Summary: Requires the inclusion of the land and interests commonly known as Gettysburg Train Station and its immediate surroundings in the Borough of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and the land and interests located along Plum Run in Cumberland Township, Pennsylvania, in Gettysburg National Military Park if the owner of the property has provided written consent for its inclusion. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire publicly or privately owned property within the area of the Train Station by purchase, from willing sellers only, if efforts to acquire such property without cost have been exhausted. Prohibits the acquisition of property within the areas of the Train Station and along Plum Run by eminent domain.

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Summary: Devil's Staircase Wilderness Act of 2011 - Designates certain federal land in Oregon as the Devil's Staircase Wilderness and as a wilderness area for inclusion in the National Wilderness Preservation System. Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate Franklin and Wasson Creeks in Oregon as wild rivers and as components of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System.

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Summary: Oregon Caves Revitalization Act of 2011 - Redesignates the Oregon Caves National Monument as the Oregon Caves National Monument and Preserve. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to transfer certain land identified as proposed addition lands to the Secretary of the Interior (the Secretary) and adjust the boundary of the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest to exclude such lands transferred by the Secretary. Directs the Secretaries to accept the donation of a grazing lease or permit from a lessee or permittee for the Big Grayback Grazing Allotment located in the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest or the Billy Mountain Grazing Allotment located on a parcel of BLM-managed land. Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate the subterranean segment of the Cave Creek in Oregon known as the River Styx as a component of the national wild and scenic rivers system and certain additional segments of the Monument and Preserve for study for potential addition to the system.

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Summary: Chetco River Protection Act of 2011 - Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to make corrections to the segment designations for the Chetco River, Oregon, including revising segment lengths. Withdraws the federal land within the boundaries of a certain segment of the Chetco River from: (1) entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws; (2) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and (3) disposition under laws pertaining to mineral and geothermal leasing or mineral materials.

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Summary: Salem Maritime National Historic Site Boundary Study Act of 2011 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a boundary study of the lands and waters in the greater Salem Sound, including the city of Salem, to determine the suitability and feasibility of including portions of Salem Sound within the Salem Maritime National Historic Site in Massachusetts.

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Summary: West Hunter Street Baptist Church Study Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of the historic West Hunter Street Baptist Church located at 775 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia, to evaluate the national significance of the Church and determine the suitability and feasibility of designating such area as a unit of the National Park System.

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Summary: Waco Mammoth National Monument Establishment Act of 2011 - Establishes the Waco Mammoth National Monument in Texas as a unit of the National Park System. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to enter into cooperative management agreements with Baylor University and the city of Waco, Texas (the city). Permits the Secretary to acquire by donation only from the city any land or interest in land owned by the city within the proposed boundary of the Monument. Requires the Secretary, in consultation with Baylor University and the city, to complete a general management plan for the Monument. Provides for the inclusion in such plan of opportunities for involvement by the University, the city, the state of Texas, and other local and national entities in the development of educational programs for the Monument and for the development and support of the Monument. Prohibits the use of federal funding to pay the costs of: (1) carrying out a cooperative agreement under this Act, (2) acquiring land for inclusion in the Monument, (3) developing a visitor center, (4) operating or maintaining the Monument, (5) constructing exhibits, or (6) developing the general management plan. Permits the use of non-federal funding to pay any costs that may be incurred by the Secretary or the National Park Service (NPS) to carry out this Act. Prohibits anything in this Act from affecting the eligibility of the Monument for federal grants or other financial assistance for which the Monument would have been eligible had System status not been conferred upon it. Terminates the designation of the Monument as a unit of the System if federal funding is required for the operation and maintenance of the Monument. Requires any land acquired by the Secretary from the city to revert to the city if such designation is terminated. Prohibits any private property from being made a part of the Monument without the owner's written consent. Prohibits anything in this Act, the establishment of such national monument, or the management plan from being construed as creating buffer zones outside of such monument. Bars an activity or use that can be seen or heard from within the Monument from precluding the conduct of that activity or use outside the Monument.

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Summary: Amends the Consolidated Natural Resources Act of 2008 to add Livingston, Union, and Stephenson Counties in Illinois to the Lincoln National Heritage Area.

