Summary: Conservation and Economic Growth Act - Title I: Lower Merced River - (Sec. 101) Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to decrease the length of a segment of the Lower Merced River in California designated as a wild and scenic river. Revises provisions concerning the water surface level of Lake McClure. Sets a new boundary at the boundary of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Project No. 2179 as it existed on July 18, 2011. Title II: Bonneville Unit Clean Hydropower Facilitation Act - Bonneville Unit Clean Hydropower Facilitation Act - (Sec. 203) Declares that, in order to facilitate hydropower development on the Diamond Fork System (Utah), a certain amount of reimbursable costs allocated to project power in the Power Appendix of the October 2004 Supplement to the 1988 Bonneville Unit Definite Plan Report shall be considered final costs, as well as specified costs in excess of the total maximum repayment obligation, subject to the same terms and conditions. (Sec. 204) States that: (1) this title does not obligate the Western Area Power Administration to purchase or market any of the power produced by the Diamond Fork power plant, and (2) none of the costs associated with development of transmission facilities to transmit power from the Diamond Fork power plant shall be assigned to power for the purpose of Colorado River Storage Project ratemaking. (Sec. 205) Prohibits any hydroelectric power generation or transmission facility on the Diamond Fork System from being financed or refinanced with any obligation: (1) whose interest enjoys federal tax-exempt status, or (2) which enjoys certain federal tax credits. (Sec. 206) Directs the Secretary of the Interior to report to certain congressional committees if hydropower production on the Diamond Fork System has not commenced 24 months after enactment of this Act, stating the reasons such production has not commenced, and presenting a detailed timeline for future hydropower production. (Sec. 208) Prohibits the use of Western Area Power Administration borrowing authority under the Hoover Power Plant Act of 1984 to fund any study or construction of transmission facilities developed as a result of this title. Title III: Southeast Alaska Native Land Entitlement Finalization and Jobs Protection Act - Southeast Alaska Native Land Entitlement Finalization and Jobs Protection Act - (Sec. 304) Authorizes Sealaska, the regional Alaska Native Corporation for southeast Alaska, subject to certain conditions and restrictions, to select and receive conveyance of its remaining land entitlement under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) from federal land in southeast Alaska that is outside the areas for selection (withdrawal areas) delineated by the ANCSA. Includes among these lands certain mapped sites that: (1) lie within Tongass National Forest; (2) have traditional, recreational, and renewable energy use value (although no more than 5,000 acres of these may be chosen); or (3) constitute traditional and customary trade and migration routes. Includes, as well, up to 3,600 acres that Sealaska identifies as having sacred, cultural, traditional, or historic significance. Prohibits selection of these sites, however, if they lie within the National Park System. Requires Sealaska to identify all but 360 acres of these sites within 15 years of this Act's enactment. Grants Sealaska nonexclusive easements to certain forest development roads and logging facilities. (Sec. 305) Requires the Secretary of the Interior to substantially complete the conveyance of land selected by Sealaska from within the mapped sites of Tongass National Forest within two years of their selection. Prohibits Sealaska from selecting land from the mapped sites, other than trade and migration route land, that lies within a conservation system unit. (A conservation system unit includes any unit of the National Park System, National Wildlife Refuge System, National Wild and Scenic Rivers Systems, National Trails System, National Wilderness Preservation System, or a National Forest Monument.) Gives Sealaska the right to regulate public access across the sacred, cultural, traditional, or historic sites conveyed to it pursuant to this Act. Prohibits any commercial timber harvest or mineral development on lands conveyed to Sealaska pursuant to this Act that are characterized as: (1) sacred, cultural, traditional, or historic sites; (2) traditional and customary trade and migration routes; or (3) sites having traditional, recreational, and renewable energy use value. Allows existing guiding or outfitting special use permit holders to continue to exercise their rights and privileges, for the remaining permit term and a subsequent ten-year renewal period, on lands conveyed to Sealaska from the mapped sites that lie within Tongass National Forest or that have traditional, recreational, and renewable energy use value. (Sec. 306) Amends the Tribal Forest Protection Act of 2004 to allow Alaska Native Corporations to enter into agreements with the federal government under that Act regarding their lands that are forested or formerly had vegetative cover and are capable of restoration. Amends the National Historic Preservation Act to allow an Alaska Native tribe, band, nation or other organized group or community to participate in historic site preservation programs administered on behalf of Indian tribes, including by securing support to manage their own historic preservation sites and programs. Title IV: San Antonio Missions National Historical Park Boundary Expansion Act - San Antonio Missions National Historical Park Boundary Expansion Act - (Sec. 403) Modifies the boundary of the San Antonio Missions National Historical Park to include approximately 137 acres of additional identified land. Bars the use of condemnation authority by the Secretary for the acquisition of lands and interests under this Act. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire land and interests within the boundary of the Park only by donation or exchange. Prohibits any payment from being made to any landowner in the case of an exchange). Prohibits the inclusion of any private property within the Park's boundaries without the owner's written consent. Prohibits anything in this Act, the establishment of the Park, or its management from being construed as creating buffer zones outside of the Park. Bars an activity or use that can be seen or heard from within the Park from precluding the conduct of that activity or use outside the Park. Title V: Waco Mammoth National Monument Establishment Act of 2012 - Waco Mammoth National Monument Establishment Act of 2012 - (Sec. 504) Establishes the Waco Mammoth National Monument in Texas as a unit of the National Park System. (Sec. 505) 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 title. 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 title, the establishment of such national monument, or the management plan from being construed as creating buffer zones outside of such monument. (Sec. 506) 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. Title VI: North Cascades National Park Access - (Sec. 602) 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 corridor of not more than 100-feet in width along which the Stehekin Valley Road may be rebuilt: (1) outside of the floodplain between mileposts 12.9 and 22.8, (2) within one mile of the route for such Road, (3) within the boundaries of the Park, and (4) outside of the boundaries of the Wilderness. Requires that the boundary adjustments be such that equal federally owned acreage amounts are exchanged between the Wilderness and the Park. Requires lands in the newly designated wilderness to include lands along the route of the Stehekin Valley Road that are replaced by the reconstruction. Authorizes the Secretary, if such lands contain fewer acres than the corridor, to designate additional federal lands in the Park as wilderness, but bars such designation from exceeding the acreage amount needed to equalize the exchange. Instructs that these additional lands must be selected from lands that qualify as wilderness. Prohibits anything in this Act from: (1) authorizing the sale or acquisition of any land or interest in land, and (2) being construed as requiring the Secretary to give this project precedence over the construction or repair of other similarly damaged roads in units of the National Park System. Title VII: Endangered Salmon and Fisheries Predation Prevention Act - Endangered Salmon and Fisheries Predation Prevention Act - (Sec. 703) Amends the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to authorize the Secretary of the department in which the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is operating to issue one-year permits to Washington, Oregon, Idaho, the Nez Perce Tribe, the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon, the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation, and the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission for the lethal taking on the waters of the Columbia River or its tributaries of sea lions that are part of a healthy population that is not listed as an endangered species or threatened species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 in order to protect endangered and threatened species of salmon and other nonlisted fish species. Authorizes the Secretary to renew such permits. Prohibits such a permit from authorizing the lethal taking of more than 10 sea lions. Limits the cumulative annual taking of sea lions each year under all such permits to 1% of the annual potential biological removal level. Provides that environmental impact statement requirements under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) do not apply with respect to this Act and the issuance of any such permits during the five-year period that begins on this title's enactment. Authorizes the Secretary to suspend the issuance of such permits if, after five years, lethal removal authority is no longer necessary to protect salmonid and other fish species from sea lion predation. (Sec. 704) Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) preventing predation by sea lions, recovery of listed salmonid stocks, and preventing future listings of fish stocks in the Columbia River is a vital priority; (2) permit holders exercising lethal removal authority should be trained in wildlife management; and (3) the government should continue to fund lethal and nonlethal removal measures for preventing such predation. (Sec. 705) Prohibits anything in this title from being construed as affecting or modifying any treaty or other right of any federally recognized Indian tribe. Title VIII: Reauthorization of Herger-Feinstein Quincy Library Group Forest Recovery Act - (Sec. 801) Amends the Herger-Feinstein Quincy Library Group Forest Recovery Act (the Act) to extend the term of the pilot forest management project for the Plumas, Lassen, and Tahoe National Forests in California. Directs the Regional Forester for Region 5, upon initiation of the process of amending or revising land and resource management plans for the pilot project area (the federal lands within the Plumas and Lassen National Forests and the Sierraville Ranger District of Tahoe National Forest designated as available for group selection), to include the preparation of at least one alternative that incorporates the pilot project and area designations, the resource management activities, and other aspects of the Quincy Library Group Community Stability Proposal. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to expand the pilot project area to include all of the National Forest System lands in California or Nevada that lie within the Sierra Nevada and Cascade Province, Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit, and Humboldt-Toiyabe and Inyo National Forests. Permits the management of such lands using the same strategy, guidelines, and resource management activities outlined in the Act or developed to meet local forest and community needs and conditions. Deems those areas that are designated as deferred under the Act, but located in Tehama County, south and west of Lassen Peak, as being designated as available for group selection. Requires, after FY2012, group selection on an average acreage of .57 percent of the pilot project area land to occur each year of the pilot project.Repeals the requirement regarding the authorization of appropriations of supplemental funds for the implementation and carrying out of the pilot project. Title IX: Yerington Land Conveyance and Sustainable Development Act - Yerington Land Conveyance and Sustainable Development Act - (Sec. 904) Directs the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the city of Yerington, Nevada, all interest of the United States in the federal lands located in Lyon and Mineral Counties, Nevada, identified as City of Yerington Sustainable Development Conveyance Lands, subject to the city's agreement and in exchange for consideration in an amount that is equal to their fair market value. Requires the Secretary to determine the fair market value of the federal land to be conveyed according to the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 and based upon an appraisal. Requires the development and conduct of activities of the federal land which is conveyed to the city to be subject to all applicable federal laws. Makes the city responsible for all survey, appraisal, and other administrative costs associated with the conveyance of such lands. (Sec. 905) Releases the United States from all liabilities or claims of any kind arising from the presence, release, or threat of release of release of hazardous substances, pollutants, contaminants, petroleum products (or derivatives of such products) solid waste, mine materials, or mining related features on the federal land existing on or before conveyance. Title X: Preserving Access to Cape Hatteras National Seashore Recreational Area Act - Preserving Access to Cape Hatteras National Seashore Recreational Area Act - (Sec. 1002) Requires the Cape Hatteras National Seashore in North Carolina to be managed in accordance with the Interim Protected Species Management Strategy/Environmental Assessment issued by the National Park Service (NPS) on June 13, 2007, for the Cape Hatteras National Seashore Recreational Area until the Secretary of the Interior issues a new final rule that meets the additional restrictions specified below. Bars the imposition of any additional restrictions on pedestrian or motorized vehicular access to any part of the Recreation Area for species protection beyond those in the Interim Management Strategy, other than as specifically authorized pursuant to this title. (Sec. 1003) Allows the Secretary if, based on peer-reviewed science and after public comment, it is determined that additional restrictions on access to a part of the Recreation Area are necessary to protect endangered species, to only restrict pedestrian and vehicular access for recreational activities for the shortest possible time and on the smallest possible portions of such area. (Sec. 1004) Prohibits the final rule titled "Special Regulations, Areas of the National Park System, Cape Hatteras National Seashore-Off-Road Vehicle Management" from having any force or effect. Invalidates the April 30, 2008, consent decree filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina regarding off-road vehicle use at the Seashore. Title XI: Grazing Improvement Act of 2012 - Grazing Improvement Act of 2012 - (Sec. 1102) Amends the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (the Act) to double from 10 to 20 years the period of a term for grazing permits and leases for domestic livestock grazing on public lands or lands within national forests in 16 contiguous western states. Permits the issuance of permits and leases for a period shorter than 20 years (under current law, shorter than 10 years). Allows the issuance of such permits and leases where the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) respecting lands within National Forests in the 16 contiguous Western states (the Secretary concerned) determines that the initial environmental analysis under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) regarding a grazing allotment, permit, or lease has not been completed. (Sec. 1103) Directs that grazing permits or leases issued by the Secretary of the Interior respecting lands under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior and grazing permits issued by the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) respecting National Forest System lands that expire, are transferred, or are waived after this Act's enactment be renewed or reissued under, as appropriate, the Act, Granger-Thye Act, Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act, or California Desert Protection Act of 1994. Continues the terms and conditions (except the termination date) that is contained in such an expired, transferred, or waived permit or lease in effect under a renewed or reissued permit or lease until the Secretary concerned completes the processing of the permit or lease that is the subject of the expired, transferred, or waived permit or lease. (Permits the cancellation, suspension, or modification of such an expired, transferred, or waived permit or lease in accordance with applicable law.) Authorizes the Secretary concerned to renew or reissue such permit or lease that is the subject of the expired, transferred, or waived permit or lease for a 20-year term when the processing has been completed. Allows exclusion of the renewal, reissuance, or transfer of a grazing permit or lease by the Secretary concerned from the NEPA requirement to prepare an environmental analysis if: (1) such decision continues current grazing management of the allotment; (2) monitoring of the allotment has indicated that the current grazing management has met, or has satisfactorily progressed towards meeting, objectives contained in the land use and resource management plan of such allotment; or (3) such decision is consistent with the concerned Department's policy with regard to extraordinary circumstances. Gives Secretary concerned the sole discretion to determine the priority and timing for the completion of each required environmental analysis regarding any grazing allotment, permit, or lease based on its environmental significance and on the funding available for such purpose. Makes NEPA inapplicable to domestic livestock crossing and trailing authorizations and transfers of grazing preferences. Title XII: Target Practice and Marksmanship Training Support Act - Target Practice and Marksmanship Training Support Act - (Sec. 1204) Amends the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to: (1) authorize a state to pay up to 90% of the costs of acquiring land for, expanding, or constructing a public target range; (2) authorize a state to elect to allocate 10% of a specified amount apportioned to it from the federal aid to wildlife restoration fund for such costs; (3) limit the federal share of such costs under such Act to 90%; and (4) require amounts provided for such costs under such Act to remain available for expenditure and obligation for five fiscal years. (Sec. 1205) Shields the United States from any civil action or claim for money damages for injury to, or loss of, property, personal injury, or death caused by an activity occurring at a public target range that is funded by the federal government pursuant to such Act or located on federal land, except to the extent provided under the Federal Tort Claims Act with respect to the exercise or performance of a discretionary function. (Sec. 1206) Urges the Chief of the Forest Service and the Director of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to cooperate with state and local authorities and other entities to carry out waste removal and other activities on any federal land used as a public target range to encourage its continued use for target practice or marksmanship training. Title XIII: Chesapeake Bay Accountability and Recovery Act of 2012 - Chesapeake Bay Accountability and Recovery Act of 2012 - (Sec. 1302) Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), in consultation with the Chesapeake Executive Council, the chief executive of each Chesapeake Bay state, and the Chesapeake Bay Commission, to submit to Congress a financial report containing: (1) an interagency crosscut budget for restoration activities that protect, conserve, or restore living resources, habitat, water resources, or water quality in the Chesapeake Bay watershed; (2) an accounting of funds received and obligated by all federal agencies for restoration activities; (3) an accounting from each state of all funds received and obligated from a federal agency for restoration activities; and (4) a description of each of the proposed federal and state restoration activities. Requires: (1) such report to describe only federal restoration activities that have funding amounts of at least $100,000 and state restoration activities that have funding amounts of at least $50,000; and (2) the Director to submit the report no later than 30 days after the submission of the President's annual budget to Congress. (Sec. 1303) Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to develop and update, every two years, an adaptive management plan for restoration activities in the Chesapeake Bay waterhsed that includes: (1) a definition of specific and measurable objectives to improve water quality, habitat, and fisheries; (2) a process for stakeholder participation; (3) monitoring, modeling, experimentation, and other research and evaluation practices; (4) a process for modification of restoration activities that have not attained or will not attain such objectives; and (5) a process for prioritizing restoration activities and programs to which adaptive management shall be applied. Sets forth reporting requirements. Requires the Administrator to report annually to Congress on the Plan. (Sec. 1304) Requires an Independent Evaluator for the Chesapeake Bay watershed, who shall review and report to Congress every three years on restoration activities and the use of adaptive management in such activities. Requires the Evaluator to be appointed by the Administrator from among nominees submitted by the Chesapeake Executive Council. Title XIV: National Security and Federal Lands Protection Act - National Security and Federal Lands Protection Act - (Sec. 1401) Prohibits the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) from prohibiting or restricting activities on federal land located within 100 miles of an international land border that is under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture to prevent all unlawful entries into the United States, including entries by terrorists, other unlawful aliens, instruments of terrorism, narcotics, and other contraband through the international land borders of the United States. Grants U.S. Customs and Border Protection access to such lands to conduct the following activities: (1) construction and maintenance of roads and fences; (2) use of patrol vehicles and aircraft; (3) installation, maintenance, and operation of surveillance equipment and sensors; and (4) deployment of temporary tactical infrastructure, including forward operating bases. States that a waiver by the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) of specified laws regarding sections of the international border between the United States and Mexico and between the United States and Canada shall apply to all land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture within 100 miles of the international land borders of the United States with respect to U.S. Customs and Border Protection activities under this title. States that this title shall not be construed to restrict legal use (grazing, hunting, mining, or public-use recreational and backcountry airstrips) on, or legal access to, land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture. Terminates this title five years after enactment.

