S 424 · 93th Congress · Public Lands and Natural Resources
National Resource Lands Management Act
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EnactedLatest: Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.(1974-07-10)
Recorded Votes
PassedSenate · 1974-07-08
Yea 71Nay 1
PassedSenate · 1974-07-08
Yea 71Nay 1
Plain Language Summary
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National Resource Lands Management Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to prepare and maintain on a continuing basis an inventory of all national resource lands, and their resource and other values, giving priority to areas of critical environmental concern. Defines the term "national resource lands" as all lands and interests in lands now or hereafter administered by the Secretary through the Bureau of Land Management, except the Outer Continental Shelf. Directs the Secretary to develop, with public participation, maintain, and when appropriate, revise land use plans for the national resource lands consistent with the terms and conditions of this Act and coordinated so far as he finds feasible and proper, or as may be requires by the enactment of a National Land Use Policy or other law, with the land use plans of State and local governments and other Federal agencies. Provides that the Secretary shall manage the national resource lands in accordance with the policies and procedures of this Act and with any land use plans developed pursuant to this Act which he has prepared except to the extent that other applicable law provides otherwise. Authorizes the Secretary to sell n…
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Cosponsors (11)
8 Democrats3 Republicans