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Summary: (This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the Senate on July 18, 2012. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Honoring America's Veterans and Caring for Camp Lejeune Families Act of 2012 - Title I: Health Care Matters - Janey Ensminger Act - (Sec. 102) Makes any veteran who served on active duty at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, for at least 30 days between January 1, 1957, and December 31, 1987, and their family members, eligible for hospital care and medical services through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for any of 15 listed cancers and other illnesses or conditions, notwithstanding insufficient medical evidence to conclude that the illness or condition is attributable to such service. Makes the provision of such care and services for family members dependent on available appropriations. Prohibits such care and services for any illness or condition found to have resulted from a cause other than the residence of the family member. Requires family members to first exhaust all possible claims and remedies against a third party before the VA provision of such care and services. Requires an annual report in each of 2013 through 2015, from the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (Secretary) to the congressional veterans committees, on care and services so provided. (Sec. 103) Authorizes the Secretary to waive the imposition or collection of copayments for telehealth and telemedicine visits of veterans. (Sec. 104) Directs the Secretary to commence a three-year initiative to assess the feasibility and advisability of paying expenses or allowances for a veteran's round trip between an area designated as highly rural and the nearest Vet Center. Requires an initiative report from the Secretary to Congress. (Sec. 105) Requires VA payments to state nursing homes for care provided to veterans to be based on a methodology which reimburses such home for care provided under contract. (Under current law, such payments are made according to a prescribed rate.) Includes entities eligible to enter into such contracts as authorized VA nursing home, adult day health care, or other extended care providers. (Sec. 106) Directs the Secretary to develop and implement, by the end of FY2012, a centralized and comprehensive policy on reporting and tracking sexual assaults and other safety incidents at each VA medical facility, including: (1) risk-assessment tools; (2) mandatory security training; (3) physical security precautions (surveillance camera systems and panic alarm systems); (4) criteria and guidance for employees communicating and reporting incidents to specified supervisory personnel, VA law enforcement officials, and the Office of Inspector General; (5) an oversight system within the Veterans Health Administration; (6) procedures for VA law enforcement officials investigating, tracking, and closing reported incidents; and (7) clinical guidance for treating sexual assaults reported over 72 hours afterwards. Requires the Secretary to submit an interim and annual report to the veterans committees on such policy implementation. (Sec. 107) Includes the goal of maximizing the individual's independence within an individualized plan for the rehabilitation of veterans with traumatic brain injury (TBI). Includes within plan objectives the sustaining of improvement in cognitive, behavioral, and vocational functioning. Includes within the VA definition of "rehabilitative services" treatment and services to sustain and prevent loss of functional gains, as well as any other services or supports that may contribute to maximizing an individual's independence. Includes rehabilitation services within: (1) comprehensive programs for long-term rehabilitation of veterans with TBI, and (2) cooperative agreements for the use of non-VA facilities for neurorehabilitation and recovery programs for such veterans. (Sec. 108) Directs the Secretary to carry out a program of teleconsultation for the provision of remote mental health and TBI assessments in VA facilities that are not otherwise able to provide such assessments without contracting with third party providers or reimbursing providers through a fee basis system. Requires the Secretary to offer medical residents training opportunities in telemedicine. Defines "teleconsultation" and "telemedicine." (Sec. 109) Prohibits the Secretary from prohibiting the use of service dogs in, or on, any VA facility or property or any facility or property that receives VA funding. (Sec. 110) Recognizes as purposes of veterans rural health resource centers that serve as satellite offices for the Office of Rural Health: (1) the identification of disparities in the availability of health care to veterans living in rural areas, (2) the formulation of practices or programs to deliver such health care, and (3) the development and implementation of special practices and products for the benefit of such veterans. (Sec. 111) Directs the Secretary to: (1) develop and implement a plan to ensure the recovery and collection of third-party insurer amounts for deposit into the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Care Collections Fund, and (2) monitor such recovery and collection. (Sec. 112) Extends through FY2013 VA authority: (1) to collect copayments from certain veterans receiving hospital or nursing home care, and (2) to recover from third-party providers the cost of certain care and services provided to service-disabled veterans. Title II: Housing Matters - Andrew Connelly Veterans Housing Act - (Sec. 202) Extends through FY2013 VA authority to provide specially adapted housing assistance to veterans who are permanently and totally disabled to an extent severely affecting their ambulatory abilities. (Sec. 203) Expands eligibility for VA specially adapted housing assistance to include veterans with visual acuity of 20/200 (under current law, 5/200) or less in the better eye with the use of corrective lenses. (Sec. 204) Increases the aggregate limits on VA assistance to certain disabled veterans for adapting and acquiring housing. (Sec. 205) Increases the authorized amount of VA assistance for permanently and totally service-disabled veterans who are temporarily residing in housing owned by a family member from: (1) $14,000 to $28,000, in the case of the acquisition of housing with special features; and (2) $2,000 to $5,000, in the case of adaptations to a current residence. Directs the Secretary to adjust such amounts annually based on the residential home cost-of-construction index. Extends such authority through 2022. (Sec. 206) Authorizes the VA to guarantee home loans for the surviving spouses of veterans who: (1) were eligible for veterans' dependency and indemnity compensation due to a total disability rating, or (2) were former prisoners of war who were totally disabled for at least one year preceding death. (Sec. 207) Considers a veteran who is unable to occupy a home because of active-duty status to have satisfied the occupancy requirement relating to housing financed through the VA if the veteran's dependent child is occupying or will occupy the home and the veteran's attorney or a legal guardian of the dependent child makes the VA-required occupancy certification. (Sec. 208) Makes permanent (under current law, ends at the end of FY2012) a VA demonstration project guaranteeing veterans' adjustable rate and hybrid adjustable rate mortgages in a manner similar to that in which the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) insures such mortgages under the National Housing Act. (Sec. 210) Directs the Secretary to waive VA home loan fees for individuals with disability ratings issued during predischarge programs. (Sec. 211) Defines "supportive housing" for purposes of VA enhanced-use leases of real property. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into an enhanced-use lease for supportive housing only when such lease is not inconsistent with and will not adversely affect the VA mission. Requires the Secretary to select the party with whom an enhanced-use lease will be entered into using such selection procedures as considered appropriate by the Secretary. Allows lease consideration provided to consist solely of cash at fair value, and prohibits the Secretary from receiving any other type of consideration. Prohibits the terms of an enhanced-use lease from providing for any acquisition, contract, demonstration, exchange, grant, incentive, procurement, sale, service or use agreement, lease, or lease-back by the Secretary or the federal government. Prohibits the Secretary from entering into such a lease without advance certification by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) with respect to compliance with lease requirements. Removes the requirement that the Secretary conduct periodic inspections of construction, alteration, repairs, remodeling, or improvements of property which is the subject of an enhanced-use lease. Requires the improvements and operations on land leased with an enhanced-use lease to be subject to all applicable federal, state, or local taxes, but exempts from such taxes the underlying fee title interest of the United States in any such land. Requires an initial report, and annual reports, from the Secretary to Congress identifying actions taken by the Secretary to implement and administer enhanced-use leases. Extends through 2023 the Secretary's authority to enter into such leases. Title III: Homeless Matters - (Sec. 301) Allows grants made by the Secretary for homeless veterans' comprehensive services programs (outreach, rehabilitation, vocational counseling, and transitional housing assistance) to be used for the construction of new facilities. Prohibits the Secretary from denying applications for such grants solely on the basis that the grant entity proposes to use funding from other private or public sources, as long as such entity demonstrates that a private nonprofit organization will provide project oversight and site control. Requires the Secretary to: (1) study matters relating to the method used to make per diem payments to grant recipients, (2) develop more effective and efficient procedures for fiscal control and fund accounting by grant recipients, and (3) develop a more effective and efficient method for adequately reimbursing grant recipients for services furnished to homeless veterans. