HR 2016 · 110th Congress 2007–2009, ended

National Landscape Conservation System Act

Introduced Apr 24, 2007 Originated House Sponsor Raúl M. Grijalva D-AZ

Fact sheet

Latest action · Apr 10, 2008 Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 634.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedApr 24, 2007
  2. Passed HouseApr 9, 2008
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

National Landscape Conservation System Act - Establishes in the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) the National Landscape Conservation System (thus, enacting into law the National Landscape Conservation System [NLCS] created by BLM in 2000) in order to conserve, protect, and restore nationally significant landscapes that have outstanding cultural, ecological, and scientific values for the benefit of current and future generations.

Requires that the NLCS include each of the following areas administered by BLM: (1) each area that is designated as a national monument, a national conservation area, a wilderness study area, a national scenic trail or historic trail designated as a component of the National Trails System, a component of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, or a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System; and (2) any area designated by Congress to be administered for conservation purposes, including the Steens Mountain Cooperative Management and Protection Area (as designated under the Steens Mountain Cooperative Management and Protection Act of 2000), the Headwaters Forest Reserve, the Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural Area, and any additional area designated by Congress for inclusion in the NLCS.

Prohibits anything in this Act from: (1) being construed to enhance, diminish, or modify any law or proclamation under which the components of the NLCS specified above were established, or are managed, including, but not limited to, the Alaska National Interest Land Conservation Act, the Wilderness Act, the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, the National Trails System Act, and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976; (2) creating a federal cause of action based on inclusion within the NLCS; (3) intending to additionally restrict or hinder energy development within such system; (4) affecting the authority, jurisdiction, or responsibility of the several states to manage, control, or regulate fish and resident wildlife under state law or regulations, including the regulation of, or access to, hunting, fishing, trapping, and recreational shooting on BLM-managed public land; (5) limiting access to such activities; (6) affecting current grazing rights or operations due to inclusion in the NLCS; and (7) impeding any efforts by the Department of Homeland Security to secure U.S. borders.

Recorded votes 8

Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.

Roll callQuestionResultDate
House 174Passed278–140Apr 9, 2008
House 173Failed208–212Apr 9, 2008
House 172Agreed to214–207Apr 9, 2008
House 171Agreed to416–5Apr 9, 2008
House 170Agreed to333–89Apr 9, 2008
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Cosponsors 67

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 24, 2007 to Mar 10, 2008, with 16 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-CABarbara LeeOriginalApr 24, 2007
D-NYCarolyn B. MaloneyOriginalApr 24, 2007
D-NJFrank Pallone, Jr.OriginalApr 24, 2007
R-NMHeather WilsonOriginalApr 24, 2007
D-VAJames P. MoranOriginalApr 24, 2007
D-WAJay InsleeOriginalApr 24, 2007
D-TXLloyd DoggettOriginalApr 24, 2007
D-CALois CappsOriginalApr 24, 2007
R-ILMark KirkOriginalApr 24, 2007
D-COMark UdallOriginalApr 24, 2007
R-CAMary BonoOriginalApr 24, 2007
D-NYMaurice D. HincheyOriginalApr 24, 2007
R-AZRick RenziOriginalApr 24, 2007
D-NVShelley BerkleyOriginalApr 24, 2007
D-NMTom UdallOriginalApr 24, 2007
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Actions 44

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Apr 10, 2008Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 634.
  2. Apr 9, 2008Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union rises leaving H.R. 2016 as unfinished business.
  3. Apr 9, 2008Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H2112-2119)
  4. Apr 9, 2008Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 1084. (consideration: CR H2099-2112)
  5. Apr 9, 2008DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 1084, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with ten minutes of debate on the Altmire amendment.
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Related bills 2

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HRES 1084Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2016) to establish the National Landscape Conservation System, and for other purposes.Procedurally relatedApr 9, 2008
S 1139National Landscape Conservation System ActIdentical billJun 28, 2007

Subjects

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

Text 3

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Apr 9, 2008Engrossed in House
  2. Apr 1, 2008Reported in House
  3. Apr 24, 2007Introduced in House

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