and catalysis, among other uses. Directs the Secretary to cooperate with appropriate private sector participants to achieve a complete rare earth materials production capability in the United States within five years after enactment of this Act. Prohibits the Secretary from awarding a loan guarantee for a project unless the project's proponent provides assurances that the loan or guarantee shall be used to support the separation, recovery, preparation, or manufacturing of rare earth materials in the United States for customers within the United States, unless insufficient domestic demand for such materials results in excess capacity. Title II: National Materials and Minerals Policy, Research, and Development - (Sec. 201) Amends the National Materials and Minerals Policy, Research and Development Act of 1980 to: (1) instruct the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy to coordinate federal materials research and development through the National Science and Technology Council (instead of the Federal Coordinating Council for Science, Engineering, and Technology, which is now defunct); and (2) repeal specified reporting and action requirements for the Secretaries of Defense and of the Interior, respectively. (Sec. 202) Repeals the National Critical Materials Act of 1984.

Date: 2010-09-22
Topic: Public Lands (Public Lands)
Subject: Science, technology, communications
Enacts title 54 of the United States Code into positive law to be entitled "National Park System." Makes conforming changes to existing law and repeals specified provisions of specified laws.

Date: 2010-09-22
Topic: Public Lands (Public Lands)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Requires the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of the sites in Tulsa, Oklahoma, relating to the 1921 Tulsa race riot, including the John Hope Franklin Reconciliation Park, to determine the suitability and feasibility of including those sites as a unit of the National Park System.

Date: 2010-09-23
Topic: Public Lands (Public Lands)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Requires the reinstatement of any balance remaining in the Federal Land Disposal Account as of July 24, 2010, to be made available for expenditure in accordance with the Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act.

Date: 2010-09-23
Topic: Public Lands (Public Lands)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Carson National Forest Boundary Adjustment Act of 2010 - Adjusts the boundary of the Carson National Forest in New Mexico to incorporate approximately 4,990 acres of land identified as the Miranda Canyon Boundary on the map entitled "Carson National Forest Boundary Adjustment" and dated September 21, 2010.

Date: 2010-09-23
Topic: Public Lands (Public Lands)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Kantishna Hills Renewable Energy Act of 2010 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to issue permits for a specified microhydro project in nonwilderness areas within the Denali National Park and Preserve in Alaska. Defines "microhydro project" as a hydroelectric power generating facility with a maximum power generation capability of less than 100 kilowatts and includes any distribution or transmission line required to serve the Kantishna Hills area. Directs the Secretary to exchange approximately 18 acres of identified land within the boundary of the Park and Preserve for approximately 18 acres of land owned by Doyon Tourism, Inc. Requires the land acquired by the Secretary to be administered as part of the Park and Preserve.

Date: 2010-09-28
Topic: Public Lands (Public Lands)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Eagle and Summit County Wilderness Preservation Act - Amends the Colorado Wilderness Act of 1993 to designate certain lands in Colorado in the White River National Forest and certain public lands administered by Colorado River Valley Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) as wilderness and as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System (NWPS). Releases the portions of the Castle Peak and Bull Gulch wilderness study areas that are not designated as wilderness by this Act from further study for designation as wilderness. Designates certain BLM administered lands and certain lands in the White River National Forest as the Red Table Mountain, Pisgah Mountain, and Castle Peak Areas. Provides for the eventual designation of the Castle Peak and Pisgah Mountain Areas as the Castle Peak Wilderness and Pisgah Mountain Wilderness, respectively, upon publication of a notice in the Federal Register that such areas are no longer needed by the Colorado Army National Guard for helicopter training, testing, or evaluation. Designates certain federal lands in the White River National Forest as: (1) the Tenmile and Hoosier Ridge Special Management Areas; and (2) the Porcupine Gulch Protection Area.

Date: 2010-09-29
Topic: Public Lands (Public Lands)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Communication and Alert Maintenance Program for Early Response Act of 2010 or CAMPER Act of 2010 - Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to: (1) provide technical assistance to a state or local government to develop and implement an emergency notification system to warn persons using public recreational lands administered by such government of emergency situations; and (2) make grants to state and local governments to procure and install such systems. Limits a grant to $100,000. Requires a recipient to match not less than 5% of the federal funds provided. Authorizes the Secretary to establish conditions under which the cost-sharing requirement may be reduced or waived. Directs the Secretary to report to specified congressional committees for each fiscal year such assistance is provided on: (1) the state of preparedness of state park and recreation departments to provide adequate emergency notification; and (2) recommendations for appropriate additional legislative action.

