Mountains to Sound Greenway National Heritage Area Act
Latest action · Dec 22, 2014 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 523.
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.
- IntroducedApr 26, 2013
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Mountains to Sound Greenway National Heritage Area Act - (Sec. 3) Establishes the Mountains to Sound Greenway National Heritage Area in the state of Washington, consisting of specified land in King and Kittitas counties.
Allows King or Kittitas county to elect at any time to be excluded from the Heritage Area.
Requires the Secretary of the Interior to select the local coordinating entity for the Heritage Area.
(Sec. 4) Requires the coordinating entity to submit a proposed management plan to King and Kittitas counties for approval before submitting the plan to the Secretary.
Requires the plan to include: (1) consideration of the state of Washington's government plans; (2) descriptions of partnership collaborations and actions that governments, private organizations, and individuals have agreed to take to protect the area; and (3) recommendations to coordinate federal, state, and local programs, including the role of the National Park Service (NPS).
Requires the Secretary to approve or disapprove the plan based on specified criteria, including whether the public and federal, state, tribal, and local governments were afforded an opportunity to be involved in the preparation of plan.
Authorizes the Secretary to provide technical assistance to the state, political subdivisions of the state, nonprofit organizations, and other interested parties.
(Sec. 5) Directs the Secretary, within 10 years after enactment of this Act, to submit to Congress a report evaluating the Heritage Area's coordinating entity, private and government investments, management structure, partnerships, and funding. Requires the report to include recommendations for the NPS's future role in the Heritage Area.
(Sec. 6) Directs the coordinating entity to report to the Secretary every five years after the Secretary has approved a management plan. Requires the report to specify the entity's expenses and income, as well as grants or contracts made by the coordinating entity to other entities.
Prohibits the coordinating entity from acquiring real property with federal funds or through condemnation.
(Sec. 7) Encourages federal agencies planning to conduct activities that may impact the Heritage Area to consult and coordinate with the Secretary and the local coordinating entity to the maximum extent practicable.
(Sec. 8) Prohibits this Act from altering the rights of property owners or affecting certain existing federal, state, tribal, or local projects, agreements, or regulatory requirements.
(Sec. 9) Declares that nothing in this Act authorizes the Secretary to allocate or distribute federal funds to the local coordinating entity or to expend federal funds for any purpose other than as specified in this Act.
(Sec. 10) Terminates the Secretary's authority to provide assistance 15 years after enactment of this Act.
Cosponsors 3
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 26, 2013 to Jul 11, 2013; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-WA | Adam Smith | Original | Apr 26, 2013 |
| D-WA | Jim McDermott | Jun 3, 2013 | |
| D-WA | Suzan K. DelBene | Jul 11, 2013 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Natural Resources Committee | Referred Apr 26, 2013Markup Nov 19, 2014Reported Dec 22, 2014 |
| Federal Lands Subcommittee | Referred May 6, 2013Hearings Jul 29, 2014Discharged Nov 19, 2014 |
Actions 9
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 22, 2014Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 113-692.
- Dec 22, 2014Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 523.
- Nov 19, 2014Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation Discharged.
- Nov 19, 2014Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Nov 19, 2014Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- Jul 29, 2014Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- May 6, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
- Apr 26, 2013Introduced in House
- Apr 26, 2013Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Dec 10, 2014H.R. 1785, Mountains to Sound Greenway National Heritage Area ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on November 19, 2014
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H2394.
Printed hearings 2
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 113-84 | H.R. 445, H.R. 1785, H.R. 4119, H.R. 4901, H.R. 4979, H.R. 5086, S.311, S. 476, AND S. 609101 pages | Natural Resources Committee | Jul 29, 2014 |
| S. Hrg. 113-493 | CURRENT NATIONAL PARKS BILLS80 pages | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Jul 23, 2014 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2602 | National Heritage Area Authorization Act of 2014 | Related bill | Dec 10, 2014 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To establish the Mountains to Sound Greenway National Heritage Area in the State of Washington, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Mountains to Sound Greenway National Heritage Area Act
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- Mountains to Sound Greenway National Heritage Area Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 22, 2014Reported in House
- Apr 26, 2013Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
