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HR 15 RFS
110th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 15
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
April 13, 2007
AN ACT
To designate a portion of the Otay Mountain region of California as wilderness.
- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
- This Act may be cited as the `Otay Mountain Wilderness Act of 2007'.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
- The Congress finds and declares the following:
- (1) The public lands within the Otay Mountain region of California are one of the last remaining pristine locations in western San Diego County, California.
- (2) This rugged mountain adjacent to the United States-Mexico border is internationally known for its diversity of unique and sensitive plants.
- (3) This area plays a critical role in San Diego's multi-species conservation plan, a national model made for maintaining biodiversity.
- (4) Due to its proximity to the international border, this area is the focus of important law enforcement and border interdiction efforts necessary to curtail illegal immigration and protect the area's wilderness values.
- (5) The illegal immigration traffic, combined with the rugged topography, also presents unique fire management challenges for protecting lives and resources.
SEC. 3. DESIGNATION.
- In furtherance of the purposes of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), certain public lands in the California Desert District of the Bureau of Land Management, California, comprising approximately 18,500 acres as generally depicted on a map entitled `Otay Mountain Wilderness' and dated May 7, 1998, are hereby designated as wilderness and therefore as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System, which shall be known as the Otay Mountain Wilderness.
SEC. 4. MAP AND LEGAL DESCRIPTION.
- (a) IN GENERAL- As soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this Act, a map and a legal description for the Wilderness Area shall be filed by the Secretary with the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Resources of the House of Representatives. Such map and legal description shall have the same force and effect as if included in this Act, except that the Secretary, as appropriate, may correct clerical and typographical errors in such legal description and map. Such map and legal description for the Wilderness Area shall be on file and available for public inspection in the offices of the Director and California State Director, Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior.
- (b) UNITED STATES-MEXICO BORDER- In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall ensure that the southern boundary of the Wilderness Area is 100 feet north of the trail depicted on the map referred to in subsection (a) and is at least 100 feet from the United States-Mexico international border.
SEC. 5. WILDERNESS REVIEW.
- The Congress hereby finds and directs that all the public lands not designated wilderness within the boundaries of the Southern Otay Mountain Wilderness Study Area (CA-060-029) and the Western Otay Mountain Wilderness Study Area (CA-060-028) managed by the Bureau of Land Management and reported to the Congress in 1991, have been adequately studied for wilderness designation pursuant to section 603 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1782), and are no longer subject to the requirements contained in section 603(c) of that Act pertaining to the management of wilderness study areas in a manner that does not impair the suitability of such areas for preservation as wilderness.
SEC. 6. ADMINISTRATION OF WILDERNESS AREA.
- (a) IN GENERAL- Subject to valid existing rights and to subsection (b), the Wilderness Area shall be administered by the Secretary in accordance with the provisions of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), except that--
- (1) any reference in such provisions to the effective date of the Wilderness Act is deemed to be a reference to the effective date of this Act; and
- (2) any reference in such provisions to the Secretary of Agriculture is deemed to be a reference to the Secretary of the Interior.
- (b) BORDER ENFORCEMENT, DRUG INTERDICTION, AND WILDLAND FIRE PROTECTION- Because of the proximity of the Wilderness Area to the United States-Mexico international border, drug interdiction, border operations, and wildland fire management operations are common management actions throughout the area encompassing the Wilderness Area. This Act recognizes the need to continue such management actions so long as such management actions are conducted in accordance with the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.) and are subject to such conditions as the Secretary considers appropriate.
SEC. 7. FURTHER ACQUISITIONS.
- Any lands within the boundaries of the Wilderness Area that are acquired by the United States after the date of enactment of this Act shall become part of the Wilderness Area and shall be managed in accordance with all the provisions of this Act and other laws applicable to such a wilderness.
SEC. 8. NO BUFFER ZONES.
- The Congress does not intend for the designation of the Wilderness Area by this Act to lead to the creation of protective perimeters or buffer zones around the Wilderness Area. The fact that nonwilderness activities or uses can be seen or heard from areas within the Wilderness Area shall not, of itself, preclude such activities or uses up to the boundary of the Wilderness Area.
SEC. 9. DEFINITIONS.
- As used in this Act:
- (1) PUBLIC LANDS- The term `public lands' has the same meaning as that term has in section 103(e) of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976.
