Summary:
Alabama Hills National Scenic Area Establishment Act

(Sec. 3) This bill establishes in Inyo County, California, the Alabama Hills National Scenic Area, comprising approximately 18,610 acres of land.

The Department of the Interior shall manage the Area as a component of the National Landscape Conservation System.

Interior shall allow existing recreational uses of the Area to continue, including hiking, mountain biking, rock climbing, sightseeing, horseback riding, hunting, fishing, and appropriate authorized motorized vehicle use.

The use of motorized vehicles in the Area shall be permitted only on:

 roads and trails designated by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for use of such vehicles as part of a management plan sustaining a semi-primitive motorized experience, or on county-maintained roads. Nothing in this bill creates a protective perimeter or buffer zone around the National Scenic Area.

Interior shall continue to provide private landowners with adequate access to inholdings in the Area.

Livestock grazing already established in the Area, including grazing under the Alabama Hills and the George Creek allotments, shall continue.

 The federal land within the area is withdrawn from: (1) entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws; (2) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and (3) disposition under all laws pertaining to mineral and geothermal leasing or mineral materials.

Interior may make grants to, or enter into cooperative agreements with, state, tribal, and local governmental and private entities to conduct research, interpretation, or public education or to carry out any other initiative related to the restoration, conservation, or management of the Area.

The management plan shall establish plans for maintenance of public utility and other rights of way within the Area.

(Sec. 4) Interior shall develop a comprehensive plan for the long-term management of the Area.

In developing this plan, Interior shall:

 consult with appropriate state, tribal, and local governmental entities, including Inyo County and the Lone Pine Paiute-Shoshone Tribe; and seek input from investor-owned utilities (including the Southern California Edison Company), the Alabama Hills Stewardship Group, members of the public, and the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. In developing the management plan, Interior shall allow, in perpetuity, casual-use mining limited to the use of hand tools, metal detectors, hand-fed dry washers, vacuum cleaners, gold pans, small sluices, and similar items.

(Sec. 5) Interior shall take approximately 132 acres of federal land into trust for the benefit of the Lone-Pine Paiute-Shoshone Tribe, which shall be considered part of the Tribe's reservation, excluding a specified right-of-way granted to the City of Los Angeles.

 Gaming shall not be allowed on such trust land.

(Sec. 6) The bill transfers administrative jurisdiction of approximately 56 acres of specified federal land from the U.S. Forest Service to the BLM.

(Sec. 7) Valid, existing, commercial permits for guided recreational opportunities for the public may continue.

(Sec. 8) No additional funds are authorized to carry out the requirements of this bill, which shall be carried out using amounts otherwise authorized.

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Summary:
National Heritage Area Act of 2015

 Establishes a system of National Heritage Areas through which the Department of the Interior may provide technical and financial assistance to local coordinating entities to support the establishment, development, and continuity of the National Heritage Areas.

Specifies the criteria that Interior shall apply to determine the suitability and feasibility of designating proposed National Heritage Areas. States that designation of a National Heritage Area shall be by federal statute and contingent on the prior completion of a management plan and an affirmative determination by Interior that the area meets such criteria.

Sets forth requirements for National Heritage Area management plans.

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Summary:
Lower Farmington River and Salmon Brook Wild and Scenic River Act

 Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate specified segments of the Lower Farmington River and Salmon Brook in Connecticut as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.

Requires the Secretary of the Interior to manage: (1) the river segments in accordance with the Lower Farmington River and Salmon Brook Management Plan, dated June 2011; and (2) coordinate the management responsibilities of the Secretary under this Act relating to such segments with the Lower Farmington River and Salmon Brook Wild and Scenic Committee.

Makes the provisions of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act prohibiting federal acquisition of lands by condemnation applicable to the designated segments. Limits the authority of the Secretary to acquire lands for the purposes of such segments to acquisition by donation or with the owner's consent and subject to additional management plan criteria.

Prohibits the designation made by this Act from being construed as: (1) prohibiting, pre-empting, or abridging the potential future licensing or re-licensing of the Rainbow Dam and Reservoir (including any and all aspects of its facilities, operations, and transmission lines) by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) as a federally licensed hydroelectric generation project; or (2) affecting the operation of, or imposing any flow or release requirements on, the unlicensed hydroelectric facility at the Dam and Reservoir.

Bars the Lower Farmington River from being administered as part of the National Park System or being subject to System regulations.

Revises the description of a specified designated segment of the Farmington River in Connecticut.

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Summary:
Appalachian Forest National Heritage Area Act of 2015

 Establishes the Appalachian Forest National Heritage Area to include specified counties in the states of Maryland and West Virginia.

Designates the Appalachian Forest Heritage Area, Inc., as the local coordinating entity for the Area.

Requires the Appalachian Forest Heritage Area, Inc., to submit a management plan that provides for the conservation, enhancement, and interpretation of cultural, natural, historical, educational, scenic, and recreational resources of the Area.

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Summary:
Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument Act

 Establishes the Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument to consist of federal land and interests in federal land within Colusa, Glenn, Lake, Mendocino, Napa, Solano, and Yolo Counties in California.

 Continues to provide historical and adequate access to private inholdings within the exterior boundaries of the Monument.

Requires a comprehensive plan for the protection and management of the federal lands included within the Monument. Requires such plan to: (1) include a weed management component, (2) include a native fish passage and habitat quality improvement component, and (3) include a component that deals with public safety and environmental clean-up issues associated with illegal marijuana production.

Permits grazing in the Conservation Area: (1) to continue, if established before this Act's enactment; (2) if not established before enactment, only to the extent that it is consistent with the purposes for which the Monument was established; or (3) through issuing annual targeted permits for the control of noxious weeds, fire suppression, or to provide other ecological benefits.

Establishes the Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument Advisory Council to advise with respect to the preparation and implementation of the management plan for the Monument. Requires the appointment of one Council member to represent Native American tribes.

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Summary:
Complete America's Great Trails Act

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit for the fair market value of any National Scenic Trail conservation contribution. Requires the Department of the Interior to study and report on the efficacy of such tax credit in completing, extending, and increasing the number of National Scenic Trails and the feasibility and cost of making such credit refundable and transferable.

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Summary:
North Country National Scenic Trail Route Adjustment Act

 This bill amends the National Trails System Act to revise the authorized route of the North Country National Scenic Trail to extend it to the Appalachian Trail in Vermont and to modify the route in northeastern Minnesota.

