U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

Jurisdiction of the Subcommittee includes oversight and legislative responsibilities for: National Park System; Wild and Scenic Rivers System; National Trails System; national recreation areas; national monuments; historic sites; military parks and battlefields; Land and Water Conservation Fund; historic preservation; outdoor recreation resources; and preservation of prehistoric ruins and objects of interest on the public domain.

Republican Subcommittee Members Craig Thomas (Chairman) Lamar Alexander George Allen Richard Burr Mel Martinez Gordon Smith	Democratic Subcommittee Members Daniel K. Akaka (Ranking Member) Ron Wyden Mary L. Landrieu Ken Salazar Robert Menendez

Pete V. Domenici (ex officio member) Jeff Bingaman (ex officio member)

Releated Legislation

Bill

Introduced

Description

• S. 48

24-Jan-05

To reauthorize appropriations for the New Jersey Coastal Heritage Trail Route, and for other purposes.

• S. 54

24-Jan-05

To amend the National Trails System Act to require the Secretary of the Interior to update the feasibility and suitability studies of four national historic trails, and for other purposes.

• S. 55

24-Jan-05

To adjust the boundary of Rocky Mountain National Park in the State of Colorado.

• S. 57

24-Jan-05

To further the purpose of the Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site Establishment Act of 2000.

• S. 63

24-Jan-05

To establish the Northern Rio Grande National Heritage Area in the State of New Mexico, and for other purposes.

• S. 134

24-Jan-05

To adjust the boundary of Redwood National Park in the State of California.

• S. 136

24-Jan-05

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide supplemental funding and other services that are necessary to assist certain local school districts in the State of California in providing education services for students attending schools located within Yosemite National Park, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to adjust the boundaries of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area.

• S. 153

25-Jan-05

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a resource study of the Rim of the Valley Corridor in the State of California to evaluate alternatives for protecting the resources of the Corridor, and for other purposes.

• S. 163

25-Jan-05

To establish the National Mormon Pioneer Heritage Area in the State of Utah, and for other purposes.

• S. 175

26-Jan-05

To establish the Bleeding Kansas and Enduring Struggle for Freedom National Heritage Area, and for other purposes.

• S. 182

26-Jan-05

To provide for the establishment of the Uintah Research and Curatorial Center for Dinosaur National Monument in the States of Colorado and Utah, and for other purposes.

• S. 200

26-Jan-05

To establish the Arabia Mountain National Heritage Area in the State of Georgia, and for other purposes.

• S. 204

31-Jan-05

To establish the Atchafalaya National Heritage Area in the State of Louisiana.

• S. 205

31-Jan-05

To authorize the American Battle Monuments Commission to establish in the State of Louisiana a memorial to honor the Buffalo Soldiers.

• S. 206

31-Jan-05

To designate the Ice Age Floods National Geologic Trail, and for other purposes.

• S. 207

31-Jan-05

To adjust the boundary of the Barataria Preserve Unit of the Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve in the State of Louisiana, and for other purposes.

• S. 242

01-Feb-05

To establish 4 memorials to the Space Shuttle Columbia in the State of Texas.

• S. 243

01-Feb-05

To establish a program and criteria for National Heritage Areas in the United States, and for other purposes.

• S. 249

01-Feb-05

To establish the Great Basin National Heritage Route in the States of Nevada and Utah.

• S. 262

02-Feb-05

To authorize appropriations to the Secretary of the Interior for the restoration of the Angel Island Immigration Station in the State of California.

• S. 263

02-Feb-05

To provide for the protection of paleontological resources on Federal lands, and for other purposes.

• S. 276

03-Feb-05

To revise the boundary of the Wind Cave National Park in the State of South Dakota.

• S. 301

07-Feb-05

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide assistance in implementing cultural heritage, conservation, and recreational activities in the Connecticut River watershed in the States of New Hampshire and Vermont.

• S. 322

To establish the Champlain Valley National Heritage Partnership in the States of Vermont and New York, and for other purposes.

• S. 323

08-Feb-05

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to study the suitability and feasibility of designating the French Colonial Heritage Area in the State of Missouri as a unit of the National Park System, and for other purposes.

