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Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests
 
Phone: (202) 224-8276
Fax: (202) 224-7970
 
Jurisdiction of the Subcommittee includes oversight and legislative responsibilities for: public lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest Service including farming and grazing thereon, and wilderness areas; establishment of wildlife refuges on public lands and wilderness designation therein; military land withdrawals; reserved water rights; Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act; territorial affairs; national mining and minerals policy and general mining laws; surface mining, reclamation and enforcement; mining education and research; Federal mineral leasing; Outer Continental Shelf leasing; Naval oil shale reserves; National Petroleum reserve -- Alaska; and deep seabed mining.
 
Republican Subcommittee Members

Larry E. Craig (Chairman)
Conrad Burns
Craig Thomas
James M. Talent
Gordon Smith
Lamar Alexander
Lisa Murkowski
George Allen
Democratic Subcommittee Members

Ron Wyden (Ranking Member)
Daniel K. Akaka
Byron L. Dorgan
Tim Johnson
Mary L. Landrieu
Dianne Feinstein
Maria Cantwell
 
Pete V. Domenici (ex officio member)
Jeff Bingaman (ex officio member)
 
 
Releated Legislation
 
Bill Introduced Description

S. 47 24-Jan-05 To provide for the exchange of certain Federal land in the Santa Fe National Forest and certain non-Federal land in the Pecos National Historical Park in the State of New Mexico.
S. 52 24-Jan-05 To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey a parcel of real property to Beaver County, Utah.
S. 53 24-Jan-05 To amend the Mineral Leasing Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to issue separately, for the same area, a lease for tar sand and a lease for oil and gas, and for other purposes.
S. 56 24-Jan-05 To establish the Rio Grande Natural Area in the State of Colorado, and for other purposes.
S. 74 24-Jan-05 To designate a portion of the White Salmon River as a component of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.
S. 97 24-Jan-05 To provide for the sale of bentonite in Big Horn County, Wyoming.
S. 100 24-Jan-05 To authorize the exchange of certain land in the State of Colorado.
S. 101 24-Jan-05 To convey to the town of Frannie, Wyoming, certain land withdrawn by the Commissioner of Reclamation.
S. 128 24-Jan-05 To designate certain public land in Humboldt, Del Norte, Mendocino, Lake, and Napa Counties in the State of California as wilderness, to designate certain segments of the Black Butte River in Mendocino County, California as a wild or scenic river, and for other purposes.
S. 152 25-Jan-05 To enhance ecosystem protection and the range of outdoor opportunities protected by statute in the Skykomish River valley of the State of Washington by designating certain lower-elevation Federal lands as wilderness, and for other purposes.
S. 156 25-Jan-05 To designate the Ojito Wilderness Study Area as wilderness, to take certain land into trust for the Pueblo of Zia, and for other purposes.
S. 161 25-Jan-05 To provide for a land exchange in the State of Arizona between the Secretary of Agriculture and Yavapai Ranch Limited Partnership.
S. 164 25-Jan-05 To provide for the acquisition of certain property in Washington County, Utah.
S. 179 26-Jan-05 To provide for the exchange of land within the Sierra National Forest, California, and for other purposes.
S. 203 31-Jan-05 To reduce temporarily the royalty required to be paid for sodium produced on Federal lands, and for other purposes.
S. 212 31-Jan-05

To amend the Valles Caldera Preservation Act to improve the preservation of the Valles Caldera, and for other purposes.