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Summary:
National Monument Designation Transparency and Accountability Act of 2015

This bill requires the President, before a national monument can be designated on public land, to obtain congressional approval, certify compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, and determine that the state in which the monument is to be located has enacted legislation approving its designation.

The Department of the Interior may not implement restrictions on the public use of a national monument until the expiration of an appropriate review period providing for public input and congressional approval.

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Summary:
Black Metropolis National Heritage Area Study Act

 Directs the Department of the Interior to study the feasibility of designating a specified region in Chicago, Illinois, as the Black Metropolis National Heritage Area.

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Summary:
California Coastal National Monument Santa Cruz Redwoods Expansion Act

 Expands the boundary of the California Coastal National Monument, established by Presidential Proclamation 7264, to include the Santa Cruz Redwoods public lands comprising approximately 5,800 acres in Santa Cruz County, California.

Requires the Department of the Interior to manage such lands: (1) in accordance with such Proclamation, (2) as part of the Monument, and (3) by allowing only such uses of the Monument as will further the purposes for which it is being established.

Instructs Interior to finalize an amendment to the Monument's management plan for the long-term protection and management of the lands added to the Monument under this Act.

Requires management of the Monument as part of the National Landscape Conservation System.

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Summary:
Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Act Reauthorization of 2015

Amends the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize and revise a research, training, and technical assistance resource center to prevent suicides (the Suicide Prevention Resource Center). Expands the program's focus from youth suicides to suicides among all ages, particularly among groups that are at high risk for suicide. Repeals authority for grants to establish research, training, and technical assistance centers related to mental health, substance abuse and the justice system.

Reauthorizes a program of grants for the development of state or tribal youth suicide early intervention and prevention strategies.

Reauthorizes and revises a grant program to enhance services for students with mental health or substance use disorders at institutions of higher education. Requires the Center for Mental Health Services to award grants to enhance such services and to develop best practices for the delivery of such services. Permits grant funds to be used for the provision of such services to students and to employ appropriately trained staff. Requires special consideration be given to applications for grants that describe programs that demonstrate the greatest need for new or additional mental and substance use disorder services and the greatest potential for replication.

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Summary:
African Burial Ground International Memorial Museum and Educational Center Act

 Establishes the African Burial Ground International Memorial Museum and Educational Center at the African Burial Ground National Monument in New York, New York.

Directs the National Park Service to: (1) acquire for the Museum property that is located adjacent to the National Monument or in any other area of the African Burial Ground National Historic Landmark in the city other than the location adjacent to the Monument, and (2) construct the Museum on the acquired property.

Establishes within the Department of the Interior the African Burial Ground Advisory Council to: (1) make recommendations on the construction of the Museum, and (2) advise and assist Interior on all matters relating to the operation and preservation of the Museum.

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Summary:
(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on September 16, 2015. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Medgar Evers House Study Act

 (Sec. 3) Directs the Department of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of the home of the late civil rights activist Medgar Evers, which is located at 2332 Margaret Walker Alexander Drive in Jackson, Mississippi.

Requires Interior to: (1) evaluate the national significance of the site; (2) determine the suitability and feasibility of designating the site as a unit of the National Park System (NPS); (3) determine the effect of the site's designation on existing commercial and recreational uses, and the effect on state and local governments to manage those activities; and (4) identify any authorities, including condemnation, that will compel or permit the Department of the Interior to influence or participate in local land use decisions (such as zoning) or place restrictions on nonfederal land if the site is designated as an NPS unit.

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Summary:
Yellowstone and Grand Teton Paddling Act

(Sec. 3) This bill directs the Department of the Interior to promulgate regulations to allow the use of hand-propelled vessels on certain rivers and streams within: (1) the Yellowstone National Park in Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming; and (2) the Grand Teton National Park and the John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway in Wyoming.

The regulations issued under this Act shall not consider any expansion of commercial use of hand-propelled vessels in the Parks.

When promulgating such regulations, the Department of the Interior shall consult with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Park Service to help ensure that the regulations make recreational use of hand-propelled vessels on the Gros Ventre River within the National Elk Refuge in Wyoming adjacent to Grand Teton National Park consistent with the requirements of the National Refuge System Administration Act of 1966.

Upon the issuance of final regulations, existing regulations prohibiting hand-propelled vessels on streams and rivers in Yellowstone National Park and Grand Teton National Park shall no longer have any force or effect.

Interior is authorized to recover all costs associated with monitoring the use of hand-propelled vessels, including the cost of inspecting and decontaminating vessels to prevent the introduction or spread of invasive or injurious species in such National Parks and the Memorial Parkway.

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Summary:
John P. Parker House Study Act

 Directs the Department of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of the John P. Parker House in Ripley, Ohio, to determine the suitability and feasibility of establishing it as a unit of the National Park System.

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Summary:
Molalla River Wild and Scenic Rivers Act

 Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate specified segments of the Molalla River in Oregon as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.

Renames the Squaw Creek in Oregon as Wychus Creek.

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Summary:
Casa Grande Ruins National Monument Boundary Modification Act of 2015

 This bill authorizes the Department of the Interior to acquire specified private or state lands or interests from willing sellers in order to expand the boundaries of the Casa Grande Ruins National Monument.

Two additional parcels of land are also to be included in the Casa Grande Ruins National Monument. One parcel of 3.8 acres is currently being administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). The other parcel of 7.41 acres currently being administered by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) is exchanged for 3.5 acres of land currently being administered by the National Park Service (NPS). That land is to be used by BIA for the San Carlos Irrigation Project.

 As consideration for the acquisition of state and private lands under this Act, unless such lands are donated, Interior must: (1) pay fair market value; or (2) convey to the state of Arizona and private land owners federal lands, interest in federal land, or any other federal asset of equal value located in Arizona.

Interior may enter into an agreement with the state of Arizona to provide for cooperative management of approximately 200 acres of specified state trust lands.

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Summary:
Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta National Heritage Area Establishment Act

Establishes the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta National Heritage Area in California.

Designates the Delta Protection Commission as the local coordinating entity for the Heritage Area.

Requires the Commission to submit a proposed management plan for the Heritage Area to the Department of the Interior for approval.

Bars approval of the management plan until Interior has received certification from the Commission that the Delta Stewardship Council has reviewed such plan for consistency with the plan adopted by the Council pursuant to state law.