conservation economic growth act title lower river sec amends wild scenic rivers act decrease length segment lower river california designated wild scenic river revises provisions concerning water surface level lake sets new boundary boundary federal_energy_regulatory_commission ferc project existed july title bonneville unit clean hydropower facilitation act bonneville unit clean hydropower facilitation act sec declares order facilitate hydropower development diamond_fork_system utah certain reimbursable costs allocated project power power appendix october supplement bonneville unit definite plan report shall considered final costs specified costs excess total maximum repayment obligation subject terms conditions sec states title obligate western_area_power_administration purchase market power produced diamond_fork power plant costs associated development transmission facilities transmit power diamond_fork power plant shall assigned power purpose colorado_river_storage project ratemaking sec prohibits hydroelectric power generation transmission facility diamond_fork_system financed refinanced obligation interest enjoys federal tax exempt status enjoys certain federal tax credits sec directs secretary interior report certain congressional committees hydropower production diamond_fork_system commenced months enactment act stating reasons production commenced presenting detailed timeline future hydropower production sec prohibits use western_area_power_administration borrowing authority hoover power plant act fund study construction transmission facilities developed result title title iii southeast alaska_native land entitlement finalization jobs protection act southeast alaska_native land entitlement finalization jobs protection act sec authorizes sealaska regional alaska_native_corporation southeast alaska subject certain conditions restrictions select receive conveyance remaining land entitlement alaska_native_claims_settlement_act ancsa federal land southeast alaska outside areas selection withdrawal areas delineated ancsa includes lands certain sites lie tongass_national_forest traditional recreational renewable energy use value acres chosen constitute traditional customary trade migration routes includes acres sealaska identifies having sacred cultural traditional historic significance prohibits selection sites lie national_park_system requires sealaska identify acres sites years act enactment grants sealaska nonexclusive easements certain forest development roads logging facilities sec requires secretary interior substantially complete conveyance land selected sealaska sites tongass_national_forest years selection prohibits sealaska selecting land sites trade migration route land lies conservation system unit conservation system unit includes unit national_park_system national_wildlife_refuge_system national wild scenic rivers systems national_trails_system national_wilderness_preservation_system national_forest monument gives sealaska right regulate public access sacred cultural traditional historic sites conveyed pursuant act prohibits commercial timber harvest mineral development lands conveyed sealaska pursuant act characterized sacred cultural traditional historic sites traditional customary trade migration routes sites having traditional recreational renewable energy use value allows existing guiding outfitting special use permit holders continue exercise rights privileges remaining permit term subsequent year renewal period lands conveyed sealaska sites lie tongass_national_forest traditional recreational renewable energy use value sec amends tribal_forest_protection act allow alaska_native_corporations enter agreements federal_government act lands forested vegetative cover capable restoration amends national_historic_preservation_act allow alaska_native tribe band nation organized group community participate historic site preservation programs administered behalf indian tribes including securing support manage historic preservation sites programs title san_antonio missions national historical park boundary expansion act san_antonio missions national historical park boundary expansion act sec modifies boundary san_antonio missions national historical park include approximately acres additional identified land bars use condemnation authority secretary acquisition lands interests act authorizes secretary interior acquire land interests boundary park donation exchange prohibits payment landowner case exchange prohibits inclusion private property park boundaries owner written consent prohibits act establishment park management construed creating buffer zones outside park bars activity use seen heard park precluding conduct activity use outside park title national_monument establishment act national_monument establishment act sec establishes national_monument texas unit national_park_system sec authorizes secretary interior enter cooperative management agreements university city texas city permits secretary acquire donation city land interest land owned city proposed boundary monument requires secretary consultation university city complete general management plan monument provides inclusion plan opportunities involvement university city state texas local national entities development educational programs monument development support monument prohibits use federal funding pay costs carrying cooperative agreement act acquiring land inclusion monument developing visitor center operating maintaining monument constructing exhibits developing general management plan permits use non federal funding pay costs incurred secretary national_park_service nps carry title prohibits act affecting eligibility monument federal grants financial assistance monument eligible system status conferred terminates designation monument unit system federal funding required operation maintenance monument requires land acquired secretary city revert city designation terminated prohibits private property monument owner written consent prohibits title establishment national_monument management plan construed creating buffer zones outside monument sec bars activity use seen heard monument precluding conduct activity use outside monument title north national park access sec amends washington park wilderness act authorize secretary interior adjust boundaries north national park wilderness washington state order provide corridor feet width valley road rebuilt outside floodplain mile route road boundaries park outside boundaries wilderness requires boundary adjustments equal federally owned acreage amounts exchanged wilderness park requires lands newly designated wilderness include lands route valley road replaced reconstruction authorizes secretary lands contain fewer acres corridor designate additional federal lands park wilderness bars designation exceeding acreage needed equalize exchange instructs additional lands selected lands qualify wilderness prohibits act authorizing sale acquisition land interest land construed requiring secretary project precedence construction repair similarly damaged roads units national_park_system title vii endangered salmon fisheries predation prevention act endangered salmon fisheries predation prevention act sec amends marine_mammal_protection_act authorize secretary department national_oceanic_and_atmospheric_administration noaa operating issue year permits washington oregon idaho tribe confederated tribes indian reservation confederated tribes warm_springs_reservation oregon confederated tribes bands nation columbia_river inter tribal fish commission lethal taking waters columbia_river tributaries sea lions healthy population listed endangered species threatened species endangered species act order protect endangered threatened species salmon fish species authorizes secretary renew permits prohibits permit authorizing lethal taking sea lions limits cumulative annual taking sea lions year permits annual potential biological removal level provides environmental impact statement requirements national_environmental_policy_act nepa apply respect act issuance permits year period begins title enactment authorizes secretary suspend issuance permits years lethal removal authority longer necessary protect salmonid fish species sea lion predation sec expresses sense congress preventing predation sea lions recovery listed salmonid stocks preventing future listings fish stocks columbia_river vital priority permit holders exercising lethal removal authority trained wildlife management government continue fund lethal nonlethal removal measures preventing predation sec prohibits title construed affecting modifying treaty right federally recognized indian tribe title viii reauthorization library group forest recovery_act sec amends library group forest recovery_act act extend term pilot forest management project tahoe national forests california directs regional forester region initiation process amending revising land resource management plans pilot project area federal lands national forests ranger district tahoe national_forest designated available group selection include preparation alternative incorporates pilot project area designations resource management activities aspects library group community stability proposal authorizes secretary agriculture usda expand pilot project area include national_forest_system lands california nevada lie nevada lake_tahoe_basin_management_unit inyo national forests permits management lands strategy guidelines resource management activities outlined act developed meet local forest community needs conditions deems areas designated deferred act located county south west peak designated available group selection requires fy2012 group selection average acreage percent pilot project area land occur year pilot project repeals requirement authorization appropriations supplemental funds implementation carrying pilot project title yerington land conveyance sustainable development act yerington land conveyance sustainable development act sec directs secretary interior convey city yerington nevada interest united_states federal lands located lyon mineral counties nevada identified city yerington sustainable development conveyance lands subject city agreement exchange consideration equal fair market value requires secretary determine fair market value federal land conveyed according federal_land_policy_and_management_act based appraisal requires development conduct activities federal land conveyed city subject applicable federal laws makes city responsible survey appraisal administrative costs associated conveyance lands sec releases united_states liabilities claims kind arising presence release threat release release hazardous substances pollutants contaminants petroleum products derivatives products solid_waste materials mining related features federal land existing conveyance title preserving access cape national seashore recreational area act preserving access cape national seashore recreational area act sec requires cape national seashore north_carolina managed accordance interim protected species management strategy environmental assessment issued national_park_service nps june cape national seashore recreational area secretary interior issues new final rule meets additional restrictions specified bars imposition additional restrictions pedestrian motorized vehicular access recreation_area species protection interim management strategy specifically authorized pursuant title sec allows secretary based peer reviewed science public comment determined additional restrictions access recreation_area necessary protect endangered species restrict pedestrian vehicular access recreational activities shortest possible time smallest possible portions area sec prohibits final rule titled special regulations areas national_park_system cape national seashore road vehicle management having force effect invalidates april consent decree filed united_states_district_court eastern_district north_carolina road vehicle use seashore title grazing improvement act grazing improvement act sec amends federal_land_policy_and_management_act act double years period term grazing permits leases domestic livestock grazing public lands lands national forests contiguous western states permits issuance permits leases period shorter years current law shorter years allows issuance permits leases secretary interior secretary agriculture usda respecting lands national forests contiguous western states secretary concerned determines initial environmental analysis national_environmental_policy_act nepa grazing allotment permit lease completed sec directs grazing permits leases issued secretary interior respecting lands jurisdiction department_of_the_interior grazing permits issued secretary agriculture usda respecting national_forest_system lands expire transferred waived act enactment renewed reissued appropriate act act jones farm tenant act california_desert_protection_act continues terms conditions termination date contained expired transferred waived permit lease effect renewed reissued permit lease secretary concerned completes processing permit lease subject expired transferred waived permit lease permits cancellation suspension modification expired transferred waived permit lease accordance applicable law authorizes secretary concerned renew reissue permit lease subject expired transferred waived permit lease year term processing completed allows exclusion renewal reissuance transfer grazing permit lease secretary concerned nepa requirement prepare environmental analysis decision continues current grazing management allotment monitoring allotment indicated current grazing management met satisfactorily meeting objectives contained land use resource management plan allotment decision consistent concerned department policy regard extraordinary circumstances gives secretary concerned sole discretion determine priority timing completion required environmental analysis grazing allotment permit lease based environmental significance funding available purpose makes nepa inapplicable domestic livestock crossing trailing authorizations transfers grazing preferences title xii target_practice marksmanship training support act target_practice marksmanship training support act sec amends pittman-robertson_wildlife_restoration_act authorize state pay costs acquiring land expanding constructing public target range authorize state elect allocate specified apportioned federal aid wildlife restoration fund costs limit federal share costs act require amounts provided costs act remain available expenditure obligation fiscal years sec shields united_states civil action claim money damages injury loss property personal injury death caused activity occurring public target range funded federal_government pursuant act located federal land extent provided federal tort claims act respect exercise performance discretionary function sec urges chief forest_service director bureau_of_land_management blm cooperate state local authorities entities carry waste removal activities federal land public target range encourage continued use target_practice marksmanship training title xiii chesapeake_bay accountability recovery_act chesapeake_bay accountability recovery_act sec requires director office_of_management_and_budget omb consultation chesapeake_executive_council chief executive chesapeake_bay state chesapeake_bay commission submit congress financial report containing interagency crosscut budget restoration activities protect conserve restore living resources habitat water resources water quality chesapeake_bay watershed accounting funds received obligated federal agencies restoration activities accounting state funds received obligated federal agency restoration activities description proposed federal state restoration activities requires report describe federal restoration activities funding amounts state restoration activities funding amounts director submit report later days submission president annual budget congress sec requires administrator environmental_protection_agency epa develop update years adaptive management plan restoration activities chesapeake_bay includes definition specific measurable objectives improve water quality habitat fisheries process stakeholder participation monitoring modeling experimentation research evaluation practices process modification restoration activities attained attain objectives process prioritizing restoration activities programs adaptive management shall applied sets forth reporting requirements requires administrator report annually congress plan sec requires independent evaluator chesapeake_bay watershed shall review report congress years restoration activities use adaptive management activities requires evaluator appointed administrator nominees submitted chesapeake_executive_council title xiv national security federal lands protection act national security federal lands protection act sec prohibits secretary interior secretary agriculture usda prohibiting restricting activities federal land located miles international land border jurisdiction secretary interior secretary agriculture prevent unlawful entries united_states including entries terrorists unlawful aliens instruments terrorism narcotics contraband international land borders united_states grants customs border_protection access lands conduct following activities construction maintenance roads use patrol vehicles aircraft installation maintenance operation surveillance equipment sensors deployment temporary tactical infrastructure including forward operating bases states waiver secretary homeland_security dhs specified laws sections international border united_states mexico united_states canada shall apply land jurisdiction secretary interior secretary agriculture miles international land borders united_states respect customs border_protection activities title states title shall construed restrict legal use grazing hunting mining public use recreational legal access land jurisdiction secretary interior secretary agriculture terminates title years enactment


