US Congress House Bill 4193 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on March 8 2012 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2012-04-17 - Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Land Acquisition to cut National Debt Act or LAND Act - Bars the Secretary of the Interior from using federal funding to purchase land resulting in a net increase of land acreage being under the jurisdiction of the National Park Service (NPS), the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), or the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) unless the federal budget is balanced for the year in which such land would be purchased. Makes such prohibition inapplicable to lands purchased with funding made available through the sale of Federal Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamps. Bars the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) from using federal funding to purchase land resulting in a net increase of land acreage included in the National Forest System unless the federal budget is balanced for the year in which that land would be purchased.

Land Acquisition to cut National Debt Act

Rep. Steve Stivers [R-OH]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-04-17	House	Subcommittee Hearings Held.
2012-04-12	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry.
2012-03-19	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.
2012-03-19	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
2012-03-08	House	Referred to House Agriculture
2012-03-08	House	Referred to House Natural Resources
2012-03-08	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.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/4193/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr4193/BILLS-112hr4193ih.pdf