Piedras Blancas Historic Light Station Outstanding Natural Area Act of 2007
Latest action · Jun 11, 2008 Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5530)
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 5, 2007
- Passed HouseMar 5, 2007
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the House passed version is repeated here.)
Piedras Blancas Historic Light Station Outstanding Natural Area Act of 2007 - Establishes the Piedras Blancas Historic Light Station Outstanding Natural Area (Outstanding Natural Area) in San Luis Obispo County, California. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to manage the Outstanding Natural Area as part of the National Landscape Conservation System.
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to manage the Outstanding Natural Area as part of the National Landscape Conservation System and to allow only those uses that further the purposes for the establishment of the Area, the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, and other applicable laws.
Withdraws the federal lands and interests in lands included within the Outstanding Natural Area from: (1) all forms of entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws; (2) location, entry, and patent under the public land mining laws, and (3) operation of the mineral leasing and geothermal leasing laws and the mineral material laws.
Requires the Secretary to: (1) manage the Outstanding Natural Area in a manner that conserves, protects, and enhances the unique and nationally important historical, natural, cultural, scientific, educational, scenic, and recreational values of that area, including an emphasis on preserving and restoring the Light Station facilities; and (2) complete a comprehensive management plan to provide long-term management guidance for the public lands within the Outstanding Natural Area and fulfill the purposes for which it is established.
Authorizes the Secretary to enter into cooperative agreements with Federal, State, and local agencies to implement the management plan in the Outstanding Natural Area and to continue partnerships with local communities and the Hearst San Simeon State Historical Monument. Provides for the acquisition of State and privately held lands adjacent to the Outstanding Natural Area as additions to the Outstanding Natural Area.
Prohibits restrictions on overflights and law enforcement activities in the Outstanding Natural Area.
Directs the Secretary to ensure access to the Outstanding Natural Area by Indians and Indian tribes for cultural and religious purposes.
Authorizes appropriations.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 15
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 11, 2008Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5530)
- Jun 28, 2007Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Bingaman without amendment. With written report No. 110-118.
- Jun 28, 2007Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 251.
- May 23, 2007Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- May 3, 2007Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 110-91.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2739 | Consolidated Natural Resources Act of 2008 | Related bill | May 8, 2008 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
- Archaeology
- California
- Coastal zone
- Commemorations
- Federal-Indian relations
- Historic sites
- History
- Indian lands
- Land transfers
- Land use
- Landscape protection
- Lighthouses and lightships
- Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
- Minorities
- Native Americans
- Natural areas
- Planning
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Religion
- Research natural areas
- Transportation and Public Works
Text 3
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 6, 2007Referred in Senate
- Mar 5, 2007Engrossed in House
- Jan 5, 2007Introduced in House
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