Open Congress : Major Bill Actions in General public lands matters

Bill Introduced: H.R.1834 21st Century Great Outdoors Commission Act

2013-05-05T20:00:00Z

To establish a bipartisan 21st Century Great Outdoors Commission to assess the use, value, job creation, and economic opportunities associated with the outdoor resources of the public lands and other land and water areas of the United States, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1633 Small Lands Tracts Conveyance Act

2013-04-17T20:00:00Z

To provide for the conveyance of small parcels of National Forest System land and small parcels of public lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management to private landowners, State, county, and local governments, or Indian tribes whose lands share a boundary with the National Forest System land or public lands, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1604 Map It Once, Use It Many Times Act

2013-04-16T20:00:00Z

To establish the National Geospatial Technology Administration within the United States Geological Survey to enhance the use of geospatial data, products, technology, and services, to increase the economy and efficiency of Federal geospatial activities, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1587 Energy Infrastructure Improvement Act

2013-04-15T20:00:00Z

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to issue permits for rights-of-way, temporary easements, or other necessary authorizations to facilitate natural gas, oil, and petroleum product pipelines and related facilities on eligible Federal lands, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1189 American Natural Gas Security and Consumer Protection Act

2013-03-13T20:00:00Z

To amend the Natural Gas Act with respect to the exportation of natural gas, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1190 Keep America's Oil Here Act

2013-03-13T20:00:00Z

To provide that the Secretary of the Interior may accept bids on any new oil and gas leases of Federal lands (including submerged lands) only from bidders certifying that all oil produced pursuant to such leases, and all refined petroleum products produced from such oil, shall be offered for sale only in the United States, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1191 Keep American Natural Gas Here Act

2013-03-13T20:00:00Z

To provide that the Secretary of the Interior may accept bids on any new oil and gas leases of Federal lands (including submerged lands) only from bidders certifying that all natural gas produced pursuant to such leases shall be offered for sale only in the United States, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1068 To enact title 54, United States Code, "National Park Service and Related Programs", as positive law.

2013-03-11T20:00:00Z

To enact title 54, United States Code, "National Park Service and Related Programs", as positive law.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1021 LAND Act

2013-03-05T19:00:00Z

To provide that there shall be no net increase in the acres of certain Federal land under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management, the National Park Service, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, or the Forest Service unless the Federal budget is balanced for the year in which the land would be purchased.

Bill Introduced: S.435 American Oil for American Families Act of 2013

2013-03-03T19:00:00Z

A bill to ban the exportation of crude oil or refined petroleum products derived from Federal land, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.596 Public Lands Renewable Energy Development Act of 2013

2013-02-07T19:00:00Z

To promote the development of renewable energy on public lands, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.533 Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act

2013-02-05T19:00:00Z

To provide authorities for the appropriate conversion of temporary seasonal wildland firefighters and other temporary seasonal employees in Federal land management agencies who perform regularly recurring seasonal work to permanent seasonal positions.

Bill Introduced: H.R.6639 To amend the Wildfire Suppressing Aircraft Transfer Act of 1996 to facilitate inter-agency agreements with the Air National Guard and the Air Force Reserve to secure Defense Support to Civil Authority (DSCA) missions in the initial airborne response to fighting wildfires.

2012-12-04T19:00:00Z

To amend the Wildfire Suppressing Aircraft Transfer Act of 1996 to facilitate inter-agency agreements with the Air National Guard and the Air Force Reserve to secure Defense Support to Civil Authority (DSCA) missions in the initial airborne response to fighting wildfires.

Bill Introduced: H.R.6503 Clean Fuels Innovation Act of 2012

2012-09-20T20:00:00Z

To promote the development of renewable energy on certain Federal land, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.6519 Defend Your Home Against Wildfire Act

2012-09-20T20:00:00Z

To provide an expedited permit process to authorize private landowners to conduct limited vegetation removal activities on National Forest System land or Bureau of Land Management land adjacent to their private property to reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfire that would threaten residential structures on the private property, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: S.3585 Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act

2012-09-19T20:00:00Z

A bill to provide authorities for the appropriate conversion of temporary seasonal wildland firefighters and other temporary seasonal employees in Federal land management agencies who perform regularly recurring seasonal work to permanent seasonal positions.

Bill Introduced: H.R.6306 Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act

2012-08-01T20:00:00Z

Bill Introduced: H.R.6247 Saving Our Dams and New Hydropower Development and Jobs Act of 2012

2012-07-31T20:00:00Z

To protect the Federal Columbia River Power System, Power Marketing Administration customers, and Bureau of Reclamation dams and other facilities and to promote new Federal and other hydropower generation.

Bill Introduced: H.R.6235 Federal Lands Energy Regulatory Certainty Act of 2012

2012-07-30T20:00:00Z

To delay further action on the proposed rule regarding well stimulation on Federal and Indian lands until such date the Secretary of the Interior submits a report examining certain effects of such rule.

Bill Introduced: H.R.6154 To promote the development of renewable energy on public lands, and for other purposes.

2012-07-18T20:00:00Z

To promote the development of renewable energy on public lands, and for other purposes.