Madeleine Bordallo

Ms. BORDALLO

Ms. BORDALLO. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.

Ms. BORDALLO. Mr. Speaker, I too would like to go on record as commending Mr. Saxton for his long and distinguished career as a champion for the oceans. We will all miss him and his passion for protecting the marine environment. Mr. Speaker, I urge all Members to support the bill before us today. In closing, I would like to thank the gentleman from Alaska, the distinguished ranking member of the Natural Resources Committee, Mr. Young, for managing the bills with me today.

Ms. BORDALLO. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.

Ms. BORDALLO. Mr. Speaker, I yield such time as she may consume to my friend, the gentlewoman from California (Mrs. Capps).

Ms. BORDALLO. Madam Speaker, H.R. 1907 would authorize the existing Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program, which is administered by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. This very popular program was first established under the fiscal year 2002 Appropriations Act for the Departments of Commerce, Justice, State, and Related Agencies. Since its inception, the CELCP program has awarded more than $176 million in matching grants to eligible coastal States and territories to acquire properties or conservation easements from willing sellers to protect fish and wildlife habitat from future development and to preserve scarce coastal open space. This bill was introduced by Congressman James Saxton and was subsequently reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. This legislation would formally authorize the program consistent with past appropriations acts and with NOAA's own program guidelines. Madam Speaker, the existing CELCP program is both targeted and effective, and it addresses a critical habitat conservation need in many coastal States and territories. The bill is strongly supported by the administration, by the Coastal States Organization and by several respected conservation organizations, including the Nature Conservancy and the Trust for Public Land. I commend Congressman Saxton for his steadfast efforts to authorize this program and to protect and to conserve the coastal zone of the United States. I ask my colleagues to support the passage of this important legislation. I reserve the balance of my time.

Ms. BORDALLO. Madam Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 1907) to authorize the acquisition of land and interests in land from willing sellers to improve the conservation of, and to enhance the ecological values and functions of, coastal and estuarine areas to benefit both the environment and the economies of coastal communities, and for other purposes, as amended.

Ms. BORDALLO

Ms. BORDALLO. Madam Speaker, I have no additional speakers. I urge all Members to support this resolution. I yield back the balance of my time.

Ms. BORDALLO

Ms. BORDALLO. Madam Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.

Ms. BORDALLO. Madam Speaker, I have no further speakers. I again urge Members to support the bill. I reserve the balance of my time.

Ms. BORDALLO. Madam Speaker, House Resolution 1374 recognizes the 75th anniversary of the Grand Coulee Dam in providing for an important source of energy generation in the Northwest. I would like to commend my colleague, Congresswoman McMorris Rodgers, for her sponsorship of this resolution and her efforts to champion hydropower as an important source of energy generation. I ask my colleagues to support passage of this resolution. Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.

Ms. BORDALLO. Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the resolution under consideration.

Ms. BORDALLO. Madam Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution (H. Res. 1374) commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Grand Coulee Dam and recognizing its critical role in the national and economic security of the United States and the contributions of hydroelectric power to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.

Ms. BORDALLO

Ms. BORDALLO. Madam Speaker, I again urge all Members to support this important piece of legislation, and I yield back the balance of my time.

Ms. BORDALLO. Madam Speaker, H.R. 3299, introduced by Representative Musgrave from Colorado, would provide for a boundary adjustment in land conveyances involving the Roosevelt National Forest in Colorado to correct the effects of an erroneous land survey. This bill responds to an ongoing boundary dispute between the Forest Service and private land owners with property adjacent to the forest. Madam Speaker, we have no objections to H.R. 3299. Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.

Ms. BORDALLO. Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the bill under consideration.

Ms. BORDALLO. Madam Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 3299) to provide for a boundary adjustment and land conveyance involving Roosevelt National Forest, Colorado, to correct the effects of an erroneous land survey that resulted in approximately 7 acres of the Crystal Lakes Subdivision, Ninth Filing, encroaching on National Forest System land, as amended.

Ms. BORDALLO

Ms. BORDALLO. Madam Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.

Ms. BORDALLO. Madam Speaker, H.R. 3336 was introduced by our colleague from Colorado, Representative Doug Lamborn. The bill directs the National Park Service to study how best to preserve Camp Hale near Leadville, Colorado. Camp Hale operated from 1942 to 1965 as a winter and a high-altitude training venue for the 10th Mountain Division and other elements of the U.S. Armed Forces. The 250,000-acre camp was also used by the Central Intelligence Agency as a secret center for training Tibetan refugees in guerilla warfare to resist the Chinese occupation. The lands were returned to the Forest Service in 1966. Today, the camp is part of the White River and San Isabel National Forest. Camp Hale was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992. Madam Speaker, I urge my colleagues to support passage of this measure, and I reserve the balance of my time.

Ms. BORDALLO. Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the bill under consideration.

Ms. BORDALLO. Madam Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 3336) to direct the Secretary of the Interior to carry out a study to determine the suitability and feasibility of establishing a historic district to the Camp Hale on parcels of land in the State of Colorado, as amended.

Ms. BORDALLO

Ms. BORDALLO. Madam Speaker, again, I urge all Members to support this bill, and I yield back the balance of my time.

Ms. BORDALLO. Madam Speaker, H.R. 3849, introduced by Representative Bishop of Utah, requires the Secretary of Agriculture to convey, without consideration, approximately 31.5 acres of National Forest System land in the Wasatch-Cache National Forest in Utah to the town of Mantua, Utah. The conveyed land will be used by the town of Mantua to develop a new town cemetery, a new town hall, a fire station, an elementary school, a court and law enforcement facilities, and a memorial park. Madam Speaker, the Committee on Natural Resources amended this measure to require that, as a condition of the conveyance, the town of Mantua shall use the land for public purposes only, and the land shall revert to the Secretary if used for another purpose. We have no objections to H.R. 3849. Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.

Ms. BORDALLO. Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the bill under consideration.

Ms. BORDALLO

Ms. BORDALLO. Madam Speaker, I again urge Members to support the bill, and I yield back the balance of my time.

Ms. BORDALLO. Madam Speaker, H.R. 5335, introduced by our colleague from Tennessee, Representative Wamp, implements the recommendations of a National Park Service study that examined the possibility of adding several side trails associated with the Trail of Tears National Historic Trail. Congress designated the original National Historic Trail in 1987 to commemorate the two main routes used during the forced removal of more than 15,000 Cherokee Indians from their ancestral homelands in the southeastern United States. At that time, many of the side routes used during the removal were not well documented. Subsequent research has identified these routes, and in 2006 Congress directed the National Park Service to determine which, if any, of these routes would be eligible for addition to the existing trail. The National Park Service found a number of components eligible for designation and recommended adding routes in Tennessee and Alabama. H.R. 5335 adds those routes to the existing trail. I ask my colleagues to support passage of this measure. Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.