Gateway Communities Cooperation Act

Summary

Gateway Communities Cooperation Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture (the relevant Secretary) to: (1) solicit involvement by government officials of local gateway communities in the development of land use plans or policies for public lands under the jurisdiction of the National Park Service, the United States Forest Service, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Bureau of Land Management which are likely to have a significant impact; (2) facilitate such involvement; (3) at the request of a gateway community, offer training sessions for officials for understanding and participating in agency planning processes; and (4) at the request of a gateway community, make available personnel, on a temporary basis, to assist gateway communities. Authorizes the relevant Secretary to enter into cooperative agreements with gateway communities to coordinate the management of: (1) land use inventory, planning, and management activities; and (2) land use planning and management activities of other Federal agencies, State agencies, and local and tribal governments in the vicinity of such lands. Requires, when the plans of two or more Federal agencies are anticipated to have an impact on a gateway community, the consolidation and coordination of the agencies' plans and planning processes. Directs the relevant Secretary to allow any affected gateway communities the opportunity to be recognized as cooperating agencies under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 when a proposed action is determined to require an environmental impact statement. Allows the relevant Secretary to make grants to any gateway community with a population of 10,000 or less to carry out the purposes of this Act.

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• Referred in Senate (text)

  Referred in Senate · EN · 12 December 2005

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• Referred in Senate (PDF)

  Referred in Senate · EN · 12 December 2005

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• Engrossed in House (text)

  Engrossed in House · EN · 6 December 2005

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• Engrossed in House (PDF)

  Engrossed in House · EN · 6 December 2005

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• Passed House amended

  summary · EN · 6 December 2005

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• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 2 February 2005

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• Introduced in House (PDF)

  Introduced in House · EN · 2 February 2005

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 2 February 2005

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