S. 213 31-Jan-05 To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain Federal land to Rio Arriba County, New Mexico.
S. 235 01-Feb-05 To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to sell certain parcels of Federal land in Carson City and Douglas County, Nevada.
S. 252 01-Feb-05 To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain land in Washoe County, Nevada, to the Board of Regents of the University and Community College System of Nevada.
S. 253 01-Feb-05 To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain land to the Edward H. McDaniel American Legion Post No. 22 in Pahrump, Nevada, for the construction of a post building and memorial park for use by the American Legion, other veterans' groups, and the local community.
S. 254 01-Feb-05 To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain land to Lander County, Nevada, and the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain land to Eureka County, Nevada, for continued use as cemeteries.
S. 267 02-Feb-05 To reauthorize the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000, and for other purposes.
S. 272 To designate certain National Forest System land in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System.
S. 293 03-Feb-05 To provide for the continuation of higher education through the conveyance of certain public lands in the State of Alaska to the University of Alaska, and for other purposes.
S. 305 07-Feb-05 To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to recruit volunteers to assist with or facilitate the activities of various agencies and offices of the Department of the Interior.
S. 404 16-Feb-05 To make a technical correction relating to the land conveyance authorized by Public Law 108-67.
S. 405 To provide for the conveyance of certain public land in Clark County, Nevada, for use as a heliport.
S. 476 01-Mar-05 To authorize the Boy Scouts of America to exchange certain land in the State of Utah acquired under the Recreation and Public Purposes Act.
S. 485 01-Mar-05 To reauthorize and amend the National Geologic Mapping Act of 1992
S. 496 02-Mar-05 To provide permanent funding for the payment in lieu of taxes program, and for other purposes.
S. 576 To restore the prohibition on the commercial sale and slaughter of wild free-roaming horses and burros.
S. 591 10-Mar-05 To limit the acquisition by the United States of land located in a State in which 25 percent or more of the land in that State is owned by the United States.
S. 703 05-Apr-05

To provide for the conveyance of certain Bureau of Land Management land in the State of Nevada to the Las Vegas Motor Speedway, and for other purposes.

S. 733 06-Apr-05 To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to provide a domestic offshore energy reinvestment program, and for other purposes.
S. 735 06-Apr-05 To amend the Submerged Lands Act to make the seaward boundaries of the States of Louisiana, Alabama, and Mississippi equivalent to the seaward boundaries of the State of Texas and the Gulf Coast of Florida.
S. 736 06-Apr-05 To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to promote uses on the Outer Continental Shelf.
S. 741 07-Apr-05 To provide for the disposal of certain Forest Service administrative sites in the State of Oregon, and for other purposes.
S. 761 12-Apr-05 To rename the Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area in the State of Idaho as the Morley Nelson Snake River Birds of Prey National Consevation Area in honor of the late Morley Nelson, an international authority of birds of prey, who was instrumental in the establishment of this National Conservation Area, and for other purposes.
S. 781 14-Apr-05 To preserve the use and access of pack and saddle stock animals on land administered by the National Park Service, the Bureau of Land Management, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, or the Forest Service on which there is a historical tradition of the use of pack and saddle stock animals, and for other purposes.
S. 807 14-Apr-05 To amend the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to provide owners of non-Federal lands with a reliable method of receiving compensation for damages resulting from the spread of wildfire from nearby forested National Forest System lands or Bureau of Land Management lands, when those forested Federal lands are not maintained in the forest health status known as condition class 1.
S. 814 15-Apr-05 To amend the Mineral Leasing Act to promote the development of Federal Coal Resources.
S. 878 21-Apr-05 To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to permanently prohibit the conduct of offshore drilling on the outer Continental Shelf in the Mid-Atlantic and North Atlantic planning areas.
S. 882 21-Apr-05 To designate certain Federal land in the State of Utah as wilderness, and for other purposes.
S. 899 To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain land in the Beaverhead-Deerlodge and Kootenai National Forests, Montana, to Jefferson County and Sanders County, Montana, for use as cemeteries and other purposes.
S. 906 26-Apr-05 To promote wildland firefighter safety.
S. 916 To provide for the release of certain land from the Sunrise Mountain Instant Study Area in the State of Nevada and to grant a right-of-way across the released land for the construction and maintenance of a flood control project.
S. 961 28-Apr-05 To amend the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to reauthorize and reform the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Program, and for other purposes.
S. 964 28-Apr-05 To provide a conservation royalty from Outer Continental Shelf revenues to establish the Coastal Impact Assistance Program, to provide assistance to States under the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, to ensure adequate funding for conserving and restoring wildlife, to assist local governments in improving local park and recreation systems, and for other purposes.
S. 997 11-May-05 To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain land in the Beaverhead-Deerlodge Forest, Montana, to Jefferson County, Montana, for use as a cemetery.
S. 1026 12-May-05 To ensure that offshore energy development on the Outer Continental Shelf continues to serve the needs of the United States, to create opportunities for new development and the use of alternative resources, and for other purposes.
S. 1056 17-May-05 To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the City of Henderson, Nevada, certain Federal land located in the City, and for other purposes.
S. 1092 20-May-05 To establish a program under which the Secretary of the Interior offers for lease certain land for oil shale development, and for other purposes.
S. 1094 20-May-05 To amend the Mineral Leasing Act to establish procedures for the reinstatemet of leases terminated due to unforeseeable circumstances.
S. 1122 25-May-05 To authorize and direct the exchange and conveyance of certain National Forest land and other land in southeast Arizona.
S. 1131 26-May-05 To authorize the exchange of certain Federal land within the State of Idaho, and for other purposes.
S. 1135 26-May-05 To authorize the exchange of certain land in Grand and Uintah Counties, Utah, and for other purposes.
S. 1170 06-Jun-05 To establish the Fort Stanton-Snowy River National Cave Conservation Area.
S. 1238 14-Jun-05 To amend the Public Lands Corps Act of 1993 to provide for the conduct of projects that protect forests, and for other purposes.
S. 1273 20-Jun-05 To provide for the sale and adoption of excess wild free-roaming horses and burros.
S. 1284 21-Jun-05 To designate the John L. Burton Trail in the Headwaters Forest Reserve, California.
S. 1306 23-Jun-05 To provide for the recognition of certain Native communities and the settlement of certain claims under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, and for other purposes.
S. 1511 27-Jul-05 To provide for a study of options for protecting the open space characteristics of certain land in and adjacent to the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests inthe State of Colorado, and for other purposes.
S. 1522 28-Jul-05 To recognize the heritage of hunting and provide opportunities for continued hunting on Federal public land.
S. 1541 28-Jul-05 To protect, conserve, and restore public land administered by the Department of the Interior or the Forest Service and adjacent land through cooperative cost-shared grants to control and mitigate the spread of invasive species, and for other purposes.
S. 1545 28-Jul-05 To withdraw the Los Padres National Forest in California from location, entry, and patent under mining laws, and for other purposes.
S. 1548 28-Jul-05 To provide for the conveyance of certain Forest Service land to the city of Coffman Cove, Alaska.
S. 1552 28-Jul-05 To amend Public Law 97-435 to extend the authorization for the Secretary of the Interior to release certain conditions contained in a patent concerning certain land conveyed by the United States to Eastern Washington University until December 31, 2009.
S. 1734 20-Sep-05 To establish the Valle Vidal National Preserve in the State of New Mexico.
S. 1810 03-Oct-05 To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to allow certain coastal States to share in qualified Outer Continental Shelf revenues.
S. 1832 06-Oct-05 To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to lease oil and gas resources underlying Fort Reno, Oklahoma, to establish the Fort Reno Management Fund, and for other purposes.
S. 1897 19-Jan-05 To amend the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 and related laws to strengthen the protection of native biodiversity and ban clearcutting on Federal land, and to designate certain Federal land as Ancient forests, roadless areas, watershed protection areas, and special areas where logging and other intrusive activities are prohibited.
S. 1914 25-Oct-05 To provide for the conveyance of certain land in Clark County, Nevada, for use by the Nevada National Guard.
S. 1941 31-Oct-05