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Summary:
Grand Canyon Bison Management Act

Directs the Department of the Interior to publish a management plan to reduce, through humane lethal culling by skilled public volunteers and other nonlethal means, the population of bison in the Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona that Interior determines are detrimental to the uses of the Park.

Permits the removal by such a volunteer of a full bison harvested from the Park.

Instructs Interior to coordinate with the Arizona Game and Fish Commission regarding the development and implementation of the management plan.

Requires Interior, in developing such plan, to comply with all applicable federal environmental laws, including the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA).

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Summary:
(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the Senate on July 14, 2016. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Korean War Veterans Memorial Wall of Remembrance Act

(Sec. 2) This bill authorizes the Korean War Veterans Memorial Foundation, Inc., to construct a Wall of Remembrance at the site of the Korean War Veterans Memorial.

The wall shall include a list of names of members of the U.S. Armed Forces who died in the Korean War, as determined by the Department of Defense (DOD).

DOD shall: (1) establish eligibility criteria for the inclusion of names on the wall, and (2) provide to the Department of the Interior a final list of names for inclusion on the wall.

The wall may include other information about the Korean War, including the number of members of the U.S. Armed Forces, the Korean Augmentation to the U.S. Army, the Republic of Korea Armed Forces, and the other nations of the United Nations Command who were killed in action, were wounded in action, are listed as missing in action, or were prisoners of war with regard to such war.

The Commemorative Works Act shall apply to the wall.

The bill prohibits using any federal funds to construct the wall.

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Summary:
(Sec. 1) This bill modifies the boundary of Petersburg National Battlefield in Virginia to include the land and interests in land identified on the map titled "Petersburg National Battlefield Proposed Boundary Expansion," and dated March 2016.

The Department of the Interior may acquire such land and interests by donation, purchase, exchange, or transfer only from willing sellers.

The bill transfers from Interior to the Department of the Army administrative jurisdiction over approximately 1.170 acres of land for the Fort Lee Military Reservation.

The bill transfers from the Department of the Army to Interior administrative jurisdiction over approximately 1.171 acres of land for the Battlefield.

The transfers of administrative jurisdiction under this bill shall be subject to the following conditions: (1) the transfers shall occur without reimbursement or consideration, (2) the land transferred to Interior shall be included within the boundary of the Battlefield, and (3) the land transferred to the Department of the Army shall be excluded from the boundary of the Battlefield.

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Summary:
Ronald Reagan Birthplace Historic Site Establishment Act

Directs the Department of the Interior to: (1) purchase the Ronald Reagan Birthplace and Museum in Tampico, Illinois, from a willing seller, (2) designate it as the Ronald Reagan Birthplace Historic Site, and (3) prepare a general management plan for such Site.

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Summary:
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the House reported version is repeated here.)

National POW/MIA Remembrance Act of 2015

(Sec. 3) This bill directs the Architect of the Capitol (AOC) to: (1) enter into an agreement to obtain a chair featuring the logo of the National League of POW/MIA Families, and (2) place it in the U.S. Capitol in a suitable permanent location within two years after enactment of this Act.

(Sec. 4) The AOC may: (1) enter into an agreement with any tax-exempt, charitable organization to solicit private donations to carry out this Act; and (2) accept resulting donations of funds, property, and services.

All costs incurred in carrying out this Act's purposes shall be paid for with private donations received from such organizations.

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Summary: This bill amends the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to reauthorize the National Women's Rights History Project through FY2019. The Project preserves and promotes historic sites significant to the women's rights movement and will establish a Votes for Women Trail linking women's suffrage movement sites throughout New York.

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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.

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Summary:
Monuments Protection Act

Directs the Departments of the Interior and Agriculture to enter into an agreement with a state, the District of Columbia, a federally recognized Indian tribe, a U.S. territory or possession, or a political subdivision of such an entity that offers to assume activities to resume or continue operations and public access to any covered unit during any period when those activities would not otherwise be carried out because: (1) there is a lapse in available federal funds as a result of a failure to enact a regular appropriations bill or continuing resolution, or (2) there are insufficient federal funds to operate such unit as a result of a failure of the federal government to make sufficient funds available.

Defines a "covered unit" to mean:

 public lands, units of the National Park System, units of the National Wildlife Refuge System, federally owned open air monuments and memorials, units of the National Forest System, and federally owned roads and off ramps on all such lands. Requires Interior and USDA to reimburse such an entity once funds are made available for activities carried out by such entity.

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Summary:
National Liberty Memorial Clarification Act of 2015

(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 with respect to submission of site and design proposals by the National Mall Liberty Fund D.C. (sponsor) for the National Liberty Memorial to honor the slaves and free black persons who served as soldiers and sailors or provided civilian assistance during the American Revolution.

The site and design approval process is revised to make the Department of Agriculture, rather than the Department of the Interior or the General Services Administration, responsible for consideration of these site and design proposals and their submission, on behalf of the sponsor, to the Commission of Fine Arts and National Capital Planning Commission.

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Summary:
Pascua Yaqui Tribe Land Conveyance Act

(Sec. 3) This bill declares that 39.65 acres of land are to be held in trust by the United States for the benefit of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona, effective the day after the Tuscon Unified School District No. 1 relinquishes its interest in the land. (Sec. 4) The United States must convey to the school district 13.24 acres of federal land in exchange for payment of the fair market value of the land and the cost of conveyance. The school district may acquire the federal reversionary interest in 27.5 acres of district land by paying the appraised value, plus the costs of appraisal and conveyance, to the Department of the Interior. (Sec. 5) Gaming is prohibited on the land taken into trust pursuant to this bill. (Sec. 6) There are no federal reserved water rights for the land taken into trust. The tribe retains state water rights for this land. Water rights for this land may not be forfeited or abandoned.

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Summary:
Healthy Kids Outdoors Act of 2015

 Authorizes the Department of the Interior to issue one cooperative agreement per state to eligible entities to implement and update a five-year Healthy Kids Outdoors State Strategy for encouraging Americans, especially children, youth, and families, to be physically active outdoors.

Requires eligible entities to provide a 25% match of the funding that they receive under this Act through in-kind contributions or cash. Directs the President to issue a national strategy for encouraging Americans to be physically active outdoors.

Directs Interior and the Department of Health and Human Services to carry out a study of national significance on the health impacts of the strategies under this Act.

