The Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (, ) is a land management law passed in the

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and signed into law by

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on March 30, 2009. The bill designates millions of acres in the US as protected and establishes a

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Legislative history

110th Congress

On June 26, 2008, Senator

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introduced the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2008 (). Although the bill had some support from both Democrats and Republicans, including

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, the Senate never voted on the measure due to threats by Senator

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(R- Oklahoma) to filibuster the bill.

111th Congress

S. 22

On January 7, 2009, Bingaman introduced the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (), a new bill which incorporated 159 bills that had been considered by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources during the

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and, in some cases, earlier Congresses. Despite vehement opposition from Coburn and some other Republicans, the Senate passed a

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on January 11 by a vote of 66–12 and then passed the bill on January 15 by a vote of 73–21, with four members not voting. The bill was then sent to the

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, where it was expected to pass by a wide margin. The bill was held at the desk instead of being sent to a committee. On March 11, 2009, the House considered the bill under suspension of the rules, meaning that a two-thirds vote would be required for passage. Those voting in favor of the bill (predominantly Democrats) fell two votes short of a two-thirds majority, 282-144. 34 Republicans voted in favor of the bill, while three Democrats voted against it: Dan Boren of Oklahoma, Jim Marshall of

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, and

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. House Democrats could then have brought the bill back to the floor under regular procedure, which would have allowed Republicans to submit amendments to the bill. The bill, as voted on by the House, had been amended by Jason Altmire (D-

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), to prohibit the closing of the lands described in the bill to

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and

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, presumably to persuade sportsmen and hunters to vote for the bill.

H.R. 146

On March 3, 2009, the House of Representatives passed a bill under suspension of the rules, the Revolutionary War and

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Battlefield Protection Act (), 394-13. On March 12, one day after the House failed to pass the Omnibus Public Land Management Act, Reid announced that he would file cloture on H.R. 146. While in the Senate, the bill was amended to include a majority of the text in S. 22. The Senate voted 73–21 for cloture and 77-20 to pass the bill. The House agreed to the Senate amendments, 285-140, on March 25. President Barack Obama signed the bill into law on March 30, 2009, declaring one provision unconstitutional in his signing statement.

Components

Title I

Title I of the bill designates two million acres (8,000 km²) of wilderness in nine states (

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Utah Utah ( , ) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. Utah is a landlocked U.S. state bordered to its east by Colorado, to its northeast by Wyoming, to its north by Idaho, to its south by Arizona, and to it ...

Virginia Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The geography and climate of the Commonwealth ar ...

, and

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) for protection through addition to the National Wilderness Preservation System. Among these lands are: * in the

Monongahela National Forest The Monongahela National Forest is a national forest located in the Allegheny Mountains of eastern West Virginia, USA. It protects over of federally managed land within a proclamation boundary that includes much of the Potomac Highlands Regi ...

. * in the

Jefferson National Forest The George Washington and Jefferson National Forests is an administrative entity combining two U.S. National Forests into one of the largest areas of public land in the Eastern United States. The forests cover of land in the Appalachian Mountai ...

. * wilderness additions in the vicinity of Mount Hood, Oregon, including additions to the Badger Creek Wilderness, Bull of the Woods Wilderness,

Mark O. Hatfield Wilderness The Mark O. Hatfield Wilderness is a wilderness area located on the northern side of Mount Hood in the northwestern Cascade Range, Cascades of the U.S. state of Oregon, near the Columbia River Gorge and within Mount Hood National Forest. Prior to ...

Mount Hood Wilderness The Mount Hood Wilderness is a protected wilderness area inside the Mount Hood National Forest, in the U.S. state of Oregon. The area, covering , includes the peak of Mount Hood and its upper slopes, and ranges from temperate rain forests at the ...

, and Salmon-Huckleberry Wilderness, as well as designation of the Clackamas Wilderness,

Roaring River Wilderness Roaring River Wilderness is a wilderness area in the Mount Hood National Forest in Clackamas County, Oregon, United States. Southwest of Mount Hood, Oregon's tallest mountain, the area was created in 2009. The wilderness area is named after the ...

, and

Lower White River Wilderness Lower White River Wilderness is a protected wilderness in the US State of Oregon on the southern part of Mount Hood. In 2009, Congress designated the area a National Wilderness preserve. The White River rises from White River Glacier in White ...

