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Chesapeake National Recreation Area Act

Last Action
12/19/2024

Actions

  • 2024-12-19Held at the desk.
  • 2024-12-19Received in the House.
  • 2024-12-19Message on Senate action sent to the House.
  • 2024-12-18Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7151; text: CR S7151-7152)
  • 2024-12-18Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
  • 2024-11-21Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 588.
  • 2024-11-21Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
  • 2024-11-21Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
  • 2024-11-19Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
  • 2024-05-15Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 118-336.
  • 2023-07-27Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
  • 2023-07-27Introduced in Senate

CRS Summary

As of 2023-07-27 (00)

Chesapeake National Recreation Area Act

This bill establishes the Chesapeake National Recreation Area in Maryland and Virginia as a unit of the National Park System (NPS).

The Department of the Interior may acquire land and land-based resources within the recreation area boundaries by (1) donation, (2) purchase from a willing seller with donated or appropriated funds, (3) exchange, or (4) transfer from another federal agency.

Interior, in consultation with the Chesapeake Executive Council, must prepare a management plan for the recreation area as specified by the bill. Interior must also conduct transportation planning, in coordination with the Department of Transportation and state transportation agencies, to minimize traffic in the surrounding community. Additionally, Interior must establish an advisory board for the recreation area.

Finally, the bill directs NPS's Chesapeake Bay office to administer the Chesapeake Gateways and Watertrails Network in coordination with the recreation area.

Cosponsors (3)

  • Ben Cardin (D-MD)
  • Mark Warner (D-VA)
  • Timothy Kaine (D-VA)

Subjects

  • Advisory bodies
  • Chesapeake Bay
  • Geography and mapping
  • Land transfers
  • Land use and conservation
  • Maryland
  • Parks, recreation areas, trails
  • Public-private cooperation
  • Virginia
  • Watersheds
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