• S. 336

09-Feb-05

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to carry out a study of the feasibility of designating the Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Watertrail as a national historic trail.

• S. 429

17-Feb-05

To establish the Upper Housatonic Valley National Heritage Area in the State of Connecticut and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and for other purposes.

• S. 431

17-Feb-05

To establish a program to award grants to improve and maintain sites honoring Presidents of the United States.

• S. 434

17-Feb-05

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to study the suitability and feasibility of designating the Wolf House, located in Norfolk, Arkansas, as a unit of the National Park System, and for other purposes.

• S. 435

17-Feb-05

To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate a segment of the Farmington River and Salmon Brook in the State of Connecticut for study for potential addition to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, and for other purposes.

• S. 505

03-Mar-05

To amend the Yuma Crossing National Heritage Area Act of 2000 to adjust the boundary of the Yuma Crossing National Heritage Area.

• S. 556

08-Mar-05

To direct the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to jointly conduct a study of certain land adjacent to the Walnut Canyon National Monument in the State of Arizona.

• S. 574

09-Mar-05

To amend the Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers Valley National Heritage Corridor Act of 1994 to increase the authorization of appropriations and modify the date on which the authority of the Secretary of the Interior terminates under the Act.

• S. 584

09-Mar-05

To require the Secretary of the Interior to allow the continued occupancy and use of certain land and improvements within Rocky Mountain National Park.

• S. 588

10-Mar-05

To amend the National Trails System Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to jointly conduct a study on the feasibility of designating the Arizona Trail as a national scenic trail or a national historic trail.

• S. 613

14-Mar-05

To establish the Steel Industry National Historic Site in the State of Pennsylvania.

• S. 652

17-Mar-05

To provide financial assistance for the rehabilitation of the Benjamin Franklin National Memorial in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and the development of an exhibit to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the birth of Benjamin Franklin.

• S. 670

17-Mar-05

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of sites associated with the life of Cesar Estrada Chavez and the farm labor movement.

• S. 748

To authorize the establishment at Antietam National Battlefield of a memorial to the officers and enlisted men of the Fifth, Sixth, and Ninth New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry Regiments and the First New Hampshire Light Artillery Battery who fought in the Battle of Antietam on September 17, 1862, and for other purposes.

• S. 777

13-Apr-05

To designate Catoctin Mountain Park in the State of Maryland as the "Catoctin Mountain National Recreation Area" and for other purposes.

• S. 825

18-Apr-05

To establish the Crossroads of the American Revolution National Heritage Area in the State of New Jersey, and for other purposes.

• S. 890

22-Apr-05

To provide for alternative transportation in certain federally owned or managed areas that are open to the general public.

• S. 955

28-Apr-05

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study to determine the suitability and feasibility of including in the National Park System certain sites in Williamson County, Tennessee, relating to the Battle of Franklin.

• S. 958

28-Apr-05

To amend the National Trails System Act to designate the Star-Spangled Banner Trail in the States of Maryland and Virginia and the District of Columbia as a National Historic Trail.

• S. 970

28-Apr-05

To establish the African Burial Ground National Historic Site and the African Burial Ground International Memorial Museum in New York, New York, and for other purposes.

• S. 973

28-Apr-05

To establish the Abraham Lincoln National Heritage Area, and for other purposes.

• S. 974

28-Apr-05

To amend the National Trails System Act to clarify Federal authority relating to land acquisition from willing sellers for the majority of the trails in the System, and for other purposes.

• S. 1096

23-May-05

To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate portions of the Musconetcong River in the State of New Jersey as a component of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, and for other purposes.

• S. 1121

25-May-05

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study of the suitability and feasibility of establishing the Southern Campaign of the Revolution Heritage Area in South Carolina, and for other purposes.

• S. 1154

26-May-05

To extend the Acadia National Park Advisory Commission, to provide improved visitor services at the park, and for other purposes.

• S. 1166

06-Jun-05

To extend the authorization of the Kalaupapa National Historical Park Advisory Commission.

• S. 1288

22-Jun-05

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to enter into cooperative agreements to protect natural resources of units of the National Park System through collaborative efforts on land inside and outside of units of the National Park System.