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress on such study and methods. (Sec. 303) Includes, under the grant program for homeless veterans with special needs, entities that are eligible for: (1) grants for programs for a variety of services for such veterans, and (2) per diem payments for services furnished to such veterans. Includes homeless veterans who care for minor dependents among those considered to have special needs, and provides for direct receipt of services by such dependents. (Sec. 304) Directs the Secretary to consider entering into agreements with state or local government agencies, tribal organizations, and nonprofit organizations to collaborate in the provision of case management services under the VA supported housing program to ensure that homeless veterans facing the most significant difficulties in obtaining suitable housing receive the assistance they require. Authorizes the Secretary to provide technical assistance to collaborating entities. Provides funding. Requires the Secretary to report annually to Congress on such collaborative services. (Sec. 305) Increases the FY2013 authorization of appropriations for the VA comprehensive services programs. Extends through FY2013: (1) the homeless veterans reintegration programs, (2) VA supportive services for very low-income veteran families in permanent housing, and (3) a grant program for homeless veterans with special needs. Title IV: Education Matters - (Sec. 401) Exempts, as of October 1, 2013, survivors' and dependents' educational assistance from the 48-month time limit on the use of assistance under various veterans' and related educational assistance programs. Revives any entitlement reduced by the 48-month limit. Caps at 81 months the aggregate period of benefits for an individual under all such programs. (Sec. 402) Directs the Secretaries of the Department of Defense (DOD) and the VA to report annually to Congress on the effectiveness of education and training offered under the post-9/11 educational assistance program and the survivors' and dependents' educational assistance program, respectively. Terminates such report requirements after January 1, 2021. Repeals a required VA report relating to the all-volunteer force educational assistance program. Title V: Benefits Matters - (Sec. 501) Requires initial review by the Board of Veterans' Appeals of a substantive appeal containing new evidence, unless the claimant, at the same time as the submission of the new evidence, requests review by the agency of original jurisdiction. (Sec. 502) Allows the following individuals to sign veterans' benefits claims filed on behalf of a person who is under 18, mentally incompetent, or physically unable to sign: (1) a court-appointed representative, (2) a caregiver, (3) an attorney-in-fact, or (4) an agent authorized to act on behalf of the individual under a durable power of attorney. (Sec. 503) Authorizes (under current law, requires) the Secretary and the Commissioner of Social Security to prescribe joint applications for social security benefits and dependency and indemnity compensation. (Sec. 504) Directs the Secretary to notify VA benefits claimants by the most effective means available, including electronic communication or notification in writing, of any information or medical or lay evidence not previously provided to the Secretary that is necessary to substantiate a claim. (Current law does not specify the means of notice.) (Sec. 505) Requires the Secretary, in assisting claimants in obtaining relevant records in support of a claim, to make at least two requests to a custodian of a private medical record, unless it is made evident by the first request that a second request would be futile. Directs the Secretary to encourage claimants to submit relevant private medical records if such submission does not burden the claimant. Allows the claimant to instead authorize the Secretary to obtain such records. Provides procedures for the obtaining of public records by the Secretary. (Sec. 506) Authorizes the Secretary to provide an effective date of an award of disability compensation, in the case of a veteran who submits a fully-developed claim, of up to one year before the date of receipt of such claim. Makes this section applicable one year after the enactment of this Act, and inapplicable three years after its enactment. (Sec. 507) Entitles a surviving spouse to a benefit for the month of a veteran's death if, at the time of the veteran's death: (1) the veteran was receiving veterans' disability compensation or veteran's pension, or (2) the veteran is determined to have been entitled to receive such compensation or pension for such month. Requires that, if a claim for entitlement was pending at the time of a veteran's death and the pending claim was subsequently granted, any additional benefits for that month would be paid as accrued VA benefits. (Sec. 508) Increases to $32,433 the combined annual rate of pension for two married veterans meeting specified disability and service or age and service requirements when both of such veterans need regular aid and attendance. (Sec. 509) Excludes from annual income, for purposes of eligibility for pensions for veterans and their surviving spouses and children, reimbursements resulting from: (1) any accident; (2) any theft or loss; or (3) any casualty loss. Title VI: Memorial, Burial, and Cemetery Matters - (Sec. 601) Amends the federal criminal code concerning the prohibition on disruptions of funerals of members or former members of the Armed Forces to increase the period covered under such prohibition from one to two hours before and after a military funeral. Includes within such unlawful conduct any disturbance or disruption occurring within 500 feet of the boundary of a funeral location, or on or near the boundary of the residence of a surviving member of a deceased's immediate family. Provides civil remedies, including actual and statutory damages. Makes identical changes under federal veterans' provisions concerning the prohibition on certain demonstrations and disruptions at national cemeteries, including Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia (Arlington). (Sec. 602) Prohibits: (1) more than one gravesite from being provided at Arlington to a veteran or member of the Armed Forces who is eligible for burial there, except as the Secretary of the Army (Secretary, for purposes of this title only) considers appropriate; and (2) a gravesite from being reserved at Arlington before an individual's death, except as the President considers appropriate. Requires a report from the Secretary to Congress on reservations made for interment at Arlington. (Sec. 603) Includes under the VA's presidential memorial certificate program (a program presenting a presidential certificate of appreciation for military service) an individual who dies during active service. (Sec. 604) Allows a monument other than one containing or marking interred remains (monument) to be placed in Arlington only if the monument commemorates: (1) the military service of the individual or group whose memory is honored by the monument, or (2) a particular military event. Prohibits any monument from being placed in Arlington until the end of the 25-year period beginning on the last day of the service or event commemorated. Allows a monument to be placed only in those sections of Arlington designated by the Secretary and only on land determined to be unsuitable for burial. Allows a monument to be placed in Arlington only if an appropriate non-governmental entity has agreed to act as a sponsoring organization to coordinate the monument's placement and: (1) monument construction and placement are paid for using only private funds, (2) the Secretary consults with the Commission of Fine Arts before approving the monument's design, and (3) the sponsoring organization provides for an independent study on the availability and suitability of alternative monument locations outside of Arlington. Authorizes the Secretary to waive the 25-year requirement, above, when the monument would commemorate a group of individuals who the Secretary determines: (1) has made valuable contributions to the Armed Forces that have been ongoing and perpetual for longer than 25 years and are expected to continue indefinitely, and (2) has provided service that is of such a character that failure to place a monument to the group in Arlington would present a manifest injustice. Directs the Secretary, upon exercising such waiver, to: (1) make available on the Internet a waiver notification and rationale, and (2) provide the veterans and defense committees with such notification and rationale. Requires the Secretary to also notify such committees of any proposed monument to be placed at Arlington. Allows Congress, for 60 days after the latter notification, to pass a joint resolution disapproving such placement. Title VII: Other Matters - (Sec. 701) Authorizes the Secretary, notwithstanding existing limitations on the assistance available to disabled veterans eligible for specially adapted housing grants, to award grants to veterans whose homes were previously adapted with such assistance if the adapted home was destroyed or substantially damaged in a natural or other disaster. Requires any such post-disaster adapted housing grant to be available to acquire a suitable housing unit with special fixtures or moveable facilities made necessary by the veteran's disability, along with the land for such housing. Permits the Secretary: (1) to extend up to an additional two months the subsistence allowances of veterans displaced by such disasters while satisfactorily following a program of employment services prescribed in a vocational rehabilitation program for certain veterans with service-connected disabilities; (2) to provide or assist in providing a second automobile or other specified conveyance to eligible disabled veterans and members of the Armed Forces if an automobile or other conveyance previously purchased with assistance was destroyed by such a disaster through no fault of the individual and without compensation by a property insurer; and (3) in determining whether certain real estate housing loans are secured by a first lien, to disregard or allow for subordination to a superior lien created by a duly recorded covenant running with the realty in favor of either a public entity that has provided or will provide assistance in response to a major disaster as determined by the President under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act or a private entity, as specified. Directs the Secretary to report annually to Congress on assistance provided or action taken pursuant to this section. (Sec. 702) Extends through: (1) 2016 VA authority to guarantee the principal and interest on securities evidencing an interest in a pool of veterans' mortgage loans, and (2) October 1, 2017, the authority to collect fees for certain housing loans made, insured, or guaranteed by the VA. Amends the Veterans Benefits Improvement Act of 2008 to extend through 2014 a temporary adjustment in the maximum VA single-family residence home loan guaranty amount. (Sec. 703) Directs the Secretary to submit to the veterans committees a plan for the regular assessment of Veterans Benefits Administration employees who process claims for veterans' compensation and pensions. (Sec. 704) Limits VA payments for ambulance services to the lesser of the actual charges or the rates permitted under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act. (Sec. 706) Requires any business determined by the Secretary to have misrepresented its status as a small business owned and controlled by veterans or service-disabled veterans in order to increase its contracting opportunities to be debarred from contracting with the VA for not less than five years (under current law, for a reasonable period as determined by the Secretary). Requires the Secretary to commence the debarment action within 30 days after the misrepresentation determination, and to complete such action within 90 days after such determination. Includes in the debarment all principals in the business. (Sec. 707) Requires the Secretary to submit to the veterans committees a quarterly accounting of the costs of each conference, meeting, or other similar forum sponsored or co-sponsored by the VA that is: (1) attended by at least 50 individuals, including at least 1 VA employee; and (3) estimated to cost the VA at least $20,000. (Sec. 708) Directs the Secretary of Labor to establish and maintain a website for the public disclosure of information concerning the employment by federal contractors of: (1) disabled veterans, (2) veterans who served on active duty during a war or in a campaign for which a campaign badge has been authorized, (3) veterans who participated in a military operation for which a service medal was awarded, and (4) recently separated veterans. (Sec. 709) Directs the Secretary to establish the VetStar Award Program to annually recognize businesses for their contributions to veterans' employment. (Sec. 710) Amends the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to extend from 9 to 12 months after a servicemember's period of military service both the stay of proceedings to enforce an obligation on real or personal property owned by the servicemember prior to such military service, as well as the protection against sale, foreclosure, or seizure of such property. Makes such extensions applicable during the period beginning 180 days after the enactment of this Act until the end of 2014. Requires a report from the Comptroller General to Congress on such protections provided during the five-year period ending on the date of enactment of this Act.

