US HB1276 | 2019-2020 | 116th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 17-0)
Status: Introduced on February 14 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-03-11 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
Pending: House Conservation and Forestry Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on February 14 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-03-11 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
Pending: House Conservation and Forestry Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Reaffirms that it is U.S. policy to retain public land in federal ownership unless its disposal has been authorized by an Act of Congress; to retain management authority over public land, except where a nonfederal individual or entity is authorized to exercise management authority pursuant to an Act of Congress or another applicable law; and that retention of public land and the management authority over it is in the public interest. Neither the Department of the Interior nor of Agriculture shall approve or permit the conveyance of public land or the granting of management authority over such land to nonfederal individuals or entities except as authorized by an Act of Congress.
Title
America’s Public Land Act of 2019
Sponsors
Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA] | Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA] | Rep. Ed Perlmutter [D-CO] | Rep. Harley Rouda [D-CA] |
Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi [D-IL] | Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL] | Rep. Jimmy Gomez [D-CA] | Rep. Eddie Johnson [D-TX] |
Rep. Gil Cisneros [D-CA] | Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA] | Rep. Jerry McNerney [D-CA] | Rep. Debra Haaland [D-NM] |
Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA] | Rep. Ruben Gallego [D-AZ] | Rep. James Himes [D-CT] | Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC] |
Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN] |
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2019-03-11 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry. |
2019-03-07 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands. |
2019-02-14 | House | Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. |
2019-02-14 | House | Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. |
2019-02-14 | House | Introduced in House |
Same As/Similar To
SB491 (Same As) 2019-02-14 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Subjects
Congressional-executive branch relations
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
Public lands and natural resources
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
Public lands and natural resources
US Congress State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/1276/all-info |
Text | https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr1276/BILLS-116hr1276ih.pdf |