Agency Updates

Policies & Legislation

110th Congress Committee and Subcommittee Assignments

Legislative Update

Department of the Interior

Presidential $1 Coin Act
Presidential $1 Coin Act Requirements
Increasing the Circulation of $1 Commemorative Coins
to order free $1 coin posters and other materials from the U.S. mint visit https://materials.usmint.gov/$1coin/.
 

National Park Service

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

• National Parks Centennial Challenge Fund Act
  Legislative Information
  Advocacy Information for APPL Members
   

• HSPD-12 Guidance for Nonfederal Staff & Volunteers
  Cover Memo
  Guidance Document
   

• NPS DO21, Donations and Fundraising
  Director’s Order and Reference Guide  -  www.nps.gov/policy/DOrders/DO21-reissue.html.
   

• 2006 Management Policies  -  http://parkplanning.nps.gov/waso
   

• NPS DO 32, Cooperating Associations
  Contact Rose Fennell regarding status of revisions to DO32.
   

• 2006 Annual Report of Aid and Revenue by Cooperating Associations - Download PDF.
   

• National Park Service Interpretation and Education Renaissance Action Plan - Draft Action Plan.

• A Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the Corps of Engineers and the Corps of Engineers Natural Resources Education Foundation (CNREF) CNREF is the only national non-profit advocacy organization dedicated to stewardship of environmental, cultural, educational and outdoor recreational resources associated with the Corps national NRM mission.
   

• Corps and the America the Beautiful Land Passes

USDA Forest Service

• USDA Forest Service Directives
   
• Forest Service Partnership Enhancement Act Briefing Sheet  -  www.partnershipresourcecenter.org/policy/

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

• 2006 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation can be downloaded at: http://federalasst.fws.gov/surveys/surveys.html.
   
• Banking on Nature 2006: The Economic Benefits to Local Communities of National Wildlife Refuge Visitation is available at  www.fws.gov/refuges/.

U.S. House of Representatives - www.house.gov

Committee on Natural Resources
Chair – Rep. Nick Joe Rahall (WV)
Staff Director – Jim Zoia
Chief Counsel - Jeff Petrich

Ranking minority member – Rep. Don Young (R-AK)
Chief of Staff - Lloyd Jones
Senior Counsel - Elizabeth Megginson

Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands
Chair - Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva (D-AZ)
Staff Director – Rick Healy
Counsel – David Watkins

Ranking minority member - Rep. Rob Bishop (R-U T)
Chief of Staff - Kurt Christensen

Committee on Appropriations
Chair – Rep. David Obey (WI)
Staff Director – Robert Nabors

Ranking minority member - Rep. Jerry Lewis (R-CA)

Subcommittee on Interior and Related Agencies
Chair - Rep. Norman Dicks (D-WA)

Ranking minority member - Rep. Todd Tiahrt (R-KN)

Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
Chair – Rep James Oberstar (MN)
Staff Director – David Heymsfeld

Ranking minority member - Rep. John Mica (R-FL)

Subcommittee on Highways and Transit
Chair - Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR)

Ranking minority member - Rep. John Duncan, Jr. (R-TN)

House Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment
Chair - Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX)

Ranking minority member - Rep. Richard Baker (R-LA.)

U.S. Senate - www.senate.gov

Environment & Public Works Committee
Chair – Sen. Barbara Boxer (CA)
Staff Director – Bettina Poirier

Ranking minority member - Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK)

Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure
Chair - Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT)

Ranking minority member – Sen. Johnny Isakson (R-GA)

Energy & Natural Resources Committee
Chair – Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-NM)
Staff Director – Bob Simon

Ranking minority member - Sen. Pete Domenici (R-NM)

Subcommittee on National Parks
Chair - Sen. Daniel Akaka (D-HI)

Ranking minority member - Sen. Craig Thomas (R-WY)

Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests
Chair - Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR)

Ranking minority member - Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC)

Subcommittee on Water and Power
Chair - Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ)

Ranking  - Sen. David Vitter (R-LA.)

Appropriations Committee
Chair – Sen. Robert Byrd (WV)
Staff Director – Terrance E. Sauvain

Ranking minority member - Thad Cochran (R-MS )

Subcommittee on Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations
Chair - Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)

Ranking minority member - Sen. Larry Craig (R-ID)

Legislative Update:
A summary of Congressional legislation of interest to the public lands community.

For the current status of bills and their full text, visit http://thomas.loc.gov/ and enter the bill number under the heading “Search Bill Text 110th Congress.

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