S 1061
107th Congress
Senate
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Commemorations
Easements
Environmental Protection
Gifts
Historic sites
History
Infrastructure
Kentucky
Lakes
Land transfers
Law
National parks
Potable water
Tennessee
Water Resources Development
Water pollution control
Water quality
Water supply
Watersheds
Fern Lake Conservation and Recreation Act of 2001
Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 14, 2002
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 107-453.
Jun 19, 2001
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6453)
Jun 19, 2001
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6452-6453)
Jun 19, 2001
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Fern Lake Conservation and Recreation Act of 2001 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the National Park Service, to acquire by donation, purchase, or exchange (but only from a willing seller) specified lands which contain Fern Lake and its surrounding watershed located in Bell County, Kentucky, and Claiborne County, Tennessee. Authorizes the Secretary to acquire any such land subject to an easement for the continued operation of providing the water supply for Middlesboro, Kentucky, and environs.
Directs the Secretary to revise the boundaries of the Cumberland Gap National Historical Park to include such acquired land.
Specifies provisions relating to: (1) the protection of the water quality of Fern Lake; and (2) contracts to facilitate the sale and distribution of water from the Lake for the municipal water supply for Middlesboro, Kentucky, and environs.
What's happening now
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 107-453.
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