Date: 2010-09-29
Topic: Public Lands (Public Lands)
Subject: Emergency management
Uranium Mining Modernization Act - Amends the Mineral Leasing Act to: (1) withdraw all fedral lands permanently from location and entry for uranium; and (2) prescribe a uranium leasing program for such lands.

Date: 2010-09-29
Topic: Public Lands (Public Lands)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Transportation Infrastructure Improvements on Federal Lands Act of 2010 - Makes eligible for federal-aid highway assistance preventive maintenance activities on federal lands highways the appropriate federal land management agency demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) are a cost-effective means of extending the useful life of such a highway. Authorizes the use of Federal Lands Highway Program funds for: (1) trails used primarily for transportation; and (2) maintenance of highways, roads, parkways, and trails used primarily for transportation located on public lands, national parks, and Indian reservations, provided such maintenance will improve the asset management of such facilities. Sets the federal share of the cost of a high priority project located on public lands or an Indian reservation, or in a national park or wildlife refuge, at 100%. Makes eligible for federal-aid highway assistance any projects in the vicinity of a federally owned or managed park, refuge, or recreational area open to the general public (Paul S. Sarbanes Transit in Parks Program) that: (1) are part of an alternative transportation program in which implementation is expected to last more than one year; or (2) involve capital investment grants financing operating costs of fixed guideway projects and systems, buses and related equipment, and bus-related facilities for which capital investment grant assistance has been provided. Earmarks 60% of funds made available to the Paul S. Sarbanes Transit in Parks Program each fiscal year for qualified alternative transportation projects in national parks.

Date: 2010-12-17
Topic: Public Lands (Public Lands)
Subject: Transportation and public works
Fossil Creek Wild and Scenic River Act - Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate specified segments of Fossil Creek, a tributary to the Verde River in Arizona, as components of the national wild and scenic rivers system, to be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture.

Date: 2009-01-06
Topic: Public Lands (Public Lands)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
North Country National Scenic Trail Willing Seller Act - Amends the National Trails System Act to bar the acquisition by the federal government of any land or interest in land outside the exterior boundaries of any federally administered area for the North Country National Scenic Trail except with the owner's consent.

Date: 2009-01-06
Topic: Public Lands (Public Lands)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Abandoned Mine Reclamation Act of 2009 - Applies this Act to any mining claim, millsite claim, or tunnel site claim: (1) located under the general mining laws; or (2) used for beneficiation or mineral processing activities, regardless of whether legal and beneficial title to the mineral is held by the United States.Subjects production of locatable minerals from any mining claim, including mineral concentrates or products derived from such minerals, to a royalty of 8% of the gross income from mining.Imposes a 4% royalty upon federal lands subject to an existing operations permit and producing valuable locatable minerals in commercial quantities.Establishes a civil penalty for failure to comply with royalty requirements, including underreporting. Requires a hardrock mining claim maintenance fee and a location fee for each unpatented mining claim, mill, or tunnel site on federally owned lands, whether located before, on, or after enactment of this Act.Establishes a fee for transfer of ownership of an unpatented mining claim, mill, or tunnel site.Requires each operator of a hardrock minerals mining operation to pay a reclamation fee of 0.3 % of the gross income of the hardrock minerals mining operation for each calendar year.Establishes the Abandoned Mine Cleanup Fund for reclamation and restoration of land and water resources adversely affected by past mineral activities on certain federal lands. Requires deposit in the Fund of all royalties, fees, and civil penalties.

