Tag Archives: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Public Law 115-20: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule of the Department of the Interior relating to “Non-Subsistence Take of Wildlife, and Public Participation and Closure Procedures, on National Wildlife Refuges in Alaska”.

Nullifies a Department of the Interior rule related to non-subsistence hunting in National Wildlife Refuges in Alaska. Get the Details

Public Law 115-12: Disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of the Interior relating to Bureau of Land Management regulations that establish the procedures used to prepare, revise, or amend land use plans pursuant to the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976.

Nullifies a Department of the Interior rule which would have revised regulations relating to land use plans. Get the Details

HR3115: Superior National Forest Land Exchange Act of 2017

Authorizes a land swap of 6690 acres within the Superior National Forest in Minnesota between the Federal government and Poly Met Mining Corporation. Get the Details

HR2600: To provide for the conveyance to the State of Iowa of the reversionary interest held by the United States in certain land in Pottawattamie County, Iowa, and for other purposes.

Directs the Department of the Interior to convey certain Federal land to the state of Iowa. Get the Details

HR2582: Confirming State Land Grants for Education Act

Allows the state of Utah to select certain Federal land to acquire in fulfillment of land grants made when Utah was admitted as a state in 1894. Get the Details

HR289: Guides and Outfitters Act

Specifies the circumstances in which the Department of the Interior and USDA can issue and charge for special recreation permits for federal recreational lands. Get the Details

HR3905: Minnesota’s Economic Rights in the Superior National Forest Act

Provides for the continuation of mineral leasing rights on National Forest lands in Minnesota. Get the Details

HR3567: To authorize the purchase of a small parcel of Natural Resources Conservation Service property in Riverside, California, by the Riverside Corona Resource Conservation District, and for other purposes.

Orders the USDA to sell an 8.75 acre parcel of land to the Riverside Corona Resource Conservation District. Get the Details

HR2941: Kisatchie National Forest Land Conveyance Act

Authorizes the USDA to sell a parcel of federal land in Winn Parish, Louisiana. Get the Details

HR2921: National Forest System Vegetation Management Pilot Program Act of 2017

Directs the USDA to conduct a pilot program to permit vegetation management projects on National Forest land adjacent to utility infrastructure. Get the Details