A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to study the suitability and feasibility of designating sites in the Lower Mississippi River Area in the State of Louisiana as a unit of the National Park System, and for other purposes.
(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the Senate on July 9, 2014. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Lower Mississippi River Area Study Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to complete a special resource study that evaluates the national significance of a specified study area located in Plaquemines Parish in Louisiana, and the feasibility of designating such area as a unit of the National Park System.
Requires such study to: (1) include cost estimates for the potential acquisition of the study area, and (2) identify alternatives for the management and protection of such area.
Bars the study from being conducted until funding is received either by: (1) the Secretary entering into an agreement with a state, unit of local government, or other entity to conduct the study using non-federal funds; or (2) the Secretary receiving a donation sufficient to pay the cost of conducting the study.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Wyden with an amendment. With written report No. 113-26.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Wyden with an amendment. With written report No. 113-26.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 57.
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S4355-4364)
The committee reported amendment was agreed to by Unanimous Consent. (text of measure as reported in Senate: CR S4358-4359)
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with amendments by Unanimous Consent.(text: CR S4363)
Passed Senate with amendments by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S4363)
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Received in the House.
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation Discharged.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 113-708.
Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 113-708.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 539.
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