Date: 2009-01-06
Topic: Public Lands (Public Lands)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
San Joaquin River Restoration Settlement Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior (the Secretary), in cooperation with the state of California, to implement the Stipulation of Settlement dated September 13, 2006, in Natural Resources Defense Council, et al. v. Kirk Rodgers, et al., United States District Court, Eastern District of California. Directs the Secretary to: (1) enter into agreements with California to facilitate or expedite Settlement implementation; and (2) identify impacts of facilities construction or operation decisions and measures to mitigate such impacts on adjacent and downstream water users and landowners before implementing such decisions. Provides that Settlement implementation and the reintroduction of Chinook salmon shall not result in the involuntary reduction in contract water allocations to Central Valley Project long-term contractors other than Friant Division contractors.Requires the Secretary to prepare an environmental analysis prior to releasing Interim Flows. Authorizes the Secretary to release such flows to the extent that they would not impede or delay completion of specified measures in the Settlement or exceed existing downstream channel capacities.Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) purchase property needed to implement the Settlement; and (2) dispose of such property and deposit proceeds into the San Joaquin River Restoration Fund established in the Treasury.Declares that the Settlement satisfies and discharges the Secretary's obligations under the Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1992. Provides for the reintroduction of California Central Valley Spring Run Chinook salmon into the San Joaquin River. Directs the Secretary, acting through the Bureau of Reclamation, to provide direct financial assistance to the California Water Institute to study coordination and integration of sub-regional integrated regional water management plans into a unified plan. Directs the Secretary to conduct feasibility studies on: (1) restoration of the capacity of the Friant-Kern Canal and Madera Canal; and (2) reverse flow pump-back facilities on the Friant-Kern Canal. Authorizes the Secretary to provide financial assistance to local agencies within the Central Valley Project for facilities to bank water underground or to recharge groundwater and to recover such water.

Date: 2009-01-06
Topic: Public Lands (Public Lands)
Subject: Water resources development
Jackson Gulch Rehabilitation Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Commissioner of Reclamation: (1) to pay the federal share of the cost of carrying out the Jackson Gulch rehabilitation project in Colorado, subject to a reimbursement requirement; and (2) in preparing any studies related to the project, to use existing studies to the maximum extent possible, including engineering and resource information provided by, or at the direction of, federal, state, or local agencies and the Mancos Water Conservancy District.Requires the Secretary to recover from the District, as reimbursable expenses, the lesser of 35% of the project's cost or $2.9 million over a 15-year period, without interest. Directs the Secretary to credit the District for any amounts it paid before this Act's enactment for engineering work and improvements.Makes the District responsible for the operation and maintenance of any facility constructed or rehabilitated under this Act. Shields the United States from liability for damages arising out of any act, omission, or occurrence relating to a facility rehabilitated or constructed under this Act. Provides that an activity provided federal funding under this Act shall not be considered a supplemental or additional benefit under the reclamation laws or under the Act of August 11, 1939.

Date: 2009-01-08
Topic: Public Lands (Public Lands)
Subject: Water resources development
Colorado Northern Front Range Mountain Backdrop Protection Study Act - Requires the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service, to conduct a study of the land within the study area (certain lands in southern Boulder, northern Jefferson, and northern Gilpin Counties, Colorado) and complete a report: (1) identifying the present ownership of the land within the study area; (2) identifying any undeveloped land that may be at risk of development; and (3) describing any actions that could be taken to preserve the open and undeveloped character of the land within the study area.

Date: 2009-01-08
Topic: Public Lands (Public Lands)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
National Trails System Willing Seller Act - Amends the National Trails System Act (the Act) to: (1) prohibit the federal acquisition of lands outside the exterior boundaries of any federally administered area, except with the owner's consent, for the Oregon, Mormon Pioneer, Lewis and Clark, Iditarod, 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 such national historic trails and the Continental Divide National Scenic Trail.

Date: 2009-01-08
Topic: Public Lands (Public Lands)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness and Indian Peaks Wilderness Expansion Act - Designates certain lands in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, as the Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness (the Wilderness) and as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System. Provides for the inclusion of specified potential wilderness land within the Park in such Wilderness. Sets forth provisions: (1) governing continued operations at the Grand River Ditch; and (2) concerning water rights and permitted and prohibited activities within such Wilderness. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish an alignment line and identify the boundaries for the East Shore Trail within the East Shore Trail Area. Authorizes necessary adjustments in such boundaries, except any that would place any portion of the Trail in such Wilderness. Includes any portion of such Area that is not traversed by the Trail, that is not west of the Trail, and that is not within 50 feet of the centerline of the Trail in such Wilderness. Amends the Indian Peaks Wilderness Area, the Arapaho National Recreation Area and the Oregon Islands Wilderness Area Act to adjust the boundaries of: (1) the Indian Peaks Wilderness Area; and (2) the Arapaho National Recreation Area. Applies provisions governing leases of National Park System buildings and property to property known as the Leiffer tract near the Park's eastern boundary in Larimer County, Colorado.