• S. 1310

24-Jun-05

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to allow the Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation to increase the diameter of a natural gas pipeline located in the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area.

• S. 1346

30-Jun-05

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study of maritime sites in the State of Michigan.

• S. 1378

11-Jul-05

To amend the National Historic Preservation Act to provide appropriation authorization and improve the operations of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation.

• S. 1387

13-Jul-05

To provide for an update of the Cultural Heritage and Land Management Plan for the John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor, to extend the authority of the John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor Commission, to authorize the undertaking of a special resource study of sites and landscape features within the Corridor, and to authorize additional appropriations for the Corridor.

• S. 1414

15-Jul-05

To provide for the conduct of a study of the suitability and feasibility of establishing the Trail of the Ancients National Heritage Area in the Four Corners region of the States of Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico.

• S. 1464

22-Jul-05

To make a technical correction to the Act providing for the designation of the David Berger Memorial.

• S. 1510

27-Jul-05

To designate as wilderness certain lands within the Rocky Mountain National Park in the State of Colorado.

• S. 1544

28-Jul-05

To establish the Northern Plains National Heritage Area in the State of North Dakota, and for other purposes.

• S. 1616

06-Sep-05

To modify the boundary of Lowell National Historical Park, and for other purposes.

• S. 1627

07-Sep-05

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resources study to evaluate resources along the coastal region of the State of Delaware and to determine the suitability and feasibility of establishing a unit of the National Park System in Delaware.

• S. 1686

12-Sep-05

To amend the Constitution Heritage Act of 1988 to provide for the operation of the National Constitution Center.

• S. 1719

19-Sep-05

To provide for the preservation of the historic confinement sites where Japanese Americans were detained during World War II, and for other purposes.

• S. 1721

19-Sep-05

To amend the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 to extend the authorization for certain national heritage areas, and for other purposes.

• S. 1870

17-Oct-05

To clarify the authorities for the use of certain National Park Service properties within Golden Gate National Recreation Area and San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, and for other purposes.

• S. 1898

20-Oct-05

To establish the Freedom's Way National Heritage Area in the States of Massachuetts and New Hampshire, and for other purposes.

• S. 1913

25-Oct-05

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to lease a portion of the Dorothy Buell Memorial Visitor Center for use as a visitor center for the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, and for other purposes.

• S. 1957

03-Nov-05

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey to The Missouri River Basin Lewis and Clark Interpretive Trail and Visitor Center Foundation, Inc. certain Federal land associated with the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail in Nebraska, to be used as an historical interpretive site along the trail.

• S. 1970

07-Nov-05

To amend the National Trails System Act to update the feasibility and suitability study originally prepared for the Trail of Tears National Historic Trail and provide for the inclusion of new trail segments, land components, and campgrounds associated with that trail, and for other purposes.

• S. 2033

17-Nov-05

To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate segments of the Taunton River in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts as a component of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers Systems.

• S. 2034

17-Nov-05

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to evaluate the significance of the Colonel James Barrett Farm in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and assess the suitability and feasibility of including the farm in the National Park System as part of the Minute Man National Historical Park, and for other purposes.

• S. 2037

17-Nov-05

To establish the Sangre de Cristo National Heritage Area in the State of Colorado, and for other purposes.

• S. 2059

18-Nov-05

To establish the Hudson-Fulton-Champlain 400th Commemoration Commission, and for other purposes.

• S. 2102

14-Dec-05

To amend the Cache La Poudre River Corridor Act to designate a new managment entity, make certain technical and conforming amendments, enhance private property protections, and for other purposes.

• S. 2114

15-Dec-05

To establish the Confluence National Heritage Corridor in the States of Missouri and Illinois, and for other purposes.

• S. 2144

19-Dec-05

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to determine the suitability and feasibility of designating the Soldiers' Memorial Military Museum located in St. Louis, Missouri, as a unit of the National Park System.

• S. 2148

20-Dec-05

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to study the suitability and feasibility of establishing the Chattahoochee Trace National Heritage Corridor in Alabama and Georgia, and for other purposes.

• S. 2236

01-Feb-06

To amend Public Law 106-348 to extend the authorization for establishing a memorial in the District of Columbia or its environs to honor veterans who became disabled while serving in the Armed Forces of the United States.

