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National
Key Vote
Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009
Project Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that expands federally protected lands and waters.
Official Title of Legislation:
S 22: A bill to designate certain land components of the National Wilderness Preservation System, to authorize certain programs and activities in the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture, and for other purposes.
Highlights:
-Designates land in 9 states as potential wilderness areas (Title I).
-Grants the state of Alaska a seven-mile easement for constructing a single-lane airport access road through the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge in exchange for the transfer of 43,093 acres of state-owned land to the federal wildlife refuge system (Title VI, Subtitle E).
-Expands the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System (Title V, Subtitle A).
-Adds to the National Trails System (Title V, Subtitle C).
-Authorizes $1 million to provide grants to states and Indian tribes to compensate ranchers for livestock killed by wolves and to assist non-lethal methods to reduce wolf attacks (Title VI, Subtitle F).
-Allows for the preservation of former President William Jefferson Clintons childhood home as a National Historic Site (Title VII, Subtitle A, Sec. 7002).
-Authorizes appropriations for projects to improve water management and conservation (Title IX and Secs. 10101, 10202 of Title X).
Link to Legislation: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c111:s22:
Senate Passage: 01/15/2009 : Bill Passed 73 - 21 (Record Vote Number 3) House Passage: 03/11/2009 : Bill Failed: 282 - 144 (Roll no. 117)
NOTE: THIS VOTE WAS TAKEN UNDER A SUSPENSION OF THE RULES TO CUT OFF DEBATE EARLY AND VOTE TO PASS THE BILL, THEREBY REQUIRING A TWO-THIRDS MAJORITY FOR PASSAGE.
Sponsor: Sen. Bingaman, Jeff (D-NM)
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