Date: 2009-01-08
Topic: Public Lands (Public Lands)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Utah Public Land Conveyance Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to convey to Park City, Utah, two parcels of land known as the White Acre and Gamble Acre parcels. Requires the Secretary to conduct sales of the federal land identified as parcels 17 and 18. Provides for the disposition of the proceeds from such land sales.

Date: 2009-01-13
Topic: Public Lands (Public Lands)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Directs the Secretary of the Interior, if Turnabout Ranch of Escalante, Utah, submits an offer to the Secretary to acquire specified federal land for the appraised value, to convey to the Ranch all right, title, and interest to such land. Requires Turnabout Ranch to pay: (1) to the Secretary an amount equal to the appraised value of the federal land; and (2) any costs of the conveyance of such land. Modifies the boundaries of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Utah to exclude the federal land conveyed to Turnabout Ranch when the conveyance is completed.

Date: 2009-01-13
Topic: Public Lands (Public Lands)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Amends the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966 to designate a portion of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) in Alaska as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System under the Wilderness Act.

Date: 2009-01-14
Topic: Public Lands (Public Lands)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Backcountry Landing Strip Access Act - Prohibits the Secretaries of the Interior or Agriculture from taking any action that would permanently close, restrict, or render or declare unserviceable any aircraft landing strip located on land under their jurisdiction unless: (1) the action has been approved by the head of the aviation department of the state in which the landing strip is located; (2) the Secretary publishes notice of the proposed action and provides for a 90-day public comment thereafter; and (3) the Secretary and appropriate state aviation department head have taken into consideration any comments received. Requires the Secretaries to: (1) establish a nationwide policy for governing backcountry aviation issues relating to the management of federal land under the jurisdiction of the Departments of the Interior and Agriculture; and (2) require officials with jurisdiction over such land to adhere to such policy. Requires private and publicly-owned aircraft land strips acquired by the government to be made available to the public for unrestricted use.

Date: 2009-02-23
Topic: Public Lands (Public Lands)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Provides for the conveyance of certain Bureau of Land Management (BLM) land in Nevada to the Nevada Speedway, LLC. Requires: (1) Nevada Speedway, LLC, to pay to the Secretary of the Interior the appraised value of such land; and (2) any costs of the conveyance to be paid by Nevada Speedway, LLC.

Date: 2009-03-02
Topic: Public Lands (Public Lands)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
North Country National Scenic Trail Route Adjustment Act of 2010 - Amends the National Trails System Act to add certain existing hiking trails along Lake Superior's north shore and in Superior National Forest and Chippewa National Forest to the North Country National Scenic Trail in northeastern Minnesota.

Date: 2009-03-09
Topic: Public Lands (Public Lands)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Sugar Loaf Fire Protection District Land Exchange Act of 2009 - Requires the Secretary of Agriculture, if the Sugar Loaf Fire Protection District of Boulder, Colorado, offers to convey specified non-federal land in unincorporated Boulder County and the offer is acceptable to the Secretary, to accept the offer and, on receipt of acceptable title in and to the non-federal land, to convey federal land in the Arapaho-Roosevelt National Forests in Colorado. Makes provisions relating to the exchange of public lands and interests within the National Forest System under the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 applicable to the land exchange authorized by this Act, except that: (1) the Secretary may accept a cash equalization payment in excess of 25% of value of the federal land; and (2) as a condition of the exchange, the District shall pay costs related to land surveys and appraisals of the federal and non-federal land and enter into an agreement with the Secretary that allocates any other administrative costs between the Secretary and the District. Expresses the intent of Congress that the land exchange be completed within one year after enactment of this Act. Allows the Secretary to offer to sell the federal land to the District if the exchange is not completed by that deadline. Permits the Secretary to offer the federal land for sale to the District for its fair market value. Requires amounts received as a result of any cash equalization payment and any sale of the federal land carried out pursuant to this Act to be available for the acquisition of land or interests in the Arapaho-Roosevelt National Forests. Requires the acquired non-federal land to become part of the Arapaho-Roosevelt National Forests. Revokes any public orders withdrawing the federal land from entry and appropriation under the public land laws to the extent necessary to permit conveyance of the federal land to the District. Withdraws the federal land, unless it is already withdrawn or segregated from entry and appropriation under such laws, including the mining and mineral leasing laws and the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970, until it is conveyed to the District.