measure amended passed senate july summary version repeated honoring america veterans caring camp lejeune families act title health_care matters act sec makes veteran served active duty camp lejeune north_carolina days january december family members eligible hospital care medical services department_of_veterans_affairs listed cancers illnesses conditions notwithstanding insufficient medical evidence conclude illness condition attributable service makes provision care services family members dependent available appropriations prohibits care services illness condition found resulted cause residence family member requires family members exhaust possible claims remedies party provision care services requires annual report secretary veterans_affairs secretary congressional veterans committees care services provided sec authorizes secretary waive imposition collection copayments telehealth telemedicine visits veterans sec directs secretary commence year initiative assess feasibility advisability paying expenses allowances veteran round trip area designated highly rural nearest vet center requires initiative report secretary congress sec requires_va payments state nursing homes care provided veterans based methodology reimburses home care provided contract current law payments according prescribed rate includes entities eligible enter contracts authorized nursing home adult day health_care extended care providers sec directs secretary develop implement end fy2012 centralized comprehensive policy reporting tracking sexual assaults safety incidents medical facility including risk assessment tools mandatory security training physical security precautions surveillance camera systems alarm systems criteria guidance employees communicating reporting incidents specified supervisory personnel law enforcement officials office_of_inspector_general oversight system veterans_health_administration procedures law enforcement officials investigating tracking closing reported incidents clinical guidance treating sexual assaults reported hours requires secretary submit interim annual report veterans committees policy implementation sec includes goal maximizing individual independence individualized plan rehabilitation veterans traumatic brain injury tbi includes plan objectives sustaining improvement cognitive behavioral vocational functioning includes definition rehabilitative services treatment services sustain prevent loss functional gains services supports contribute maximizing individual independence includes rehabilitation services comprehensive programs long term rehabilitation veterans tbi cooperative agreements use non-va facilities recovery programs veterans sec directs secretary carry program teleconsultation provision remote mental health tbi assessments facilities able provide assessments contracting party providers reimbursing providers fee basis system requires secretary offer medical residents training opportunities telemedicine defines teleconsultation telemedicine sec prohibits secretary prohibiting use service dogs facility property facility property receives funding sec recognizes purposes veterans rural health resource centers serve satellite offices office rural health identification disparities availability health_care veterans living rural areas formulation practices programs deliver health_care development implementation special practices products benefit veterans sec directs secretary develop implement plan ensure recovery collection party insurer amounts deposit department_of_veterans_affairs medical care collections fund monitor recovery collection sec extends fy2013 authority collect copayments certain veterans receiving hospital nursing home care recover party providers cost certain care services provided service disabled veterans title housing matters veterans housing act sec extends fy2013 authority provide specially adapted housing assistance veterans permanently totally disabled extent severely affecting ambulatory abilities sec expands eligibility specially adapted housing assistance include veterans visual acuity current law better eye use corrective lenses sec increases aggregate limits assistance certain disabled veterans adapting acquiring housing sec increases authorized assistance permanently totally service disabled veterans temporarily residing housing owned family member case acquisition housing special features case adaptations current residence directs secretary adjust amounts annually based residential home cost construction index extends authority sec authorizes guarantee home loans surviving spouses veterans eligible veterans dependency indemnity compensation total disability rating prisoners war totally disabled year preceding death sec considers veteran unable occupy home active duty status satisfied occupancy requirement relating housing financed veteran dependent child occupying occupy home veteran attorney legal guardian dependent child makes required occupancy certification sec makes permanent current law ends end fy2012 demonstration project guaranteeing veterans adjustable rate hybrid adjustable rate mortgages manner similar secretary housing_and_urban_development hud insures mortgages national housing act sec directs secretary waive home loan fees individuals disability ratings issued programs sec defines supportive housing purposes enhanced use leases real property authorizes secretary enter enhanced use lease supportive housing lease inconsistent adversely affect mission requires secretary select party enhanced use lease entered selection procedures considered appropriate secretary allows lease consideration provided consist solely cash fair value prohibits secretary receiving type consideration prohibits terms enhanced use lease providing acquisition contract demonstration exchange grant incentive procurement sale service use agreement lease lease secretary federal_government prohibits secretary entering lease advance certification director office_of_management_and_budget omb respect compliance lease requirements removes requirement secretary conduct periodic inspections construction alteration repairs remodeling improvements property subject enhanced use lease requires improvements operations land leased enhanced use lease subject applicable federal state local taxes exempts taxes underlying fee title interest united_states land requires initial report annual reports secretary congress identifying actions taken secretary implement administer enhanced use leases extends secretary authority enter leases title iii homeless matters sec allows grants secretary homeless veterans comprehensive services programs outreach rehabilitation vocational counseling transitional housing assistance construction new facilities prohibits secretary denying applications grants solely basis grant entity proposes use funding private public sources long entity demonstrates private nonprofit organization provide project oversight site control requires secretary study matters relating method diem payments grant recipients develop effective efficient procedures fiscal control fund accounting grant recipients develop effective efficient method adequately reimbursing grant recipients services furnished homeless veterans requires secretary report congress study methods sec includes grant program homeless veterans special needs entities eligible grants programs variety services veterans diem payments services furnished veterans includes homeless veterans care minor dependents considered special needs provides direct receipt services dependents sec directs secretary consider entering agreements state local government agencies tribal organizations nonprofit organizations collaborate provision case management services supported housing program ensure homeless veterans facing significant difficulties obtaining suitable housing receive assistance require authorizes secretary provide technical assistance collaborating entities provides funding requires secretary report annually congress collaborative services sec increases fy2013 authorization appropriations comprehensive services programs extends fy2013 homeless veterans reintegration programs supportive services low income veteran families permanent housing grant program homeless veterans special needs title education matters sec exempts october survivors dependents educational assistance month time limit use assistance veterans related educational assistance programs revives entitlement reduced month limit caps months aggregate period benefits individual programs sec directs secretaries department_of_defense dod report annually congress effectiveness education training offered educational assistance program survivors dependents educational assistance program respectively terminates report requirements january repeals required report relating volunteer force educational assistance program title benefits matters sec requires initial review board veterans appeals substantive appeal containing new evidence claimant time submission new evidence requests review agency original jurisdiction sec allows following individuals sign veterans benefits claims filed behalf person mentally incompetent physically unable sign court appointed representative caregiver attorney fact agent authorized act behalf individual durable power attorney sec authorizes current law requires secretary commissioner_of_social_security prescribe joint applications social_security benefits dependency indemnity compensation sec directs secretary notify benefits claimants effective means available including electronic communication notification writing information medical lay evidence previously provided secretary necessary substantiate claim current law specify means notice sec requires secretary assisting claimants obtaining relevant records support claim requests custodian private medical record request second request directs secretary encourage claimants submit relevant private medical records submission burden claimant allows claimant instead authorize secretary obtain records provides procedures obtaining public records secretary sec authorizes secretary provide effective date award disability compensation case veteran submits fully developed claim year date receipt claim makes section applicable year enactment act inapplicable years enactment sec entitles surviving spouse benefit month veteran death time veteran death veteran receiving veterans disability compensation veteran pension veteran determined entitled receive compensation pension month requires claim entitlement pending time veteran death pending claim subsequently granted additional benefits month paid accrued benefits sec increases combined annual rate pension married veterans meeting specified disability service age service requirements veterans need regular aid attendance sec excludes annual income purposes eligibility pensions veterans surviving spouses children reimbursements resulting accident theft loss casualty loss title memorial burial cemetery matters sec amends federal criminal code concerning prohibition disruptions funerals members members armed_forces increase period covered prohibition hours military funeral includes unlawful conduct disturbance disruption occurring feet boundary funeral location near boundary residence surviving member deceased immediate family provides civil remedies including actual statutory damages makes identical changes federal veterans provisions concerning prohibition certain demonstrations disruptions national cemeteries including arlington national cemetery virginia arlington sec prohibits gravesite provided arlington veteran member armed_forces eligible burial secretary army secretary purposes title considers appropriate gravesite reserved arlington individual death president considers appropriate requires report secretary congress reservations interment arlington sec includes presidential memorial certificate program program presenting presidential certificate appreciation military service individual dies active service sec allows monument containing marking interred remains monument placed arlington monument military service individual group memory honored monument particular military event prohibits monument placed arlington end year period beginning day service event allows monument placed sections arlington designated secretary land determined unsuitable burial allows monument placed arlington appropriate non governmental entity agreed act sponsoring organization coordinate monument placement monument construction placement paid private funds secretary consults commission fine arts approving monument design sponsoring organization provides independent study availability suitability alternative monument locations outside arlington authorizes secretary waive year requirement monument commemorate group individuals secretary determines valuable contributions armed_forces ongoing perpetual longer years expected continue indefinitely provided service character failure place monument group arlington present manifest directs secretary exercising waiver available internet waiver notification rationale provide veterans defense committees notification rationale requires secretary notify committees proposed monument placed arlington allows congress days notification pass joint resolution disapproving placement title vii matters sec authorizes secretary notwithstanding existing limitations assistance available disabled veterans eligible specially adapted housing grants award grants veterans homes previously adapted assistance adapted home destroyed substantially damaged natural disaster requires post disaster adapted housing grant available acquire suitable housing unit special fixtures moveable facilities necessary veteran disability land housing permits secretary extend additional months subsistence allowances veterans displaced disasters satisfactorily following program employment services prescribed vocational rehabilitation program certain veterans service connected disabilities provide assist providing second automobile specified conveyance eligible disabled veterans members armed_forces automobile conveyance previously purchased assistance destroyed disaster fault individual compensation property insurer determining certain real estate housing loans secured lien disregard allow subordination superior lien created duly recorded covenant running favor public entity provided provide assistance response major disaster determined president robert stafford disaster relief emergency assistance_act private entity specified directs secretary report annually congress assistance provided action taken pursuant section sec extends authority guarantee principal interest securities evidencing interest pool veterans mortgage loans october authority collect fees certain housing loans insured guaranteed amends veterans benefits improvement act extend temporary adjustment maximum single family residence home loan guaranty sec directs secretary submit veterans committees plan regular assessment veterans_benefits_administration employees process claims veterans compensation pensions sec limits payments ambulance services lesser actual charges rates permitted title xviii medicare social_security_act sec requires business determined secretary misrepresented status small business owned controlled veterans service disabled veterans order increase contracting opportunities debarred contracting years current law reasonable period determined secretary requires secretary commence debarment action days misrepresentation determination complete action days determination includes debarment principals business sec requires secretary submit veterans committees quarterly accounting costs conference meeting similar forum sponsored sponsored attended individuals including employee estimated cost sec directs secretary labor establish maintain website public disclosure information concerning employment federal contractors disabled veterans veterans served active duty war campaign campaign badge authorized veterans participated military operation service medal awarded recently separated veterans sec directs secretary establish award program annually recognize businesses contributions veterans employment sec amends servicemembers_civil_relief_act extend months servicemember period military service stay proceedings enforce obligation real personal property owned servicemember prior military service protection sale foreclosure seizure property makes extensions applicable period beginning days enactment act end requires report comptroller_general congress protections provided year period ending date enactment act