Summary: Preserving Marginal Lands and Protecting Farming Act of 2011 - Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to set forth the maximum number of acres that may be enrolled at any one time in the conservation reserve program through FY2017. Prohibits the enrollment of land in the conservation reserve that is classified as class I or class II land under the National Soil Survey Handbook's land capability classification system.

preserving marginal lands protecting farming act amends food security act set forth maximum number acres enrolled time conservation reserve program fy2017 prohibits enrollment land conservation reserve classified class class land national soil survey handbook land capability classification system


Summary: California Coastal National Monument Expansion Act of 2012 - Expands the boundary of the California Coastal National Monument, established by Presidential Proclamation 7264, to include the Point Arena-Stornetta public lands in Mendocino County, California. Requires management of such lands: (1) under the provisions of such Proclamation, and (2) as part of the Monument. Instructs the Secretary of the Interior to finalize an amendment to the management of the Monument for the long-term protection and management of the lands added to the Monument under this Act. Permits the use of motorized and mechanized vehicles in the Monument only on roads and trails designated for their use. Specifies this Act's effect on: (1) aviation overflights, special use airspace, or military flight training routes; (2) low-level overflights above the adjacent Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary; (3) Department of Homeland Security (DHS) law enforcement authorities; (4) the rights of Indian tribes and Indian religious communities; and (5) protective perimeters and buffer zones. Requires management of the Monument as part of the National Landscape Conservation System.

california coastal national_monument expansion act expands boundary california coastal national_monument established presidential proclamation include point public lands mendocino county california requires management lands provisions proclamation monument instructs secretary interior finalize amendment management monument long term protection management lands added monument act permits use motorized mechanized vehicles monument roads trails designated use specifies act effect aviation overflights special use airspace military flight training routes low level overflights adjacent gulf_of_the_farallones_national_marine_sanctuary department_of_homeland_security dhs law enforcement authorities rights indian tribes indian religious communities protective perimeters buffer zones requires management monument national_landscape_conservation_system