Requires Interior to provide technical assistance to grantees and to disseminate best practices that emerge from the state strategies funded by this Act.

healthy kids act authorizes department_of_the_interior issue cooperative agreement state eligible entities implement update year healthy kids state strategy encouraging americans especially children youth families physically active requires eligible entities provide match funding receive act kind contributions cash directs president issue national strategy encouraging americans physically active directs interior department_of_health_and_human_services carry study national significance health impacts strategies act requires interior provide technical assistance grantees disseminate best practices emerge state strategies funded act


Summary:
Owyhee Wilderness Areas Boundary Modifications Act

Adjusts the boundaries of the North Fork Owyhee Wilderness, the Owyhee River Wilderness, and the Pole Creek Wilderness in Idaho to exclude certain land.

Amends the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to allow motor vehicles to continue to be used for livestock monitoring, herding, and gathering in the Big Jacks Creek Wilderness, Bruneau-Jarbidge Rivers Wilderness, Little Jacks Creek Wilderness, North Fork Owyhee Wilderness, Owyhee River Wilderness, and Pole Creek Wilderness.

Requires the Department of the Interior to: (1) report to Congress on all livestock grazing management activities that were authorized in such wilderness areas on the day before they were designated as wilderness, and (2) use the report to assist in the management of livestock grazing in those areas.

owyhee wilderness areas boundary modifications act adjusts boundaries north fork owyhee wilderness owyhee river wilderness creek wilderness idaho exclude certain land amends omnibus_public_land_management_act allow motor vehicles continue livestock monitoring gathering big creek wilderness rivers wilderness little creek wilderness north fork owyhee wilderness owyhee river wilderness creek wilderness requires department_of_the_interior report congress livestock grazing management activities authorized wilderness areas day designated wilderness use report assist management livestock grazing areas


Summary: This bill declares that any proclamation of a national monument or reservation of a parcel of land as part of a national monument shall expire three years after the proclamation or reservation unless specifically approved by: (1) a federal law enacted after the date of the proclamation or reservation; and (2) a state law, for each state where the land involved is located, that is enacted after such date.

bill declares proclamation national_monument reservation parcel land national_monument shall expire years proclamation reservation specifically approved federal law enacted date proclamation reservation state law state land involved located enacted date


Summary:
Authorizes the National Emergency Medical Services Memorial Foundation to establish a commemorative work on federal land in the District of Columbia and its environs to commemorate the commitment and service represented by emergency medical services.

Prohibits the use of federal funds to pay any expense of the establishment of such work. Makes the Foundation solely responsible for acceptance of contributions for, and payment of the expenses of, the establishment of such work. Provides for the deposit of excess funds received for such work into a National Park Foundation account.

authorizes national emergency medical services memorial foundation establish commemorative work federal land district_of_columbia environs commemorate commitment service represented emergency medical services prohibits use federal funds pay expense establishment work makes foundation solely responsible acceptance contributions payment expenses establishment work provides deposit excess funds received work national park foundation account


Summary:
Federal Bird-Safe Buildings Act of 2015

Requires each public building constructed, substantially altered, or acquired by the General Services Administration (GSA) to meet the following standards:

 at least 90% of the exposed facade material from ground level to 40 feet shall not be composed of glass or shall be composed of glass employing elements that preclude bird collisions without completely obscuring vision, ultraviolet (UV) patterned glass that contains UV-reflective or contrasting patterns that are visible to birds, patterns on glass designed in accordance with a rule that restricts horizontal spaces to less than 2 inches high and vertical spaces to less than 4 inches wide, opaque, etched, stained, frosted, or translucent glass, orany combination of these methods (modified glass); at least 60% of the exposed facade material above 40 feet shall meet such glass standard; there shall not be any transparent passageways or corners; all glass adjacent to atria or courtyards containing water features, plants, and other materials attractive to birds shall meet the modified glass standard; and outside lighting shall be appropriately shielded and minimized. Directs GSA to: (1) ensure that actual bird mortality is monitored at each public building; and (2) reduce exterior building and site lighting for each public building, where practicable.

Exempts historic buildings of national significance, the White House and its grounds, the Supreme Court building and its grounds, or the U.S. Capitol and its related buildings and grounds.

federal bird safe buildings act requires public building constructed substantially altered acquired general_services_administration gsa meet following standards exposed material ground level feet shall composed glass shall composed glass employing elements preclude bird collisions completely vision ultraviolet patterned glass contains reflective patterns visible birds patterns glass designed accordance rule restricts horizontal spaces inches high spaces inches wide glass combination methods modified glass exposed material feet shall meet glass standard shall transparent corners glass adjacent containing water features plants materials birds shall meet modified glass standard outside lighting shall appropriately shielded directs gsa ensure actual bird mortality monitored public building reduce exterior building site lighting public building practicable exempts historic buildings national significance white_house grounds supreme_court_building grounds capitol related buildings grounds


Summary: Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to direct the Department of the Interior, with respect to the Salmon River in Idaho, to authorize or continue to authorize maintenance or replacement of the facilities and structures listed in this Act for commercial recreation services at Smith Gulch.

amends wild scenic rivers act direct department_of_the_interior respect salmon river idaho authorize continue authorize maintenance replacement facilities structures listed act commercial recreation services smith


Summary:
(Sec. 1) This bill authorizes the Department of the Interior to acquire the structure known as "Lunette Blair," which is related to the Fort Scott National Historic Site in Fort Scott, Bourbon County, Kansas.

The boundary of the Fort Scott National Historic Site in Kansas is modified as depicted on the map referred to as "Fort Scott National Historic Site Proposed Boundary Modification," and dated February 2016. Interior may acquire by donation or exchange only lands and interests in land within the boundaries of the site. Interior may not acquire any such lands or interests in land by condemnation. No private property or nonfederal property shall be included within the site without the written consent of the owner of that property. Nothing in this bill, the establishment of the site, nor the management plan for the site, shall be construed as creating a buffer zone outside of the site.

sec bill authorizes department_of_the_interior acquire structure known related fort scott national historic site fort scott county kansas boundary fort scott national historic site kansas modified depicted map referred fort scott national historic site proposed boundary modification dated february interior acquire donation exchange lands interests land boundaries site interior acquire lands interests land condemnation private property nonfederal property shall included site written consent owner property bill establishment site management plan site shall construed creating buffer zone outside site


Summary:
National Mall Revitalization and Designation Act

 Authorizes the National Capital Planning Commission (the Commission) to modify the boundaries of Areas I and II of the National Mall in the District of Columbia reserved for the location of commemorative works of preeminent historical and lasting significance to the United States. Prohibits any review of such a decision. Requires the Commission to notify the Secretary of the Interior and the Administrator of General Services (GSA), the National Capital Memorial Advisory Commission, and certain congressional committees of any boundary modification made under such authority.