Summary: Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails Network Continuing Authorization Act - Amends the Chesapeake Bay Initiative Act of 1998 to make permanent the authorization of appropriations for the Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails Network.

chesapeake_bay network continuing authorization act_-_amends chesapeake_bay initiative act permanent authorization appropriations chesapeake_bay network


Summary: Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate a specified segment of the Illabot Creek in Skagit County, Washington, as a component of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. Prohibits the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) from acquiring lands or interests within the boundaries of the Illabot Creek Wild and Scenic River by condemnation. Specifies this Act's effect on the creation of protective perimeters and buffer zones. Prohibits the inclusion of private and non-federal property within the River's boundaries without the owner's written consent.

amends wild scenic rivers act designate specified segment creek county washington component national_wild_and_scenic_rivers_system prohibits secretary agriculture usda acquiring lands interests boundaries creek wild scenic river condemnation specifies act effect creation protective perimeters buffer zones prohibits inclusion private non federal property river boundaries owner written consent


Summary: Prohibits the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution from charging a fee for admission to an exhibit that is part of the permanent collection of any museum or facility that is part of any bureau established in or under the Smithsonian Institution, including the National Gallery of Art. Allows the charging of a fee for admission to an exhibit if: (1) charging a fee is necessary and unavoidable, (2) the Secretary submits a statement explaining the determination to Congress, and (3) the charging of such fee does not become effective until after the expiration of a 45-day period beginning on the date the statement is submitted. Makes such prohibition non-applicable to a specified exhibition at the National Museum of Natural History. Requires the Secretary to submit a plan for eliminating the admission fee for such exhibition which shall include steps to cover the expenses incurred in carrying out the exhibition.

prohibits secretary smithsonian_institution charging fee admission exhibit permanent collection museum facility bureau established smithsonian_institution including national_gallery_of_art allows charging fee admission exhibit charging fee necessary unavoidable secretary submits statement explaining determination congress charging fee effective expiration day period beginning date statement submitted makes prohibition non applicable specified exhibition national museum natural history requires secretary submit plan eliminating admission fee exhibition shall include steps cover expenses incurred carrying exhibition


Summary: Smithsonian Modernization Act of 2011 - Revises provisions regarding the composition of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution by providing for the membership of the Regents to be composed of 21 members who shall be appointed by the President from among a list of nominees submitted by the Speaker of the House and the Majority Leader of the Senate. Revises the number of Regents who shall constitute a quorum to do business. Revises requirements for the terms of office for Regents. Permits Regents to be reappointed.

smithsonian modernization act revises provisions composition board_of_regents smithsonian_institution providing membership composed members shall appointed president list nominees submitted speaker house majority leader senate revises number shall constitute quorum business revises requirements terms office permits reappointed


Summary: White Clay Creek Wild and Scenic River Expansion Act of 2011 - Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate additional segments and tributaries of the White Clay Creek in Delaware and Pennsylvania as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.

white clay creek wild scenic river expansion act amends wild scenic rivers act designate additional segments tributaries white clay creek delaware pennsylvania components national_wild_and_scenic_rivers_system


Summary: Enacts title 54 of the United States Code into positive law to be entitled "National Park Service and Related Programs." Makes conforming changes to existing law and repeals specified provisions of specified laws.

enacts title united_states code positive law entitled national_park_service related programs makes conforming changes existing law repeals specified provisions specified laws


Summary: Gold Star Mothers National Monument Act of 2011 - Authorizes the Gold Star Mothers National Monument Foundation to establish a monument in the District of Columbia area, as a unit of the National Park System, to be known as the Gold Star Mothers National Monument. Prohibits using federal funds to pay the expenses of establishing the monument.

gold star mothers national_monument act authorizes gold star mothers national_monument foundation establish monument district_of_columbia area unit national_park_system known gold star mothers national_monument prohibits federal funds pay expenses establishing monument


Summary: Saguaro National Park Boundary Expansion and Study Act of 2011 - Amends the Saguaro National Park Establishment Act of 1994 to modify further the boundaries of Saguaro National Park to include specified land. Allows the Secretary of the Interior, with the consent of the State of Arizona, to acquire from the state land or interests in land within the boundary of the Park. Directs the Secretary to conduct a study to identify lands that would be a part of any future boundary adjustments for the Park. Instructs that such study examine the natural, cultural, recreational, and scenic values and characters of the lands identified.

national park boundary expansion study act amends national park establishment act modify boundaries national park include specified land allows secretary interior consent state arizona acquire state land interests land boundary park directs secretary conduct study identify lands future boundary adjustments park instructs study examine natural cultural recreational scenic values characters lands identified


Summary: Making Public Lands Public Access Act - Amends the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to ensure, from amounts requested for the Land and Water Conservation Fund per fiscal year, that not less than the greater of 1.5% of the requested amounts or $10 million be made available for certain projects identified on an annual priority list to be developed pursuant to this Act. Requires projects identified on such a list to secure, through rights-of-way or the acquisition of lands or interests from willing sellers, recreational public access to existing federal public lands that have significantly restricted access to hunting, fishing, and other recreational purposes.

making public lands public access act_-_amends land_and_water_conservation_fund_act direct secretary interior secretary agriculture usda ensure amounts requested land_and_water_conservation_fund fiscal year greater requested amounts million available certain projects identified annual priority list developed pursuant act requires projects identified list secure rights way acquisition lands interests willing sellers recreational public access existing federal public lands significantly restricted access hunting fishing recreational purposes


Summary: Santa Cruz Valley National Heritage Area Act - Establishes the Santa Cruz Valley National Heritage Area in Arizona. Requires the Santa Cruz Valley Heritage Alliance, Inc. as the local coordinating entity for the Area, to prepare and submit a management plan for such Area. Require the management plan to inventory the natural, historical, cultural, educational, scenic, and recreational resources of the Area which are related to its national importance, as well as the themes that ought to be protected, enhanced, interpreted, managed, funded, and developed, and to recommend policies and strategies for resource management.

santa valley national heritage area act establishes santa valley national heritage area arizona requires santa valley heritage alliance local coordinating entity area prepare submit management plan area require management plan inventory natural historical cultural educational scenic recreational resources area related national importance protected enhanced interpreted managed funded developed recommend policies strategies resource management


Summary: World War II Memorial Prayer Act of 2012 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to install at the World War II memorial in the District of Columbia a suitable plaque or an inscription with the words that President Franklin D. Roosevelt prayed with the nation on June 6, 1944, the morning of D-Day.

world war memorial prayer act directs secretary interior install world war memorial district_of_columbia suitable plaque words president franklin roosevelt nation june day


Summary: Champion Hill, Port Gibson, and Raymond Battlefields Addition Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire land or interests within the area identified as the modified core battlefield for the Port Gibson, Champion Hill, and Raymond battlefields of the Vicksburg campaign of the American Civil War and the area identified as Golden West Cemetery for inclusion in the Vicksburg National Military Park in Mississippi.

hill port addition act_-_authorizes secretary interior acquire land interests area identified modified core battlefield port hill campaign american civil war area identified golden west cemetery inclusion national military park mississippi


Summary: Utah Land Sovereignty Act - Prohibits any further extension or establishment of national parks and monuments in Utah except by express authorization of Congress.

utah land sovereignty act prohibits extension establishment national parks monuments utah express authorization congress


Summary: Naugatuck River Valley National Heritage Area Study Act - Instructs the Secretary of the Interior to carry out a study on the suitability and feasibility of establishing the Naugatuck River Valley National Heritage Area in Connecticut. Requires submission of the study's results to Congress.

river valley national heritage area study act instructs secretary interior carry study suitability feasibility establishing river valley national heritage area connecticut requires submission study results congress


Summary: Essex National Heritage Area Reauthorization Act - Amends the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 to: (1) extend the authority for the Secretary of the Interior to make grants or provide assistance with respect to the Essex National Heritage Area until September 30, 2027, and (2) increase the total amount that may be appropriated for the Area under the Act to $20 million.

national heritage area reauthorization act_-_amends omnibus_parks_and_public_lands_management_act extend authority secretary interior grants provide assistance respect national heritage area september increase total appropriated area act million


