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<p><span class="fck_mw_template">{{Energy and Environment Policy (U.S.)|congress=110|bill=h2016|}}</span> <usbillinfo bill="H.2016" congress="110" /> <span class="fck_mw_template">{{Article summary|fckLRfckLRProposed by Rep. [[Raul Grijalva]] (D-Ariz.), the '''National Landscape Conservation System Act''' [http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h2016/show (H.R. 2016)] would grant congressional authorization to the National Landscape Conservation System. According to a news release on the Web site of Grijalva, this codification of the NCLS within the Bureau of Land Management will not change the management of the NLCS or any of its lands, but it will provide the NLCS with &quot;the permanence and stature that accompany formal Congressional authorization.&quot;&lt;ref&gt;Rep. Grijalva's statement on [http://grijalva.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=13&amp;parentid=5&amp;sectiontree=5,13&amp;itemid=211 &quot;National Landscape Conservation System Act (H.R. 2016)&quot;]&lt;/ref&gt;fckLR}}</span> </p> <h2> Background </h2> <p>In 2000, the National Landscape Conservation System was created administratively by Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt "to conserve, protect and restore nationally significant landscapes recognized for their outstanding cultural, ecological and scientific values."<ref name="NCLS">Department of the Interior info page on <a href="http://www.blm.gov/wo/st/en/prog/blm_special_areas/NLCS.html">"NLCS"</a></ref> According to the Interior's Bureau of Land Management, the NCLS includes more than 924 federally recognized areas and approximately 27 million acres of protected lands and waters.<ref name="NCLS" /> </p><p><br> </p> <h2> House consideration </h2> <p>Rep. <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Raul Grijalva">Raul Grijalva</a> (D-Ariz.) proposed the bill on April 24, 2007, and the House considered the bill in April 2008. On April 9, 2008, </p><p>The House considered and approved an amendment from Rep. Steve Pearce (R-N.M.) which provides that inclusion within the NCLS would not affect grazing operations on Bureau of Land Management lands.<ref>THOMAS info page on <a href="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/D?d110:7:./temp/~bdWj3i::">H.AMDT.986 (A007)</a></ref> </p><p><usvoteinfo year="2008" chamber="house" rollcall="172" /> </p><p><br /> </p><p><usvoteinfo year="2008" chamber="house" rollcall="173" /> </p><p><span class="fck_mw_template">{{Record vote display|U.S. House of Representatives record vote 173, 110th Congress, Session 2}}</span> </p><p><br> On April 9, 2008, the House passed the bill by a vote of 278-140. </p><p><usvoteinfo year="2008" chamber="house" rollcall="174" /> <span class="fck_mw_template">{{Record vote display|U.S. House of Representatives record vote 174, 110th Congress, Session 2}}</span> </p> <h2> Further action </h2> <p>In 2009, the National Landscape Conservation System Act was packaged with more than 160 other bills to create the <b>Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009</b> <a href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h146/show">(H.R. 146)</a>. The bill was passed and signed into law by President Barack Obama on March 30, 2009.<ref>OpenCongress info page on <a href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h146/show">Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009</a></ref> </p> <h2> Articles and resources </h2> <h3> See also </h3> <p><a _fcknotitle="true" href="Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009">Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009</a> </p> <h3> References </h3> <p><references /> </p> <h3> External resources </h3> <h3> External articles </h3>

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