Date: 2009-03-10
Topic: Public Lands (Public Lands)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Federal Land Assistance, Management and Enhancement Act or FLAME Act - Establishes in the Treasury the Federal Land Assistance, Management, and Enhancement Fund (Flame Fund). Requires amounts in the Flame Fund to be made available to the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture (the Secretaries) to pay the costs of catastrophic emergency wildland fire suppression activities that are separate from amounts annually appropriated for the predicted annual workload for such activities. Makes amounts in the Flame Fund available to the Secretaries only after such Secretaries issue a declaration that a wildland fire suppression activity is eligible for funding through the Fund. Directs such Secretaries to establish an accounting and reporting system for the Flame Fund.Requires such Secretaries to: (1) report annually to Congress on the use of the funds from the Flame Fund, together with recommendations to improve administrative control and oversight of the Fund; and (2) submit a report to Congress that contains a cohesive wildland fire management strategy, consistent with the recommendations of Comptroller General reports. Requires the Secretaries to conduct a review of wildfires for which expenses exceeding $10 million were incurred. Authorizes the Secretaries to make grants to fire-ready communities, as defined by this Act, to carry out activities to reduce risks from wildfires.

Date: 2009-03-10
Topic: Public Lands (Public Lands)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Utah Recreational Land Exchange Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to convey specified federal land in Grand, San Juan, and Uintah Counties, Utah, to the state of Utah in exchange for specified non-federal land in such counties. Requires the conveyance to be in three phases. Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) land valuation, appraisal, and equalization; and (2) land administration, including water rights, hazardous materials, oil shale resources, mineral leasing, and revenues. Requires the conveyance of certain federal land to be subject to a 1,000-foot wide scenic easement and a 200-foot wide road of right-of-way previously granted to the National Park Service (NPS) for the Dinosaur National Monument.

Date: 2009-03-10
Topic: Public Lands (Public Lands)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Ski Area Recreational Opportunity Enhancement Act of 2010 - Amends the National Forest Ski Area Permit Act of 1986 to require the term and acreage of permits for the operation of ski areas and associated facilities (under current law, for the operation of nordic and alpine ski areas and facilities) on National Forest System lands to be governed by provisions under the Act relating to such permits and other applicable law. Provides for the issuance of permits for the use and occupancy of suitable lands within the National Forest System for skiing and other snow-sports and recreational uses authorized pursuant to this Act. Requires each authorized activity and facility other than skiing and other snow-sports to: (1) encourage outdoor recreation and enjoyment of nature; (2) harmonize with the natural environment of the National Forest System land on which it is located; (3) be located within the developed portions of the ski area; and (4) be authorized in accordance with the applicable land and resource management plan and applicable laws. Specifies the activities and facilities that may be allowed or that are not allowed under a ski area permit issued pursuant to this Act. Prohibits the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) from authorizing any activity or facility under this Act if its authorization would result in the primary recreational purpose of the National Forest System land with a ski area permit being a purpose other than skiing and other snow-sports. Bars the Secretary from considering the acreage necessary for authorized activities and facilities in determining the acreage encompassed by a ski area permit. Requires the Secretary to promulgate new regulations for the implementation of this Act.

Date: 2009-03-17
Topic: Public Lands (Public Lands)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Lower Mississippi River National Historic Site Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, through the Director of the National Park Service (NPS), to complete a special resource study that evaluates the national significance of the Lower Mississippi River area in Louisiana and the suitability and feasibility of designating such area as a unit of the National Park System, which shall be known as the "Lower Mississippi River National Park."

