HR 1096 · 102th Congress · Public Lands and Natural Resources
To authorize appropriations for programs, functions, and activities of the Bureau of Land Management for fiscal years 1992, 1993, 1994, and 1995; to improve the management of the public lands; and for other purposes.
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EnactedLatest: By Senator Johnston from Committee on Energy and Natural Resources filed written report. Report No. 102-460.(1992-10-08)
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Authorizes appropriations for the programs, functions, and activities of the Bureau of Land Management for FY 1992 through 1995. Amends the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to add riparian areas as a priority for the Secretary of the Interior's inventory of all public lands and their resource and other values. Provides for congressional disapproval of certain decisions by the Secretary to implement land use plans by the enactment of a joint (currently, concurrent) resolution. Requires that land use plans be developed for all public lands outside Alaska no later than January 1, 1997, and for all public lands no later than January 1, 1999. Requires that such plans be revised at least every 15 years. Requires the Secretary, in the development and revision of land use plans, to: (1) evaluate the feasibility of measures, consistent with the principles of multiple use and sustained yield, that would enhance the extent to which the public lands can support increases in the numbers and types of plant communities and fish and wildlife populations located on or supported by such lands; (2) give priority to identification, protection, and enhancement of the ecological, environme…
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