H.R. 146 - Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009

Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009

H.R. 146 — 111^th Congress (2009–2010)

Summary

An act to designate certain land as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System, to authorize certain programs and activities in the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture, and for other purposes. (by CRS)

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Title

To amend the American Battlefield Protection Act of 1996 to establish a battlefield acquisition grant program for the acquisition and protection of nationally significant battlefields and associated sites of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812, and for other purposes.

Other Titles

• Revolutionary War and War of 1812 Battlefield Protection Act
• Revolutionary War and War of 1812 Battlefield Protection Act
• Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009
• Christopher and Dana Reeve Paralysis Act
• Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program Act
• Craig Thomas Snake Headwaters Legacy Act of 2008
• Federal Ocean Acidification Research And Monitoring Act of 2009
• FOARAM Act
• Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System Act of 2009
• NOAA Undersea Research Program Act of 2009
• Northwestern New Mexico Rural Water Projects Act
• Ocean and Coastal Mapping Integration Act
• San Joaquin River Restoration Settlement Act
• Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009
• Christopher and Dana Reeve Paralysis Act
• Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program Act
• Craig Thomas Snake Headwaters Legacy Act of 2008
• Federal Ocean Acidification Research And Monitoring Act of 2009
• FOARAM Act
• Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System Act of 2009
• NOAA Undersea Research Program Act of 2009
• Northwestern New Mexico Rural Water Projects Act
• Ocean and Coastal Mapping Integration Act
• San Joaquin River Restoration Settlement Act
• A bill to establish a battlefield acquisition grant program for the acquisition and protection of nationally significant battlefields and associated sites of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812, and for other purposes.
• An act to designate certain land as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System, to authorize certain programs and activities in the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture, and for other purposes.

Sponsor

Rush Holt

Co-Sponsors

• Eni Faleomavaega
• James McGovern
• James Langevin
• Gary Miller
• John Dingell
• Steven Rothman
• Maurice Hinchey
• Peter Welch
• Earl Blumenauer
• Patrick Murphy

Subjects

• Public lands and natural resources
• Administrative law and regulatory procedures
• Advisory bodies
• Air quality
• Alabama
• Alaska
• Arizona
• Arkansas
• Art, artists, authorship
• Aviation and airports
• California
• Civil actions and liability
• Climate change
• Colorado
• Commemorative events and holidays
• Conflicts and wars
• Congressional oversight
• Connecticut
• Dams and canals
• Department of Agriculture
• Department of Energy
• Department of the Interior
• Disability and paralysis
• Ecology
• Economic development
• Educational facilities and institutions
• Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
• Electric power generation and transmission
• Endangered and threatened species
• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
• Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
• Europe
• Executive agency funding and structure
• Fires
• Fishes
• Floods and storm protection
• Florida
• Forests
• General public lands matters
• Georgia
• Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
• Government investigations
• Government liability
• Government trust funds
• Great Lakes
• Hawaii
• Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
• Health programs administration and funding
• Historic sites and heritage areas
• Historical and cultural resources
• Horticulture and plants
• Idaho
• Indian lands and resources rights
• Infrastructure development
• Kentucky
• Labor-management relations
• Lakes and rivers
• Land transfers
• Land use and conservation
• Latin America
• Licensing and registrations
• Livestock
• Louisiana
• Maine
• Mammals
• Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
• Maryland
• Massachusetts
• Medical research
• Mexico
• Michigan
• Military history
• Mississippi
• Mississippi River
• Missouri
• Montana
• Motor vehicles
• Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
• Navigation, waterways, harbors
• Nevada
• New Hampshire
• New Jersey
• New Mexico
• New York State
• North Carolina
• North Dakota
• Ohio
• Oil and gas
• Oklahoma
• Oregon
• Outdoor recreation
• Panama
• Parks, recreation areas, trails
• Pipelines
• Pollution liability
• Presidents and presidential powers
• Railroads
• Research administration and funding
• Rhode Island
• Roads and highways
• Rural conditions and development
• Smithsonian Institution
• Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
• South Carolina
• Tennessee
• Texas
• U.S. history
• United Kingdom
• Utah
• Vermont
• Virgin Islands
• Virginia
• Washington State
• Water quality
• Water resources funding
• Water use and supply
• Watersheds
• West Virginia
• Wetlands
• Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats
• Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
• Wisconsin
• Women's rights
• Worker safety and health
• Wyoming