Allows the Secretary or the Administrator to submit a recommendation to Congress that the legislative authority for a commemorative work be terminated before its expiration date, if the person authorized to establish the work does not possess the capacity or resources to complete successfully the project for the establishment of the work before that expiration date.

Directs: (1) the Commission to prepare recommendations for improving upon the process required for the selection, design, and subject matter of commemorative works in the District of Columbia and its environs; and (2) the Secretary to submit a plan to enhance cultural experiences in, and visitor enjoyment, amenities, and the vitality of, the National Mall.

national mall revitalization designation act authorizes national_capital_planning_commission commission modify boundaries areas national mall district_of_columbia reserved location commemorative works preeminent historical lasting significance united_states prohibits review decision requires commission notify secretary interior administrator general_services gsa national capital memorial advisory commission certain congressional committees boundary modification authority allows secretary administrator submit recommendation congress legislative authority commemorative work terminated expiration date person authorized establish work possess capacity resources complete successfully project establishment work expiration date directs commission prepare recommendations improving process required selection design subject matter commemorative works district_of_columbia environs secretary submit plan enhance cultural experiences visitor enjoyment amenities vitality national mall


Summary:
East Rosebud Wild and Scenic Rivers Act

 Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate specified river segments of the East Rosebud Creek in Montana as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.

east wild scenic rivers act amends wild scenic rivers act designate specified river segments east creek montana components national_wild_and_scenic_rivers_system


Summary:
National Historic Preservation Amendments Act

(Sec. 2) This bill extends the Historic Preservation Fund through FY2023. The Department of the Interior may accept nominations by federal agencies for the inclusion of properties on the National Register of Historic Places only in accordance with the nomination requirements described by this bill.

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Summary:
Maritime Washington National Heritage Area Act

This bill establishes the Maritime Washington National Heritage Area in the state of Washington.

The Washington Trust for Historic Preservation shall be the local coordinating entity for the Heritage Area, and shall prepare and submit a management plan for it.

maritime washington national heritage area act bill establishes maritime washington national heritage area state washington washington trust historic preservation shall local coordinating entity heritage area shall prepare submit management plan


Summary:
(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on March 10, 2016. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

(Sec. 1) This bill revises a condition for establishment of the Coltsville National Historical Park in Connecticut to require the state, the city, or the private property owner, as appropriate, to enter into a written agreement with the Department of the Interior to donate at least 10,000 square feet of space in the Colt Armory Complex (currently, the East Armory).

No non-federal property may be included in the Historical Park without the owner's written consent.

The establishment of the Historical Park or its management shall not be construed to create buffer zones outside of it.

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Summary:
Abraham Lincoln National Heritage Area Amendment Act

This bill amends the Consolidated Natural Resources Act of 2008 to add Livingston County, the city of Jonesboro in Union County, and the city of Freeport in Stephenson County in Illinois to the Abraham Lincoln National Heritage Area.

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Summary:
(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on February 24, 2016. The summary of the House passed version is repeated here.)

Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park Act of 2016

(Sec. 2) This bill redesignates the Martin Luther King, Junior, National Historic Site in the state of Georgia as the "Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park." The current boundary map is replaced with a map of a proposed boundary revision dated June 2015.

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Summary:
Mountains to Sound Greenway National Heritage Act

 Establishes the Mountains to Sound Greenway National Heritage Area in the state of Washington.

Directs the Department of the Interior to designate a willing local unit of government or a nonprofit organization to serve as the coordinating entity for the Heritage Area, which shall prepare and submit a management plan for it.

mountains sound national heritage act establishes mountains sound national heritage area state washington directs department_of_the_interior designate willing local unit government nonprofit organization serve coordinating entity heritage area shall prepare submit management plan


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 it.

Requires the management plan to:

 inventory the natural, historical, cultural, educational, scenic, and recreational resources of the Area related to its national importance, as well as the themes that ought to be protected, enhanced, interpreted, managed, funded, and developed; and 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 requires 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:
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the House passed version is repeated here.)

(Sec. 1) This bill amends the Gullah/Geechee Cultural Heritage Act to extend the authorization for the Gullah/Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor Commission through October 12, 2021.

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Summary:
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

National 9/11 Memorial at the World Trade Center Act

(Sec. 3) This bill designates the National September 11 Memorial located at the World Trade Center in New York City, New York, as a national memorial.

This memorial shall not be a unit of the National Park System.

(Sec. 4) The Department of the Interior may award a single grant per year through a competitive process to a tax-exempt, charitable nonprofit organization (eligible entity) for the operation and maintenance of any memorial located within the United States established to commemorate the events of and honor:

 the victims of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and United Airlines Flight 93 on September 11, 2001; and the victims of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center on February 26, 1993. In awarding such grants, Interior shall give greatest weight in the selection of eligible entities using the following criteria:

 experience in managing a public memorial that will benefit the largest number of visitors each calendar year; experience in managing a memorial of significant size (four acres or more); successful coordination and cooperation with federal, state, and local governments in the operation and management of the memorial; the ability and commitment to use grant funds to enhance security at the memorial; and the ability to use grant funds to increase the numbers of economically disadvantaged visitors to the memorial and surrounding areas. The authority to award grants under this Act shall expire seven years after enactment of this Act.

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Summary:
Saint Francis Dam Disaster National Memorial and Castaic Wilderness Act

 This bill establishes: (1) the Saint Francis Dam Disaster National Memorial at the Saint Francis Dam site in Los Angeles County, California, to honor the victims of the Saint Francis Dam disaster of March 12, 1928; (2) the Saint Francis Dam Disaster National Monument on specified land administered by the Secretary of Agriculture in Los Angeles County; and (3) the Saint Francis Dam Advisory Commission.

The Commission must: (1) report recommendations for the planning, design, construction, and long-term management of the Memorial; and (2) advise the Department of the Interior on the development of a management plan for the Memorial site.

The Memorial shall be administered as a unit of the National Park System.

