National Landscape Conservation System Act

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Bill Number

HR 2016

Introduced

Apr 24, 2007

Latest Action

Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 634.

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Topics

Arts, Culture, Religion Commemorations Cultural property Ecosystem management Environmental Protection Historic sites History Landscape protection National monuments Natural areas Public Lands and Natural Resources Sports and Recreation Trails Water Resources Development Wild rivers Wilderness areas

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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.

Actions

Apr 10, 2008

Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 634.
Apr 9, 2008

On passage Passed by recorded vote: 278 - 140 (Roll no. 174).
Apr 9, 2008

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Apr 9, 2008

Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by recorded vote: 278 - 140 (Roll no. 174).
Apr 9, 2008

On motion to recommit with instructions Failed by recorded vote: 208 - 212 (Roll no. 173). (consideration: CR H2117)
Apr 9, 2008

The previous question on the motion to recommit with instructions was ordered without objection. (consideration: CR H2117)
Apr 9, 2008

DEBATE - The House proceeded with ten minutes of debate on the Cannon motion to recommit.
Apr 9, 2008

Floor summary: DEBATE - The instructions contained in the motion seek to add language to the bill stating that nothing in this Act shall affect the right to bear arms under the Second Amendment within the National Landscape Conservation System.
Apr 9, 2008

Mr. Cannon moved to recommit with instructions to Natural Resources.
Apr 9, 2008

The House adopted the amendment in the nature of a substitute as agreed to by the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. (text: CR H2105)
Apr 9, 2008

The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
Apr 9, 2008

The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 2016.
Apr 9, 2008

UNFINISHED BUSINESS - The Chair announced that the unfinished business was the question of adoption of amendments which had been debated earlier and on which further proceedings had been postponed.
Apr 9, 2008

The House resolved into Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for further consideration.
Apr 9, 2008

Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H2112-2119)
Apr 9, 2008

Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union rises leaving H.R. 2016 as unfinished business.
Apr 9, 2008

DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 1084, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with ten minutes of debate on the Walden amendment.
Apr 9, 2008

POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the end of debate on the Pearce amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment, and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Pearce demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question until later in the legislative day.
Apr 9, 2008

DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 1084, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with ten minutes of debate on the Pearce amendment.
Apr 9, 2008

POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the end of debate on the Altmire amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment, and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Altmire demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question until later in the legislative day.
Apr 9, 2008

DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 1084, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with ten minutes of debate on the Altmire amendment.
Apr 9, 2008

POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the end of debate on the Bishop (UT) amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment, and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Bishop (UT) demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question until later in the legislative day.
Apr 9, 2008

DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 1084, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with ten minutes of debate on the Bishop (UT) amendment.
Apr 9, 2008

POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the end of debate on the Bishop (UT) amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment, and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Grijalva demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question until later in the legislative day.
Apr 9, 2008

POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the end of debate on the Bishop (UT) amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment, and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Bishop (UT) demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question until later in the legislative day.
Apr 9, 2008

DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 1084, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with ten minutes of debate on the Cannon amendment.
Apr 9, 2008

POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the end of debate on the Grijalva amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment, and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Grijalva demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question until later in the legislative day.
Apr 9, 2008

DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 1084, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with ten minutes of debate on the Grijalva amendment.
Apr 9, 2008

GENERAL DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with one hour of general debate on H.R. 2016.
Apr 9, 2008

The Speaker designated the Honorable Tim Holden to act as Chairman of the Committee.
Apr 9, 2008

House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union pursuant to H. Res. 1084 and Rule XVIII.
Apr 9, 2008

Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 2016 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Measure will be considered read. Specified amendments are in order. All points of order against consideration of the bill are waived except those arising under clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI. It shall be in order to consider as an original bill for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Natural Resources now printed in the bill.
Apr 9, 2008

Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 1084. (consideration: CR H2099-2112)
Apr 9, 2008

Rule H. Res. 1084 passed House.
Apr 8, 2008

Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 1084 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 2016 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Measure will be considered read. Specified amendments are in order. All points of order against consideration of the bill are waived except those arising under clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI. It shall be in order to consider as an original bill for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Natural Resources now printed in the bill.
Apr 1, 2008

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 344.
Apr 1, 2008

Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 110-561.
Mar 12, 2008

Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 24 - 13.
Mar 12, 2008

Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Mar 12, 2008

Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands Discharged.
Jun 7, 2007

Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Apr 26, 2007

Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
Apr 24, 2007

Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Apr 24, 2007

Introduced in House

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