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Version 35 · Passed Senate amended · Nov 19, 1999
Omnibus Parks Technical Corrections Act of 1999 - Title I: Technical Corrections to Division I - Amends the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 (the Act) and other specified Federal law to make technical corrections to provisions concerning the: (1) Presidio of San Francisco and the Presidio Trust (granting the latter specified additional authorities); (2) Colonial National Historical Park; (3) Merced Irrigation District; (4) Big Thicket National Preserve; (5) Kenai Natives Association land exchange; (6) Lamprey Wild and Scenic River; (7) Vancouver National Historic Reserve; (8) Memorial to Martin Luther King, Jr.; (9) Advisory Council on Historic Preservation; (10) Great Falls Historic District, New Jersey; (11) New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park; (12) Nicodemus National Historic Site; (13) Aleutian World War II (UNALASKA) National Historic Area; (14) Revolutionary War and War of 1812 Historic Preservation Study; (15) Shenandoah Valley Battlefields; (16) Washita Battlefield; (17) ski area permit rental charge; (18) Glacier Bay National Park; (19) Robert J. Lagomarsino Visitor Center; (20) National Park Service administrative reform; (21) Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor; (22) Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve; (23) recreation lakes; (24) Fossil Forest protection; (25) Opal Creek Wilderness and Scenic Recreation Area; (26) Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area; (27) Natchez National Historical Park; (28) regulation of fishing in certain waters of Alaska; and (29) Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 regarding minor boundary revisions.Title II: Technical Corrections to Division II - Amends the Act to make technical corrections to provisions concerning the: (1) National Coal Heritage Area; (2) Tennessee Civil War Heritage Area; (3) Augusta Canal National Heritage Area; (4) Essex National Heritage Area; (5) Ohio & Erie Canal National Heritage Corridor; and (6) Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area.Title III: Technical Corrections to Other Public Laws - Makes technical corrections to: (1) Federal law reauthorizing the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Citizen Advisory Commission; (2) the Arches National Park Expansion Act of 1998; (3) the Dutch John Federal Property Disposition and Assistance Act of 1998; (4) the Oregon Public Lands Transfer and Protection Act of 1998; (5) Federal law concerning the National Park Foundation; (6) the National Parks Omnibus Management Act of 1998; (7) Federal laws concerning the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument and the acquisition of Spirit Mound, South Dakota; and (8) the America's Agricultural Heritage Partnership Act.(Sec. 310) Authorizes units of the National Park System, that are not currently participating in the Recreational Fee Demonstration Program, to retain and expend entrance and recreational-use fees under the same formula as directed by the Recreational Fee Demonstration Program.
People & committees
Rep. Hansen, James V. [R-UT-1] · R–UT
Legislative record
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Became Public Law No: 106-176.
Became Public Law No: 106-176.
Signed by President.
Signed by President.
Presented to President.
Presented to President.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
On motion that the House suspend the rules and agree to the Senate amendments Agreed to by voice vote. (consideration: CR H409-410; text: CR H409-410)
Resolving differences -- House actions: On motion that the House suspend the rules and agree to the Senate amendments Agreed to by voice vote.(consideration: CR H409-410; text: CR H409-410)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on the motion to agree to the Senate amendments under suspension of the rules on H.R. 149.
Mr. Hansen moved that the House suspend the rules and agree to the Senate amendments.
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Passed Senate with amendments by Unanimous Consent.
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with amendments by Unanimous Consent.
Amendment SP 2804 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
Amendment SP 2804 proposed by Senator Lott for Senator Murkowski.
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S15190-15193)
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 236.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported to Senate by Senator Murkowski with amendments. With written report No. 106-125.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported to Senate by Senator Murkowski with amendments. With written report No. 106-125.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources requested executive comment from Department of the Interior, OMB.
Subcommittee on Parks, Preservation and Recreation. Hearings held.
Referred to Subcommittee on Parks, Preservation and Recreation.
Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H666-668)
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H666-668)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H666-668)
Mr. Hansen moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 12.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Resources. H. Rept. 106-17.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Resources. H. Rept. 106-17.
Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands Discharged.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands.
Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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