Congress 108 - HR 1595 - Healthy Public Lands, Healthy Communities Act

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Economics and Public Finance Employee training Federal aid to Indians Federal-Indian relations Federal-local relations Government Operations and Politics Grants-in-aid Indian lands Labor and Employment Land use Local officials Minorities Planning Public Lands and Natural Resources Regional planning

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Healthy Public Lands, Healthy Communities Act - Permits the Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture to cooperate with and provide technical assistance to any designated gateway community where the results of such interaction are likely to benefit both the protection of resources managed by the Secretary and the gateway community. Defines a gateway community as a community meeting certain criteria, including that it is significantly affected economically, socially, or environmentally by planning and management decisions regarding Federal lands administered by the relevant Secretary.

Allows the Secretaries to offer training sessions for officials of gateway communities to give such officials a better understanding of the methods by which they can most meaningfully participate in the development of agency plans, decisions, and policies.

Permits the Secretaries to enter into agreements with gateway communities to provide for coordination of land use between the relevant Secretary and a gateway community.

Authorizes both Secretaries to make grants to gateway communities for the purposes described in this Act.

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Apr 11, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
Apr 10, 2003

Executive Comment Requested from USDA, Interior.
Apr 10, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans.
Apr 10, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
Apr 10, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
Apr 3, 2003

Referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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.
Apr 3, 2003

Introduced in House

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