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World Heritage Convention and U.S. National Parks
Date: July 17, 2000
Creator: McHugh, Lois B
Description: On July 13, 2000, the House passed H.R. 4811, the FY 2001 Foreign Operations bill, containing language prohibiting the use of any funds in the bill for the United Nations World Heritage Fund. This Fund provides technical assistance to countries requesting help in protecting World Heritage sites. On May 20, 1999, the House passed (by voice vote) the American Land Sovereignty Protection Act (H.R. 883), which requires congressional approval to add any additional U.S. national parks and monuments to the World Heritage List, a UNESCO-administered list established by the 1972 World Heritage Convention. This paper describes the operation of the UNESCO Convention and will be updated periodically.
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World Heritage Convention and U.S. National Parks
Date: April 24, 2001
Creator: McHugh, Lois B
Description: On March 6, 2001, Congressman Don Young introduced H.R. 883, the American Land Sovereignty Act. H.R. 883 requires congressional approval to add any lands owned by the United States to the World Heritage List, a UNESCO-administered list established by the 1972 World Heritage Convention. In related legislation, P.L. 106-429, in which H.R. 5526, the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs appropriations act for 2001 was referenced, contained language prohibiting funding from this bill for the United Nations World Heritage Fund. The World Heritage Fund provides technical assistance to countries requesting help in protecting World Heritage sites. This paper describes the operation of the UNESCO Convention and will be updated periodically.
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Snowmobiles: Environmental Standards and Access to National Parks
Date: July 16, 2004
Creator: McCarthy, James E
Description: None
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Mining on Federal Lands
Date: January 11, 2005
Creator: Humphries, Marc
Description: None
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Snowmobiles: Environmental Standards and Access to National Parks
Date: December 9, 2004
Creator: McCarthy, James E
Description: None
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Mining on Federal Lands
Date: May 3, 2001
Creator: Humphries, Marc
Description: None
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Public (BLM) Lands and National Forests
Date: August 20, 2001
Creator: Gorte, Ross W
Description: None
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Federal Land Management Agencies: Background on Land and Resource Management
Date: February 27, 2001
Creator: Hardy-Vincent, Carol
Description: None
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Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Lands and National Forests
Date: January 20, 2006
Creator: Gorte, Ross W
Description: The 109th Congress is considering issues related to the public lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the national forests managed by the Forest Service (FS). The Administration is addressing issues through budgetary, regulatory, and other actions. Several key issues of congressional and administrative interest are covered here.
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Snowmobiles: Environmental Standards and Access to National Parks
Date: September 30, 2002
Creator: McCarthy, James E
Description: None
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