Summary: Coordinating Water Research for a Clean Water Future Act of 2012 - Requires the President to begin to implement a National Water Research and Development Initiative through the National Science and Technology Council, the National Water Research Coordination Office, and federal agencies. Requires such Initiative to: (1) establish the goals, priorities, and metrics for the evaluation of federal water research and development and other activities related to water; (2) invest in research and development activities related to water to achieve the goals established under the National Water Research and Development Strategic Plan; and (3) provide for interagency coordination of such research, development, and activities undertaken pursuant to such Initiative. Sets forth minimum activities that the Initiative is required to carry out. Requires such Council to: (1) oversee the planning, management, and coordination of such Initiative; (2) establish goals and priorities for the Initiative based on national needs; (3) coordinate all federal research, development, demonstration, data collection and dissemination, education, and technology development and transfer activities pertaining to water; (4) coordinate the Initiative's activities with the water-related research and development activities of the United States Global Change Research Program; (5) develop and submit an Annual National Water Research Report that analyzes the progress made toward achieving the goals and priorities established for the Initiative; (6) develop and update every three years a five-year National Water Research and Development Strategic Plan to guide the Initiative and prioritize its activities; and (7) through the Coordination Office, provide for public input and outreach to be integrated into the Initiative. Requires the President to establish a National Water Research Coordination Office to: (1) support such Council and the National Water Research Initiative Advisory Committee; (2) serve as the primary point of contact on federal water research and development activities; (3) conduct public outreach; (4) solicit input and recommendations from stakeholders during the development of each Strategic Plan and Annual Report; and (5) promote access to and early application of innovations, best practices, and expertise derived from Initiative activities. Establishes a National Water Research Initiative Advisory Committee to advise the President and the Council on matters relating to the Initiative.

coordinating water research clean water future act requires president begin implement national water research development initiative national_science_and_technology_council national water research coordination office federal agencies requires initiative establish goals priorities metrics evaluation federal water research development activities related water invest research development activities related water achieve goals established national water research development strategic plan provide interagency coordination research development activities undertaken pursuant initiative sets forth minimum activities initiative required carry requires council oversee planning management coordination initiative establish goals priorities initiative based national needs coordinate federal research development demonstration data collection dissemination education technology development transfer activities pertaining water coordinate initiative activities water related research development activities united_states global change research program develop submit annual national water research report analyzes progress achieving goals priorities established initiative develop update years year national water research development strategic plan guide initiative prioritize activities coordination office provide public input outreach integrated initiative requires president establish national water research coordination office support council national water research initiative advisory_committee serve primary point contact federal water research development activities conduct public outreach solicit input recommendations stakeholders development strategic plan annual report promote access early application innovations best practices expertise derived initiative activities establishes national water research initiative advisory_committee advise president council matters relating initiative


Summary: Chesapeake Bay Watershed Fairness Act of 2012 - Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to provide technical assistance to a Chesapeake Bay state (Delaware, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia) to assist in developing water quality goals that reduce losses of nitrogen, phosphorus, and sediment from agricultural or nonindustrial private forest land in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. Authorizes the Secretary to provide financial and technical assistance to such a state to assist agricultural producers or owners to promote state water quality goals. Authorizes the Secretary to provide technical assistance to producers and owners in such watershed, either directly or through a technical service provider, an agricultural or silvicultural producer association, a state or local government, an Indian tribe, a farmer cooperative, an institution of higher education, or an organization with an established history of working with producers on agricultural land, to address: (1) local conservation priorities related to agricultural production, wildlife habitat development, and nonindustrial private forest land management; or (2) critical watershed-scale soil erosion, water quality, sediment reduction, or other natural resource concerns. Authorizes such technical assistance to be provided for: (1) conservation services to reduce losses of nitrogen, phosphorus, and sediment from agricultural and nonindustrial private forest land in such watershed; or (2) identifying best management practices and assessing practices required to achieve compliance with state and federal water quality laws. Authorizes funding for each of FY2013-FY2018 for such activities in such watershed.

chesapeake_bay watershed fairness act amends food security act authorize secretary agriculture usda provide technical assistance chesapeake_bay state delaware maryland new_york pennsylvania virginia west_virginia district_of_columbia assist developing water quality goals reduce losses nitrogen phosphorus sediment agricultural nonindustrial private forest land chesapeake_bay watershed authorizes secretary provide financial technical assistance state assist agricultural producers owners promote state water quality goals authorizes secretary provide technical assistance producers owners watershed directly technical service provider agricultural silvicultural producer association state local government indian tribe farmer cooperative institution higher education organization established history working producers agricultural land address local conservation priorities related agricultural production wildlife habitat development nonindustrial private forest land management critical watershed scale soil erosion water quality sediment reduction natural resource concerns authorizes technical assistance provided conservation services reduce losses nitrogen phosphorus sediment agricultural nonindustrial private forest land watershed identifying best management practices assessing practices required achieve compliance state federal water quality laws authorizes funding fy2013-fy2018 activities watershed


Summary: Water and Agriculture Technology Economic Revitalization Act of 2012 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit tax-exempt mutual ditch or irrigation companies to earn income from dispositions of certain real property and stock interests without affecting their tax exempt status. Requires that such income be used to pay the costs of operations, maintenance, and capital improvements of such a company.

water agriculture technology economic revitalization act amends_the_internal_revenue_code permit tax exempt mutual ditch irrigation companies earn income dispositions certain real property stock interests affecting tax exempt status requires income pay costs operations maintenance capital improvements company


Summary: Amends the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to participate in the design, planning, and construction of, and land acquisition for, a project to reclaim and reuse wastewater in Sacramento County, California. Requires the project to consist of three phases, the first of which shall include the planning, design, and construction of water conveyance and related infrastructure to provide recycled water to irrigate approximately 4,500 acres of land in southern Sacramento County.

amends reclamation_wastewater groundwater_study facilities act authorize secretary interior participate design planning construction land acquisition project reclaim reuse wastewater sacramento county california requires project consist phases shall include planning design construction water conveyance related infrastructure provide recycled water irrigate approximately acres land southern sacramento county


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: Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act of 2011 - Amends the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to make permanent the authorization for the Land and Water Conservation Fund. Makes monies covered into the Fund available for expenditure to carry out the purposes of the Act without further appropriation. Requires not less than 1.5% of the annual authorized funding amount to be made available for projects that secure recreational public access to existing federal public land for hunting, fishing, and other recreational purposes.

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Summary: Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to provide payments to owners and operators of qualifying muck land (as determined by the Secretary) in agricultural production to conserve and improve such land's soil, water, and wildlife resources.

amends food security act direct secretary agriculture usda provide payments owners operators qualifying land determined secretary agricultural production conserve improve land soil water wildlife resources


Summary: North Texas Zebra Mussel Barrier Act of 2012 - Makes the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 and provisions of the federal criminal code prohibiting importation of injurious animals inapplicable to any water transfer by the North Texas Municipal Water District and the Greater Texoma Utility Authority using only closed conveyance systems from the Lake Texoma raw water intake structure to treatment facilities at which all zebra mussels are extirpated and removed from the transferred water.

north texas zebra mussel barrier act makes lacey_act amendments provisions federal criminal code prohibiting importation injurious animals inapplicable water transfer north_texas_municipal_water_district greater texoma utility authority closed conveyance systems lake texoma raw water intake structure treatment facilities zebra mussels removed transferred water


Summary: Farmers Undertake Environmental Land Stewardship Act or the FUELS Act - Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in implementing the Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure rule with respect to any farm, to require certification of compliance with such rule by: (1) a professional engineer for a farm with an individual tank with an aboveground storage capacity greater than 10,000 gallons, an aggregate aboveground storage capacity of at least 42,000 gallons, or a history that includes a spill, as determined by the Administrator; or (2) the owner or operator of the farm (via self-certification) for a farm with an aggregate aboveground storage capacity greater than 10,000 gallons but less than 42,000 gallons and no history of spills. Exempts from all requirements of such rule any farm with an aggregate aboveground storage capacity of at least 10,000 gallons and no history of spills. Excludes all containers on separate parcels that have a capacity that is less than 1,320 gallons from the aggregate storage capacity of a farm.