The Department of Agriculture shall: (1) manage the Monument in a manner that conserves, protects, and enhances its cultural, historic, and ecological resources; and (2) develop a management plan for the Monument.

This bill designates approximately 620 acres of specified public land in California as a potential wilderness area and requires such land to be designated as the Castaic Wilderness on the earlier of: (1) the date Interior publishes notice that conditions in the area that are incompatible with the Wilderness Act have been removed, or (2) the date that is five years after the date of enactment of this Act.

The Monument and the Castaic Wilderness shall be administered as components of the National Landscape Conservation System.

The bill designates an additional 69,812 acres of land in Los Angeles County as the Castaic Wilderness. The Secretary may: (1) take necessary measures to control fire, insects, and diseases in such Wilderness; (2) conduct management activities necessary to maintain or restore fish and wildlife populations and habitats and to maintain water sources for wildlife in such Wilderness; and (3) authorize the installation and maintenance of hydrologic, meteorological, or climatological collection devices that are essential to flood warning, flood control, or water reservoir operation activities in such Wilderness. The Wilderness area is withdrawn from:

 all forms of entry, appropriation, and disposal under the public land laws; location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and disposition under all laws pertaining to mineral and geothermal leasing or mineral materials.

saint dam disaster national memorial wilderness act bill establishes saint dam disaster national memorial saint dam site los_angeles_county california honor victims saint dam disaster march saint dam disaster national_monument specified land administered secretary agriculture los_angeles_county saint dam advisory commission commission report recommendations planning design construction long term management memorial advise department_of_the_interior development management plan memorial site memorial shall administered unit national_park_system department_of_agriculture shall manage monument manner conserves protects enhances cultural historic ecological resources develop management plan monument bill designates approximately acres specified public land california potential wilderness area requires land designated wilderness earlier date interior publishes notice conditions area incompatible wilderness act removed date years date enactment act monument wilderness shall administered components national_landscape_conservation_system bill designates additional acres land los_angeles_county wilderness secretary necessary measures control fire insects diseases wilderness conduct management activities necessary maintain restore fish wildlife populations habitats maintain water sources wildlife wilderness authorize installation maintenance hydrologic meteorological collection devices essential flood warning flood control water reservoir operation activities wilderness wilderness area withdrawn forms entry appropriation disposal public land laws location entry patent mining laws disposition laws pertaining mineral geothermal leasing mineral materials


Summary:
Smithsonian Modernization Act of 2015

 Revises requirements for the composition of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Requires the Board to be composed of 21 members appointed by the President from among lists of nominees submitted by the Speaker of the House and the Majority Leader of the Senate.

Increases from 8 to 17 the number of Regents constituting a quorum to do business.

 Revises requirements for the terms of office for Regents. Permits Regents to be reappointed.

smithsonian modernization act revises requirements composition board_of_regents smithsonian_institution requires board composed members appointed president lists nominees submitted speaker house majority leader senate increases number constituting quorum business revises requirements terms office permits reappointed


Summary:
Protecting our National Parks Act of 2015

This bill declares that whoever willfully injures or destroys, or attempts to injure or destroy, property under the jurisdiction of the National Park Service shall be fined, imprisoned for up to 10 years, or both fined and imprisoned.

protecting national parks act bill declares willfully injures attempts injure destroy property jurisdiction national_park_service shall fined imprisoned years fined imprisoned


Summary:
Open and Transparent Smithsonian Act of 2016

(Sec. 2) This bill applies to the Smithsonian Institution the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), the Privacy Act, and current law relating to open meetings of government agencies.

(Sec. 3) This bill shall apply:

 with respect to the FOIA and the Privacy Act, to any records created by the Smithsonian Institution before, on, or after the enactment of this bill; and with respect to current law relating to open meetings of government agencies, to any meetings held by the Smithsonian Institution on or after the enactment of this bill.

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Summary:
National Monument Designation Transparency Act

 Requires land reserved as part of a national monument to be confined to the smallest area essential to ensure the proper care and management of the objects of historic or scientific interest protected by the monument.

Sets forth additional procedures for the designation of national monuments.

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Summary:
Luna and Hidalgo Counties Wilderness Study Area Release Act of 2015

 Releases specified wilderness study areas in the Luna and Hidalgo Counties in New Mexico from further study for designation as wilderness.

counties wilderness study area release act releases specified wilderness study areas counties new_mexico study designation wilderness


Summary:
(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on July 25, 2016. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Fort Frederica National Monument Boundary Expansion Act

 (Sec. 2) This bill expands the boundary of the Fort Frederica National Monument on Saint Simon Island, Georgia, and increases the maximum number of acres that may be included in the monument from 250 to 305 acres.

The Department of the Interior may acquire, by donation or purchase, the land and interests within the monument only from willing sellers.

No nonfederal property may be included in the monument without the owner's written consent.

Interior may not acquire land or interests by condemnation or eminent domain.

Nothing in this bill, neither the establishment of the monument nor the management plan for the monument, shall be construed as creating buffer zones outside of the monument.

measure amended reported house july summary version repeated fort national_monument boundary expansion act sec bill expands boundary fort national_monument saint island georgia increases maximum number acres included monument acres department_of_the_interior acquire donation purchase land interests monument willing sellers nonfederal property included monument owner written consent interior acquire land interests condemnation eminent domain bill establishment monument management plan monument shall construed creating buffer zones outside monument


Summary:
National Scenic Trails Parity Act

 Amends the National Trails System Act to require the North Country, Ice Age, and New England National Scenic Trails to be administered as units of the National Park System.

national scenic trails parity act amends national_trails_system_act require north country ice age new_england national scenic trails administered units national_park_system


Summary: This bill declares that the mountain at the Devils Tower National Monument in Wyoming shall be known and designated as "Devils Tower."

bill declares mountain tower national_monument wyoming shall known designated tower


Summary:
National Park Service Centennial Act

This bill establishes the National Park Centennial Challenge Fund in the Treasury to finance signature projects and programs to enhance the National Park System (NPS) as it approaches its centennial in 2016.

 There is also established in the Treasury a Public Lands Centennial Fund.

The Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture shall jointly establish a program under which funds from the Centennial Fund are made available to federal land or water management agencies to support projects that:

 enhance visitor services and outdoor recreational opportunities, restore lands and waters, repair facilities or trails, or increase energy and water efficiency. National Park Foundation Endowment Act

The National Park Foundation shall establish the Second Century Endowment for the National Park Service.

