would amend the Reclamation Project Act of 1939 to authorize pumped storage hydropower development utilizing multiple Bureau of Reclamation reservoirs.

would establish an Alaska Salmon Research Task Force.

would establish the American Fisheries Advisory Committee to assist in the awarding of fisheries research and development grants.

would improve access for outdoor recreation through the use of special recreation permits on federal recreational lands and waters.

would promote the development of renewable energy on public lands.

would amend the Mineral Leasing Act to make certain adjustments in leasing on federal lands for oil and gas drilling.

would amend the Act entitled “Act to provide for the establishment of the Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site in Kansas, and for other purposes” to provide for inclusion of additional related sites in the National Park System.

would amend the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 to provide for the establishment of a ski area fee retention account.

would provide for the protection of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and interconnected federal lands and waters, including Voyageurs National Park, within the Rainy River Watershed in Minnesota.  

would amend the Mineral Leasing Act to make certain adjustments to the regulation of surface-disturbing activities and protect taxpayers from unduly bearing the reclamation costs of oil and gas development.