To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain real property in the Dixie National Forest in the State of Utah, and for other purposes.

S. 1971 07-Nov-05 To designate certain National Forest System lands in the Pike and San Isabel National Forests and certain lands in the Royal Gorge Resource Area of the Bureau of Land Management in the State of Colorado as wilderness, and for other purposes.
S. 2000 10-Nov-05 To amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to provide for equitable allotment of land to Alaska Native veterans.
S. 2003 14-Nov-05 To make permanent the authorization for watershed restoration and enhancement agreements.
S. 2072 18-Nov-05 To provide for the conveyance of certain public lands in and around historic mining townsites in Nevada, and for other purposes.
S. 2079 18-Nov-05 To improve the ability of the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to promptly implement recovery treatments in response to catastrophic events affecting the natural resources of Forest Service land and Bureau of Land Management Land, respectively, to support the recovery of non-Federal land damaged by catastrophic events, to assist impacted communities, to revitalize Forest Service experimental forests, and for other purposes.
S. 2108 15-Dec-05 To ensure general aviation aircraft access to Federal land and to the airspace over Federal land.
S. 2150 20-Dec-05 To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain Bureau of Land Management Land to the City of Eugene, Oregon.
S. 2204 26-Jan-06

To validate certain conveyances made by the Union Pacific Railroad Company of lands located in Reno, Nevada, that were originally conveyed by the United States to facilitate construction of transcontinental railroads, and for other purposes.