farmers undertake environmental land stewardship act fuels act_-_requires administrator environmental_protection_agency epa implementing spill prevention control countermeasure rule respect farm require certification compliance rule professional engineer farm individual tank storage capacity greater gallons aggregate storage capacity gallons history includes spill determined administrator owner operator farm self certification farm aggregate storage capacity greater gallons gallons history spills exempts requirements rule farm aggregate storage capacity gallons history spills excludes containers separate parcels capacity gallons aggregate storage capacity farm


Summary: Ditch and Irrigation Company Tax Reform Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit tax-exempt mutual ditch or irrigation companies to earn income from dispositions of certain real property and stock interests without affecting their tax exempt status. Requires that such income be used to pay the operational and maintenance expenses of such a company.

ditch irrigation company tax reform_act amends_the_internal_revenue_code permit tax exempt mutual ditch irrigation companies earn income dispositions certain real property stock interests affecting tax exempt status requires income pay operational maintenance expenses company


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Coral Reef Conservation Act Reauthorization and Enhancement Amendments of 2013 - Amends the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000 to extend the award of remaining coral reef conservation program grant funds to appropriate projects, including monitoring and assessment, research, pollution reduction, education, and technical support.

Authorizes actions to: (1) minimize injury to a coral reef or loss of an ecosystem function resulting from human activities; and (2) stabilize, repair, or restore the reef.

Deems specified terms (such as "sanctuary resources" and "national marine sanctuary") to include any coral reef that is subject to the jurisdiction of the United States or (subject to state consent) any state, regardless of whether the reef is in a national marine sanctuary.

Makes the destruction, loss, or injury of a coral reef not unlawful in certain circumstances, including if it was: (1) from permitted usage of fishing gear; (2) caused by an authorized activity; (3) subject to exception, the necessary result of marine scientific research; (4) caused by a federal agency in certain circumstances; or (5) unavoidable.

Modifies the Act's purposes, the goals and objectives of the national coral reef action strategy, and the Act's authorized activities.

Allows the Coral Reef Conservation Fund to be used to address emergency response actions.

Authorizes the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to: (1) make community-based planning grants for increased protection of high priority coral reefs, (2) maintain an inventory of all coral reef vessel groundings, (3) identify all coral reefs with a high incidence of vessel impacts, and (4) identify measures to reduce such impacts.

Directs the Secretary of Commerce to submit an international coral reef ecosystem strategy to Congress and authorizes the Secretary to establish an international coral reef ecosystem partnership program.

Establishes the U.S. Coral Reef Task Force to coordinate federal actions.

Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, subject to appropriations, to provide financial assistance for coral reef conservation.

coral_reef_conservation_act reauthorization enhancement amendments amends coral_reef_conservation_act extend award remaining coral reef conservation program grant funds appropriate projects including monitoring assessment research pollution reduction education technical support authorizes actions minimize injury coral reef loss ecosystem function resulting human activities stabilize repair restore reef deems specified terms sanctuary resources national marine sanctuary include coral reef subject jurisdiction united_states subject state consent state regardless reef national marine sanctuary makes destruction loss injury coral reef unlawful certain circumstances including permitted usage fishing gear caused authorized activity subject exception necessary result marine scientific research caused federal agency certain circumstances unavoidable modifies act purposes goals objectives national coral reef action strategy act authorized activities allows coral reef conservation fund address emergency response actions authorizes administrator national_oceanic_and_atmospheric_administration noaa community based planning grants increased protection high priority coral reefs maintain inventory coral reef vessel identify coral reefs high incidence vessel impacts identify measures reduce impacts directs secretary commerce submit international coral reef ecosystem strategy congress authorizes secretary establish international coral reef ecosystem partnership program establishes coral reef task_force coordinate federal actions authorizes secretary interior subject appropriations provide financial assistance coral reef conservation


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Water Advanced Technologies for Efficient Resource Use Act of 2013 - Establishes within the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) a WaterSense program to identify and promote water efficient products, buildings and landscapes, and services to reduce water use, conserve energy, and preserve water resources. Sets forth the duties of the EPA Administrator for promoting, publicizing, and administering the WaterSense program.

Requires federal agencies to purchase WaterSense products or services or a Federal Energy Management Program designated product through their procurement process.

Establishes a program to provide financial incentives for consumer purchase and installation of residential water efficient products and services.

water advanced technologies efficient resource use act establishes environmental_protection_agency epa watersense program identify promote water efficient products buildings landscapes services reduce water use conserve energy preserve water resources sets forth duties epa administrator promoting administering watersense program requires federal agencies purchase watersense products services federal_energy_management_program designated product procurement process establishes program provide financial incentives consumer purchase installation residential water efficient products services


Summary: Replaces the map included in the set of maps entitled "Coastal Barrier Resources System" (referred to in specified provisions of the Coastal Barrier Resources Act and relating to Unit L06 in the state of North Carolina) with another map relating to the same unit entitled "John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System Corrected Unit L06."

replaces map included set maps entitled coastal barrier resources system referred specified provisions coastal_barrier_resources_act relating unit state north_carolina map relating unit entitled john chafee coastal barrier resources system corrected unit


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

Farmers Undertake Environmental Land Stewardship Act or the FUELS Act - Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in implementing the Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure rule with respect to any farm, to require certification of compliance with such rule by: (1) a professional engineer for a farm with an individual tank with an aboveground storage capacity greater than 10,000 gallons, an aggregate aboveground storage capacity of at least 42,000 gallons, or a history that includes a spill, as determined by the Administrator; or (2) the owner or operator of the farm (via self-certification) for a farm with an aggregate aboveground storage capacity greater than 10,000 gallons but less than 42,000 gallons and no history of spills. Directs the Administrator to exempt from all requirements of such rule any farm with an aggregate aboveground storage capacity of 10,000 gallons or less and no history of spills.

Excludes from the aggregate storage capacity of a farm all containers on separate parcels that have a capacity that is less than 1,320 gallons.

measure amended introduced summary version repeated farmers undertake environmental land stewardship act fuels act_-_requires administrator environmental_protection_agency epa implementing spill prevention control countermeasure rule respect farm require certification compliance rule professional engineer farm individual tank storage capacity greater gallons aggregate storage capacity gallons history includes spill determined administrator owner operator farm self certification farm aggregate storage capacity greater gallons gallons history spills directs administrator exempt requirements rule farm aggregate storage capacity gallons history spills excludes aggregate storage capacity farm containers separate parcels capacity gallons


Summary:
Preserving Marginal Lands and Protecting Farming Act of 2013 - Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to set the maximum number of acres that may be enrolled at any one time in the conservation reserve program (CRP) at: (1) 29 million acres for FY2013, (2) 26 million acres for FY2014, and (3) 26 million acres for each of FY2015 through FY2018.

Prohibits the enrollment of land in the conservation reserve that is classified as class I or class II land under the National Soil Survey Handbook's land capability classification system unless such land is enrolled as a buffer, filterstrip, or strip adjacent to a riparian area.

Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA), during FY2014, to permit a participant that entered into a CRP contract to terminate the contract at any time if the contract has been in effect for at least five years.

Revises the types of land that are not subject to early contract termination.

preserving marginal lands protecting farming act amends food security act set maximum number acres enrolled time conservation reserve program crp million acres fy2013 million acres fy2014 million acres fy2015 fy2018 prohibits enrollment land conservation reserve classified class class land national soil survey handbook land capability classification system land enrolled buffer strip adjacent riparian area directs secretary agriculture usda fy2014 permit participant entered crp contract terminate contract time contract effect years revises types land subject early contract termination


Summary: Amends the Internal Revenue Code to deny a tax deduction for business-related expenses paid or incurred by a responsible party relating to an incident resulting in the discharge of oil into the navigable waters, other than an incident caused by an act of God or an act of war.

amends_the_internal_revenue_code deny tax deduction business related expenses paid incurred responsible party relating incident resulting discharge oil navigable waters incident caused act god act war


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

 Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to remove the authority of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to prohibit the specification, or restrict the use, of an area as a disposal site for discharges of dredged or fill materials into waters of the United States once the Army Corps of Engineers has issued a permit for the discharge.

