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S. 157: Denali National Park Improvement Act
- Introduced:
- Jan 28, 2013 (113th Congress, 2013–2015)
- Status:
- Signed by the President
- Prognosis
- 20% chance of being enacted
- Slip Law:
- This bill became Pub.L. 113-33.
- Sponsor
- Lisa Murkowski
Senior Senator from Alaska
- Party
- Republican
- Text
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- Last Updated
- Sep 12, 2013
- Length
- 4 pages
H.R. 586
(identical)
Reported by Committee
Last Action: Jul 24, 2013
- Status
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This bill was enacted after being signed by the President on September 18, 2013.
- Progress
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Introduced Jan 28, 2013 Referred to Committee Jan 28, 2013 Reported by Committee Mar 14, 2013 Passed Senate Jun 19, 2013 Passed House Sep 10, 2013 Signed by the President Sep 18, 2013
- Prognosis
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20% chance of being enacted.
Only about 23% of bills that made it past committee in 2011–2013 were enacted. [show factors | methodology]
- 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.
- Summary
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No summaries available.
- Cosponsors
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1 cosponsors (1D) (show)
- Committees
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↪ Public Lands and Environmental Regulation
Senate Energy and Natural Resources
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- Primary Source
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- Notes
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Library of Congress Summary
The summary below was written by the Congressional Research Service, which is a nonpartisan division of the Library of Congress.
9/18/2013--Public Law.
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.
Requires the Secretary to complete, no later than 180 days after the submission of a permit application, any analysis required by the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 respecting any proposed or existing microhydro projects in 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.
Instructs the Secretary to seek to complete such exchange by February 2015.
Permits, if the values of the tracts proposed for exchange are determined not to be equal, an equalization of such values to be achieved by adjusting the quantity of the acreage owned by Doyon Tourism.
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.
House Republican Conference Summary
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