Date: 2009-03-17
Topic: Public Lands (Public Lands)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Federal Land Restoration, Enhancement, Public Education, and Information Resources Act or Federal Land REPAIR Act - Amends the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, the National Park Service Organic Act, the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966, and federal law relating to National Forest System lands to make available for certain restoration and public informational activities on federal land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture any amounts received from fines or any amounts received from collateral payments in lieu of appearance for violations of rules and regulations applicable to such land. Transfers any excess funds to the Crime Victims Fund established under the Victims of Crime Act of 1984.

Date: 2009-03-26
Topic: Public Lands (Public Lands)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Alpine Lakes Wilderness Additions and Pratt and Middle Fork Snoqualmie Rivers Protection Act - Designates as wilderness and as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System and considers as part of the Alpine Lakes Wilderness certain federal land in the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest in the state of Washington that is within the proposed Alpine Lakes Wilderness Additions Boundary. Makes any land or interests within the proposed boundary acquired by the United States part of the Wilderness. Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate the Middle Fork Snoqualmie and Pratt Rivers in the state of Washington as scenic and/or wild rivers.

Date: 2009-03-26
Topic: Public Lands (Public Lands)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Clean Ocean and Safe Tourism Anti-Drilling Act or COAST Anti-Drilling Act - Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA) to prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from issuing a lease for the exploration, development, or production of oil, natural gas, or any other mineral in either the Mid-Atlantic or the North Atlantic planning areas.

Date: 2009-04-02
Topic: Public Lands (Public Lands)
Subject: Energy
Southeast Alaska Timber Industry Retooling and Restructuring Act - Establishes a two-year grant program for retooling projects that are designed to facilitate the economic adjustment of specified timber entities by allowing them to: (1) improve or alter their business and practices to become more competitive within the timber industry; or (2) shift to a type of business that is not related to the timber industry. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to provide grants under such program to any entity that operated in the timber industry in Alaska on January 1, 2009, that, prior to such date, operated in Alaska for not less than 10 years. Sets forth provisions concerning eligible uses of grant funding. Treats a grant recipient as a small business concern owned or controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals (as that term is defined in the Small Business Act) for three years after the grant was approved.

Date: 2009-04-02
Topic: Public Lands (Public Lands)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Hardrock Mining and Reclamation Act of 2009 - Prohibits the issuance of a federal patent for any mining claim, millsite, or tunnel site (claim or site) unless the Secretary of the Interior determines that: (1) a patent application was filed by September 30, 1994; and (2) all application requirements were fully complied with by such date. Prescribes a mandatory claim maintenance fee and location fee for each claim or site. States that failure to perform assessment work, pay a mandatory maintenance or location fee, or file timely notice of location shall: (1) conclusively constitute forfeiture; and (2) make the claim or site null and void. Subjects production of locatable minerals from any mining claim to a royalty of between 2 % and 5% of the value of the production, not including reasonable transportation, beneficiation, and processing costs. Authorizes the Secretary to grant royalty relief. Directs the Secretary to establish a comprehensive inspection, collection, fiscal, and production accounting and auditing system to: (1) determine accurately any royalties, interest, fines, penalties, fees, deposits, and other payments owed; and (2) collect and account for such payments in a timely manner. Requires a permit to engage in the following activities on federal land: (1) mineral activities that would disturb surface resources, including land, air, water, and fish and wildlife; and (2) exploration and mineral activities that involve more than casual use of the land. Prescribes requirements for mining permits. Requires an operator to give the Secretary specified financial assurances before beginning any mineral activities requiring an exploration or mining permit in order to ensure reclamation and restoration of any land or water adversely affected by the activities. Establishes the Hardrock Minerals Reclamation Fund for the reclamation and restoration of land and water resources adversely affected by past hardrock minerals and mining and related activities in abandoned hardrock mine states, and on Indian land located within the exterior boundaries of abandoned hardrock mine states. Subjects each operator of a hardrock minerals mining operation to an abandoned mine land reclamation fee.

Date: 2009-04-02
Topic: Public Lands (Public Lands)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an Indian tribe, in the case of a facility that uses a renewable energy resource to produce electricity in which such tribe has an ownership interest in the gross sales from such facility, to assign to any other person who has such an ownership interest any portion of the production from the facility that would, but for this Act, be allocated to such tribe for purposes of the renewable electricity production credit.

