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Denali National Park Improvement Act

Introduced: January 28, 2013 Introduced by: Murkowski, Lisa Republican · Alaska See on congress.gov
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Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 18, 2013
Became Public Law No: 113-33.
Sep 18, 2013
Signed by President.
Sep 12, 2013
Presented to President.
Sep 10, 2013
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5451-5452)
Sep 10, 2013
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H5451-5452)
Sep 10, 2013
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 157.
Sep 10, 2013
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5451-5452)
Sep 10, 2013
Mr. Hastings (WA) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
Sep 10, 2013
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 139.
Sep 10, 2013
Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 113-192.
Jul 24, 2013
Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
Jul 24, 2013
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jul 24, 2013
Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation Discharged.
Jun 21, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
Jun 20, 2013
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Jun 20, 2013
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Jun 20, 2013
Received in the House.
Jun 19, 2013
Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4717-4722; text as passed Senate: CR S4719-4720)
Jun 19, 2013
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S4717-4722; text as passed Senate: CR S4719-4720)
Apr 22, 2013
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 50.
Apr 22, 2013
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Wyden without amendment. With written report No. 113-19.
Mar 14, 2013
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Jan 28, 2013
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Jan 28, 2013
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S330-332)
Jan 28, 2013
Introduced in Senate
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(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the Senate reported version is repeated here.)

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.

What's happening now September 18, 2013

Became Public Law No: 113-33.

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