. * in the Oregon Badlands. ''(see

Oregon Badlands Wilderness The Oregon Badlands Wilderness is a wilderness area located east of Bend, Oregon, Bend in Deschutes County, Oregon, Deschutes and Crook County, Oregon, Crook counties in the U.S. state of Oregon. The wilderness is managed by the Bureau of Land ...

and Spring Basin Wilderness)'' * in Oregon's Cascade–Siskiyou National Monument. ''(see Soda Mountain Wilderness)'' * in the

Siskiyou National Forest Siskiyou may refer to: *Siskiyou Mountains, a mountain range in northern California and southern Oregon * Siskiyou National Forest, in Oregon and California *Siskiyou County, California *Siskiyou Trail, an old Native American and pioneer trail conne ...

. ''(see

Copper Salmon Wilderness The Copper Salmon Wilderness is a protected wilderness area in the Southern Oregon Coast Range and is part of the Rogue River–Siskiyou National Forest. The wilderness area was created by the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009, which was ...

)'' * in and near

Zion National Park Zion National Park is an American national park located in southwestern Utah near the town of Springdale. Located at the junction of the Colorado Plateau, Great Basin, and Mojave Desert regions, the park has a unique geography and a variety of ...

. * near

Otter Creek Wilderness The Otter Creek Wilderness is a U.S. Wilderness area located in the Cheat-Potomac Ranger District of Monongahela National Forest in West Virginia, USA. The Wilderness sits in a bowl-shaped valley formed by Otter Creek, between McGowan Mountain an ...

* in

San Miguel County, New Mexico San Miguel County is a county in the U.S. state of New Mexico. As of the 2010 census, the population was 29,393. Its county seat is Las Vegas. San Miguel County comprises the Las Vegas Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in ...

. ''(see Sabinoso Wilderness)'' * in

Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore is a U.S. National Lakeshore in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, United States. It extends for 42 miles (67 km) along the shore of Lake Superior and covers . The park has extensive views of the hilly sho ...

. ''(see Beaver Basin Wilderness)'' * in Idaho's Owyhee Canyonlands: **

Big Jacks Creek Wilderness The Big Jacks Creek Wilderness is located on the high basalt plateaus of Owyhee County in southwestern Idaho in the western United States. Little Jacks Creek Wilderness is on its northwest border. About of Big Jacks Creek is classified as a wi ...

– ** Bruneau – Jarbidge Rivers Wilderness – ** Little Jacks Creek Wilderness – ** North Fork Owyhee Wilderness – ** Owyhee River Wilderness – ** Pole Creek Wilderness – * in California, including: ** added to the Hoover Wilderness in the Humboldt-Toiyabe and

Inyo National Forest Inyo National Forest is a United States National Forest covering parts of the eastern Sierra Nevada of California and the White Mountains of California and Nevada. The forest hosts several superlatives, including Mount Whitney, the highest po ...

s. ** in the Inyo National Forest. ''(see

Owens River Headwaters Wilderness The Owens River Headwaters Wilderness is a wilderness area inside the Inyo National Forest in eastern California designated to protect the headwaters of the Owens River. The wilderness area was created on March 30, 2009, when the Omnibus Public L ...

)'' ** added to the

John Muir Wilderness The John Muir Wilderness is a wilderness area that extends along the crest of the Sierra Nevada of California for , in the Inyo and Sierra National Forests. Established in 1964 by the Wilderness Act and named for naturalist John Muir, it encompa ...

in the Inyo National Forest and Bureau of Land Management lands. ** added to the

Ansel Adams Wilderness The Ansel Adams Wilderness is a wilderness area in the Sierra Nevada of California, United States. The wilderness spans ; 33.9% of the territory lies in the Inyo National Forest, 65.8% is in the Sierra National Forest, and the remaining 0.3% cove ...

in the Inyo National Forest. ** in the Inyo National Forest and Bureau of Land Management lands. ''(see

White Mountains Wilderness The White Mountains Wilderness is a National Wilderness Preservation System, wilderness area in the White Mountains (California), White Mountains of California, United States. It was established by U.S. Congress, Congress in 2009 with a total of ...

)'' ** in the Inyo National Forest and Bureau of Land Management lands. ''(see Granite Mountain Wilderness) his reference leads to the Granite Mtn in Yavapai Co. AZ, the CA location is found just East of Mono Lake, between Mono Lake and the Nevada State Line (''https://www.blm.gov/visit/granite-mountain'')' ** in the

Angeles National Forest The Angeles National Forest (ANF) of the U.S. Forest Service is located in the San Gabriel Mountains and Sierra Pelona Mountains, primarily within Los Angeles County in southern California. The ANF manages a majority of the San Gabriel Mounta ...