• S. 2252

07-Feb-06

To designate the National Museum of Wildlife Art, located at 2820 Rungius Road, Jackson, Wyoming, as the National Museum of Wildlife Art of the United States.

• S. 2336

28-Feb-06

To establish the South Park National Heritage Area in the State of Colorado, and for other purposes.

• S. 2403

13-Mar-06

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to include in the boundaries of the Grand Teton National Park land and interests in land of the GT Park Subdivision, and for other purposes.

• S. 2417

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to designate the President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home in Hope, Arkansas, as a National Historic Site and unit of the National Park System, and for other purposes.

• S. 2419

To ensure the proper remembrance of Vietnam veterans and the Vietnam War by providing a deadline for the designation of a visitor center for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

• S. 2475

29-Mar-06

To establish the Commission to Study the Potential Creation of a National Museum of the American Latino Community, to develop a plan of action for the establishment and maintenance of a National Museum of the American Latino Community in Washington, D.C., and for other purposes.

• S. 2495

03-Apr-06

To authorize the National Mall Liberty Fund D.C. to establish a memorial on Federal land in the District of Columbia to honor slaves and other persons that fought for independence, liberty, and justice for all during the American Revolution.

• S. 2568

06-Apr-06

To amend the National Trails System Act to designate the Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail.

• S. 2605

07-Apr-06

To amend the Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve Act of 2000 to explain the purpose and provide for the administration of the Baca National Wildlife Refuge.

• S. 2627

24-Apr-06

To amend the Act of August 21, 1935, to extend the authorization for the National Park System Advisory Board, and for other purposes.

• S. 2645

25-Apr-06

To establish the Journey Through Hallowed Ground National Heritage Area, and for other purposes.

• S. 2698

02-May-06

To establish the Granada Relocation Center National Historic Site as an affiliated unit of the National Park System.

• S. 2822

17-May-06

To authorize the Marion Park Project and Committee of the Palmetto Conservation Foundation to establish a commemorative work on Federal land in the District of Columbia and its environs to honor Brigadier General Francis Marion.

• S. 2914

19-May-06

To recognize and honor the soldiers of the United States and Republic of Korea who served, were wounded, or were killed from 1953 until the present in the defense of the Republic of Korea, to require the placement of a commemorative plaque at the Korean War Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., and for other purposes.

• S. 2985

23-May-06

To establish the Land Between the Rivers National Heritage Area in the State of Illinois, and for other purposes.

• S. 3035

25-May-06

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to determine the feasibility of establishing the Columbia-Pacific National Heritage Area in the States of Washington and Oregon, and for other purposes.

• S. 3478

08-Jun-06

To amend the National Trails System Act relating to the statute of limitations that applies to certain claims.

• S. 3513

14-Jun-06

To amend the National Trails System Act to extend the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail to include additional sites associated with the preparation or return phase of the Lewis Clark expedition, and for other purposes.

• S. 3608

29-Jun-06

To modify the boundary of Mesa Verde National Park, and for other purposes.

• S. 3683

18-Jul-06

A bill to preserve the Mt. Soledad Veterans Memorial in San Diego, California, by providing for the immediate acquisition of the memorial by the United States.

• S. 3688

19-Jul-06

A bill to preserve the Mt. Soledad Veterans Memorial in San Diego, California, by providing for the immediate acquisition of the memorial by the United States.

• S. 3712

21-Jul-06

A bill to redesignated the Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park in the State of Ohio as the "Dayton Wright Brothers-Dunbar National Historical Park", and for other purposes.

• S. Con. Res. 60

25-Oct-05

Designating the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City, Missouri, as America's National Negro Leagues Baseball Museum.

• S.J. Res. 28

07-Feb-06

Approving the location of the commemorative work in the District of Columbia honoring former President Dwight D. Eisenhower.

• S. Res. 254

Marking the dedication of the Gaylord Nelson Wilderness within the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore.

• S. Res. 468

04-May-06

Supporting the continued administration of Channel Islands National Park, including Santa Rosa Island, in accordance with the laws (including regulations) and policies of the National Park Service.

