Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse Outstanding Natural Area Act of 2008

To designate the Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse and the surrounding Federal land in the State of Florida as an Outstanding Natural Area and as a unit of the National Landscape Conservation System, and for other purposes.

3/4/2008--Passed House amended. Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse Outstanding Natural Area Act of 2008 - Establishes the Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse Outstanding Natural Area in Palm Beach County, Florida. Withdraws the federal lands and interests in such land included within the Outstanding Natural Area from:
(1) all forms of entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws;
(2) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws, and
(3) operation of the mineral leasing and geothermal leasing laws and the mineral materials laws. Revokes certain Executive Orders and a certain public land order. Directs the Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with the Commandant of the Coast Guard, to:
(1) develop a comprehensive management plan to provide long-term management guidance for the public land in the Outstanding Natural Area; and
(2) ensure that the Outstanding Natural Area fulfills the purposes for which it is established. Requires the Secretary to:
(1) manage the Outstanding Natural Area as part of the National Landscape Conservation System; and
(2) in a manner that conserves, protects, and enhances the unique and nationally important historical, natural, cultural, scientific, educational, scenic, and recreational values of the Outstanding Natural Area, including an emphasis on the restoration of native ecological systems. Authorizes the Secretary to:
(1) enter into cooperative agreements with federal, state, county, other local government agencies, and other partners (including the Loxahatchee River Historical Society) for the long-term management of the Outstanding Natural Area; and
(2) acquire for inclusion in the Outstanding Natural Area any state or private land or any interest in state or private land that is adjacent to the Outstanding Natural Area and identified in the management plan as appropriate for acquisition. Prohibits restrictions on specified law enforcement activities and ongoing and future Coast Guard operations in the Outstanding Natural Area. Authorizes appropriations.

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Sponsor

• Rep. Tim Mahoney [D, FL-16]
• and 2 Co-Sponsors
  • Rep. Alcee Hastings [D, FL-23]
  • Rep. Ron Klein [D, FL-22]
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Committees

• House Transportation and Infrastructure
• 3 more
  • House Transportation and Infrastructure
  • House Natural Resources
  • House Natural Resources
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Amendments

This bill has no amendments.

Amendments to H.R.1922

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Introduced		Voted on by House		Voted on by Senate		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
April 18, 2007		March 04, 2008

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• Jun 11, 2008: Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent.
• May 22, 2008: For Further Action See P.L. 110-229, Title II, Section 202 (S. 2739).
• Added to calendar on Apr 29, 2008: Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 724..
• Added to calendar on Apr 29, 2008: Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 742..
• Mar 05, 2008: Received in the Senate.
• Mar 04, 2008: The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
• Passed by voice vote in the House on Mar 04, 2008. On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
• Mar 04, 2008: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1922.
• Mar 04, 2008: Considered under suspension of the rules.
• Mar 04, 2008: Mr. Rahall moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
• Added to calendar on Mar 03, 2008: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 327..
• Mar 03, 2008: Committee on Transportation discharged.
• Mar 03, 2008: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 110-536, Part I.
• Added to calendar on Feb 13, 2008: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent..
• Feb 13, 2008: Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands Discharged.
• Feb 13, 2008: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
• Oct 23, 2007: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
• Apr 24, 2007: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
• Apr 19, 2007: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
• Apr 18, 2007: Referred to House Transportation and Infrastructure
• Apr 18, 2007: Referred to House Natural Resources
• Apr 18, 2007: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
• Introduced on Apr 18, 2007.

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Related Bills:

• S.1143
• S.2739

Related Issue Areas:

• Restoration ecology
• Public lands
• Coast guard
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• Environmental protection
• Florida
• Historic sites
• History
• Land transfers
• Landscape protection
• Lighthouses and lightships
• Natural areas
• Natural resources
• Transportation

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March 04, 2008 Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse Bill Passes House

After this morning’s Press Conference outside the Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse, Congressman Tim Mahoney (FL-16) is pleased to announce that HR 1922, ...

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May 18, 2008 Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse Outstanding Natural Area Act

On May 9, 2008, President Bush signed “HR 1922 (S. 1143): Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse Outstanding Natural Area Act of 2008” into law. The Act designates 126-acres Outstanding Natural Area which requires the Bureau of Land Management to ...

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