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Great Lakes Nutrient Removal Assistance Act - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish a program to provide grants to Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin and municipalities in such states to upgrade eligible municipal wastewater treatment plants with nutrient removal technologies. Requires the Administrator to give priority to plants at which nutrient removal technology upgrades would: (1) produce the greatest nutrient load reductions at points of discharge, (2) result in the greatest environmental benefits to the Great Lakes System, and (3) help meet the objectives related to nutrients outlined in Annex four of the 2012 Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement.

Defines as "eligible" a plant that: (1) has a permitted design capacity to treat an annual average of at least 500,000 gallons of wastewater per day, and (2) is located within the Great Lakes System in any of such states.

Prohibits the federal share from exceeding 55% of the total cost of upgrading such plants.

great_lakes nutrient removal assistance act_-_amends federal_water_pollution_control_act commonly known clean water act require administrator environmental_protection_agency epa establish program provide grants illinois indiana michigan minnesota new_york ohio pennsylvania wisconsin municipalities states upgrade eligible municipal wastewater treatment plants nutrient removal technologies requires administrator priority plants nutrient removal technology upgrades produce greatest nutrient load reductions points discharge result greatest environmental benefits great_lakes system help meet objectives related nutrients outlined annex great_lakes_water_quality_agreement defines eligible plant permitted design capacity treat annual average gallons wastewater day located great_lakes system states prohibits federal share exceeding total cost upgrading plants


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Coastal State Climate Change Planning Act - Amends the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 to direct the Secretary of Commerce to establish a coastal climate change adaptation planning and response program to: (1) provide assistance to coastal states to voluntarily develop coastal climate change adaptation plans to minimize contributions to climate change and to prepare for and reduce the negative consequences that may result from climate change in the coastal zone, and (2) provide financial and technical assistance and training to enable coastal states to implement such plans through coastal states' enforceable policies.

Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to coastal states to develop such plans and to support projects that implement strategies contained in such plans. Requires the Secretary to promote and encourage the use of National Estuarine Research Reserves as sites for pilot or demonstration projects carried out with such grants.

coastal state climate change planning act_-_amends coastal_zone_management_act direct secretary commerce establish coastal climate change adaptation planning response program provide assistance coastal states voluntarily develop coastal climate change adaptation plans minimize contributions climate change prepare reduce negative consequences result climate change coastal zone provide financial technical assistance training enable coastal states implement plans coastal states enforceable policies authorizes secretary grants coastal states develop plans support projects implement strategies contained plans requires secretary promote encourage use national estuarine research reserves sites pilot demonstration projects carried grants


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Sunshine on Conflicts Act of 2013 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to issue a rule within 60 days to prohibit any member of a board or body that approves permit applications for the discharge of pollutants from seeking to influence the approval of any permit in which that member has a financial interest.

Provides that the requirement that state national pollutant discharge elimination system programs ensure that any board or body that approves permits excludes as a member any person who receives or has received during the previous two years a significant portion of income from permit holders or applicants shall have no force or effect after the earlier of the date on which such rule is issued or 120 days after this Act's enactment.

sunshine conflicts act amends federal_water_pollution_control_act commonly known clean water act require administrator environmental_protection_agency epa issue rule days prohibit member board body approves permit applications discharge pollutants seeking influence approval permit member financial interest provides requirement state national_pollutant_discharge_elimination_system programs ensure board body approves permits excludes member person receives received previous years significant portion income permit holders applicants shall force effect earlier date rule issued days act enactment


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San Francisco Bay Restoration Act - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to provide funding for activities, studies, or projects, including restoration projects and habitat improvement for fish, waterfowl, and wildlife, that are identified in an annual priority list and that advance the goals and objectives of the comprehensive management plan for the San Francisco estuary.

Authorizes funding to be provided through cooperative agreements, grants, or other means to state and local agencies, special districts, public or nonprofit agencies, institutions, and organizations. Prohibits funding from being used for the administration of a management conference for the San Francisco estuary under the National Estuary Program.

Requires the Administrator, in developing the priority list, to consult with and consider the recommendations of: (1) the San Francisco Estuary Partnership, (2) the state of California and affected local governments in the San Francisco Bay estuary watershed, and (3) any other relevant stakeholder involved with the protection and restoration of such estuary.

Limits funding amounts under this Act to 75% of the total cost of eligible activities to be carried out using those amounts.

Authorizes the Administrator to carry out this Act for each of FY2013-FY2017.

san_francisco_bay restoration act_-_amends federal_water_pollution_control_act commonly known clean water act authorize administrator environmental_protection_agency epa provide funding activities studies projects including restoration projects habitat improvement fish waterfowl wildlife identified annual priority list advance goals objectives comprehensive management plan san_francisco estuary authorizes funding provided cooperative agreements grants means state local agencies special districts public nonprofit agencies institutions organizations prohibits funding administration management conference san_francisco estuary national_estuary_program requires administrator developing priority list consult consider recommendations san_francisco estuary partnership state california affected local governments san_francisco_bay estuary watershed relevant stakeholder involved protection restoration estuary limits funding amounts act total cost eligible activities carried amounts authorizes administrator carry act fy2013 fy2017


Summary: Amends the Coastal Barrier Resources Act to remove from the John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System and related maps the areas comprising Indian Peninsula Unit FL-92 and Cape San Blas Unit P-30 in Florida.

amends coastal_barrier_resources_act remove john chafee coastal barrier resources system related maps areas comprising indian peninsula unit cape san unit florida


Summary:
Asian Carp Prevention Act of 2013 - Requires the Secretary of the Army to coordinate and lead federal actions with respect to preventing the spread of Asian carp in the Great Lakes and its tributaries.

Authorizes the Secretary to carry out projects to prevent the spread of Asian carp in the Great Lakes and its tributaries, including: (1) installing electric, acoustic, air bubble, and other barriers; (2) applying pesticides; (3) improving locks; and (4) taking actions at the Brandon Road Lock and Dam, Illinois, to prevent the spread of Asian carp.

Requires the Secretary to implement measures recommended in the dispersal barrier efficacy study, or provided in interim reports, authorized under the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 to prevent aquatic nuisance species from bypassing the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal Dispersal Barrier Project and dispersing into the Great Lakes.

asian carp prevention act requires secretary army coordinate lead federal actions respect preventing spread asian carp great_lakes tributaries authorizes secretary carry projects prevent spread asian carp great_lakes tributaries including installing electric acoustic air barriers applying pesticides improving locks taking actions brandon road lock dam illinois prevent spread asian carp requires secretary implement measures recommended dispersal barrier efficacy study provided interim reports authorized water_resources_development_act prevent aquatic nuisance species chicago_sanitary_and_ship_canal dispersal barrier project dispersing great_lakes


Summary:
Great Lakes Water Protection Act - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to prohibit a publicly owned treatment works (POTW) from performing a discharge (defined as an intentional diversion of waste streams to bypass any portion of a treatment facility which results in a discharge of untreated or partially treated sewage into the Great Lakes) unless: (1) the bypass is unavoidable to prevent loss of life, personal injury, or severe property damage, there is no feasible alternative, and the treatment works provides notice; or (2) the bypass does not cause effluent limitations to be exceeded and is for essential maintenance to ensure efficient operation of the treatment facility.