Summary: Lowell National Historical Park Land Exchange Act of 2012 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to exchange any land or interest within the boundaries of Lowell National Historical Park in Massachusetts for any land or interest owned by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the city of Lowell, or the University of Massachusetts Building Authority. Subjects, except as provided below, an exchange under this Act to the laws, regulations, and policies applicable to land exchanges administered by the National Park Service (NPS) and any other terms and conditions that are determined to be necessary to protect U.S. interests. Requires, where facilities or infrastructure required for the management and operation of the Park exists on the federal land to be exchanged and the non-federal land or interest to be exchanged is not of equal value, the values to be equalized by a cash payment to the Secretary. Bars the Secretary from being required to equalize the values of any exchange conducted under this Act if the land or interest received by the federal government exceeds the value of the federal land or interest exchanged.

national historical park land exchange act authorizes secretary interior exchange land interest boundaries national historical park massachusetts land interest owned commonwealth massachusetts city university massachusetts building authority subjects provided exchange act laws regulations policies applicable land exchanges administered national_park_service nps terms conditions determined necessary protect interests requires facilities infrastructure required management operation park exists federal land exchanged non federal land interest exchanged equal value values equalized cash payment secretary bars secretary required equalize values exchange conducted act land interest received federal_government exceeds value federal land interest exchanged


Summary: Directs the Secretary of the Interior, through the National Park Service (NPS), to ensure that the flags of the states, District of Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, U.S. Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico, encircle the Washington Monument in the District of Columbia.

directs secretary interior national_park_service nps ensure states district_of_columbia american_samoa guam commonwealth_of_the_northern_mariana_islands virgin_islands puerto_rico washington monument district_of_columbia


Summary: York River Wild and Scenic River Study Act of 2012 - Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate a specified segment of the York River in Maine and all of its associated tributaries for potential addition to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to complete a study of, and submit a report to Congress on, the York River. Requires such study to: (1) determine the designation's effect on existing commercial and recreational activities, the construction and operation of energy production and transmission infrastructure, and the authority of state and local governments to manage those activities; and (2) identify all authorities that will authorize or require the Secretary to influence local land use decisions (such as zoning) or place restrictions on non-federal land if designated under this Act, all authorities that the Secretary may use to condemn property, and all private property located in the area studied pursuant to this Act.

york river wild scenic river study act amends wild scenic rivers act designate specified segment york river maine associated tributaries potential addition national_wild_and_scenic_rivers_system requires secretary interior complete study submit report congress york river requires study determine designation effect existing commercial recreational activities construction operation energy production transmission infrastructure authority state local governments manage activities identify authorities authorize require secretary influence local land use decisions zoning place restrictions non federal land designated act authorities secretary use property private property located area studied pursuant act


Summary: Amends the Washington Park Wilderness Act of 1988 to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to adjust the boundaries of the North Cascades National Park and the Stephen Mather Wilderness in Washington state in order to provide a 100-foot wide corridor along which the Stehekin Valley Road may be rebuilt: (1) outside of the floodplain between mileposts 12.9 and 22.8, (2) within the boundaries of the Park, and (3) outside of the boundaries of the Wilderness. Requires that the boundary adjustments be such that equal acreage amounts are exchanged between the Wilderness and the Park.

amends washington park wilderness act authorize secretary interior adjust boundaries north national park wilderness washington state order provide foot wide corridor valley road rebuilt outside floodplain boundaries park outside boundaries wilderness requires boundary adjustments equal acreage amounts exchanged wilderness park


Summary: Buffalo Bayou National Heritage Area Act - Establishes the Buffalo Bayou National Heritage Area in Texas. Designates the Buffalo Bayou National Heritage Area Corporation as the management entity for the Heritage Area. Requires the Corporation to submit a management plan for the Heritage Area. Sets forth requirements for the approval or disapproval of such plan. Specifies this Act's effect on private property protections and water rights with regard to the Heritage Area. Bars anything in this Act from being meant as modifying the Rio Grande Natural Area Act.

buffalo national heritage area act establishes buffalo national heritage area texas designates buffalo national heritage area corporation management entity heritage area requires corporation submit management plan heritage area sets forth requirements approval disapproval plan specifies act effect private property protections water rights regard heritage area bars act meant modifying rio_grande natural area act


Summary: Fort Monroe National Historical Park Establishment Act - Establishes the Fort Monroe National Historical Park as a unit of the National Park System in Virginia. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to enter into cooperative agreements with the Commonwealth of Virginia or any other party under which the Secretary may identify, interpret, and provide assistance for the preservation of non-federal properties within the boundary of the Park and the historic area. Encourages the Secretary to explore the feasibility of a partnership agreement with the Fort Monroe Foundation to benefit the preservation and interpretation of resources within the Park. Authorizes the Secretary to provide technical assistance and public interpretation of natural, historic, and cultural resources within the historic area, as well as at any sites in close proximity to the Park outside of such area that are related to events or persons associated with Fort Monroe, including encampments and cemeteries of formerly enslaved persons freed at Fort Monroe during the Civil War. Allows the Secretary to provide for the coordination of interpretation between the Park and the Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail for any resources within the Park that may relate to the Trail. Directs the Secretary and the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to enter into an interagency agreement for the long-term protection and public interpretation of the Old Point Comfort Lighthouse. Requires the Secretary to complete a management plan for the Park.

fort monroe national historical park establishment act establishes fort monroe national historical park unit national_park_system virginia authorizes secretary interior enter cooperative agreements commonwealth_of_virginia party secretary identify interpret provide assistance preservation non federal properties boundary park historic area encourages secretary explore feasibility partnership agreement fort monroe foundation benefit preservation interpretation resources park authorizes secretary provide technical assistance public interpretation natural historic cultural resources historic area sites close proximity park outside area related events persons associated fort monroe including cemeteries persons fort monroe civil war allows secretary provide coordination interpretation park captain john smith chesapeake national historic trail resources park relate trail directs secretary secretary homeland_security dhs enter interagency agreement long term protection public interpretation old point comfort lighthouse requires secretary complete management plan park


Summary: Modifies the project for the improvement of the Shallotte River, North Carolina, to change the authorized maintenance depth to eight feet.

modifies project improvement river north_carolina change authorized maintenance depth feet


Summary: Creating American Prosperity through Preservation Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to tax credits for building rehabilitation expenditures, to: (1) allow an increased 30% credit for projects involving $7.5 million or less in rehabilitation expenditures, (2) provide for an additional 2% credit amount for a building that is a qualified energy efficient rehabilitated building (increased energy efficiency of 30% or more), (3) change the placed-in-service requirement for non-historic rehabilitated buildings from before 1936 to 50 years prior to the year in which qualified rehabilitation expenditures are taken into account, and (4) exempt from tax the proceeds of a state historic tax credit.

creating american prosperity preservation act amends_the_internal_revenue_code respect tax credits building rehabilitation expenditures allow increased credit projects involving million rehabilitation expenditures provide additional credit building qualified energy efficient rehabilitated building increased energy efficiency change placed service requirement non historic rehabilitated buildings years prior year qualified rehabilitation expenditures taken account exempt tax proceeds state historic tax credit


Summary: American Battlefield Protection Program Amendments of 2012 - Amends the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009, with respect to the Battlefield Acquisition Grant Program, to: (1) expand the current definition of "battlefield report" to include the report entitled "Report to Congress on the Historic Preservation of Revolutionary War and War of 1812 Sites in the United States," and (2) expand the Program to permit the acquisition not only of an "interest in an eligible site," but also an "eligible site." Requires acquisitions of lands or interests under the Act to be from willing sellers only. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to submit to Congress a report on activities carried out under this Act. Prohibits the use of any acquisition grant program funds for purposes of lobbying. Extends the authorization of appropriations to provide grants through FY2017.

american battlefield protection program amendments amends omnibus_public_land_management_act respect battlefield acquisition grant program expand current definition battlefield report include report entitled report congress historic preservation revolutionary war war sites united_states expand program permit acquisition interest eligible site eligible site requires acquisitions lands interests act willing sellers requires secretary interior submit congress report activities carried act prohibits use acquisition grant program funds purposes lobbying extends authorization appropriations provide grants fy2017


Summary: Cascadia Marine Trail Study Act - Amends the National Trails System Act to require the study of the Cascadia Marine Trail in the state of Washington for designation as a national scenic trail. Permits the evaluation of sites of recreational, scenic, or historic significance near the Trail for potential inclusion in the Trail. Provides also for consideration of what activities may be limited by the designation, including existing activities, hunting, boating, or proposed infrastructure improvements.

