Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009

Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009
Long title	An act to designate certain land as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System, to authorize certain programs and activities in the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture, and for other purposes.
Enacted by	the 111th United States Congress
Effective	March 30, 2009
Citations
Public law	Pub. L. 111–11 (text) (PDF)
Statutes at Large	123 Stat. 1331 through 123 Stat. 1445 (466 pages)
Codification
Acts amended	Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, National Trails System Act, Consolidated Natural Resources Act of 2008, and others; see below
Titles amended	5, 36, 40
Legislative history
	Introduced in the House of Representatives as H.R. 146 by Rush Holt Jr. (D–NJ) on January 6, 2009; Committee consideration by House Committee on Natural Resources; Passed the House on March 3, 2009 (394-13); Passed the Senate on March 19, 2009 (77–20) with amendment; House agreed to Senate amendment on March 25, 2009 (285-140); Signed into law by President Barack Obama on March 30, 2009;

The Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (Pub. L. 111–11 (text) (PDF), H.R. 146) is a land management law passed in the 111th United States Congress and signed into law by President Barack Obama on March 30, 2009.^[1] The bill designates millions of acres in the US as protected and establishes a National Landscape Conservation System. It includes funding for programs, studies and other activities by the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture, and in some cases bars further geothermal leasing, oil and gas leasing, and new mining patents on certain stretches of protected land.^[2]

^ "Obama signs public lands reform bill". CNN. 30 March 2009. Archived from the original on 31 March 2009. Retrieved March 30, 2009.
^ "H.R.146 - Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009". Congress.gov. 30 March 2009. Retrieved 2017-12-29.