Ice Age Floods National Geologic Trail Designation Act
Latest action · Nov 30, 2005 Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJan 31, 2005
- Passed SenateNov 16, 2005
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the Senate on October 19, 2005. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Ice Age Floods National Geologic Trail Designation Act - Designates the Ice Age Floods National Geologic Trail, a trail from Missoula, Montana to the Pacific Ocean, to provide for the public appreciation, understanding, and enjoyment of the nationally significant natural and cultural features of the Ice Age Floods and to promote efforts to interpret and educate along the pathways of the floods.
Requires the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the National Park Service, to administer the Trail in accordance with this Act. Prohibits the Trail, except as provided in this Act, from being considered a unit of the National Park System (NPS). Allows the Secretary, in order to improve management of the Trail and coordinate Trail activities with other public agencies and private entities, to establish and operate a Trail management office at a central location within the vicinity of the Trail.
Requires the Secretary to prepare a cooperative management and interpretation plan for the Trail.
Authorizes the Secretary to plan, design, and construct interpretive facilities for sites associated with the Trail if the facilities are constructed in partnership with state, local, tribal, or nonprofit entities and are consistent with the cooperative management and interpretation plan.
Allows the Secretary, in order to facilitate the development of coordinated interpretation, education, resource stewardship, visitor facility development and operation, and scientific research associated with the Trail and to promote more efficient administration of the sites associated with the Trail, to enter into cooperative management agreements with appropriate officials in the states of Montana, Idaho, Washington, and Oregon in accordance with the authority provided for units of the NPS. States that, for purposes of such authority only, the Trail be considered an NPS unit.
Permits the Secretary to enter into cooperative agreements with public or private entities to carry out this Act.
Specifies the effect of this Act on private property rights.
Declares that designation of the Trail does not create any liability for, or affect any liability under any law of, any private property owner with respect to any person injured on the private property.
Authorizes appropriations.
Cosponsors 5
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 31, 2005 to Jun 28, 2005; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-OR | Gordon H. Smith | Original | Jan 31, 2005 |
| R-ID | Larry E. Craig | Original | Jan 31, 2005 |
| D-WA | Patty Murray | Original | Jan 31, 2005 |
| R-MT | Conrad R. Burns | Apr 28, 2005 | |
| D-OR | Ron Wyden | Jun 28, 2005 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Referred Jan 31, 2005Markup Sep 28, 2005Reported Oct 19, 2005 |
| National Parks Subcommittee | Hearings Jun 28, 2005 | |
| House | Natural Resources Committee | Referred Nov 17, 2005 |
| Federal Lands Subcommittee | Referred Nov 30, 2005 |
Actions 12
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 30, 2005Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks.
- Nov 17, 2005Received in the House.
- Nov 17, 2005Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Nov 17, 2005Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
- Nov 16, 2005Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S13042-13044; text as passed Senate: CR S13042-13044)
- Oct 19, 2005Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Domenici with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 109-144.
- Oct 19, 2005Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 236.
- Sep 28, 2005Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- Jun 28, 2005Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 109-101.
- Jan 31, 2005Introduced in Senate
- Jan 31, 2005Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S653)
- Jan 31, 2005Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S653-654)
In the Congressional Record 3
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S13042, S13044Text printed S13042–S13044Amendments S13042 | — | Nov 16, 2005 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S4538 | Conrad R. Burns R-MT | Apr 28, 2005 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S653Text printed S653 | Maria Cantwell D-WA (text) | Jan 31, 2005 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2
- Oct 7, 2005S. 206, Ice Age Floods National Geologic Trail Designation Act<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on September 28, 2005</p>
- Oct 7, 2005S. 206, Ice Age Floods National Geologic Trail Designation ActCost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on September 28, 2005
Printed hearings 2
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 109-776 | BOMAR NOMINATION41 pages | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Sep 21, 2006 |
| S. Hrg. 109-101 | ICE AGE FLOODS NATIONAL GEOLOGIC TRAIL; LAND ADJACENT TO WALNUT CANYON NATIONAL MONUMENT; AMEND THE NATIONAL TRAILS SYSTEM ACT; AND INCLUDING IN THE NPS CERTAIN SITES IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TN43 pages | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Jun 28, 2005 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 383 | Ice Age Floods National Geologic Route Designation Act of 2006 | Related bill | Nov 13, 2006 |
Titles 4
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to designate the Ice Age Floods National Geologic Trail, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Ice Age Floods National Geologic Trail Designation Act of 2005
- Short Titles as Reported to Senate
- Ice Age Floods National Geologic Trail Designation Act
- Short Titles as Passed Senate
- Ice Age Floods National Geologic Trail Designation Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 17, 2005Referred in House
- Nov 16, 2005Engrossed in Senate
- Oct 19, 2005Reported to Senate
- Jan 31, 2005Introduced in Senate
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