Date: 2009-04-02
Topic: Public Lands (Public Lands)
Subject: Taxation
Directs the Secretary of the Interior, if after the completion of the appraisal required by this Act, the Mount Olivet Cemetery Association of Salt Lake City, Utah, submits an offer to acquire the federal reversionary interest in all or some portion, of the approximately 60 acres of land in Salt Lake City conveyed to the Association under the Act of January 23, 1909, to convey to the Association such reversionary interest in the lands covered by the offer. Requires the completion of such conveyance within 30 days of the date of such offer.

Date: 2009-04-22
Topic: Public Lands (Public Lands)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 to include the projects for navigation at Northeast Harbor and Tenants Harbor, Maine, among those projects that are deauthorized by such Act (currently, those projects are included among projects that are deauthorized except with respect to any portion completed before, or under construction on, the date of enactment of such Act).

Date: 2009-05-11
Topic: Public Lands (Public Lands)
Subject: Water resources development
National Park Service and Northwestern State University Collections Conservation Center Act - Amends the Cane River Creole National Historical Park and National Heritage Area Act (the Act) to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to enter into an agreement with Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, Louisiana, to construct a facility on land owned by the University to be used for: (1) housing the museum collection of the Historical Park; (2) providing additional space for use by the National Center for Preservation Technology and Training; and (3) providing space to the University for educational purposes related to the Williamson Museum collection if the University pays an appropriate rental fee to the National Park Service (NPS), as determined in such agreement. Requires the proceeds from the rental fees collected pursuant to this Act to be made available for the Historical Park. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into a lease for a term of not more than 40-years with the University if the land made available is leased to the Secretary at a nominal cost.

Date: 2009-05-11
Topic: Public Lands (Public Lands)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Good Neighbor Forestry Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to enter into cooperative agreements and contracts with state foresters to provide the forest, rangeland, and watershed restoration and protection services as specified below on National Forest System and Bureau of Land Management lands. Requires that such authorized services include: (1) activities to treat insect infected trees; (2) activities to reduce hazardous fuels; and (3) any other activities to restore or improve forest, rangeland, and watershed health, including fish and wildlife habitat. Permits state foresters to enter into subcontracts to provide the restoration and protection services authorized under this Act.

Date: 2009-05-21
Topic: Public Lands (Public Lands)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Disability Data Modernization Act - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to include the Katz basic activities of daily living scale and the Lawton-Brody instrumental activities of daily living scale in any questionnaire used in the decennial census and the American Community Survey.

Date: 2009-05-21
Topic: Public Lands (Public Lands)
Subject: Government operations and politics
La Pine Land Conveyance Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), to convey to the city of La Pine, Oregon, or county of Deschutes, Oregon, without consideration, all interest of the United States in specified parcels of BLM-managed land in the Prineville District for use: (1) by the county for outdoor recreation, open space, or public parks, including a rodeo ground, and a public sewer system; and (2) by the city for a public library, public park, or open space. Requires the County to pay all associated survey and administrative costs. Requires the conveyed lands to revert to the United States if such lands cease being used for the public purposes for which such lands were conveyed.

Date: 2009-05-21
Topic: Public Lands (Public Lands)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Pine River Indian Irrigation Project Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to study the irrigation infrastructure of the Pine River Indian Irrigation Project, Colorado, and develop a list of activities that are recommended to be implemented over a 10-year period to repair, rehabilitate, or reconstruct that infrastructure. Requires the Secretary to prioritize activities based on: (1) a review of specified priority factors (i.e., threats to health and safety; the extent of disrepair and its effect on the ability of Project users to irrigate agricultural land; the extent to which infrastructure repair would provide an opportunity to conserve water; the economic and cultural impacts the disrepair has, and benefits the repair would have, on the Tribe; the opportunity to address water supply or environmental conflicts through repair; and overall benefits of the activity to efficient water operations on the land of the Tribe); (2) recommendations of the Tribe; and (3) a consideration of projected benefits on Project completion. Authorizes the Secretary to provide grants to, and enter into cooperative agreements with, the Tribe to repair, rehabilitate, reconstruct, or replace the Project's irrigation infrastructure. Prohibits such assistance from being used for on-farm improvements. Requires the Secretary, in providing assistance, to coordinate the activity with any work being conducted under the irrigation operations and maintenance program of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA). Caps the federal share of the total cost at 75%, subject to a waiver or limitation on the nonfederal share, at the Tribe's request.