S. 2239 01-Feb-06 To prohibit offshore drilling on the Outer Continental Shelf off the State of Florida, and for other purposes.
S. 2253 07-Feb-06 To require the Secretary of the Interior to offer the 181 Area of the Gulf of Mexico for oil and gas leasing.
S. 2294 16-Feb-06 To permanently prohibit oil and gas leasing off the coast of the State of California, and for other purposes.
S. 2314 16-Feb-06 To suspend the application of any provision of Federal law under which persons are relieved from the requirement to pay royalties for production of oil or natural gas from Federal lands in periods of high oil and natural gas prices, to require the Secretary to seek to renegotiate existing oil and natural gas leases to similarly limit suspension of royalty obligations under such leases, and for other purposes.
S. 2316 16-Feb-06 To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to permanently prohibit the conduct of offshore drilling on the Outer Continental Shelf in the Mid-Atlantic and North Atlantic planning areas.
S. 2346 To amend the Ojito Wilderness Act to make a technical correction.
S. 2364 02-Mar-06 To provide lasting protection for inventoried roadless areas within the National Forest System.
S. 2373 06-Mar-06 To provide for the sale of approximately 132 acres of public land to the City of Green River, Wyoming, at fair market value.
S. 2384 08-Mar-06 To require the Secretary of the Interior to offer the 181 Area of the Gulf of Mexico for oil and gas leasing and provide a portion of the revenues from that leasing to producing States and coastal political subdivisions.
S. 2420 15-Mar-06 To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to provide for payments for producing coastal States.
S. 2432 16-Mar-06 To designate certain public land as wilderness and certain rivers as wild and scenic rivers in the State of California, to designate Salmon Restoration Areas, to establish the Sacramento River National Recreation Area and Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest, and for other purposes.
S. 2466 28-Mar-06 To authorize and direct the exchange and conveyance of certain National Forest land and other land in southeast Arizona.
S. 2569 06-Apr-06

To authorize Western States to make selections of public land within their borders in lieu of receiving five per centum of the proceeds of the sale of public land lying within said States as provided by their respective Enabling Acts.

S. 2584 06-Apr-06 To amend the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 to help reduce the increased risk of severe wildfires to communities in forested areas affected by infestations of bark beetles and other insects, and for other purposes.
S. 2604 07-Apr-06 To address the forest and watershed emergency in the State of Colorado that has been exacerbated by the bark beetle infestation, to provide for the conduct of activities in the State to reduce the risk of wildfire and flooding, to promote economically healthy rural communities by reinvigorating the forest products industry int he State, to encourage the use of biomass fuels for energy, and for other purposes.
S. 2615 07-Apr-06 To provide equitable treatment for the people of the Village Corporation established for the Native Village of Saxman, Alaska, and for other purposes.
S. 2633 02-Apr-06 To grant rights-of-way to owners of dams located in the Bitterroot National Forest in the State of Montana, and for other purposes.
S. 2764 08-May-06 To amend Public Law 108-67 to correct a provision relating to the conveyance of the Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit.
S. 2788 11-May-06 To direct the exchange of certain land in Grand, San Juan and Uintah Counties, Utah, and for other purposes.
S. 3188 25-May-06 To amend the Forest Service use and occupancy permit program to restore the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture to utilize the special use permit fees collected by the Secretary in connection with the establishment and operation of marinas in units of the National Forest System derived from the public domain, and for other purposes.
S. 3497 13-Jun-06 To provide for the exchange of certain Bureau of Land Management land in Pima County, Arizona, and for other purposes.
S. 3562 23-Jun-06 To allocate a portion of the revenue drived from lease sales in the 181 Area to the land and water conservation fund for use by State and local governments for conservation purposes.
S. 3632 11-Jul-06 A bill to provide for the sale of approximately 25 acres of public land to the Turnabout Ranch, Escalante, Utah, at fair market value.
S. 3666 14-Jul-06 To amend the Florida National Forest Land Management Act of 2003 to authorize the conveyance of an additional tract of National Forest System land under that Act, and for other purposes. 
S. Con. Res. 66 17-Nov-05

Affirming that the intent of Congress is passing the National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act of 1997 was to allow hunting and fishing on public land within the National Wildlife Refuge System and declaring that the purpose of reserving certain land as public land is to make the land available to the public for reasonable uses.

