To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide a criminal penalty for dumping solid waste on certain Federal lands and to increase the fine for illegally cutting, destroying, or transporting timber on Federal lands, to establish programs to decrease the illegal dumping of solid waste on certain Federal lands, and to establish programs to recycle solid waste on certain Federal lands.
Public Lands Protection Act of 1992 - Amends the Federal criminal code to set penalties for the dumping of solid waste on specified Federal lands. Increases the fine for illegally cutting, destroying, or transporting timber on such lands.
Directs the Secretary of: (1) the Interior to establish a program to decrease the dumping of solid waste on Federal lands; and (2) Agriculture to establish such a program with respect to lands administered by such Secretary through the Forest Service.
Sets forth: (1) provisions regarding cooperation by the Secretary concerned with appropriate State and local agencies to disseminate information to the public to discourage such dumping; and (2) reporting requirements.
Directs such Secretaries to establish programs to recycle solid waste on Federal lands. Sets forth reporting requirements.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Referred to the House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
Referred to the House Committee on Judiciary.
Referred to the House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests, Family Farms, and Energy.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation and the Environment.
Executive Comment Requested from USDA, Interior.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime and Criminal Justice.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation and Hazardous Materials.
Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands.
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