. ''(see

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)'' ** in the Angeles National Forest. ''(see

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)'' ** added to the Agua Tibia Wilderness in the Cleveland National Forest. ** in the

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. ''(see Cahuilla Mountain Wilderness)'' ** in the San Bernardino National Forest. ''(see South Fork San Jacinto Wilderness)'' ** added to the Santa Rosa Wilderness in the San Bernardino National Forest and Bureau of Land Management lands. ** of Bureau of Land Management lands. ''(see

Beauty Mountain Wilderness Beauty Mountain Wilderness is a U.S. wilderness area in Riverside County, California. It consists of of very rugged and mountainous terrain. It is part of the Palm Springs - South Coast Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management, and was create ...

)'' ** in

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, with another pending cessation of non-wilderness activities and acquisition of inholdings. ** added to the Orocopia Mountains Wilderness in Bureau of Land Management lands. ** added to the Palen-McCoy Wilderness in Bureau of Land Management lands. ** of Bureau of Land Management lands. ''(see

Pinto Mountains Wilderness Pinto is a Portuguese, Spanish, Jewish (Sephardic), and Italian surname. It is a high-frequency surname in all Portuguese-speaking countries The Community of Portuguese Language Countries ( Portuguese: ''Comunidade dos Países de Língua Portu ...

)'' ** added to the

Chuckwalla Mountains Wilderness The Chuckwalla Mountains are a mountain range in the transition zone between the Colorado Desert—Sonoran Desert and the Mojave Desert, climatically and vegetationally, in Riverside County of southern California. Geography The range spans about ...

in Bureau of Land Management lands.

Title II

Title II establishes a

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s, Wilderness Study Areas, components of the

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, components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, and components of the National Wilderness Preservation System. Title II also designates four new National Conservation Areas ( Fort Stanton – Snowy River Cave National Conservation Area, Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area, Red Cliffs National Conservation Area in Washington County, Utah, and Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area) and one new National Monument (the

Prehistoric Trackways National Monument Prehistoric Trackways National Monument is a national monument in the Robledo Mountains of Doña Ana County, New Mexico, United States, near the city of Las Cruces. The monument's Paleozoic Era fossils are on of land administered by the Bur ...

in the Robledo Mountains of

). It also transfers lands in Nevada, Utah, Idaho, and Washington to federal control.

Title III

Title III authorizes the United States Secretary of Agriculture to, through the Chief of the

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, conduct studies in the interest of preserving open space in southern Colorado and deliver "an annual report on the wildland firefighter safety practices...including training programs and activities for wildland fire suppression, prescribed burning, and wildland fire use, during the preceding calendar year." Title III also prohibits further oil and gas leasing, geothermal leasing, and mining patents in a stretch of the Bridger-Teton National Forest; this provision was based on a bill being crafted by Senator Craig L. Thomas of

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before his death.

Title IV

Title IV authorizes the Chief of the Forest Service to solicit (from regional

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s) nominations of forest landscapes of at least , primarily consisting of national forest lands, which are in need of "active ecosystem restoration," for the carrying out of ecological restoration treatments. The Chief, acting on behalf of the Secretary of Agriculture, then may select up to ten of these proposals, aided by a fifteen-member advisory board, to be funded in any given fiscal year. For each proposal selected, 50% of the expenditures of the execution and monitoring of ecological restoration treatments would be paid for by a Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Fund in the

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. However, each proposal's expenditures are limited to $4 million per year.

Title V

Title V designates thousands of miles of new additions to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. It also adds six trails to the

: the Arizona National Scenic Trail, the New England National Scenic Trail, the Ice Age Floods National Geologic Trail, the Washington–Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail, the Pacific Northwest National Scenic Trail and the Trail of Tears National Historic Trail.

Title VI

Title VI creates a number of new

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programs. One of these programs, the Wolf Livestock Loss Demonstration Project, gives states and Indian tribes federal grants to help livestock producers to reduce livestock loss due to predation by wolves in non-lethal ways, as well as for the purpose of compensating livestock producers for their loss of livestock due to predation by wolves. Another part of Title VI, the Paleontological Resources Preservation Act, was originally a Senate bill introduced in 2007 by

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(D-Hawaii). This provision establishes stronger penalties than previously required for nonpermitted removal of scientifically significant fossils from federal lands. The provision was endorsed and strongly supported by the

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, an international association of professional and amateur vertebrate paleontologists. In contrast, the Association of Applied Paleontological Sciences, an association of commercial fossil dealers, opposed the measure.