Related Bills

• H.Res. 280 (111^th) : Providing for Consideration of the Senate Amendments to the Bill (H.R. 146) to Establish a Battlefield Acquisition Grant Program for the Acquisition and Protection of Nationally Significant Battlefields and Associated Sites of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812, and for Other Purposes.
• H.R. 165 (111^th) : Act Commemorating the LITE
• H.R. 166 (111^th) : To Authorize the Expansion of the Fort Davis National Historic Site in Fort Davis, Texas, and for Other Purposes.
• H.R. 169 (111^th) : To Amend the Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve Act of 2000 to Explain the Purpose and Provide for the Administration of the Baca National Wildlife Refuge.
• H.R. 170 (111^th) : Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area and Dominguez Canyon Wilderness Area Act
• H.R. 234 (111^th) : Nevada Cancer Institute Expansion Act
• H.R. 279 (111^th) : Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park Boundary Expansion and Redesignation Act of 2009
• H.R. 280 (111^th) : Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park Act
• H.R. 283 (111^th) : Hopewell Culture National Historical Park Boundary Adjustment Act
• H.R. 286 (111^th) : To Amend the Dayton Aviation Heritage Preservation Act of 1992 to Add Sites to the Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park, and for Other Purposes.
• H.R. 316 (111^th) : To Amend the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 to Authorize the Secretary of the Interior to Enter into Cooperative Agreements with Any of the Management Partners of the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area, and for Other Purposes.
• H.R. 328 (111^th) : Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail Designation Act
• H.R. 337 (111^th) : To Provide for the Sale of Approximately 25 Acres of Public Land to the Turnabout Ranch, Escalante, Utah, at Fair Market Value.
• H.R. 338 (111^th) : Boy Scouts of America Land Transfer Act of 2009
• H.R. 351 (111^th) : Minute Man National Historical Park Boundary Revision Act
• H.R. 369 (111^th) : California Desert and Mountain Heritage Act of 2009
• H.R. 401 (111^th) : River Raisin National Battlefield Act
• H.R. 404 (111^th) : National Landscape Conservation System Act
• H.R. 408 (111^th) : Southern Nevada Limited Transition Area Act
• H.R. 410 (111^th) : Kalaupapa Memorial Act of 2009
• H.R. 419 (111^th) : Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness and Indian Peaks Wilderness Expansion Act
• H.R. 438 (111^th) : Tuolumne Me-Wuk Land Transfer Act of 2009
• H.R. 453 (111^th) : Green Mcadoo School National Historic Site Study Act of 2009
• H.R. 454 (111^th) : Trail of Tears Documentation Act
• H.R. 455 (111^th) : Missisquoi and Trout Rivers Wild and Scenic River Study Act of 2009
• H.R. 488 (111^th) : To Decrease the Matching Funds Requirement and Authorize Additional Appropriations for Keweenaw National Historical Park in the State of Michigan.
• H.R. 545 (111^th) : Morley Nelson Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area Act
• H.R. 552 (111^th) : Arizona National Scenic Trail Act
• H.R. 602 (111^th) : To Provide for the Conveyance of the Bureau of Land Management Parcels Known As the White Acre and Gambel Oak Properties and Related Real Property to Park City, Utah, and for Other Purposes.
• H.R. 604 (111^th) : Bountiful City Land Consolidation Act
• H.R. 608 (111^th) : Smithsonian Institution Facilities Authorization Act of 2009
• H.R. 763 (111^th) : Carson City Vital Community Act of 2009
• H.R. 921 (111^th) : Sabinoso Wilderness Act of 2009
• H.R. 1435 (111^th) : National Trails System Willing Seller Act
• H.R. 1694 (111^th) : Revolutionary War and War of 1812 Battlefield Protection Act
• S. 22 (111^th) : Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009

Major Actions

Introduced	1/06/2009
Referred to Committee
Amendments (12 proposed)
Passed House	3/03/2009
Passed Senate	3/19/2009
Signed by President	3/30/2009

