May 8, 2008
CONTACT: Allyson Groff or Blake Androff, 202-226-9019
Washington, D.C. - U.S. Rep. Nick J. Rahall (D-WV), Chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee, released the following statement commemorating the signing earlier today of the Consolidated Natural Resources Act of 2008 (S. 2739) into law:
"With the stroke of a pen, the largest collection of measures dealing with a spectrum of National park, public lands, water, and territorial issues to emerge from the Congress since 1996 has become law. As Chairman of the Natural Resources Committee, I am proud to note that this Congress has demonstrated a renewed commitment to conserving America's precious natural resources and unique cultural heritage for generations to come. There are many individual initiatives of significance contained in this bill; but collectively these measures will provide essential new protections for wilderness, National Parks, precious water resources, historic sites, and citizens from sea to shining sea."
Fifty-seven of the bills included in the Act - nearly evenly split between bills sponsored by Democrats and Republicans - originated in the House Natural Resources Committee, where Rahall worked closely with Subcommittee Chairmen Raul Grijalva (D-AZ), Grace Napolitano (D-CA), and Donna Christensen (D-VI) to shepherd these measures through the House.
The provisions included in S. 2739 are:
TITLE I - FOREST SERVICE AUTHORIZATIONS
Sec. 101. Wild Sky Wilderness (H.R. 886, Larsen, D-WA)
Sec. 102. Jim Weaver Trail-Willamette National Forest (H.R. 247, DeFazio, D-OR)
TITLE II - BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT AUTHORIZATIONS
Sec. 201. Piedras Blancas Historic Light Station (H.R. 276, Capps, D-CA)
Sec. 202. Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse Outstanding Natural Area (H.R. 1922, Mahoney, D-FL)
Sec. 203. Nevada National Guard land conveyance (H.R. 815, Porter, R-NV)
TITLE III - NATIONAL PARK SERVICE AUTHORIZATIONS
Subtitle A - Cooperative Agreements
Sec. 301. National Park Resource Protection Cooperative Agreements (H.R. 658, Porter, R-NV)
Subtitle B - Boundary Adjustments
Sec. 311. Carl Sandburg Home NHS boundary adjustment (H.R. 1100, Shuler, D-NC)
Sec. 312. Lowell National Historical Park boundary adjustment (H.R. 299, (Meehan) Tsongas, D-MA)
Sec. 313. Minidoka National Historic Site (H.R. 161, Inslee, D-WA)
Sec. 314. Acadia National Park Amendments (H.R. 2251, Michaud, D-ME)
Subtitle C - Studies
Sec. 321. Newtonia Civil War Battlefields Study (H.R. 376, Blunt, R-MO)
Sec. 322. Soldiers' Memorial Military Museum Study (H.R. 1047, Clay, D-MO)
Sec. 323. Wolf House Study (H.R. 442, Berry, D-AR)
Sec. 324. Space Shuttle Columbia Study (H.R. 807, Gohmert, R-TX)
Sec. 325. Cesar E. Chavez Study (H.R. 357, Solis, D-CA)
Sec. 326. Taunton, Massachusetts Special Resource Study (H.R. 1021, Frank, D-MA)
Sec. 327. Rim of the Valley Corridor study (H.R. 1835, Schiff, D-CA)
Subtitle D - Memorials, Commissions, and Museums
Sec. 331. Brigadier General Francis Marion Memorial (H.R. 497, Wilson, R-SC)
Sec. 332. Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission (H.R. 2094, Moore, D-KS)
Sec. 333. National Museum of the American Latino Study (H.R. 512, Becerra, D-CA)
Sec. 334. Hudson-Fulton-Champlain Quadricentennial Commemoration Commission (H.R. 1520, Hinchey, D-NY) (Oversight and Government Reform Committee)
Sec. 335. National Quilt Museum of the United States (H. Con. Res. 209, Whitfield, R-KY)