Date: 2009-06-15
Topic: Public Lands (Public Lands)
Subject: Native Americans
Lower Rogue Wild and Scenic Rivers Act of 2009 - Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to add specified segments of creeks to the designation of the Rogue River in Oregon as a component of the national wild and scenic rivers system.

Date: 2009-06-16
Topic: Public Lands (Public Lands)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Instructs the Secretary of the Interior to modify a land grant patent issued to the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society, Chippewa County, Michigan.

Date: 2009-06-25
Topic: Public Lands (Public Lands)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Fair Compensation Act of 2009 - Confers upon the U.S. Court of Federal Claims jurisdiction to hear, determine, and render final judgment on any legal or equitable claim against the United States to receive just compensation for the taking of certain lands in the state of Missouri by reason of the decision and notice of interim trail use or abandonment authorized by the National Trails System Act and decided by the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) on March 25, 1992.

Date: 2009-07-08
Topic: Public Lands (Public Lands)
Subject: Law
Leadville Mine Drainage Tunnel Remediation Act of 2009 - Amends the Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1992 to require the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) take steps to repair or maintain the structural integrity of the Leadville Mine Drainage Tunnel in Colorado, to prevent Tunnel failure and preclude uncontrolled release of water from any portion of the Tunnel; and (2) participate in the implementation of the operable unit 6 remedy for the California Gulch Superfund Site, as described in the 2003 Record of Decision of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for such unit.

Date: 2009-07-08
Topic: Public Lands (Public Lands)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Public Lands Service Corps Act of 2009 - Amends the Public Lands Corps Act of 1993 to rename the Public Lands Corps as the Public Lands Service Corps (the Corps). Creates a grant program for the establishment of Indian Youth Service Corps so that Indian youth can carry out projects determined to be priorities by their tribes and communities. Permits Corps participants to work in the National Marine Sanctuary System, coral reefs, and other coastal, estuarine, and marine habitats, and other lands and facilities administered by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Requires the: (1) establishment of offices within the Department of the Interior, Forest Service, and NOAA for the coordination of Corps activities; and (2) designation of a Corps coordinator for each agency within the Departments of the Interior, Agriculture, and Commerce that administers such activities. Establishes an Indian Youth Service Corps liaison to: (1) provide outreach to tribes about contracts and grants for establishing Corps programs on Indian lands; and (2) coordinate with the tribal liaison of the Corporation for National and Community Service in establishing Corps opportunities on those lands. Requires the Corps to consist of individuals between the ages of 16 and 25 who are enrolled as participants for a period of not more than two years. (Current law does not specify any time period for enrollment.) Requires a recruitment program and training program for Corps members. Describes the types of natural and cultural resources conservation projects that may be carried out by the Corps or any qualified youth or conservation corps on eligible service lands. Sets forth requirements regarding the use of Corps members to provide certain visitor and interpretation services. Authorizes the Secretaries to: (1) establish residential conservation centers; (2) provide temporary housing for the Corps and residential conservation centers; (3) as an appropriate natural and cultural resources conservation project, direct Corps participants to aid in the construction of residential conservation center facilities, including housing; (4) seek the assistance of the Secretary of Energy in identifying and using green building technologies and modular housing designs that may be adapted for such facilities; and (5) recruit mentors for Corps participants. Authorizes individual placements of consulting interns with federal land, coastal, and ocean management agencies to carry out management analysis. Authorizes cooperative agreements and competitive grants for tribes and tribally authorized organizations to establish Indian Youth Service Corps. Requires the issuance of management guidelines for programs of the Corps.

Date: 2009-07-10
Topic: Public Lands (Public Lands)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Bureau of Reclamation Fish Recovery Programs Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Extends through FY2023 (under current law, FY2011) the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to use power revenues collected pursuant to the Colorado River Storage Project Act for annual base funding for implementation of the endangered fish recovery implementation programs for the Upper Colorado and San Juan River Basins.

Date: 2009-07-14
Topic: Public Lands (Public Lands)
Subject: Animals