The National Park Service Second Century Fund is established in the Treasury.

Interior shall undertake a broad program of the highest quality interpretation and education.

The Public Lands Corps Act of 1993 is amended to increase from 25 to 30 the age limit for participants in the Public Lands Corps.

This bill makes permanent the Volunteers in the Parks Program.

Interior may establish a Visitor Services Management Authority (VSMA) to administer commercial visitor services programs and activities of the NPS, including the award and administration of commercial visitor facilities and services management contracts pursuant to this Act.

A VSMA revolving fund is established for expenses necessary for the management, improvement, enhancement, operation, construction, and maintenance of commercial visitor services and facilities and payment of possessory interest and leasehold surrender interest.

national_park_service centennial act bill establishes national park centennial challenge fund treasury finance signature projects programs enhance national_park_system nps approaches centennial established treasury public lands centennial fund department_of_the_interior_and_the_department_of_agriculture shall jointly establish program funds centennial fund available federal land water management agencies support projects enhance visitor services outdoor recreational opportunities restore lands waters repair facilities trails increase energy water efficiency national park foundation endowment act national park foundation shall establish second century endowment national_park_service national_park_service second century fund established treasury interior shall undertake broad program highest quality interpretation education public_lands_corps_act amended increase age limit participants public_lands_corps bill makes permanent volunteers parks program interior establish visitor services management authority administer commercial visitor services programs activities nps including award administration commercial visitor facilities services management contracts pursuant act revolving fund established expenses necessary management improvement enhancement operation construction maintenance commercial visitor services facilities payment interest leasehold surrender interest


Summary:
California Coastal National Monument Expansion Act

This bill expands the boundary of the California Coastal National Monument to include specified federal lands in Humboldt, Santa Cruz, and San Luis Obispo Counties in California.

The Department of the Interior shall amend the Monument management plan for the long-term protection and management of the federal land so added.

 Interior may acquire nonfederal land or interests within or adjacent to the added federal land only through exchange, donation, or purchase from a willing seller.

Interior must ensure the protection of Indian sacred sites and traditional cultural properties in the Monument and provide access by members of Indian Tribes for traditional cultural and customary uses.

The Monument shall be managed as part of the National Landscape Conservation System.

Interior shall establish an advisory council for each unit of the added federal land to advise on the implementation of the management plan.

 Certain rocks, pinnacles, reefs, and islands in the Pacific Ocean within a mile of the coast of Orange County, California, are made part of the California Coastal National Monument, and their current temporary reservation is repealed.

 Likewise repealed is the lighthouse reservation with respect to the San Juan and San Mateo Rocks and the two rocks in the vicinity of Laguna Beach, off the coast of Orange County.

california coastal national_monument expansion act bill expands boundary california coastal national_monument include specified federal lands santa san counties california department_of_the_interior shall amend monument management plan long term protection management federal land added interior acquire nonfederal land interests adjacent added federal land exchange donation purchase willing seller interior ensure protection indian sacred sites traditional cultural properties monument provide access members indian tribes traditional cultural customary uses monument shall managed national_landscape_conservation_system interior shall establish advisory_council unit added federal land advise implementation management plan certain rocks reefs islands pacific_ocean mile coast orange_county california california coastal national_monument current temporary reservation repealed likewise repealed lighthouse reservation respect san_juan san rocks rocks vicinity beach coast orange_county


Summary:
Transit Bus Procurement Act

This bill directs the General Services Administration (GSA) to provide access to GSA sources of supply (schedules) for buses to recipients or subrecipients of federal public transportation grant assistance to purchase buses for public transportation.

The Department of Transportation shall restrict schedule access to recipients or subrecipients in areas with a population of:

 less than 200,000, and 200,000 or more with 100 or fewer buses in fixed route service during peak service hours.

transit bus procurement act bill directs general_services_administration gsa provide access gsa sources supply schedules buses recipients federal public transportation grant assistance purchase buses public transportation department_of_transportation shall restrict schedule access recipients areas population fewer buses fixed route service peak service hours


Summary:
Rock Creek National Park Act of 2015

 Redesignates the Rock Creek Park in the District of Columbia as Rock Creek National Park.

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Summary:
African American Civil Rights Network Act of 2015

This bill requires the Department of the Interior to establish within the National Park Service (NPS) a U.S. Civil Rights Network that encompasses: (1) all NPS units and programs that relate to the African American civil rights movement during the period from 1939 through 1968; (2) other federal, state, local, and privately owned properties that relate to the African American civil rights movement and that are included in, or eligible for, the National Register of Historic Places; and (3) other governmental and nongovernmental facilities and programs of an educational, research, or interpretive nature that are directly related to such movement.

In carrying out the Network, Interior must: (1) review civil rights movement studies and reports that may already be underway or completed, such as the Civil Rights Framework Study; (2) produce and disseminate educational materials, such as handbooks, maps, interpretive guides, or electronic information; (3) provide technical assistance; and (4) adopt an official, uniform symbol or device for the Network and issue regulations for the symbol's use.

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Summary:
Smithsonian Collections Space Authorization Act

This bill authorizes the Smithsonian Institution to plan, design, and construct additional storage space for collections storage modules and hangar additions to the National Air and Space Museum Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia, and additional storage and laboratory space at the Museum Support Center at the Suitland Collections Center in Suitland, Maryland, to accommodate the care, preservation, conservation, deposit, and study of national collections held in trust.

smithsonian collections space authorization act bill authorizes smithsonian_institution plan design construct additional storage space collections storage modules hangar additions national air space museum center virginia additional storage laboratory space museum support center collections center maryland accommodate care preservation conservation deposit study national collections held trust


Summary:
(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on December 5, 2016. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Chicano Park Preservation Act

This bill requires the Department of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of Chicano Park and its murals located in San Diego, California.

In conducting the study, Interior shall evaluate the site's national significance and determine the suitability and feasibility of designating it as a National Historic Landmark or an Affiliated Area of the National Park System. Interior shall also consider other alternatives for preservation, protection, and interpretation of Chicano Park and its murals by governmental and private and nonprofit organizations.

This study shall not consider any options involving the federal acquisition of lands, interests in lands, or any other property related to the park and its murals.

measure amended reported house december summary version repeated park preservation act bill requires department_of_the_interior conduct special resource study park located san_diego california conducting study interior shall evaluate site national significance determine suitability feasibility designating national historic affiliated area national_park_system interior shall consider alternatives preservation protection interpretation park governmental private nonprofit organizations study shall consider options involving federal acquisition lands interests lands property related park


Summary:
James K. Polk Presidential Home Study Act

 This bill directs the Department of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of the James K. Polk Home and adjacent property in Columbia, Tennessee.