• H.R. 126

04-Jan-05

To amend Public Law 89-366 to allow for an adjustment in the number of free roaming horses permitted in Cape Lookout National Seashore.

• H.R. 318

25-Jan-05

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to study the suitability and feasibility of designating Castle Nugent Farms located on St. Croix, Virgin Islands, as a unit of the National Park System, and for other purposes.

• H.R. 323

25-Jan-05

To redesignate the Ellis Island Library on the third floor of the Ellis Island Immigration Museum, located on Ellis Island in New York Harbor, as the "Bob Hope Memorial Library".

• H.R. 326

25-Jan-05

To amend the Yuma Crossing National Heritage Area Act of 2000 to adjust the boundary of the Yuma Crossing National Heritage Area and for other purposes.

• H.R. 394

26-Jan-05

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a boundary study to evaluate the significance of the Colonel James Barrett Farm in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the suitability and feasibility of its inclusion in the National Park System as part of the Minute Man National Historical Park, and for other purposes.

• H.R. 412

26-Jan-05

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to determine the suitability and feasibility of establishing the Western Reserve Heritage Area.

• H.R. 432

26-Jan-05

To require the Secretary of the Interior to permit continued occupancy and use of certain lands and improvements within Rocky Mountain National Park.

• H.R. 452

01-Feb-05

• H.R. 481

01-Feb-05

To further the purposes of the Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site Establishment Act of 2000.

• H.R. 562

02-Feb-05

To authorize the Government of Ukraine to establish a memorial on Federal land in the District of Columbia to honor the victims of the manmade famine that occurred in Ukraine in 1932-1933.

• H.R. 606

02-Feb-05

To authorize appropriations to the Secretary of the Interior for the restoration of the Angel Island Immigration Station in the State of California.

• H.R. 694

09-Feb-05

To enhance the preservation and interpretation of the Gullah/Geechee cultural heritage, and for other purposes.

• H.R. 938

17-Feb-05

To establish the Upper Housatonic Valley National Heritage Area in the State of Connecticut and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and for other purposes.

• H.R. 1084

03-Mar-05

• H.R. 1096

03-Mar-05

To establish the Thomas Edison National Historical Park in the State of New Jersey as the successor to the Edison National Historic Site.

• H.R. 1492

06-Apr-05

To provide for the preservation of the historic confinement sites where Japanese Americans were detained during World War II, and for other purposes.

• H.R. 1512

06-Apr-05

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resources study regarding the suitability and feasibility of designating certain historic buildings and areas in Taunton, Massachusetts, as a unit of the National Park System, and for other purposes.

• H.R. 1728

20-Apr-05

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to study the suitability and feasibility of designating portions of Ste. Genevieve County in the State of Missouri as a unit of the National Park System, and for other purposes.

• H.R. 2099

04-May-05

To establish the Arabia Mountain National Heritage Area, and for other purposes.

• H.R. 2107

04-May-05

To amend Public Law 104-329 to modify authorities for the use of the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Maintenance Fund, and for other purposes.

• H.R. 3721

08-Sep-05

To amend the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 to allow certain commercial vehicles to continue to use Route 209 within Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area and to allow the National Park Service to continue to collect fees from those vehicles, and for other purposes.

• H.R. 4192

01-Nov-05

• H.R. 4882

07-Mar-06

To ensure the proper remembrance of Vietnam veterans and the Vietnam War by designating a site for a visitor center for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

• H.R. 5683

26-Jun-06

To preserve the Mt. Soledad Veterans Memorial in San Diego, California, by providing for the immediate acquisition of the memorial by the United States.

• SP- 6

FEDERAL LANDS RECREATION ENHANCEMENT ACT

• SP- 14

NATIONAL MALL ISSUES

• SP- 18

FUNDING FOR THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

• SP- 20

NATIONAL PARK SERVICE'S BUSINESS STRATEGY FOR OPERATION AND MANAGEMENT OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM

• SP- 24

USE OF PARTNERSHIPS FOR MANAGING INVASIVE SPECIES IN AND AROUND NATIONAL PARKS

• SP- 32

NATIONAL PARK SERVICE'S DRAFT MANAGEMENT POLICIES

• SP- 44

NATIONAL PARK SERVICE FY 2007 BUDGET REQUEST