S 249 · 109th Congress 2005–2007, ended

Great Basin National Heritage Route Act

Fact sheet

Latest action · Feb 16, 2005 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 13.

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.

  1. IntroducedFeb 1, 2005
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

Great Basin National Heritage Route Act - (Sec. 4) Establishes the Great Basin National Heritage Route to provide the public with access to certain historical, cultural, natural, scenic, and recreational resources in White Pine County, Nevada, Millard County, Utah, and the Duckwater Shoshone Reservation in Nevada.

(Sec. 4) Designates the Great Basin Heritage Route Partnership as the Route's management entity.

(Sec. 5) Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the National Park Service, to enter into a memorandum of understanding with the Partnership regarding Route objectives and management.

(Sec. 6) Requires the Partnership to submit a management plan to the Secretary.

(Sec. 7) Prohibits the Partnership from: (1) using any Federal funds made available under this Act to acquire real property; and (2 ) regulating land use within the Route.

(Sec. 8) Authorizes the Secretary, upon request by the Partnership, to provide technical and financial assistance to develop and implement the management plan and the memorandum of understanding.

(Sec. 9) Specifies the effect of this Act with regard to: (1) land use regulations; and (2) the applicability of Federal law to the Route.

(Sec. 10) Authorizes appropriations.

(Sec. 11) Terminates the authority of the Secretary to provide assistance under this Act 15 years after the enactment of this Act.

Cosponsors 3

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 1, 2005 to Feb 9, 2005, with 2 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-NVJohn EnsignOriginalFeb 1, 2005
R-UTRobert F. BennettOriginalFeb 1, 2005
R-UTOrrin G. HatchFeb 9, 2005

Actions 6

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Feb 16, 2005Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Domenici without amendment. With written report No. 109-6.
  2. Feb 16, 2005Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 13.
  3. Feb 9, 2005Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
  4. Feb 1, 2005Introduced in Senate
  5. Feb 1, 2005Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S753-755)

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 203National Heritage Areas Act of 2006Related billOct 12, 2006

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.

Text 2

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Feb 16, 2005Reported to Senate
  2. Feb 1, 2005Introduced in Senate

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