marine trail study act_-_amends national_trails_system_act require study marine trail state washington designation national scenic trail permits evaluation sites recreational scenic historic significance near trail potential inclusion trail provides consideration activities limited designation including existing activities hunting boating proposed infrastructure improvements


Summary: Coltsville National Historical Park Act - Establishes the Coltsville National Historical Park as a unit of the National Park System in Connecticut. Requires the Park to provide interpretation and viewing of specified sites, including the East Armory and Colt Park. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to enter into a written agreement with the Connecticut State Library, Wadsworth Atheneum, and the Colt Trust, or other public entities, as appropriate, to gain access to Colt-related artifacts to have them on display in the East Armory or within the Park. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into cooperative agreements with the owners of any properties within the Historic District or any nationally significant properties within the Park under which the Secretary may identify, interpret, restore and provide technical assistance for the preservation of such properties. Requires any federal funds under such an agreement to be matched on a one-to-one basis by non-federal funds. Authorizes the Secretary to provide technical assistance and public interpretation of related historic and cultural resources within the Historic District. Requires the Secretary to complete and submit to Congress a management plan for the Park with the advice of the Coltsville National Historical Park Advisory Commission established by this Act.

national historical park act establishes national historical park unit national_park_system connecticut requires park provide interpretation viewing specified sites including east park requires secretary interior enter written agreement connecticut state library trust public entities appropriate gain access related artifacts display east park authorizes secretary enter cooperative agreements owners properties historic district nationally significant properties park secretary identify interpret restore provide technical assistance preservation properties requires federal funds agreement matched basis non federal funds authorizes secretary provide technical assistance public interpretation related historic cultural resources historic district requires secretary complete submit congress management plan park advice national historical park advisory commission established act


Summary: Authorizes a Wall of Remembrance as part of the previously authorized Korean War Veterans Memorial to include, in regards to the Korean War: (1) a list by name of members of the U.S. Armed Forces who were killed such action; (2) the number of members who were wounded, missing, or prisoners; and (3) the number of members of the Korean Augmentation to the U.S. Army, the Republic of Korea Armed Forces, and the other nations of the United Nations (U.N.) Command who were killed, wounded, missing, or prisoners. Allows certain private contributions for the memorial to fund such wall.

authorizes wall previously authorized korean war veterans memorial include regards korean war list members armed_forces killed action number members wounded missing prisoners number members korean augmentation army republic_of_korea armed_forces nations united_nations command killed wounded missing prisoners allows certain private contributions memorial fund wall


Summary: Chimney Rock National Monument Establishment Act - (Sec. 3) Establishes the Chimney Rock National Monument in Colorado in order to preserve, protect, and restore the cultural, historic, natural, educational, and scenic resources of Chimney Rock and adjacent land and to provide for public interpretation and recreation consistent with the protection of such resources. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to make minor adjustments to the boundaries of the Monument to reflect the inclusion of significant archaeological resources discovered on adjacent National Forest System land. (Sec. 4) Sets forth provisions for the administration of the Monument. Permits only such uses of the Monument that would further the purposes specified above. Requires the Monument to be administered according to the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act and the policy specified in the American Indian Religious Freedom Act. Allows for continued use of the Monument by Indian tribes for traditional ceremonies and as a source of traditional plants and materials. Authorizes the Secretary to carry out vegetation management treatments within the Monument, except that timber harvesting shall only be used when necessary for ecosystem restoration or the control of fire, insects, or diseases. Limits the use of motor vehicles and mountain bikes in the Monument to roads and trails identified as appropriate for such use. Permits grazing in the Monument where established prior to this Act's enactment. Prohibits anything in this Act from precluding upgrading an existing utility right-of-way through the Monument. Permits volunteers and scientific researchers to work within the Monument. Requires signs, fixtures, alterations, or additions needed in connection with the designation or advertisement of the Monument to be paid for only with non-federal funds or amounts made available for those purposes in prior appropriation Acts. Instructs the Secretary to designate a USDA employee whose duties shall include acting as the point of contact for the management of the Monument. Allows continued use of the Monument for hunting, fishing, and other authorized recreational uses, except that the Secretary may implement temporary emergency closures or restrictions of the smallest area practicable to provide for public safety, resource conservation, or other purposes authorized by law. (Sec. 5) Requires the Secretary to develop a management plan for the Monument in consultation with Indian tribes having a cultural or historic tie to Chimney Rock. Requires an opportunity for public comment on the plan. (Sec. 6) Authorizes the Secretary to acquire, by purchase from willing sellers, donation, or exchange, land and interests within or adjacent to the Monument. (Sec. 7) Withdraws federal land in the Monument and any acquired land from: (1) entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws; (2) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and (3) operation of the mineral leasing, mineral materials, and geothermal leasing laws, except for the issuance of gas pipeline rights-of-way within existing easements. (Sec. 8) Specifies this Act's effect on: (1) valid water rights, (2) federal reserved water rights, (3) specified tribal rights, (4) fish and wildlife on public lands in Colorado, and (5) buffer zones or private property adjacent to the Monument.

rock national_monument establishment act sec establishes rock national_monument colorado order preserve protect restore cultural historic natural educational scenic resources rock adjacent land provide public interpretation recreation consistent protection resources authorizes secretary agriculture usda minor adjustments boundaries monument reflect inclusion significant archaeological resources discovered adjacent national_forest_system land sec sets forth provisions administration monument permits uses monument purposes specified requires monument administered according native american graves protection repatriation act policy specified american indian religious freedom act allows continued use monument indian tribes traditional ceremonies source traditional plants materials authorizes secretary carry vegetation management treatments monument timber harvesting shall necessary ecosystem restoration control fire insects diseases limits use motor vehicles mountain monument roads trails identified appropriate use permits grazing monument established prior act enactment prohibits act precluding upgrading existing utility right way monument permits volunteers scientific researchers work monument requires signs fixtures alterations additions needed connection designation advertisement monument paid non federal funds amounts available purposes prior appropriation acts instructs secretary designate usda employee duties shall include acting point contact management monument allows continued use monument hunting fishing authorized recreational uses secretary implement temporary emergency closures restrictions smallest area practicable provide public safety resource conservation purposes authorized law sec requires secretary develop management plan monument consultation indian tribes having cultural historic rock requires opportunity public comment plan sec authorizes secretary acquire purchase willing sellers donation exchange land interests adjacent monument sec withdraws federal land monument acquired land entry appropriation disposal public land laws location entry patent mining laws operation mineral leasing mineral materials geothermal leasing laws issuance gas pipeline rights way existing easements sec specifies act effect valid water rights federal reserved water rights specified tribal rights fish wildlife public lands colorado buffer zones private property adjacent monument


Summary: Fort Pulaski National Monument Lease Authorization Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to lease to the Savannah Bar Pilots Association or a successor organization up to 30,000 square feet of land and improvements in Fort Pulaski National Monument in Georgia at the location on Cockspur Island that has been used continuously by the Association since 1940.

fort national_monument lease authorization act_-_authorizes secretary interior lease bar pilots association successor organization square feet land improvements fort national_monument georgia location island continuously association


Summary: Rattlesnake Mountain Public Access Act of 2011 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to provide access to the summit of Rattlesnake Mountain in the Hanford Reach National Monument in the state of Washington for educational, recreational, historical, scientific, cultural, and other purposes. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into cooperative agreements to facilitate access to the summit of Rattlesnake Mountain for guided tours, including motorized tours, and to maintain the access road to the summit.

mountain public access act directs secretary interior provide access summit mountain reach national_monument state washington educational recreational historical scientific cultural purposes authorizes secretary enter cooperative agreements facilitate access summit mountain guided including motorized maintain access road summit


Summary: 9/11 Memorial Cross National Monument Establishment Act of 2011 - Establishes the 9/11 Memorial Cross located at the National 9/11 Memorial Museum in the city of New York, New York, as a national monument. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to complete a general management plan for such monument. Terminates designation of such monument as a unit of the National Park System if federal funds are required for the operation and maintenance of the monument.

memorial cross national_monument establishment act establishes memorial cross located national memorial museum city new_york new_york national_monument requires secretary interior complete general management plan monument terminates designation monument unit national_park_system federal funds required operation maintenance monument