Bill History

• All Votes
• All Actions
• Amendments

	Chamber/Committee	Motion	Date	Result
currently selected	House	On Passage - House - H.R. 146 Revolutionary War and War of 1812 Battlefield Protection Act - Under Suspension of the Rules	3/03/2009	This bill PASSED the House 394 voted YES 13 voted NO 24 voted present/not voting
select this vote	Senate	Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider H.R. 146	3/16/2009	This motion PASSED the Senate 73 voted YES 21 voted NO 5 voted present/not voting
select this vote	Senate	On the Motion to Table (Motion to Table Coburn Amdt. No. 680)	3/18/2009	This amendment PASSED the Senate 79 voted YES 19 voted NO 1 voted present/not voting
select this vote	Senate	On the Motion to Table (Motion to Table Coburn Amdt. No. 679)	3/18/2009	This amendment PASSED the Senate 65 voted YES 33 voted NO 1 voted present/not voting
select this vote	Senate	On the Motion to Table (Motion to Table Coburn Amdt. No. 675)	3/18/2009	This amendment PASSED the Senate 63 voted YES 35 voted NO 1 voted present/not voting
select this vote	Senate	Amendment SA 682 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.	3/19/2009	PASSED by voice vote
select this vote	Senate	Amendment SA 684 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.	3/19/2009	PASSED by voice vote
select this vote	Senate	Amendment SA 686 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.	3/19/2009	PASSED by voice vote
select this vote	Senate	On the Motion to Table (Motion to Table Coburn Amdt. No. 677)	3/19/2009	This amendment PASSED the Senate 58 voted YES 39 voted NO 2 voted present/not voting
select this vote	Senate	On the Motion to Table (Motion to Table Coburn Amdt. No. 683)	3/19/2009	This amendment PASSED the Senate 70 voted YES 27 voted NO 2 voted present/not voting
select this vote	Senate	On Passage - Senate - H.R. 146 as Amended	3/19/2009	This bill PASSED the Senate 77 voted YES 20 voted NO 2 voted present/not voting
select this vote	House	On Motion to Concur in Senate Amendments: H.R. 146 Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009	3/25/2009	This motion PASSED the House 285 voted YES 140 voted NO 6 voted present/not voting

	Action	Date	Description
	Introduced	1/06/2009
		1/06/2009	Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
		2/04/2009	Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
		3/02/2009	Mr. Holt moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
		3/02/2009	Considered under suspension of the rules.
		3/02/2009	DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 146.
		3/02/2009	At the conclusion of debate, the chair put the question on the motion to suspend the rules. Mr. Holt objected to the vote on the grounds that a quorum was not present. Further proceedings on the motion were postponed. The point of no quorum was withdrawn.
		3/03/2009	Considered as unfinished business.
currently selected	House Vote on Passage	3/03/2009	On Passage - House - H.R. 146 Revolutionary War and War of 1812 Battlefield Protection Act - Under Suspension of the Rules
		3/03/2009	The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
		3/04/2009	Received in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
	Put on a legislative calendar	3/05/2009	Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 27.
		3/12/2009	Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate.
		3/12/2009	Cloture motion on the motion to proceed to the bill presented in Senate.
		3/16/2009	Motion to proceed to measure considered in Senate.
select this vote	Vote	3/16/2009	Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider H.R. 146
		3/17/2009	Motion to proceed to measure considered in Senate.
		3/17/2009	Motion to proceed to consideration of measure agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
		3/17/2009	Measure laid before Senate by motion.
		3/17/2009	Amendment SA 675 proposed by Senator Coburn to Amendment SA 684.
		3/17/2009	Amendment SA 679 proposed by Senator Coburn to Amendment SA 684.
		3/17/2009	Amendment SA 680 proposed by Senator Coburn to Amendment SA 684.
		3/17/2009	Amendment SA 684 proposed by Senator Bingaman.
		3/18/2009	Considered by Senate.
		3/18/2009	Considered by Senate.
		3/18/2009	Amendment SA 677 proposed by Senator Coburn to Amendment SA 684.
		3/18/2009	Considered by Senate.
		3/18/2009	Considered by Senate.
		3/18/2009	Amendment SA 682 proposed by Senator Coburn to Amendment SA 684.
		3/18/2009	Amendment SA 683 proposed by Senator Coburn to Amendment SA 684.
		3/18/2009	Considered by Senate.
select this vote	Vote	3/18/2009	On the Motion to Table (Motion to Table Coburn Amdt. No. 680)
select this vote	Vote	3/18/2009	On the Motion to Table (Motion to Table Coburn Amdt. No. 679)
select this vote	Vote	3/18/2009	On the Motion to Table (Motion to Table Coburn Amdt. No. 675)
		3/19/2009	Considered by Senate.
		3/19/2009	Message on Senate action sent to the House.
		3/19/2009	Considered by Senate.
		3/19/2009	Considered by Senate.
select this vote	Vote	3/19/2009	Amendment SA 682 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
		3/19/2009	Considered by Senate.
		3/19/2009	Considered by Senate.
select this vote	Vote	3/19/2009	Amendment SA 684 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
		3/19/2009	Amendment SA 686 proposed by Senator Bingaman.
select this vote	Vote	3/19/2009	Amendment SA 686 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
select this vote	Vote	3/19/2009	On the Motion to Table (Motion to Table Coburn Amdt. No. 677)
select this vote	Vote	3/19/2009	On the Motion to Table (Motion to Table Coburn Amdt. No. 683)
select this vote	Senate Vote on Passage	3/19/2009	On Passage - Senate - H.R. 146 as Amended
	Presented to President	3/25/2009	Cleared for White House.
		3/25/2009	Mr. Rahall moved that the House agree to the Senate amendments.
		3/25/2009	DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 280, the House proceeded with one hour of debate on the Rahall motion to agree to the Senate amendments to H.R. 146.
		3/25/2009	The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
select this vote	Vote	3/25/2009	On Motion to Concur in Senate Amendments: H.R. 146 Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009
	Presented to President	3/30/2009	Presented to President.
	Signed	3/30/2009	Signed by President.
	Enacted	3/30/2009	Became Public Law No: 111-11.

