HR 7399 — LBL Recreation and Heritage Act

Summary

Land Between the Lakes Recreation and Heritage Act or the LBL Recreation and Heritage Act This bill addresses the administration of the Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area in Kentucky and Tennessee. The bill decreases from 17 to 13 the number of members who compose the Land Between the Lakes Advisory Board. The bill permits members of the advisory board to serve multiple terms, but not serve consecutive terms. In addition to carrying out its current activities, the advisory board shall develop an annual work plan for recreation and environment education areas in the Recreation Area, including the heritage program, with the nonappropriated amounts in the Land Between the Lakes Management Fund; develop an annual forest management and harvest plan for the Recreation Area; and maintain the balance and status of the fund. The bill requires the advisory board to meet at least twice each year. The Department of Agriculture (USDA) shall charge (currently may charge) reasonable fees, as determined by the advisory board, for admission to and the use of the designated sites, or for activities, within the recreation area. The bill states that amounts in the fund shall be available to USDA to perform new work or deferred maintenance in the recreation area and shall not be available for the payment of salaries or other expenses. USDA, on request from a qualified resident or relative or a cemetery association, shall grant additional land for the expansion of existing cemeteries within the recreation area to allow for the burial of qualified residents or relatives.

Bill Text

• Introduced Introduced in House Current html April 05, 2022

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This bill amends the Land Between the Lakes Protection Act to update definitions, modify the administration of the Recreation Area, adjust the structure and responsibilities of the Advisory Board, and provide for the management of historical resources, among other changes.

• 16 U.S.C. 460lll

  and → ; and

  Adds a reference to the National Historic Preservation Act to the definitions.

• 16 U.S.C. 460lll

  17 → 13

  Reduces the number of members on the Advisory Board from 17 to 13.

• 16 U.S.C. 460lll-11(b)

  The Secretary shall administer the Recreation Area as a separate unit of the National Forest System. → The Secretary shall administer the Recreation Area as a separate unit of the National Forest System.

  Clarifies the administrative status of the Recreation Area.

• 16 U.S.C. 460lll-22

  may advise → shall advise and partner with

  Increases the role of the Advisory Board in advising and collaborating.

• 16 U.S.C. 460lll-23(a)

  may charge reasonable fees → shall charge reasonable fees, as determined by the Advisory Board,

  Mandates that reasonable fees must be charged under the guidance of the Advisory Board.

• 16 U.S.C. 460lll-24

  Without further appropriation, shall be available to the Secretary to perform new work or deferred maintenance in the Recreation Area; and → shall be available to the Secretary until expended, without further appropriation, to perform new work or deferred maintenance in the Recreation Area; and shall not be available for the payment of salaries or other expenses.

  Clarifies the allowable uses for the Land Between the Lakes Management Fund.

• 16 U.S.C. 460lll-26

  (c) Memoranda of Understanding.--The Secretary is encouraged, for purposes of carrying out this Act--

  Encourages the Secretary to enter into memoranda of understanding for jurisdictional matters.

• 16 U.S.C. 460lll-28

  The Secretary → In General.--The Secretary

  Revises the introductory phrase specifying the Secretary's role regarding cemeteries.

• 16 U.S.C. 460lll-28

  Land for Plots for Qualified Residents or Relatives.--The Secretary, on request from a qualified resident or relative or a cemetery association, shall grant additional land for the expansion of existing cemeteries within the Recreation Area to allow for the burial of qualified residents or relatives.

  Allows for the expansion of cemeteries for qualified residents or relatives.

• 16 U.S.C. 460lll-29

  (c) Historical Resources.--The Secretary shall identify and manage the historical resources of the Recreation Area in accordance with the requirements of division A of subtitle III of title 54, United States Code (formerly known as the 'National Historic Preservation Act'); and in coordination with qualified residents or relatives.

  Establishes requirements for managing historical resources in the Recreation Area.

• 16 U.S.C. 460lll-61

  (d) Minimum Expenditure.--Subject to the availability of appropriations under subsection (a), the Secretary shall make available not less than $8,000,000 each fiscal year for the purposes of administering the Recreation Area (not including salaries and expenses).

  Sets a minimum funding requirement for administering the Recreation Area.

Action History

1. April 05, 2022

   Introduced in House

2. April 05, 2022

   Introduced in House

3. April 05, 2022

   Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

4. April 05, 2022

   Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

5. April 07, 2022

   Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.

6. April 18, 2022

   Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.

7. May 11, 2022

   Subcommittee Hearings Held.

Sponsors

• James Comer · Primary

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