US SR483 | 2013-2014 | 113th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Introduced on June 24 2014 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-06-24 - Referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3944)
Pending: Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on June 24 2014 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-06-24 - Referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3944)
Pending: Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Makes it out of order in the Senate to consider legislation that sells any federal land and uses the proceeds of the sale to reduce the federal deficit, except for the sale of federal land in a state as part of a program that acquires land in the same state of comparable value or contains exceptional resources. Permits waiver or suspension of such prohibition, or successful appeals from rulings of the Chair, only by an affirmative vote of three-fifths (60) of the Senate.
Title
A resolution establishing a point of order against legislation selling Federal land in order to reduce the deficit.
Sponsors
Sen. John Walsh [D-MT] | Sen. Martin Heinrich [D-NM] | Sen. Mark Udall [D-CO] |
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2014-06-24 | Senate | Referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3944) |
2014-06-24 | Senate | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3944-3945) |
Subjects
Budget deficits and national debt
Land transfers
Legislative rules and procedure
Public lands and natural resources
Senate
Land transfers
Legislative rules and procedure
Public lands and natural resources
Senate
US Congress State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-resolution/483/all-info |
Text | https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/sres483/BILLS-113sres483is.pdf |