- (2) SECRETARY- The term `Secretary' means the Secretary of the Interior.
- (3) WILDERNESS AREA- The term `Wilderness Area' means the Otay Mountain Wilderness designated by section 3.
Attest:
JEFF TRANDAHL,
Clerk.
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HR 836 IH
110th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 836
To authorize the Consumer Product Safety Commission to issue a standard for bleacher safety.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 24, 2007
A BILL
To authorize the Consumer Product Safety Commission to issue a standard for bleacher safety.
- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
- This Act may be cited as the `Bleacher Safety Act of 2007'.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
- The Congress finds the following:
- (1) Many bleachers and grandstand facilities in the United States do not pass current State and local building code standards.
- (2) Infants and children have been injured and killed in recent years by falling between bleacher guardrails and gaps between seats. Injuries have also occurred because older bleacher facilities do not have back and side barriers which prevent children from climbing or falling off the structure.
- (3) Many of the nation's bleacher systems are older units and may be structurally unsound thereby increasing the possibility of collapse. State and local governments should provide for the regular inspections of such facilities to ensure their structural integrity.
- (4) As a result of these accidents, the International Code Council is currently working on a proposed uniform International Building Code and has included provisions in its initial draft requiring gaps between the seat and footboard in bleachers and grandstand facilities to be no greater than 4 inches.
- (5) In Minnesota, the State Department of Administration has recognized the seriousness of this problem and issued bulletins to 500 local governments urging them to assess the safety of bleachers and grandstand facilities in their jurisdiction.
- (6) It is appropriate for the Congress to provide for national standards for the manufacture and retrofitting of bleachers and grandstand facilities.
- (7) The regulatory expertise of the Consumer Product Safety Commission should be used to issue and implement bleacher safety standards.
SEC. 3. BLEACHER SAFETY STANDARD.
- (a) IN GENERAL- Not later than 6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Consumer Product Safety Commission shall by rule issue a bleacher safety standard for the production, erection, and retrofitting of bleacher and grandstand facilities to reduce the risk of children falling between guardrails and gaps in the seats of bleachers and grandstand facilities. Such standard shall be issued in accordance with the procedures specified in section 9 of the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2058). The Commission shall have the inspection and recordkeeping authority authorized by section 16 of such Act (15 U.S.C. 2065) and a violation of the standard shall be considered a violation of section 19 of such Act (15 U.S.C. 2068) for which the civil penalties of section 20 (15 U.S.C. 2069) may be imposed.
- (b) CONSULTATION- In establishing a bleacher safety standard under subsection (a), the Commission shall consult with the Injury Center at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention upon completion of its current study to determine the national scope of bleacher injuries.
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HR 20 IH
110th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 20
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to construct and operate a visitor center for the Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River on land owned by the State of New York.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 6, 2007
A BILL
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to construct and operate a visitor center for the Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River on land owned by the State of New York.
- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
- This Act may be cited as the `Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River Mongaup Visitor Center Act of 2007'.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
- The Congress finds the following:
- (1) The Secretary of the Interior approved a management plan for the Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River, as required by section 704 of Public Law 95-625 (16 U.S.C. 1274 note), on September 29, 1987.
- (2) The river management plan called for the development of a primary visitor contact facility located at the southern end of the river corridor.
- (3) The river management plan determined that the visitor center would be built and operated by the National Park Service.
- (4) The Act that designated the Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River and the approved river management plan limits the Secretary of the Interior's authority to acquire land within the boundary of the river corridor.
- (5) The State of New York authorized on June 21, 1993, a 99-year lease between the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and the National Park Service for the construction and operation of a visitor center by the Federal Government on State-owned land in the Town of Deerpark, Orange County, New York, in the vicinity of Mongaup, which is the preferred site for the visitor center.
SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF VISITOR CENTER FOR UPPER DELAWARE SCENIC AND RECREATIONAL RIVER.
- For the purpose of constructing and operating a visitor center for the Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River and subject to the availability of appropriations, the Secretary of the Interior may--
- (1) enter into a lease with the State of New York, for a term of 99 years, for State-owned land within the boundaries of the Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River located at an area known as Mongaup near the confluence of the Mongaup and Upper Delaware Rivers in the State of New York; and
- (2) construct and operate such a visitor center on land leased under paragraph (2).
