,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #gec  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,march #af1         
#bjba,mr4 ,murphy 7for himself1 ,mrs4   
,gillibrand1 ,mr4 ,blumenthal1 and ,mr4 
,casey7 introduced the following bill2  
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,energy and ,natural     
,resources  ,a ,,bill  ,to reauthorize  
the ,highlands ,conservation ,act1 to   
authorize ,states to use funds from that
 ,act for administrative purposes1 and  
for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the          
,highlands ,conservation                
,reauthorization ,act of #bjba4  #b4    
,reauthorization of the ,highlands      
,conservation ,act ,the ,highlands      
,conservation ,act 7,public ,law        
#ajh-dba2 #aah ,stat4 #bcge7 is         
amended-- 7#a7 in section #c-- 7,a7 by  
amending paragraph 7#a7 to read as      
follows3  7#a7 ,highlands region ,the   
term ,highlands region means-- 7,a7 the 
area depicted on the map entitled ,the  

,highlands ,region1 dated ,june #bjjd1  
updated after the date of enactment of  
the ,highlands ,conservation            
,reauthorization ,act of #bjba to       
comprise each municipality included on  
the list of municipalities included in  
the ,highlands region as of that date of
 enactment1 and maintained in the       
headquarters of the ,forest ,service in 
,washington1 ,district of ,columbia2 and
  7,b7 a municipality approved by the   
,director of the ,united ,states ,fish  
and ,wildlife ,service under section    
#d7;e74  2  7,b7 in paragraph 7#c71 by  
amending subparagraph 7,b7 to read as   
follows3  7,b7 identified by a          
,highlands ,state as having high        
conservation value using the best       
available science and geographic        
information systems2 and  2  7,c7 in    
paragraph 7#d77;,a71 by striking 2 or   
and inserting 1 including a political   
subdivision thereof2 or2 and  7,d7 by   
striking paragraphs 7#e7 through 7#g72  
7#b7 in section #d-- 7,a7 in subsection 

7a77#a71 by striking in the ,study and  
all that follows through the end of the 
paragraph and inserting using the best  
available science and geographic        
information systems2 and2  7,b7 in      
subsection 7c71 by amending paragraph   
7#e7 to read as follows3  7#e7 provides 
that land conservation partnership      
projects will be consistent with areas  
identified as having high conservation  
value in accordance with the purposes   
described in section #b in the          
,highlands region4  2  7,c7 in          
subsection 7e71 by striking #aj1jjj1jjj 
for each of fiscal years #bjje through  
#bjba and inserting #bj1jjj1jjj for each
 of fiscal years #bjbb through #bjbh2   
7,d7 by redesignating subsection 7e7 as 
subsection 7g72 and  7,e7 by inserting  
after subsection 7d7 the following3  7e7
 ,request for inclusion of additional   
municipality ,the ,director of the      
,united ,states ,fish and ,wildlife     
,service may1 at the request of a       
,highlands ,state1 approve the inclusion

 of a municipality within the ,state as 
part of the ,highlands region4  7f7     
,limitation on administrative expenses  
7#a7 ,federal administration ,the       
,secretary of the ,interior may not     
expend more than #cjj1jjj for the       
administration of this ,act in each     
fiscal year4  7#b7 ,state administration
 ,a ,state that receives funds under    
this section for a land conservation    
partnership project may not use more    
than #e percent of the funds to         
administer the land conservation        
partnership project4  2  7#c7 in section
 #e-- 7,a7 in subsection 7a71 by        
striking the ,study1 ,update1 and any   
future study that the ,forest ,service  
may undertake in2  7,b7 in subsection   
7b7-- 7i7 in paragraph 7#a71 by striking
 1 including a ,pennsylvania and        
,connecticut ,update2 and  7ii7 in      
paragraph 7#b71 by striking the findings
 and all that follows through the end of
 the paragraph and inserting with       
stakeholders regarding implementation of

 the program2 and2 and  7,c7 in         
subsection 7c71 by striking #bjje       
through #bjad and inserting #bjbb       
through #bjbh2 and  7#d7 in section #f1 
by adding at the end the following3  7f7
 ,appraisal methodology  7#a7 ,in       
general ,with respect to an appraisal   
related to a land acquisition carried   
out under this ,act1 a ,highlands ,state
 may use an appraisal methodology       
approved by the ,secretary of the       
,interior4  7#b7 ,alternative appraisal 
methodology ,a ,highlands ,state may    
petition the ,secretary of the ,interior
 to consider an alternative appraisal   
methodology when there is a conflict1 in
 any ,highlands ,state1 between-- 7,a7  
an appraisal methodology approved by the
 ,secretary of the ,interior under      
paragraph 7#a72 and  7,b7 applicable    
,state law4  4