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HR 1341 98th Congress House Water Resources Development California Federal advisory bodies Forests and forest products Lakes Monuments and memorials National forests National monuments National recreation areas Native Americans Parks and Natural Areas Public Lands and Natural Resources Right-of-way Water and Water Resources Development

A bill to establish the Mono Lake National Monument in the State of California, and for other purposes.

Introduced: February 8, 1983 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 23 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 17, 1984
Subcommittee on Public Lands and Reserved Water. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 98-975.
Feb 15, 1984
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources received executive comment from Agriculture Department. Unfavorable.
Dec 6, 1983
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources requested executive comment from Agriculture Department, Interior Department, OMB.
Jul 22, 1983
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Jul 22, 1983
Senate Committee on Agriculture discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Jul 20, 1983
Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture.
Jul 18, 1983
Passed House (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Jul 18, 1983
Passed/agreed to in House: Passed House (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Jul 18, 1983
Called up by House Under Suspension of Rules.
Jul 13, 1983
Placed on Union Calendar No: 188.
Jul 13, 1983
Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Report No: 98-291.
Jun 29, 1983
Ordered to be Reported (Amended).
Jun 29, 1983
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jun 24, 1983
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended).
Jun 24, 1983
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jun 14, 1983
Unfavorable Executive Comment Received From USDA.
Jun 2, 1983
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Mar 29, 1983
Field Hearings Held in Lee Vining, California.
Mar 18, 1983
Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
Mar 15, 1983
Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
Mar 8, 1983
Referred to Subcommittee on Public Lands and National Parks.
Feb 8, 1983
Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
Feb 8, 1983
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Designates the Mono Lake National Monument in California. Provides that the monument area shall become part of the Inyo National Forest. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to acquire the lands and waters within the monument. Specifies acquisition procedures.

Requires the Secretary to protect the geologic, ecologic, and cultural resources and to provide for recreational use of the monument. Requires the Secretary to permit the full use of the monument for scientific study and research. Permits individuals holding currently valid grazing permits within the monument boundaries to continue to exercise grazing rights. Permits the reissuance of existing permits to the current permit holder as of the enactment of this Act. Requires the Secretary to submit to specified congressional committees a comprehensive management plan for the monument. Requires the construction of a visitor center within the monument. Withdraws federally owned lands and waters within the monument from entry or appropriation under the mining laws, from operation of the mineral leasing laws and the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970, and from disposition under the public land laws.

Requires the Secretary, in cooperation with the Secretary of the Interior, the State of California, the city of Los Angeles, and the Mono County Board of Supervisors, to study and report to specified congressional committees on the consumptive use of water diverted from the Mono Lake basin. Requires the Secretary to contract with the National Academy of Sciences for a study of the biological, ecological, historical, and aesthetic values of Mono Lake and the impacts of declining water levels thereon. Requires the Academy to transmit such study to specified congressional committees and to the Chief of the Forest Service by January 1, 1987.

Authorizes appropriations.

What's happening now May 17, 1984

Subcommittee on Public Lands and Reserved Water. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 98-975.

 Committees of jurisdiction 5
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 4