Requires a POTW to provide prior notice for any anticipated discharge, or notice as soon as practicable for any unanticipated discharge (but no later than two hours after a discharge begins for a POTW with an automated detection system or 12 hours after a discharge begins for a POTW without such system), to: (1) the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) (or a state if the state has an approved permit program), (2) each local health department (or a state health department if a local department does not exist), (3) the municipality in which a discharge occurred, (4) each municipality with jurisdiction over waters that may be affected, (5) a daily newspaper of general circulation in each county in which such a municipality is located, and (6) the public.

Requires a POTW, within five days after such initial notice, to provide follow-up notice regarding the cause of, reason for, dates and times of, anticipated duration of, volume of, public access areas affected by, and steps taken or planned to reduce, eliminate, and prevent recurrence of, the discharge. Requires the Administrator (or a state with an approved permit program) to annually publish and make available to the public a list of the POTWs from which a follow-up notice was received.

 Includes among prohibited bypasses those resulting in discharges from a POTW that consist of effluent routed around treatment units and blended with effluent from treatment units prior to discharge.

Directs the Administrator to establish procedures to ensure that permits issued to POTWs under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System include requirements to comply with this Act.

Establishes a maximum civil penalty of $100,000 per day for violations of this Act occurring on or after January 1, 2033.

Establishes the Great Lakes Cleanup Fund into which penalties for violations of this Act shall be deposited and from which amounts shall be provided for improving wastewater discharges.

great_lakes water protection act_-_amends federal_water_pollution_control_act commonly known clean water act prohibit publicly owned treatment works potw performing discharge defined intentional diversion waste streams bypass portion treatment facility results discharge untreated partially treated sewage great_lakes bypass unavoidable prevent loss life personal injury severe property damage feasible alternative treatment works provides notice bypass cause effluent limitations exceeded essential maintenance ensure efficient operation treatment facility requires potw provide prior notice anticipated discharge notice soon practicable unanticipated discharge later hours discharge begins potw automated detection system hours discharge begins potw system administrator environmental_protection_agency epa state state approved permit program local health department state health department local department exist municipality discharge occurred municipality jurisdiction waters affected daily newspaper general circulation county municipality located public requires potw days initial notice provide follow notice cause reason dates times anticipated duration volume public access areas affected steps taken planned reduce eliminate prevent recurrence discharge requires administrator state approved permit program annually publish available public list potws follow notice received includes prohibited resulting discharges potw consist effluent treatment units blended effluent treatment units prior discharge directs administrator establish procedures ensure permits issued potws national_pollutant_discharge_elimination_system include requirements comply act establishes maximum civil penalty day violations act occurring january establishes great_lakes cleanup fund penalties violations act shall deposited amounts shall provided improving wastewater discharges


Summary: Flood Control Facility Maintenance Clarification Act - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to: (1) include the removal of sediment, debris, and vegetation as "maintenance" of a currently serviceable structure for which the discharge of dredged or fill material into the navigable waters at specified disposal sites is not prohibited; and (2) include a channel or basin as such a structure.

flood control facility maintenance clarification act_-_amends federal_water_pollution_control_act commonly known clean water act include removal sediment debris vegetation maintenance currently structure discharge dredged fill material navigable waters specified disposal sites prohibited include channel basin structure


Summary:
(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on July 8, 2013. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

California Coastal National Monument Expansion Act of 2013 - Expands the boundary of the California Coastal National Monument, established by Presidential Proclamation 7264, to include the Point Arena-Stornetta public lands in Mendocino County, California.

Requires management of such lands in accordance with such Proclamation, and as part of the Monument, except that: (1) traditional economic activities and existing uses, such as grazing and maintenance of existing structures used for grazing, shall not be restricted; and (2) lands and interests in land within the proposed land addition not owned by the federal government shall not become part of the Monument, and the future acquisition of such lands and interests by the government may only occur through donation or exchange with the landowner's written consent.

Instructs the Secretary of the 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 the plan amendment to be developed with an opportunity for full public participation.

Permits the use of motorized and mechanized vehicles in the Monument only on roads and trails designated for such use, except as needed for emergency or authorized administrative purposes.

Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire non-federal land or interests within or adjacent to the land added to the Monument only through exchange, or donation with the landowner's written consent. Bars the inclusion of non-federal land within the boundaries of the Monument without such consent. Requires any such acquired land or interests to be added to and administered as part of the Monument.

Prohibits the addition of lands to the Monument under this Act from resulting in a lack of or restricted access by motorized vehicle to any non-federal lands within the Monument.

Declares that nothing in this Act: (1) restricts or precludes low-level military, commercial, and general aviation overflights; (2) affects law enforcement authorities of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS); (3) enlarges, diminishes, or modifies the rights of any Indian tribes and Indian religious communities; or (4) affects livestock grazing and the maintenance of existing structures used for grazing with the Point Arena-Stornetta Public Lands or the Monument.

States that: (1) the expansion of the Monument is not intended to lead to the establishment of protective perimeters and buffer zones around the land included in the Monument by this Act; and (2) the fact that activities outside the Monument can be seen or heard within the land added to the Monument by this Act shall not, of itself, preclude those activities or uses up to the Monument's boundary.

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

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Summary:
Marine Debris Emergency Act of 2013 - Amends the Marine Debris Act to: (1) require the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to approve or disapprove a grant application with respect to a severe marine debris event and provide grant funds to an approved applicant within 60 days after receipt of the grant application, and (2) authorize the Administrator to give preference under the Marine Debris Program to projects that address such an event.

Authorizes state governors to request that the Administrator declare a severe marine debris event for purposes of grant consideration and disbursement. Requires the Administrator, within 30 days after receiving such request, to either declare such an event or provide a response explaining why the declaration was not made.

Allows the Administrator to: (1) require a grant recipient to provide training to persons engaged in grant-funded marine debris response efforts on the potential impacts of marine debris, including nonindigenous species related to the debris, on the economy, the marine environment, and navigation safety; and (2) enter into agreements to use the personnel, services, equipment, or facilities of federal agencies, state and local governments, regional agencies, interstate agencies, and other entities on a reimbursable or nonreimbursable basis.

Defines "nonindigenous species" to mean any species or other viable biological material that enters an ecosystem beyond its historic range, including any such organism transferred from one country into another.

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Summary:
Authorizes the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to provide funds to any state, local, or tribal government impacted by the events, including marine debris, resulting from the March 2011 earthquake and subsequent tsunami in the Tohoku region of Japan (such events are defined collectively as a "covered severe marine debris event"). Provides for such funds to assist with the costs of any activity carried out to address the effects of such event.

Permits the Administrator to provide such funds using any funds provided by the government of Japan for such purposes.

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Summary: Revises the boundaries of the Gasparilla Island Unit FL-70P in the John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System in Florida.

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Summary:
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to revise the maps of the John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System to remove from Florida System Unit P-16 the areas of Collier County, Florida, known as Royal Marco Point on Marco Island and La Peninsula of the Isles of Capri in Naples.

Exempts such removed areas from provisions denying new insurance coverage under the National Flood Insurance Program to properties in violation of state or local laws restricting land development or occupancy in flood-prone areas, thereby making new flood insurance available to the removed areas. Prohibits the removed areas from being denied flood insurance pursuant to such restrictions unless: (1) the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) determines that such property would have been declared by a state or local zoning authority to be in violation of state or local laws without regard to whether this Act had been in effect at the time of such declaration; or (2) after the enactment of this Act, a state or local zoning authority finds such property to be in violation of such state or local laws.

directs secretary interior revise maps john chafee coastal barrier resources system remove florida system unit p-16 areas county florida known point island peninsula exempts removed areas provisions denying new insurance coverage national_flood_insurance_program properties violation state local laws restricting land development occupancy flood prone areas making new flood insurance available removed areas prohibits removed areas denied flood insurance pursuant restrictions federal_emergency_management_agency fema determines property declared state local zoning authority violation state local laws regard act effect time declaration enactment act state local zoning authority finds property violation state local laws


Summary: Clean Water Protection Act - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to define "fill material" to mean any pollutant that replaces portions of waters of the United States with dry land or that changes the bottom elevation of a water body for any purpose and to exclude any pollutant discharged into the water primarily to dispose of waste.

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