S. Res. 372 14-Feb-06 Expressing the sense of the Senate that oil and gas companies should not be provided outer Continental Shelf royalty relief when energy prices are at historic highs.
H.R. 38 04-Jan-05 To designate a portion of the White Salmon River as a component of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.
H.R. 409 26-Jan-05 To provide for the exchange of land within the Sierra National Forest, California, and for other purposes.
H.R. 482 01-Feb-05 To provide for a land exchange involving Federal lands in the Lincoln National Forest in the State of New Mexico, and for other purposes.
H.R. 485 01-Feb-05 To provide that the royalty rate on the output from Federal lands of potassium and potassium compounds from the mineral sylvite in the 5-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act shall be reduced to 1.0 percent, and for other purposes.
H.R. 486 01-Feb-05 To provide for a land exchange involving private land and Bureau of Land Management land in the vicinity of Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, for the purpose of removing private land from the required safety zone surrounding munitions storage bunkers at Holloman Air Force Base.
H.R. 539 02-Feb-05 To designate certain National Forest System land in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico as components of  the National Wilderness Preservation System.
H.R. 541 02-Feb-05 To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain land to Lander County, Nevada, and the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain land to Eureka County, Nevada, for continued use as cemeteries.
H.R. 584 02-Feb-05 To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to recruit volunteers to assist with, or facilitate, the activities of various agencies and offices of the Department of the Interior.
H.R. 585 02-Feb-05 To require Federal land managers to support, and to communicate, coordinate, and cooperate with, designated gateway communities, to improve the ability of gateway communities to participate in Federal land management planning conducted by the Forest Service and agencies of the Department of the Interior, and to respond to the impacts of the public use of the Federal lands administered by these agencies, and for other purposes.
H.R. 816 15-Feb-05 To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to sell certain parcels of National Forest System land in Carson City and Douglas County, Nevada.
H.R. 849 16-Feb-05 To provide for the conveyance of certain public land in Clark County, Nevada, for use as a heliport.
H.R. 975 17-Feb-05 To provide consistent enforcement authority to the Bureau of Land Management, the National Park Service, the Untied States Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Forest Service to respond to violations of regulations regarding the management, use, and protection of public lands under the jurisdiction of these agencies, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1101 03-Mar-05 To revoke a Public Land Order with respect to certain lands erroneously included in the Cibola National Wildlife Refuge, California.
H.R. 1129 03-Mar-05 To authorize the exchange of certain land in the State of Colorado.
H.R. 2362 16-May-05 To reauthorize and amend the National Geologic Mapping Act of 1992.
H.R. 3462 27-Jul-05 To provide for the conveyance of the Bureau of Land Management parcels known as the White Acre and Gambel Oak properties and related real property to Park City, Utah, and for other purposes.
H.R. 3507 28-Jul-05 To transfer certain land in Riverside County, California, and San Diego County, California, from the Bureau of Land Management to the United States to be held in trust for the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians, and for other purposes.
H.R. 3981 06-Oct-05 To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out certain land exchanges involving small parcels of National Forest System land in the Tahoe National Forest in the State of California, and for other purposes.
H.R. 4162 27-Oct-05 To provide for an exchange of lands between the Secretary of Agriculture and the United Water Conservation District of California to eliminate certain inholdings in the Los Padres National Forest, and for other purposes.
H.R. 4841 01-Mar-06 To amend the Ojito Wilderness Act to make a technical correction.
SP- 4

SECURE RURAL SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY SELF-DETERMINATION ACT OF 2000

SP- 17 FY 2004 WILDLAND FIRE IMPACTS AND FY 2005 WILDFIRE PREPAREDNESS
SP- 26 BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT AND THE FOREST SERVICE GRAZING PROGRAMS
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RECREATION FEE DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM

SP- 36 FEDERAL AVIATION CONTRACTING
SP- 41 FOREST SERVICE TREE PLANTING AND OTHER SERVICE CONTRACTS
SP- 46 FISCAL YEAR 2005 WILDLAND FIRE IMPACTS AND FISCAL YEAR 2006 WILDFIRE PREPAREDNESS
SP- 54 GAO REPORT ENTITLED "WILDLAND FIRE SUPPRESSION - LACK OF CLEAR GUIDANCE RAISES CONCERNS ABOUT COST SHARING BETWEEN FEDERAL AND NONFEDERAL ENTITIED"