H.R. 255: To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to grant an easement to facilitate access to the Lewis and Clark Interpretative Center in Nebraska City, Nebraska.

108th Congress · introduced 2003-01-08 · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Latest: Became Public Law No: 108-62.

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Where it came from: introduced 2003-01-08 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Bereuter, Doug [R-NE-1] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to grant an easement to facilitate access to the Lewis and Clark Interpretative Center in Nebraska City, Nebraska.

Plain summary

(Sec. 1) Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to grant an easement to Otoe County, Nebraska, for the purpose of constructing and maintaining an access road between the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center in Nebraska City, Nebraska, and certain roads. Prohibits the access road from being located, in whole or in part, on private property. (Sec. 2) Prohibits any funds from the Department of the Interior from being used for the design, construction, maintenance, or operation of the access road.

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Official text

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to grant an easement to facilitate access to the Lewis and Clark Interpretative Center in Nebraska City, Nebraska.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House amended)

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Sponsor: Rep. Bereuter, Doug [R-NE-1] · 0 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 255, An act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to grant an easement to facilitate access to the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center in Nebraska City, Nebraska (2003-06-27); CBO cost estimate: H.R. 255, An act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to grant an easement to facilitate access to the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center in Nebraska City, Nebraska (2003-06-27)

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Authorization: A law that creates or continues a government program and says what it may do, often with a suggested spending ceiling. An authorization alone does not provide money; a separate appropriation does.

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Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House amended)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-108hr255.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/108/hr>

Record fed-us-cong108-hr255 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong108 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong108