S. 1143: Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse Outstanding Natural Area Act of 2007

110th Congress · introduced 2007-04-18 · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Latest: Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5530)

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Where it came from: introduced 2007-04-18 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
Where it stands now: Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5530) Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse Outstanding Natural Area Act of 2007

Plain summary

Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse Outstanding Natural Area Act of 2007 - Establishes the Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse Outstanding Natural Area to protect, conserve, and enhance the unique and nationally important historic, natural, cultural, scientific, educational, scenic, and recreational values of the federal land surrounding the Lighthouse for the benefit of generations of people in the United States while: (1) allowing certain recreational and research activities to continue in the Area; and (2) ensuring that Coast Guard operations and activities are unimpeded within the boundaries of the Area. Directs the Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with the Commandant of the Coast Guard, to develop a comprehensive management plan to provide long-term management guidance for the public land in the Area. Requires the Secretary to manage the Area as part of the National Landscape Conservation System. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) enter into cooperative agreements with federal, state, county, other local government agencies, and other partners (including the Loxahatchee River Historical Society) for the long-term management of the Area; and (2) acquire for inclusion in the Area any state or private land or any interest in state or private land that is adjacent to the Area and identified in the management plan as appropriate for acquisition.

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Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse Outstanding Natural Area Act of 2007

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL] · 1 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: S. 1143, Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse Outstanding Natural Area Act of 2008 (2008-02-27); CBO cost estimate: S. 1143, Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse Outstanding Natural Area Act of 2008 (2008-02-27)

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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-110s1143.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/110/s>

Record fed-us-cong110-s1143 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong110 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong110