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Alabama Hills National Scenic Area Establishment Act
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Alabama Hills National Scenic Area Establishment Act (Sec. 3) This bill establishes in Inyo County, California, the Alabama Hills National Scenic Area, comprising approximately 18,610 acres of land. The Department of the Interior shall manage the Area as a component of the National Landscape Conservation System. Interior shall allow existing recreational uses of the Area to continue, including hiking, mountain biking, rock climbing, sightseeing, horseback riding, hunting, fishing, and appropriate authorized motorized vehicle use. The use of motorized vehicles in the Area shall be permitted only on: roads and trails designated by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for use of such vehicles as part of a management plan sustaining a semi-primitive motorized experience, or on county-maintained roads. Nothing in this bill creates a protective perimeter or buffer zone around the National Scenic Area. Interior shall continue to provide private landowners with adequate access to inholdings in the Area. Livestock grazing already established in the Area, including grazing under the Alabama Hills and the George Creek allotments, shall continue. The federal land within the area is withdrawn from: (1) entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws; (2) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and (3) disposition under all laws pertaining to mineral and geothermal leasing or mineral materials. Interior may make grants to, or enter into cooperative agreements with, state, tribal, and local governmental and private entities to conduct research, interpretation, or public education or to carry out any other initiative related to the restoration, conservation, or management of the Area. The management plan shall establish plans for maintenance of public utility and other rights of way within the Area. (Sec. 4) Interior shall develop a comprehensive plan for the long-term management of the Area. In developing this plan, Interior shall: consult with appropriate state, tribal, and local governmental entities, including Inyo County and the Lone Pine Paiute-Shoshone Tribe; and seek input from investor-owned utilities (including the Southern California Edison Company), the Alabama Hills Stewardship Group, members of the public, and the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. In developing the management plan, Interior shall allow, in perpetuity, casual-use mining limited to the use of hand tools, metal detectors, hand-fed dry washers, vacuum cleaners, gold pans, small sluices, and similar items. (Sec. 5) Interior shall take approximately 132 acres of federal land into trust for the benefit of the Lone-Pine Paiute-Shoshone Tribe, which shall be considered part of the Tribe's reservation, excluding a specified right-of-way granted to the City of Los Angeles. Gaming shall not be allowed on such trust land. (Sec. 6) The bill transfers administrative jurisdiction of approximately 56 acres of specified federal land from the U.S. Forest Service to the BLM. (Sec. 7) Valid, existing, commercial permits for guided recreational opportunities for the public may continue. (Sec. 8) No additional funds are authorized to carry out the requirements of this bill, which shall be carried out using amounts otherwise authorized.
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2016 · fourth_quarter · Environment/Superfund
Environmental issues related to operations, regional matters, land use issues; HR 2689; HR 496; S. 2568; HR 3153; HR 4615; HR 5467; S. 2902; HR 4371.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $60,000
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2892-2893)
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H2892-2893)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 496.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2892-2894)
Mr. Cook moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 445.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 114-575.
Congress.gov source codes: 5000, H12200
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
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Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · third_quarter · Environment/Superfund
Environmental issues related to operations, regional matters, land use issues; HR 2689; HR 496; S. 2568; HR 3153; HR 4615; HR 5467; S. 2902; HR 4371.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $60,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · second_quarter · Natural Resources
Expressed views in support of S. 414 - California Desert Conservation and Recreation Act of 2015; H.R. 239 - Udall-Eisenhower Arctic Wilderness Act; Blackfoot Clearwater Stewardship Proposal legislation; NW California Mountains and Rivers; Antiquities Act; S. 1423/H.R. 1865 - Central Coast Heritage Act; S. 2341 - a bill to designate a portion of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as wilderness; S. 2991 - Methow Headwaters Protection Act of 2016; H.R. 3565 - California Coastal National Monument Expansion Act; S. 1993 - 21st Century Conservation Service Corps Act of 2015; S. 2902 - Western Water Supply and Planning Enhancement Act of 2016; H.R. 496 - Alabama Hills National Scenic Area Establishment Act; H.R. 4871 - Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area Boundary Adjustment Study Act; 2012 Forest Planning Rule; S. 3049 - Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks Conservation Act; Pecos Wilderness Proposal; Maine Woods National Monument Proposal; Scotchmans Peak proposed wilderness legislation; S. 1167 - Owyhee Wilderness Areas Boundary Modifications Act; S. 1510 - Wild Olympics Wilderness and Wild and Scenic Rivers Act of 2015; S. 1699 - Oregon Wildlands Act; S. 1777 - a bill to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to maintain or replace certain facilities and structures for commercial recreation services at Smith Gulch in Idaho, and for other purposes; and issues related to forestry legislation and the conservation of public lands. Expressed views on H.R. 2316 - Self Sufficient Community Lands Act; H.R. 3650 - State National Forest Management Act of 2015; H.R. 4579/S. 2383 - Utah Test and Training Range Encroachment Prevention and Temporary Closure Act; H.R. 4900 - Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act (PROMESA); H.R. 2647 - Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2015; S. 3014 - Tribal Forestry Protection Act; H.R. 4233 - To eliminate an unused lighthouse reservation, provide management consistency by incorporating the rocks and small islands along the coast of Orange County, into the California Coastal National Monument managed by the Bureau of Land Management, and meet the original Congressional intent of preserving Orange County's rocks and small islands, and for other purposes; S. 3085 - Wildfire Budgeting, Response and Forest Management Act; H.R. 5123 - HERO Benefits Reform Act of 2016; Utah Public Lands Initiative; issues related to the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge and Wilderness area; issues related to the potential transfer of public lands to states; issues regarding national forest legislation; issues related to outdoor recreation and recreational permitting; State-Federal land exchange issues; issues related to the withdrawal of mineral leases in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness; and issues related to mountain bike legislation.
Client expense: $80,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Forest Service
2015 · fourth_quarter · Natural Resources
HR384, Open Book on Equal Justice Act; HR496, Alabama Hills National Scenic Area Establishment Act; HR761,S393, Berryessa Snow Mountain Region a National Monument; HR900,S228, National Monument Designation Transparancy and Accountability Act of 2015; HR910, Vehicle to Vehicle Safety Technology; HR996, National Rockies Ecosystem Protection System; HR1324, "Wedge" bill expands the Arapahoe, National forest Boundry; S237, Geolocation Privacy and Surveillance Act; S405, Increases access to public lands; S472, expands recreational activities in Douglas County, Nevada; Salt Flats Restoration; Sage Grouse listed as an endangered species; HR 1838 Clear Creek National Recreation Area and Conservation Act: HR 1868 California Minerals Off Road Recreation and Conservation Act
Client expense: $254,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Highway Administration (FHA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Natl Park Service (NPS), Natl Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), SENATE, Surface Transportation Board (STB), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Forest Service
2015 · third_quarter · Natural Resources
HR384, Open Book on Equal Justice Act; HR496, Alabama Hills National Scenic Area Establishment Act; HR761,S393, Berryessa Snow Mountain Region a National Monument; HR900,S228, National Monument Designation Transparancy and Accountability Act of 2015; HR910, Vehicle to Vehicle Safety Technology; HR996, National Rockies Ecosystem Protection System; HR1324, "Wedge" bill expands the Arapahoe, National forest Boundry; S237, Geolocation Privacy and Surveillance Act; S405, Increases access to public lands; S472, expands recreational activities in Douglas County, Nevada; Salt Flats Restoration; Sage Grouse listed as an endangered species
Client expense: $254,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Highway Administration (FHA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Natl Park Service (NPS), Natl Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), SENATE, Surface Transportation Board (STB), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Forest Service
2015 · second_quarter · Natural Resources
HR384, Open Book on Equal Justice Act; HR496, Alabama Hills National Scenic Area Establishment Act; HR761,S393, Berryessa Snow Mountain Region a National Monument; HR900,S228, National Monument Designation Transparancy and Accountability Act of 2015; HR910, Vehicle to Vehicle Safety Technology; HR996, National Rockies Ecosystem Protection System; HR1324, "Wedge" bill expands the Arapahoe, National forest Boundry; S237, Geolocation Privacy and Surveillance Act; S405, Increases access to public lands; S472, expands recreational activities in Douglas County, Nevada;
Client expense: $254,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Highway Administration (FHA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Natl Park Service (NPS), Natl Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), SENATE, Surface Transportation Board (STB), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Forest Service
2015 · first_quarter · Natural Resources
Expressed views in support of S. 414 - California Desert Conservation and Recreation Act of 2015; H.R. 845 - National Forest System Trails Stewardship Act; H.R. 3606 (113th) - Emigrant Wilderness Historic Use Preservation Act; H.R. 4685 (113th) Central Coast Heritage Act; NW California Mountains and Rivers, H.R. 496 - Alabama Hills National Scenic Area Establishment Act; S. 755 - Tennessee Wilderness Act; H.R.1138/S.583 - Sawtooth National Recreation Area and Jerry Peak Wilderness Additions Act; H.R. 1176 (113th) - Clear Creek National Recreation Area and Conservation Act; (state bill) H.B. 291 - New Mexico Federal Land Management Study Commission; S.B. 483 NM Federal Land Management Study Commission; S.517 - Secure Rural Schools and Payment in Lieu of Taxes Repair Act; Badger Two Medicine wilderness protection; reintroduction of Organ Mountains Desert Peaks and Cerros del Norte legislation; conservation in Colorados Central Mountain region; conservation of public lands, Antiquities Act, WSA release, watershed protection legislation; Arctic National Wildlife Refuge; Browns Canyon; national forest policy; Advancing Conservation and Education legislation. Expressed views on potential transfer of public lands state legislation, amendments associated with S. 1 - Keystone XL Pipeline Act - S.A. 113 and S.A.18; S. 228 - National Monument Designation Transparency and Accountability Act of 2015; S. 232 -Nevada Land Sovereignty Act of 2015; H.R. 330 - MAST Act; S. 437 - Improved National Monument Designation Process Act; H.R. 488 -To prohibit the further extension or establishment of national monuments in Nevada except by express authorization of Congress; H.R. 900 -National Monument Designation Transparency and Accountability Act of 2015; S.A. 132; S.A. 166; S.A.838; and S.A. 388.
Client expense: $120,000 · Firm income: Not reported
2015 · first_quarter · Natural Resources
HR384, Open Book on Equal Justice Act; HR496, Alabama Hills National Scenic Area Establishment Act; HR761,S393, Berryessa Snow Mountain Region a National Monument; HR900,S228, National Monument Designation Transparancy and Accountability Act of 2015; HR910, Vehicle to Vehicle Safety Technology; HR996, National Rockies Ecosystem Protection System; HR1324, "Wedge" bill expands the Arapahoe, National forest Boundry; S237, Geolocation Privacy and Surveillance Act; S405, Increases access to public lands; S472, expands recreational activities in Douglas County, Nevada;
Client expense: $223,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Highway Administration (FHA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Natl Park Service (NPS), Natl Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), SENATE, Surface Transportation Board (STB), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Forest Service
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs Discharged.
Subcommittee on Federal Lands Discharged.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Introduced in House
Congress.gov source codes: 1000, Intro-H
| Referred to |
| January 22, 2015 |
| January 22, 2015 |
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Forest Service