Sec. 336. National Museum of Wildlife Art of the United States (H. Con. Res. 116, Cubin, R-WY)
Sec. 337. Redesignation of Ellis Island Library ("Bob Hope") (H.R. 759, Engel, D-NY)
Subtitle E - Trails and Rivers
Sec. 341. Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail (H.R. 1388, Sarbanes, D-MD)
Sec. 342. Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Center (H.R. 761, Fortenberry, R-NE)
Sec. 343. Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Extension Study (H.R. 3616, Emerson, R-MO)
Sec. 344. Eightmile Wild and Scenic River (H.R. 986, Courtney, D-CT)
Subtitle F
Denali National Park and Alaska Railroad Exchange (H.R. 830, Young, R-AK)
Subtitle G
National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Amendments (H.R. 1239, Hastings, D-FL)
Subtitle H
Grand Canyon National Park Subcontractors (H.R. 1191, Renzi, R-AZ)
TITLE IV - NATIONAL HERITAGE AREAS
Subtitle A
Journey Through Hallowed Ground NHA (H.R. 319, Wolf, R-VA)
Subtitle B
Niagara Falls NHA (H.R. 713, Slaughter, D-NY)
Subtitle C
Abraham Lincoln NHA (H.R. 1625, LaHood, R-IL)
Subtitle D
Authorization Extensions (H.R. 1483, Regula, R-OH)
Subtitle E- Technical Corrections and Additions
Sec. 471. National Coal Heritage Area technical corrections (H.R.1483 (Regula), Rahall, D-WV)
Sec. 472. Rivers of Steel NHA addition (H.R. 1083, English, R-PA)
Sec. 473. South Carolina National Heritage Corridor addition (H.R. 1483, Brown, R-SC)
Sec. 474. Ohio & Erie Canal Nat Heritage Corridor tech corrections (H.R. 1483, Regula, R-OH)
Sec. 475. New Jersey Coastal Heritage Trail Route (H.R. 1815, LoBiondo, R-NJ)
Subtitle F- Studies
Sec. 481. Columbia-Pacific National Heritage Area Study (H.R. 407, Baird, D-WA)
Sec. 482. Abraham Lincoln Sites in Kentucky Study (S. 955)
TITLE V - BUREAU OF RECLAMATION AND UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AUTHORIZATIONS
Sec. 501. Alaska Water Resources Study (H.R. 1114, Young, R-AK)
Sec. 502. Redwood Valley County Water District (H.R. 235, Thompson, D-CA)
Sec. 503. American River Pump Station Project transfer (H.R. 482, Doolittle, R-CA)
Sec. 504. Arthur V. Watkins Dam enlargement (H.R. 839, Bishop, R-UT)
Sec. 505. New Mexico Water Planning Assistance (H.R. 1904, Wilson, R-NM)
Sec. 506. Yakima Project, Washington (H.R. 386, Hastings, R-WA)
Sec. 507. Juab County, UT Water (H.R. 1736, Cannon, R-UT)
Sec. 508. A&B Irrigation District Construction Costs (H.R. 467, Simpson, R-ID)
Sec. 509. Oregon Water Resources (H.R. 495, Walden, R-OR)
Sec. 510. Republican River Basin Feasibility Study (H.R. 1025, Moran, R-KS)
Sec. 511. Eastern Municipal Water District (H.R. 30, Issa, R-CA)
Sec. 512. Bay Area Regional Water Recycling Program (H.R. 1526, Miller, D-CA)
Sec. 513. Bureau of Reclamation Site Security (H.R. 1662, Napolitano, D-CA)
Sec. 514. More Water, More Energy, and Less Waste Act (H.R. 902, Udall, D-CO)
Sec. 515. Platte River Recovery Program (H.R. 1462, Udall, D-CO)
Sec. 516. Central Oklahoma Master Conservatory District study (H.R. 1337, Cole, R-OK)
TITLE VI - DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AUTHORIZATIONS (Science & Tech Committee)
Sec. 601. Energy Technology Transfer (H.R. 85, Biggert, R-IL)
Sec. 602. Steel and Aluminum Energy Conservation and Technology (H.R. 1126, Lipinski, D-IL)
TITLE VII- NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS (H.R. 3079, Christensen, D-VI)
TITLE VIII- COMPACTS OF FREE ASSOCIATION AMENDMENTS (H.R. 2705, Christensen, D-VI) (Foreign Affairs Committee)
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