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A bill to study options to improve and enhance the protection, management, and interpretation of the significant natural and other resources of certain units of the National Park System in northwest Alaska, to implement a pilot program to better accomplish the purposes for which those units were established by providing greater involvement by Alaska Native communities, and for other purposes.

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

Official summary

Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · Oct 9, 1998

Directs the Secretary of the Interior to report within six months to specified congressional committees: (1) detailing the progress the Department of the Interior has made in implementing provisions of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (regarding revenue- producing visitor services and local hires) and the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act, on lands under the jurisdiction of the Department in Alaska; (2) including a detailed action plan on the future implementation of those provisions; (3) describing in detail the measures and actions that will be taken, with a description of anticipated results to be achieved during the next three fiscal years; and (4) identifying any laws, rules, regulations, and policies which act as a deterrent to hiring or contracting with Alaska Natives to perform and conduct activities and programs of agencies and bureaus under the Department's jurisdiction regarding activities on lands under its jurisdiction in Alaska. Requires the Secretary to: (1) implement pilot programs to employ residents of local communities at Bering Land Bridge National Preserve, Cape Krusenstern National Monument, Kobuk Valley National Park, and Noatak National Preserve (all National Park System units located in northwest Alaska); (2) report the results to such committees; and (3) consult with Native Corporations, nonprofit organizations, and tribal entities in the immediate vicinity of such units, and to the extent practicable, involve them in the development of interpretive materials and the pilot programs relating to such units.

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Sen. Murkowski, Frank H. [R-AK] · R–AK

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  • Energy and Natural Resources Committee
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    1. Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

    2. Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S12181-12182)

    3. Introduced in Senate

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