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The Public Access and Lands Improvement Act is an omnibus bill that combines ten smaller, previously introduced bills all related to land and land use. [1] Several of the bills transfer federal lands to state or local governments. The bill also addresses cattle grazing. [2]
The United States House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Federal Lands is one of the five subcommittees within the House Natural Resources Committee. Until the 118th Congress, it was known as the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
The John D. Dingell Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act of 2019 is an omnibus lands act that protected public lands and modified management provisions. The bill designated more than 1,300,000 acres (5,300 km 2) of wilderness area, expanded several national parks and other areas of the National Park System, and established four new national monuments while redesignating others.
Mineral resources of public lands. Mining interests generally. Mining schools and experimental stations. Marine affairs, including coastal zone management (except for measures relating to oil and other pollution of navigable waters). Oceanography. Petroleum conservation on public lands and conservation of the radium supply in the United States.
The work of the Public Land Law Review Commission and the commission's findings have been given credit for introducing ideas that would eventually lead to FLPMA. [2] The Public Land Law Review Commission reviewed legislation regarding federal land, deducing which laws were outdated, unnecessary, and needed to be revised. [3]
This category contains legislation enacted by the United States Congress pertaining to the use of public lands under public domain. Also included may be ordinances passed before 1789 under the Articles of Confederation.
The Land Act of 1820 (ch. 51, 3 Stat. 566), enacted April 24, 1820, is the United States federal law that ended the ability to purchase the United States' public domain lands on a credit or installment system over four years, as previously established. The new law became effective July 1, 1820 and required full payment at the time of purchase ...
The Submerged Lands Act of 1953 [2] is a U.S. federal law that recognized the title of the states to submerged navigable lands within their boundaries at the time they entered the Union. They include navigable waterways, such as rivers , as well as marine waters within the state's boundaries, generally three geographical miles (almost exactly 3 ...