Title VII

Title VII makes three additions to the

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and expands current National Park designations. It also authorizes an American Battlefield Protection Program, a Preserve America program, a Save America's Treasures Program, and a Route 66 Corridor Preservation Program, all to be carried out by the

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. New National Park System components would include: * Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park in Paterson,

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* President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home National Historic Site in Hope,

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River Raisin National Battlefield Park The River Raisin National Battlefield Park preserves the site of the Battle of Frenchtown as the only national battlefield marking a site of the War of 1812. It was established as the 393rd unit of the United States National Park Service under ...

in Frenchtown,

Title VIII

Title VIII designates ten new National Heritage Areas at the cost of $103.5 million: *Sec. 8001.

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. *Sec. 8002.

Cache La Poudre River Corridor National Heritage Area The Cache La Poudre River Corridor National Heritage Area extends along the flood plain of the Cache La Poudre River in Colorado, USA. It is a federally designated National Heritage Area, extending for from Larimer County, Colorado, Larimer County ...

, Colorado. *Sec. 8003.

South Park National Heritage Area South Park National Heritage Area is a U.S. National Heritage Area encompassing the South Park of Colorado. Established on March 30, 2009 by the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (§7002), the South Park NHA is managed by the Park Count ...

, Colorado. *Sec. 8004.

Northern Plains National Heritage Area Northern Plains National Heritage Area is a federally designated National Heritage Area along an length of the Missouri River in central North Dakota. The heritage area promotes and interprets the scenic, cultural and historic heritage of the reg ...

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. *Sec. 8005. Baltimore National Heritage Area,

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. *Sec. 8006. Freedom's Way National Heritage Area,

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and

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. *Sec. 8007.

Mississippi Hills National Heritage Area Mississippi Hills National Heritage Area is a federally designated National Heritage Area in the northeastern portion of the U.S. state of Mississippi. The designation commemorates the region's impact on American culture and its role in the America ...

. *Sec. 8008.

Mississippi Delta National Heritage Area Mississippi Delta National Heritage Area is a federally designated National Heritage Area that seeks to preserve and promote the landscape, culture and history of the Mississippi Delta in the northwestern portion of the U.S. state of Mississippi. T ...

. *Sec. 8009. Muscle Shoals National Heritage Area,

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. *Sec. 8010.

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Title IX

Title IX authorizes three new studies to examine new reclamation projects under the jurisdiction of the

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. It also creates 15 new water and endangered fish projects in four states. Furthermore, Title IX puts some federal water reclamation facilities under local control and funds conservation efforts.

Title X

Title X codifies the settlements of three water disputes in California, Nevada, and New Mexico, in an effort to resolve decades of litigation.

Title XI

Title XI reauthorizes the National Geologic Mapping Act of 1992 at a cost of $64 million per year through the year 2018. It furthermore authorizes groundwater surveys in New Mexico, also by the

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Title XII

Title XII creates five new oceanic observation, research, and exploration programs at a cost of $2.6 billion, including programs for undersea research, undersea and coastal mapping, acidification research, and ocean conservation. One provision, the

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, would "establish a national integrated System of ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes observing systems, Federal and non-Federal components coordinated at the national level by the National Ocean Research Leadership Council" in order to "support national defense, marine commerce, navigation safety, weather, climate, and marine forecasting, energy siting and production, economic development, ecosystem-based marine, coastal, and Great Lakes resource management, public safety, and public outreach training and education."

Title XIII

Title XIII deals with miscellaneous bills, including one that funds the

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and another that increases the number of Assistant Energy Secretaries in the

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to eight. Title XIII also amends the Fisheries Restoration and Irrigation Mitigation Act of 2000 and the Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline Act.

Title XIV

Title XIV, the Christopher and Dana Reeve Paralysis Act, provides $105 million over five years for coordinated paralysis research by the

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Title XV

Title XV grants the

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$69 million for laboratory and greenhouse construction at three Smithsonian facilities.

Acts amended

The Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 amended the following

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, in order of first appearance: * Public Law 100-326 * Virginia Wilderness Act of 1984 *

Wild and Scenic Rivers Act The National Wild and Scenic Rivers System was created by the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act of 1968 (Public Law 90-542), enacted by the U.S. Congress to preserve certain rivers with outstanding natural, cultural, and recreational values in a free- ...

* Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area Act * Oregon Wilderness Act * Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument Act of 2000 * Indian Peaks Wilderness Area, the Arapaho National Recreation Area and the Oregon Islands Wilderness Area Act * Public Law 103-64 *

Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 Omnibus may refer to: Film and television * ''Omnibus'' (film) * Omnibus (broadcast), a compilation of Radio or TV episodes * ''Omnibus'' (UK TV series), an arts-based documentary programme * ''Omnibus'' (U.S. TV series), an educational progr ...

* Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act of 1998 * Public Law 108-67 * Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 * T'uf Shur Bien Preservation Trust Area Act *

National Trails System Act The National Trails System is a series of trails in the United States designated "to promote the preservation of, public access to, travel within, and enjoyment and appreciation of the open-air, outdoor areas and historic resources of the Nati ...

Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act The Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA) is a United States federal law signed by President Jimmy Carter on December 2, 1980. ANILCA provided varying degrees of special protection to over of land, including national parks, n ...

* Public Law 102-543 *

Weir Farm National Historic Site Establishment Act of 1990 A weir or low head dam is a barrier across the width of a river that alters the flow characteristics of water and usually results in a change in the height of the river level. Weirs are also used to control the flow of water for outlets of l ...

* Little River Canyon National Preserve Act of 1992 * An Act to rename and expand the boundaries of the Mound City Group National Monument in Ohio * National Parks and Recreation Act of 1978 * Public Law 96-607 *

Palo Alto Battlefield National Historic Site Act of 1991 Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park near Brownsville, Texas is a National Park Service unit which preserves the grounds of the May 8, 1846, Battle of Palo Alto. It was the first major conflict in a border dispute that soon precipitated ...

Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005 The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005 (CAA) was an omnibus appropriation legislation consisting of eleven Divisions, enacted on December 8, 2004 as H.R. 4818 by President Bush and assigned Public Law No. 108-447, during the 108th United States ...

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002 National may refer to: Common uses * Nation or country ** Nationality – a ''national'' is a person who is subject to a nation, regardless of whether the person has full rights as a citizen Places in the United States * National, Maryland, ce ...

* Public Law 97-250 *

Petrified Forest National Park Expansion Act of 2004 In geology, petrifaction or petrification () is the process by which organic material becomes a fossil through the replacement of the original material and the filling of the original pore spaces with minerals. Petrified wood typifies this proce ...

Delaware National Coastal Special Resources Study Act Delaware ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Maryland to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and New Jersey and the Atlantic Ocean to its east. The state takes its name from the adjacent Del ...

Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act Federal or foederal (archaic) may refer to: Politics General *Federal monarchy, a federation of monarchies *Federation, or ''Federal state'' (federal system), a type of government characterized by both a central (federal) government and states or ...

* Crossroads of the American Revolution National Heritage Area Act of 2006 * Consolidated Natural Resources Act of 2008 * Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996 * Dayton Aviation Heritage Preservation Act of 1992 * Public Law 87-213 * Public Law 106-45 *

National Cave and Karst Research Institute Act of 1998 National may refer to: Common uses * Nation or country ** Nationality – a ''national'' is a person who is subject to a nation, regardless of whether the person has full rights as a citizen Places in the United States * National, Maryland, ce ...

* Public Law 87-126 * Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers Valley National Heritage Corridor Act of 1994 *

Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor Act of 1988 Delaware ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Maryland to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and New Jersey and the Atlantic Ocean to its east. The s ...

* Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor Act * Public Law 99-647 * Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act * Public Law 106-392 *

Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1992 Reclaim, reclaimed, reclaimer, reclaiming or reclamation means "to get something back". It may refer to: * Land reclamation, creating new land from oceans, riverbeds, or lake beds * Dedesertification, reversing of the land degradation in arid an ...

* Public Law 87-590 * Colorado River Storage Project Act * Public Law 87-483 *

National Geologic Mapping Act of 1992 National may refer to: Common uses * Nation or country ** Nationality – a ''national'' is a person who is subject to a nation, regardless of whether the person has full rights as a citizen Places in the United States * National, Maryland, c ...

* Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 * Act of February 22, 1889 * Morrill Act of 1862 *

Fisheries Restoration and Irrigation Mitigation Act of 2000 Fishery can mean either the enterprise of raising or harvesting fish and other aquatic life; or more commonly, the site where such enterprise takes place ( a.k.a. fishing ground). Commercial fisheries include wild fisheries and fish farms, both ...

* Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline Act *

Department of Energy Organization Act Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military *Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...

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External links

*{{USBill, 111, S, 22, pipe=Full text of the bill, via THOMAS
Speech by Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-New Mexico) supporting the billPress release from Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Oklahoma) criticizing the billGOP.gov analysis of bill
– Bureau of Land Management United States federal public land legislation Acts of the 111th United States Congress 2009 in the United States