HR 586 · 113th Congress 2013–2015, ended

Denali National Park Improvement Act

Introduced Feb 6, 2013 Originated House Sponsor Don Young R-AK

Latest action · Sep 20, 2013 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 157.

Progress

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IntroducedFeb 6, 2013
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

Denali National Park Improvement Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to issue permits for specified microhydro projects in the Kantishna Hills area within the Denali National Park and Preserve (the Park) in Alaska. Defines "microhydro project" as a hydroelectric power generating facility with a maximum power generation capability of 100 kilowatts and includes any distribution or transmission lines required to serve such area.

Requires the Secretary, within 180 days after submission of a permit application, to complete any analysis required by the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 respecting any proposed or existing microhydro projects in the area.

Directs the Secretary to exchange Park land near or adjacent to land owned by Doyon Tourism, Inc., located at the mouth of Eureka Creek for approximately 18 acres of land owned by Doyon Tourism within the Galena patented mining claim. Instructs the Secretary to seek to complete such exchange by February 2015. Permits an equalization of any unequal values of the tracts proposed for exchange by adjusting the quantity of the acreage owned by Doyon Tourism.

Requires the land acquired by the Secretary to be administered as part of the Park.

Authorizes the Secretary to issue right-of-way permits, subject to certain terms and conditions, for: (1) a high-pressure natural gas transmission pipeline (including appurtenances) in nonwilderness areas within the boundary of the Park within, along, or near the approximately seven-mile segment of the George Parks Highway that runs through the Park; and (2) any distribution and transmission pipelines and appurtenances that the Secretary determines to be necessary to provide natural gas supply to the Park.

Designates the Talkeetna Ranger Station that is on B Street in Talkeetna, Alaska, and that is approximately 100 miles south of the entrance to the Park, as the Walter Harper Talkeetna Ranger Station.

Cosponsors

Members who signed on, in the order they did.

No cosponsors are on file for this measure.

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 Feb 6, 2013Markup Jul 24, 2013Reported Sep 20, 2013
	Federal Lands Subcommittee	Referred Mar 11, 2013Hearings May 9, 2013Discharged Jul 24, 2013

Actions 9

Everything that happened, newest first.

Sep 20, 2013Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 113-217.
Sep 20, 2013Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 157.
Jul 24, 2013Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation Discharged.
Jul 24, 2013Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jul 24, 2013Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
May 9, 2013Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Mar 11, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
Feb 6, 2013Introduced in House
Feb 6, 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

H. Rept. 113-217

Congressional Budget Office cost estimate

Jul 30, 2013H.R. 586, Denali National Park Improvement ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on July 24, 2013

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article 4, Section 3, Clause 2

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H416.

Printed hearings 1

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. 113-15	LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON H.R. 1825, TO DIRECT FEDERAL PUBLIC LAND MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS TO EXERCISE THEIR AUTHORITY UNDER EXISTING LAW TO FACILITATE USE OF AND ACCESS TO FEDERAL PUBLIC LANDS FOR FISHING, SPORT HUNTING, AND RECREATIONAL SHOOTING, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. ``RECREATIONAL FISHING AND HUNTING HERITAGE AND OPPORTUNITIES ACT''; H.R. 586, TO PROVIDE FOR CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS TO THE DENALI NATIONAL PARK AND PRESERVE IN THE STATE OF ALASKA, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. ``DENALI NATIONAL PARK IMPROVEMENT ACT''; H.R. 995, TO ESTABLISH A MONUMENT IN DONA ANA COUNTY, NEW MEXICO, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. ``ORGAN MOUNTAINS NATIONAL MONUMENT ESTABLISHMENT ACT''; AND H.R. 1411, TO INCLUDE THE POINT ARENA-STORNETTA PUBLIC LANDS IN THE CALIFORNIA COASTAL NATIONAL MONUMENT AS A PART OF THE NATIONAL LANDSCAPE CONSERVATION SYSTEM, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. ``CALIFORNIA COASTAL NATIONAL MONUMENT EXPANSION ACT OF 2013''50 pages	Natural Resources Committee	May 9, 2013

Related bills 1

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

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 157	Denali National Park Improvement Act	Identical bill	Sep 18, 2013

Titles 3

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To provide for certain improvements to the Denali National Park and Preserve in the State of Alaska, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced: Denali National Park Improvement Act
Short Titles as Reported to House: Denali National Park Improvement 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.

Sep 20, 2013Reported in House
Feb 6, 2013Introduced in House

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