In conducting this study, Interior shall evaluate the national significance of the site and determine the suitability and feasibility of designating it as a unit of the National Park System.

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Summary:
San Gabriel Mountains Foothills and Rivers Protection Act

This bill establishes the San Gabriel National Recreation Area in California as a unit of the National Park System, consisting of approximately 51,107 acres of identified federal lands and interests.

The Department of the Interior must cooperate with the Department of Defense (DOD) to develop opportunities for the management of the federal lands under DOD jurisdiction that are included within the area.

The bill establishes the San Gabriel National Recreation Area Public Advisory Council and the San Gabriel National Recreation Area Partnership. Interior and the San Gabriel National Recreation Area Public Advisory Council shall create a comprehensive management plan for the area. Interior shall develop an integrated visitor services plan for the area and is authorized to construct visitor use facilities. The Department of Agriculture must modify the boundaries of the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument in California to include approximately 109,143 acres of additional, identified National Forest System lands and administer them as part of the monument.

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Summary:
Historic Tax Credit Improvement Act of 2015

This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax credit for the rehabilitation of buildings and historic structures, to: (1) allow an increased 30% credit, up to $750,000, for projects with rehabilitation expenditures not exceeding $3.75 million, for which no credit was allowed in either of the 2 prior taxable years (smaller projects); (2) allow the transfer of tax credit amounts for smaller projects; (3) treat a building as substantially rehabilitated if rehabilitation expenditures exceed the greater of 50% of the adjusted basis of the building or $5,000 (currently, the greater of the adjusted basis of the building or $5,000); (4) exempt from tax the proceeds of a state historic tax; and (5) set forth special rules for the tax treatment of tax-exempt use property and functionally-related historic structures.

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Greater Grand Canyon Heritage National Monument Act

This bill establishes the Greater Grand Canyon Heritage National Monument in Arizona.

The Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture (USDA), with respect to lands under their respective jurisdictions, shall manage the Monument to conserve, protect, and enhance its natural resources and values.

Interior and USDA shall collaborate with the Greater Grand Canyon Heritage National Monument Advisory Council (established by this Act) to develop a plan for the protection and management of the Monument.

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Protecting Local Communities from Executive Overreach Act

This bill declares that the President may not designate lands to be a new or expanded national monument unless within one year before a designation the Department of the Interior consults with each community, county, municipality, city, town, or township with boundaries within or adjacent to the land affected by the designation and obtains concurrence for the designation from:

 the governing body of each such community, county, municipality, city, town, or township; and the wildlife management and land management authorities and the governor of each state in which the new or expanded national monument would be located. Furthermore, a declaration of a national monument shall not:

 include private property without the informed written consent of the property owner; be construed to increase the amount of funding for the monument for any fiscal year; apply to more than 5,000 acres; or be used to create or expand a national monument located in specified counties in Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, and Utah. Water rights associated with a national monument created or expanded by a declaration:

 may not be reserved expressly or by implication by such a declaration, and may be acquired for a national monument created or expanded by a declaration only according to the laws of the state in which the water rights are based.

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Summary: This bill repeals a restriction prohibiting the use of federal funds for maintenance of the memorial to honor Tomas G. Masaryk on federal land in the District of Columbia.

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Preserving State Rights Act

This bill allows a proclamation designating a national monument only for those approved by the state legislature and the governor of each state in which the national monument would be located.

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Fort Ontario Study Act

(Sec. 3) This bill directs the Department of the Interior, subject to appropriations, to conduct a special resource study of Fort Ontario in Oswego, New York, which was used as a military installation during the French and Indian War, the Revolutionary War, and the War of 1812.

Interior shall: (1) evaluate the site's national significance, and (2) determine the suitability and feasibility of designating it as a unit of the National Park System.

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Stonewall National Historic Site Establishment Act

This bill establishes the Stonewall National Historic Site in New York as a unit of the National Park System.

The boundary of the Historic Site shall be identical to that of the Stonewall National Historic Landmark.

The Department of the Interior may enter into an agreement with New York City, New York, delineating the respective roles and responsibilities of the National Park Service and New York City in operating, maintaining, and interpreting the Historic Site.

Interior shall prepare a general management plan for the Historic Site.

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National Museum of Asian Pacific American History and Culture Act

This bill establishes a National Museum of Asian Pacific American History and Culture within the Smithsonian Institution to provide for the collection, study, and establishment of programs related to Asian Pacific American life, art, history, and culture.

The bill also establishes a National Museum of Asian Pacific American History and Culture Council to: (1) make recommendations to the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution concerning construction of the Museum, and (2) advise and assist the Board on all matters related to the Museum's administration and preservation.

The Institute of Museum and Library Services shall establish: (1) a grant program for improving operations, care of collections, and development of professional management at Asian Pacific American museums; (2) a grant program that provides internship and fellowship opportunities at such museums; and (3) a scholarship program for assisting individuals who are pursuing careers or carrying out studies in the arts, humanities, and sciences in the study of Asian Pacific American life, art, history, and culture.

The Board shall designate a site for the Museum within 12 months of this Act's enactment.

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Commission to Study the Potential Creation of a National Museum of Asian Pacific American History and Culture Act

This bill establishes a Commission to Study the Potential Creation of a National Museum of Asian Pacific American History and Culture.

The Commission must: (1) report recommendations for a plan of action for the establishment and maintenance of a National Museum of Asian Pacific American History and Culture in Washington, D.C.; (2) develop a fundraising plan to support the establishment, operation, and maintenance of the Museum through public contributions; (3) obtain an independent review of this fundraising plan, including an analysis of the resources necessary to fund the construction of the Museum and its operations and maintenance in perpetuity without reliance on federal funds; and (4) submit a legislative plan of action to establish and construct the Museum.

Directs the Commission's recommendations to address issues including the impact of the Museum on regional Asian Pacific American history-related museums, whether it should be part of the Smithsonian Institution, and the cost of constructing, operating, and maintaining the Museum and acquiring its collections.

The Commission may convene a national conference relating to the Museum.

Prohibits federal funds from being obligated to carry out this Act.

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