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OLD CARA HR 701 PASSED BY HOUSE 5/11/00 |
NEW CARA HR 701 |
SEC. 207. STATE PLANNING. (a) State Action Agenda Required.--
``(d) State Action Agenda Required.--(1) Each State may define its own priorities and criteria for selection of outdoor conservation and recreation acquisition and development projects eligible for grants under this Act, so long as the priorities and criteria defined by the State are consistent with the purposes of this Act, the State provides for public involvement in this process, and the State publishes an accurate and current State Action Agenda for Community Conservation and Recreation (in this Act referred to as the `State Action Agenda') indicating the needs it has identified and the priorities and criteria it has established. In order to assess its needs and establish its overall priorities, each State, in partnership with its local governments and Federal agencies, and in consultation with its citizens, shall develop, within 5 years after the enactment of the Conservation and Reinvestment Act of 2000, a State Action Agenda that meets the following requirements:
`(2) State Action Agendas shall take into account all providers of conservation and recreation lands within each State, including Federal, regional, and local government resources, and shall be correlated whenever possible with other State, regional, and local plans for parks, recreation, open space, and wetlands conservation. Recovery action programs developed by urban localities under section 1007 of the Urban Park and Recreation Recovery Act of 1978 shall be used by a State as a guide to the conclusions, priorities, and action schedules contained in State Action Agenda. Each State shall assure that any requirements for local outdoor conservation and recreation planning, promulgated as conditions for grants, minimize redundancy of local efforts by allowing, wherever possible, use of the findings, priorities, and implementation schedules of recovery action programs to meet such requirements.''.
(b) Miscellaneous.--Section 6(e) (16 U.S.C. 460l-8(e)) is amended as follows:
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SEC. 207. STATE PLANNING. (a) STATE ACTION AGENDA REQUIRED-
`(d) STATE ACTION AGENDA REQUIRED- (1) Each State may define its own priorities and criteria for selection of outdoor conservation and recreation acquisition and development projects eligible for grants under this Act, so long as the priorities and criteria defined by the State are consistent with the purposes of this Act, the State provides for public involvement in this process, and the State publishes an accurate and current State Action Agenda for Community Conservation and Recreation (in this Act referred to as the `State Action Agenda') indicating the needs it has identified and the priorities and criteria it has established. In order to assess its needs and establish its overall priorities, each State, in partnership with its local governments and Federal agencies, and in consultation with its citizens, shall develop, within 5 years after the enactment of the Conservation and Reinvestment Act, a State Action Agenda that meets the following requirements:
`(2) State Action Agendas shall take into account all providers of conservation and recreation lands within each State, including Federal, regional, and local government resources, and shall be correlated whenever possible with other State, regional, and local plans for parks, recreation, open space, and wetlands conservation. Recovery action programs developed by urban localities under section 1007 of the Urban Park and Recreation Recovery Act of 1978 shall be used by a State as a guide to the conclusions, priorities, and action schedules contained in State Action Agenda. Each State shall assure that any requirements for local outdoor conservation and recreation planning, promulgated as conditions for grants, minimize redundancy of local efforts by allowing, wherever possible, use of the findings, priorities, and implementation schedules of recovery action programs to meet such requirements.'.
(b) MISCELLANEOUS- Section 6(e) (16 U.S.C. 460l-8(e)) is amended as follows:
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SEC. 208.
ASSISTANCE TO STATES FOR OTHER PROJECTS. Section 6(e) (16 U.S.C. 460l-8(e)) is amended--
SEC. 209. CONVERSION OF PROPERTY TO OTHER USE. Section 6(f)(3) (16 U.S.C. 460l-8(f)(3)) is amended--
``(B) The Secretary shall approve such conversion only if the State demonstrates no prudent or feasible alternative exists with the exception of those properties that no longer meet the criteria within the State Plan or Agenda as an outdoor conservation and recreation facility due to changes in demographics or that must be abandoned because of environmental contamination which endangers public health and safety. Any conversion must satisfy such conditions as the Secretary deems necessary to assure the substitution of other conservation and recreation properties of at least equal fair market value and reasonably equivalent usefulness and location and which are consistent with the existing State Plan or Agenda; except that wetland areas and interests therein as identified in the wetlands provisions of the action agenda and proposed to be acquired as suitable replacement property within that same State that is otherwise acceptable to the Secretary shall be considered to be of reasonably equivalent usefulness with the property proposed for conversion.''. SEC. 210. WATER RIGHTS. Title I is amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 14. Nothing in this title--
SEC. 211. REQUIREMENTS FOR ACQUISITION OF LANDS IN MONTANA WITH FEDERAL PORTION. Section 7 (16 U.S.C. 460l-9) is further amended by adding at the end the following: ``(h) Requirements for Acquisition of Lands in Montana.--The Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture shall jointly develop and issue a plan for acquisition and disposal of lands in the State of Montana that will result in consolidation of private lands and Federal public lands. The plan shall be designed to ensure that--
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SEC. 208. ASSISTANCE TO STATES
FOR OTHER PROJECTS. Section 6(e) (16 U.S.C. 460l-8(e)) is amended--
SEC. 209. CONVERSION OF PROPERTY TO OTHER USE. Section 6(f)(3) (16 U.S.C. 460l-8(f)(3)) is amended--
`(B) The Secretary shall approve such conversion only if the State demonstrates no prudent or feasible alternative exists with the exception of those properties that no longer meet the criteria within the State Plan or Agenda as an outdoor conservation and recreation facility due to changes in demographics or that must be abandoned because of environmental contamination which endangers public health and safety. Any conversion must satisfy such conditions as the Secretary deems necessary to assure the substitution of other conservation and recreation properties of at least equal fair market value and reasonably equivalent usefulness and location and which are consistent with the existing State Plan or Agenda; except that wetland areas and interests therein as identified in the wetlands provisions of the action agenda and proposed to be acquired as suitable replacement property within that same State that is otherwise acceptable to the Secretary shall be considered to be of reasonably equivalent usefulness with the property proposed for conversion.'. SEC. 210. WATER RIGHTS. Title I is amended by adding at the end the following:
`SEC. 14. Nothing in this title--
SEC. 211. REQUIREMENTS FOR ACQUISITION OF LANDS IN MONTANA WITH FEDERAL PORTION. Section 7 (16 U.S.C. 460l-9) is further amended by adding at the end the following: `(h) REQUIREMENTS FOR ACQUISITION OF LANDS IN MONTANA- The Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture shall jointly develop and issue a plan for acquisition and disposal of lands in the State of Montana that will result in consolidation of forest reserves created from the public domain and private inholdings within those reserves. The plan shall be designed to ensure that--
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