National Forests, Parks, Public Land, and Reclamation Projects Authorization 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.
- IntroducedDec 13, 2007
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
National Forests, Parks, Public Land, and Reclamation Projects Authorization Act of 2007 - Authorizes specified programs and activities in the Department of the Interior, the Forest Service, and the Department of Energy concerning, among other things, land conveyances, boundary adjustments, studies, memorials, commissions, and museums, national park natural resource protection, national trails and rivers, national heritage areas, and advanced energy technology transfer centers. Sets forth provisions concerning the Northern Mariana Islands.
Makes amendments to various public laws, including the National Trails System Act, the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Act of 1998, the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996, the Oregon Resource Conservation Act of 1996, the Reclamation and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act, the Energy Policy Act of 2005, the Steel and Aluminum Energy Conservation and Technology Competitiveness Act of 1988, the Immigration and Nationality Act, and the Compacts of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 11, 2008Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5530)
- Dec 14, 2007Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 546.
- Dec 13, 2007Introduced in Senate
- Dec 13, 2007Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
- Dec 13, 2007Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S15474-15475)
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2179 | National Forests, Parks, Public Land, and Reclamation Projects Authorization Act of 2007 | Related bill | Jun 11, 2008 |
| S 2616 | National Forests, Parks, Public Land, and Reclamation Projects Authorization Act of 2008 | Related bill | Jun 11, 2008 |
| 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.
- Admission of nonimmigrants
- Agricultural labor
- Agriculture and Food
- Alaska
- Alien labor
- Aluminum
- American Revolution
- Animals
- Anniversaries
- Archaeology
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Art
- Arts, Culture, Religion
- Astronautics
- Authorization
- Authors and authorship
- California
- Canals
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Civil rights workers
- Civil War
- Climate change and greenhouse gases
- Coal
- Colorado
- Commemorations
- Commerce
- Congress
- Congressional elections
- Congressional investigations
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Congressional tributes
- Connecticut
- Copyright
- Dams
- Disabled
- District of Columbia
- Easements
- East Asia
- Economics and Public Finance
- Ecosystem management
- Eisenhower Administration
- Energy
- Energy conservation
- Environmental Protection
- Environmental technology
- Europe
- Ex-Members of Congress
- Federal advisory bodies
- Federal aid to transportation
- Federal aid to water resources development
- Geology
- Government liability
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government trust funds
- Governmental investigations
- Groundwater
- Guam
- Habitat conservation
- Highway maintenance
- Hispanic Americans
- Historic sites
- History
- House of Representatives
- Hydrology
- Illinois
- Immigration
- Indiana
- Infrastructure
- Intellectual property
- International Affairs
- Iron and steel industry
- Irrigation
- Irrigation districts
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Labor and Employment
- Lakes
- Land transfers
- Law
- Libraries
- Lighthouses and lightships
- Lincoln Administration
- Lithuania
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Military bases
- Military history
- Military parks
- Minesweeping
- Minorities
- Missouri
- Missouri River development
- Monuments and memorials
- Museums
- Music
- Names
- National forests
- National Guard
- National monuments
- National parks
- Natural areas
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York City
- New York State
- Non-native species
- North Carolina
- Northern Mariana Islands
- Ohio
- Oregon
- Palau Islands
- Pipelines
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Railroads
- Restoration ecology
- Saline waters
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Security measures
- Slavery
- South Carolina
- Space activities
- Space shuttles
- Sports and Recreation
- Steel
- Subcontractors
- Taiwan
- Tax exemption
- Taxation
- Technological innovations
- Technology transfer
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Trails
- Transportation and Public Works
- Treaties
- Turkey
- Utah
- Vermont
- Virginia
- Visas
- Warships
- Washington State
- Water conservation
- Water Resources Development
- Water supply
- Water treatment plants
- Watersheds
- West (U.S.)
- West Virginia
- Wetlands
- Wild rivers
- Wilderness areas
- Wildlife
- Wyoming
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 14, 2007Placed on Calendar Senate
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