Summary: Arizona Land Sovereignty Act - Prohibits any further extension or establishment of national parks and monuments in Arizona except by express authorization of Congress.

arizona land sovereignty act prohibits extension establishment national parks monuments arizona express authorization congress


Summary: National September 11 Memorial and Museum Act of 2011- Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to accept from the Board of Directors of the National September 11 Memorial and Museum at the World Trade Center Foundation, Inc., the donation of title to the National September 11 Memorial and Museum at the World Trade Center in New York City, New York. Requires approval of the donation by the governor of New York, the governor of New Jersey, and the mayor of New York City. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) provide technical and financial assistance to the Board that is related to the operation of the Memorial; and (2) consult with and seek technical assistance from the Secretaries of Defense (DOD), Education, Homeland Security (DHS), Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and the Administrator of General Services (GSA) in providing such technical and financial assistance to the Board.

national september memorial museum act authorizes secretary interior accept board_of_directors national september memorial museum world_trade_center foundation donation title national september memorial museum world_trade_center new_york_city new_york requires approval donation governor new_york governor new_jersey mayor new_york_city authorizes secretary provide technical financial assistance board related operation memorial consult seek technical assistance secretaries_of_defense dod education homeland_security dhs housing_and_urban_development hud administrator general_services gsa providing technical financial assistance board


Summary: Castle Clinton National Monument and Battery Castle Clinton National Monument and Battery Conservancy Partnership Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, through the National Park Service (NPS), to enter into one or more agreements with the Battery Conservancy of New York City, New York, (or a successor not-for-profit organization) to design, construct, maintain, and operate the performance facility and associated structures and fixtures proposed for the Castle Clinton National Monument in New York City. Authorizes the Secretary to retain and use any funds that are received from the Conservancy in accordance with this Act for the operation, maintenance, enhancement, or interpretation of the Monument. Allows the Secretary to enter into a cooperative agreement with the Conservancy for interpretive and educational programming related to the Monument. Provides for the facility to be under U.S. ownership. Prohibits the Conservancy at any time from having any ownership interest, leasehold interest, or other right or interest in such facility. Requires the facility to be administered by NPS as part of the Monument.

clinton national_monument battery clinton national_monument battery conservancy partnership act_-_authorizes secretary interior national_park_service nps enter agreements battery conservancy new_york_city new_york successor profit organization design construct maintain operate performance facility associated structures fixtures proposed clinton national_monument new_york_city authorizes secretary retain use funds received conservancy accordance act operation maintenance enhancement interpretation monument allows secretary enter cooperative agreement conservancy interpretive educational programming related monument provides facility ownership prohibits conservancy time having ownership interest leasehold interest right interest facility requires facility administered nps monument


Summary: Newtown Battlefield Special Resource Study Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, subject to the availability of appropriations, to conduct a special resource study to evaluate the significance of the Newtown Battlefield in Chemung County, New York (where the Battle of Newtown was fought on August 29, 1779, during the Revolutionary War), as well as the suitability and feasibility of the Battlefield's inclusion in the National Park System.

battlefield special resource study act_-_directs secretary interior subject availability appropriations conduct special resource study evaluate significance battlefield county new_york battle august revolutionary war suitability feasibility battlefield inclusion national_park_system


Summary: San Antonio Missions National Historical Park Boundary Expansion Act - Modifies the boundary of the San Antonio Missions National Historical Park to include approximately 151 acres of additional identified land. Bars the use of condemnation authority by the Secretary of the Interior for the acquisition of lands and interests within the boundaries of the park, authorizing acquisition by donation only. Prohibits this Act, or the park's establishment or management plan, from being construed to create buffer zones outside of the park. Allows the conduct of activities or uses outside the park even if they can be seen or heard from within the park.

san_antonio missions national historical park boundary expansion act modifies boundary san_antonio missions national historical park include approximately acres additional identified land bars use condemnation authority secretary interior acquisition lands interests boundaries park authorizing acquisition donation prohibits act park establishment management plan construed create buffer zones outside park allows conduct activities uses outside park seen heard park


Summary: John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park Establishment Act - Establishes the John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park in the states of Massachusetts and Rhode Island as a unit of the National Park System. Requires the Secretary of the Interior, through the National Park Service (NPS), to prepare a general management plan for the Park. Requires the plan to consider ways for using pre-existing and/or planned facilities and recreational opportunities in the John. H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) enter into cooperative agreements with the states, political subdivisions of the states, nonprofits (including Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor, Inc.), and private property owners to provide technical assistance and interpretation in the Park and Corridor; and (2) provide financial assistance on a matching basis for activities to protect the Corridor's resources.

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Summary: Fair Housing Memorial Authorization Act - Authorizes the Fair Housing Commemorative Foundation to establish a commemorative work on federal land in the District of Columbia and its environs in commemoration of the national significance of the movement for fair housing for all Americans. Prohibits the use of federal funds to pay any expense for the establishment of the commemorative work. Makes the Fair Housing Commemorative Foundation solely responsible for acceptance of contributions and payment of expenses for the establishment of such commemorative work.

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Summary: Prohibits any further extension or establishment of national parks and monuments in Nevada from being undertaken, except by express authorization of Congress.

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Summary: Wood-Pawcatuck Watershed Protection Act - Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate for study for potential addition to the national wild and scenic rivers system specified segments of the Beaver, Chipuxet, Queen, Wood, and Pawcatuck Rivers in Rhode Island and Connecticut. Requires the study of such rivers' designation to: (1) include the effect of designation on existing commercial and recreational activities, energy production and transmission infrastructure, and the authority of state and local governments to manage such activities; and (2) identify authorities allowing the influence of local land use decisions or restrictions on non-federal land, condemnation authorities, and all private property located in the study area.

wood watershed protection act_-_amends wild scenic rivers act designate study potential addition national_wild_and_scenic_rivers_system specified segments wood rivers rhode_island connecticut requires study rivers designation include effect designation existing commercial recreational activities energy production transmission infrastructure authority state local governments manage activities identify authorities allowing influence local land use decisions restrictions non federal land condemnation authorities private property located study area


Summary: Recreational Shooting Protection Act - Requires National Monument land to be open to access and use for recreational shooting, except as limited by the Director of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for one or more of the following: (1) reasons of national security, (2) reasons of public safety, and (3) to comply with an applicable federal statute. Instructs the Director, before a restriction or closure becomes effective, to: (1) publish a public notice of the closure or restriction in a newspaper in the area where it will be carried out, and (2) report to Congress on the location and extent of, and evidence justifying, such closure or restriction. Requires management of BLM National Monument land in a manner that supports, promotes, and enhances recreational shooting opportunities. Prohibits the issuance of closures or restrictions on such land that are substantially similar to those that were previously issued and not approved by federal law.

recreational shooting protection act_-_requires national_monument land open access use recreational shooting limited director bureau_of_land_management blm following reasons national security reasons public safety comply applicable federal statute instructs director restriction closure effective publish public notice closure restriction newspaper area carried report congress location extent evidence justifying closure restriction requires management blm national_monument land manner supports promotes enhances recreational shooting opportunities prohibits issuance closures restrictions land substantially similar previously issued approved federal law


Summary: Smithsonian American Latino Museum Act - Establishes a museum to be known as the Smithsonian American Latino Museum in the Smithsonian Institution. Designates the Arts and Industries Building of the Smithsonian Institution, which is located on the National Mall in Washington, DC, including a new underground annex facility, as the location of the Museum. Authorizes the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution to plan and construct the Museum and to prepare a plan of action for the Museum. Directs the Secretary of the Interior and the Board of Regents to enter into an agreement that allows for the construction of the underground annex facility by the Board in a manner that is harmonious with, and protects the open space and visual sight lines of, the National Mall.

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Summary: Pinnacles National Park Act - Establishes Pinnacles National Park in California to: (1) preserve and interpret for the benefit of future generations the chaparral, grasslands, blue oak woodlands, and majestic valley oak savanna ecosystems of the park's area, the areas's geomorphology, riparian watersheds, unique flora and fauna, and the ancestral and cultural history of native Americans, settlers, and explorers; and (2) interpret the recovery program for the California Condor and the international significance of that program. Abolishes Pinnacles National Monument and includes the lands and interests therein in Pinnacles National Park. Redesignates the Pinnacles Wilderness as the Hain Wilderness.

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