Enactment of Public Law 114-322, Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act

IB 2017-044
Information Bulletin

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20240
http://www.blm.gov/

May 22, 2017

In Reply Refer To:

1753 (620) P

EMS TRANSMISSION 06/02/2017

Information Bulletin 2017-044

To:                   Assistant Directors (200 & 300), State Directors (CA & ESO)

From:               Assistant Director, Communications

Subject:           Enactment of Public Law 114-322, Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act

This Information Bulletin (IB) is to alert all affected BLM personnel to the enactment of Public Law 114-322, the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act.  The new law contains the following two provisions of interest to the BLM:

  1. Tule River Indian Tribe, Sec. 3606.
  2. Morongo Band of Mission Indians, Sec. 3607.

The text of the new law and legislative map it references are attached.  The legislative map referenced in the new law should be made available to the public, as appropriate, and archived by the BLM Eastern States Office and the Department of the Interior Library pursuant to Permanent Instruction Memorandum (IM) No. 2017-007, “Policies and Procedures for Notification and Implementation of Newly Enacted Federal Laws.”

Also pursuant to Permanent IM No. 2017-007, the BLM Assistant, State and Center Director(s) receiving this IB are responsible for:

  1. Ensuring that the appropriate staff in their organizations receive a copy of the IB and any attachments;
  2. Submitting to the BLM Director and the Assistant Director for Communications within 60 days an Implementation Plan that details the steps that will be taken to implement the new law, the timeframes for completing implementation, and any barriers to implementation.  In this case, the lead for the Implementation Plan would be: BLM-California;
  3. Developing any necessary policy guidance to ensure compliance with the new law;
  4. Carrying out any implementation actions required under the new law; and
  5. Complying with any other applicable BLM policies, including Manual 6120, “Congressionally Required Maps and Legal Boundary Descriptions for National Landscape Conservation System Designations.”

For more information about BLM legislative policies and procedures, please contact Patrick Wilkinson, Division Chief for Legislative Affairs, by telephone at: 202-912-7429; or by email at: p2wilkin@blm.gov.

For more information about implementation of the new law, please contact the relevant BLM Assistant, State or Center Director(s) or the Department of the Interior Office of the Solicitor.

 

Signed by:                                                                   Authenticated by:

Matthew Allen                                                            Robert M. Williams

Assistant Director                                                       Division of IT Policy and Planning,WO-870

Communications

 

2 Attachments

     1 – Public Law 114-322, Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act (277 pp)

     2 – Map, Proposed Lands to be Held in Trust for the Tule River Tribe, May 2015 (1 p)

Attachments

Fiscal Year

2017