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<p><span class="fck_mw_template">{{Economic Policy (U.S.)|congress=110|bill=s2739}}</span> </p><p>The <b>Consolidated Natural Resources Act of 2008</b> (S. 2739) was a bill in the <a _fcknotitle="true" href="110th Congress">110th Congress</a> "to authorize certain programs and activities in the Department of the Interior, the Forest Service, and the Department of Energy, to implement further the Act approving the Covenant to Establish a Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in Political Union with the United States of America, to amend the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003, and for other purposes." (Official title.)<ref name="ProjectVoteSmart info">Project Vote Smart's info page on <a href="http://www.votesmart.org/issue_keyvote_detail.php?cs_id=18948">Consolidated Natural Resources Act of 2008 (S. 2739)</a>.</ref> </p><p><usbillinfo bill="S.2739" congress="110" /> </p><p><span class="fck_mw_template">{{Article summary|fckLRfckLR*Establishes a 106,000 acre wilderness preservation known as the &quot;Wild Sky Wilderness&quot; in the state of Washington (Sec. 101).&lt;ref name=&quot;ProjectVoteSmart info&quot;&gt;Project Vote Smart's info page on [http://www.votesmart.org/issue_keyvote_detail.php?cs_id=18948 Consolidated Natural Resources Act of 2008 (S. 2739)].&lt;/ref&gt; fckLRfckLR*Applies United States immigration laws and immigration-related labor laws to the Northern Mariana Islands (Sec. 702).&lt;ref name=&quot;ProjectVoteSmart info&quot;&gt;Project Vote Smart's info page on [http://www.votesmart.org/issue_keyvote_detail.php?cs_id=18948 Consolidated Natural Resources Act of 2008 (S. 2739)].&lt;/ref&gt; fckLRfckLR*Establishes a commission to study the possible creation of a National Museum of the American Latino (Sec. 333).&lt;ref name=&quot;ProjectVoteSmart info&quot;&gt;Project Vote Smart's info page on [http://www.votesmart.org/issue_keyvote_detail.php?cs_id=18948 Consolidated Natural Resources Act of 2008 (S. 2739)].&lt;/ref&gt; fckLRfckLR*Creates the Abraham Lincoln National Heritage Area in Illinois (Sec. 443).&lt;ref name=&quot;ProjectVoteSmart info&quot;&gt;Project Vote Smart's info page on [http://www.votesmart.org/issue_keyvote_detail.php?cs_id=18948 Consolidated Natural Resources Act of 2008 (S. 2739)].&lt;/ref&gt; fckLRfckLR*Creates the Niagara Falls National Heritage Area in New York (Sec. 423).&lt;ref name=&quot;ProjectVoteSmart info&quot;&gt;Project Vote Smart's info page on [http://www.votesmart.org/issue_keyvote_detail.php?cs_id=18948 Consolidated Natural Resources Act of 2008 (S. 2739)].&lt;/ref&gt; fckLRfckLR*Provides the Northern Mariana Islands with a non-voting delegate in the United States House of Representatives (Sec. 711).&lt;ref name=&quot;ProjectVoteSmart info&quot;&gt;Project Vote Smart's info page on [http://www.votesmart.org/issue_keyvote_detail.php?cs_id=18948 Consolidated Natural Resources Act of 2008 (S. 2739)].&lt;/ref&gt; fckLRfckLR*Increases the powers of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission, which is charged with establishing a permanent memorial for Former President Eisenhower (Sec. 332).&lt;ref name=&quot;ProjectVoteSmart info&quot;&gt;Project Vote Smart's info page on [http://www.votesmart.org/issue_keyvote_detail.php?cs_id=18948 Consolidated Natural Resources Act of 2008 (S. 2739)].&lt;/ref&gt; fckLRfckLR*Expands the Minidoka Internment National Monument in Idaho to include the Bainbridge Island Japanese American Memorial site in Baingridge, Washington (Sec. 313).&lt;ref name=&quot;ProjectVoteSmart info&quot;&gt;Project Vote Smart's info page on [http://www.votesmart.org/issue_keyvote_detail.php?cs_id=18948 Consolidated Natural Resources Act of 2008 (S. 2739)].&lt;/ref&gt; }}</span> </p> <h2> Key votes </h2> <p>Before passage, Sen. <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Tom Coburn">Tom Coburn</a> (R-Okla.) proposed an amendment "to require the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to determine on an annual basis the quantity of land that is owned by the Federal Government and the cost to taxpayers of the ownership of the land."<ref>OpenCongress info page on <a href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s2739/show">S. 2739</a></ref> The amendment failed to pass. </p><p><usvoteinfo year="2008" chamber="senate" rollcall="97" /> </p><p><br /> <br> The Senate passed the bill by the overwhelming margin of 91-4 on April 10, 2008. </p><p><usvoteinfo year="2008" chamber="senate" rollcall="101" /> </p><p><span class="fck_mw_template">{{Record vote display|U.S. Senate record vote 101, 110th Congress, Session 2}}</span> </p><p>The House followed suit and passed the bill on April 29, 2008. </p><p><usvoteinfo year="2008" chamber="house" rollcall="226" /> <span class="fck_mw_template">{{Record vote display|U.S. House of Representatives record vote 226, 110th Congress, Session 2}}</span> </p> <h2> Supporters </h2> <ul><li>League of Conservation Voters </li><li>National Parks Conservation Association </li></ul> <h2> Articles and resources </h2> <ul><li>Marianas' article <a href="http://www.mvariety.com/?module=displaystory&story_id=8652&format=html">Federalization bill offers nonimmigrant program</a> 21 Mar 2008. </li></ul> <h3> See also </h3> <h3> References </h3> <p><references /> </p>

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