S. 157: Denali National Park Improvement Act

Introduced:
Jan 28, 2013 (113th Congress, 2013–2015)
Sponsor:
Sen. Lisa Murkowski [R-AK]
Status:
Reported by Committee

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The committees assigned to this bill sent it to the House or Senate as a whole for consideration on March 14, 2013.

Progress
Introduced Jan 28, 2013
Referred to Committee Jan 28, 2013
Reported by Committee Mar 14, 2013
Passed Senate ...
Passed House ...
Signed by the President ...
Prognosis

19% chance of being enacted.

Only 16% of Senate bills that made it past committee in 2011–2013 were enacted. [show factors | methodology]

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1 cosponsors (1D) (show)
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Senate Energy and Natural Resources

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Full Title

A bill to provide for certain improvements to the Denali National Park and Preserve in the State of Alaska, and for other purposes.

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Last updated Jan 28, 2013.
10 pages

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1/28/2013--Introduced.
Denali National Park Improvement Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to issue permits for specified microhydro projects in the Kantishna Hills area within the Denali National Park and Preserve (the Park) in Alaska. Defines "microhydro project" as a hydroelectric power generating facility with a maximum power generation capability of 100 kilowatts and includes any distribution or transmission lines required to serve such area.
Directs the Secretary to exchange Park land near or adjacent to land owned by Doyon Tourism, Inc., located at the mouth of Eureka Creek for approximately 18 acres of land owned by Doyon Tourism within the Galena patented mining claim.
Requires the land acquired by the Secretary to be administered as part of the Park. Authorizes the Secretary to issue right-of-way permits, subject to certain terms and conditions, for:
(1) a high-pressure natural gas transmission pipeline (including appurtenances) in nonwilderness areas within the boundary of the Park within, along, or near the approximately seven-mile segment of the George Parks Highway that runs through the Park; and
(2) any distribution and transmission pipelines and appurtenances that the Secretary determines to be necessary to provide natural gas supply to the Park. Designates the Talkeetna Ranger Station that is on B Street in Talkeetna, Alaska, and that is approximately 100 miles south of the entrance to the Park, as the Walter Harper Talkeetna Ranger Station.

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