	Number	Sponsor	Date Offered	Status
select this vote	S. Amdt. 675	Coburn, Thomas [R-OK]	March 17, 2009	Failed by roll call vote on March 17, 2009.
	To prohibit the use of eminent domain and to ensure that no American has their property forcibly taken from them by authorities granted under this Act. Show amendment details
	S. Amdt. 676	Coburn, Thomas [R-OK]	March 17, 2009	Offered on March 16, 2009.
	Amendment information not available. Show amendment details
select this vote	S. Amdt. 677	Coburn, Thomas [R-OK]	March 17, 2009	Failed by roll call vote on March 18, 2009.
	To require Federal agencies to determine on an annual basis the quantity of land that is owned by each Federal agency and the cost to taxpayers of the ownership of the land. Show amendment details
	S. Amdt. 678	Coburn, Thomas [R-OK]	March 17, 2009	Offered on March 16, 2009.
	Amendment information not available. Show amendment details
select this vote	S. Amdt. 679	Coburn, Thomas [R-OK]	March 17, 2009	Failed by roll call vote on March 17, 2009.
	To provide for the future energy needs of the United States and eliminate restrictions on the development of renewable energy. Show amendment details
select this vote	S. Amdt. 680	Coburn, Thomas [R-OK]	March 17, 2009	Failed by roll call vote on March 17, 2009.
	To ensure that the general public has full access to our national parks and to promote the health and safety of all visitors and employees of the National Park Service. Show amendment details
	S. Amdt. 681	Coburn, Thomas [R-OK]	March 17, 2009	Offered on March 16, 2009.
	Amendment information not available. Show amendment details
select this vote	S. Amdt. 682	Coburn, Thomas [R-OK]	March 17, 2009	Passed by voice vote on March 18, 2009.
	To protect scientists and visitors to federal lands from unfair penalties for collecting insignificant rocks. Show amendment details
select this vote	S. Amdt. 683	Coburn, Thomas [R-OK]	March 17, 2009	Failed by roll call vote on March 18, 2009.
	To prohibit funding for congressional earmarks for wasteful and parochial pork projects. Show amendment details
select this vote	S. Amdt. 684	Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM]	March 17, 2009	Passed by voice vote on March 18, 2009.
	In the nature of a substitute. Show amendment details
	S. Amdt. 685	Brownback, Samuel [R-KS]	March 18, 2009	Offered on March 17, 2009.
	Amendment information not available. Show amendment details
select this vote	S. Amdt. 686	Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM]	March 19, 2009	Passed by voice vote on March 18, 2009.
	To amend the title of the bill. Show amendment details