US SB1071 | 2013-2014 | 113th Congress

US Congress Senate Bill 1071 (Prior Session Legislation)

Status

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)
Status: Introduced on May 23 2013 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2013-07-31 - Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 113-93.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, through the Director of the National Park Service (NPS), to make improvements to a support facility, including a visitor center, for a National Historic Site operated by the NPS if such project: (1) is conducted using amounts included in the budget of the NPS in effect on the date on which the project is authorized, (2) is subject to a 50% non-federal cost sharing requirement, and (3) is conducted in an area in which the NPS was authorized by law to establish such a facility. Allows the Secretary to operate and use all or part of a support facility, including a visitor center, for such a Site: (1) to carry out the duties associated with the operation and support of such Site, and (2) only in accordance with an agreement between the Secretary and the local government in which the facility is located.

Title

A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to make improvements to support facilities for National Historic Sites operated by the National Park Service, and for other purposes.

History

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-07-31	Senate	Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 113-93.
2013-05-23	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

Same As/Similar To

SB1071 (Related) 2013-07-31 - Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 113-93.
HB1561 (Related) 2014-12-22 - Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 522.