US Congress House Bill 5836 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 22-0)
Status: Introduced on July 14 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-08-30 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
Pending: House Conservation and Forestry Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

HEARD Act Hunting, Education, and Recreational Development Act This bill authorizes the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to dispose of federal lands under their respective jurisdictions by offering them for sale or exchange to units of local government in accordance with this bill. Before the offering of lands for sale or exchange, states or the unit of local government in whose jurisdiction the lands are located may elect to obtain any such lands for local public purposes pursuant to the Recreation and Public Purposes Act. Interior or USDA, as appropriate, shall retain the elected lands for conveyance to such states or unit of local government in accordance with that Act. The bill prescribes requirements for disposition of the gross proceeds of the sales of lands under this bill, including that: 15% be paid to the state where the sale takes place to be used to supplement the education of students in kindergarten through grade 12, to supplement public support of institutions of public higher education, and to supplement state agricultural and natural resource agencies; and 10% of such proceeds be deposited in a special account to be created in the Treasury which may be used for the acquisition of recreational beneficial lands and interests (providing an opportunity for hunting, recreational fishing, recreational shooting, recreational off-highway vehicles, or other recreational purposes, or to achieve better management of public lands through consolidation of federal ownership).

HEARD Act Hunting, Education, and Recreational Development Act

Rep. Paul Gosar [R-AZ]	Rep. Mark Amodei [R-NV]	Rep. Ken Buck [R-CO]	Rep. Paul Cook [R-CA]
Rep. Trent Franks [R-AZ]	Rep. Cresent Hardy [R-NV]	Rep. Jody Hice [R-GA]	Rep. Raul Labrador [R-ID]
Rep. Tom McClintock [R-CA]	Rep. Dan Newhouse [R-WA]	Rep. David Schweikert [R-AZ]	Rep. Pete Sessions [R-TX]
Rep. Chris Stewart [R-UT]	Rep. Scott Tipton [R-CO]	Rep. Don Young [R-AK]	Rep. John Duncan [R-TN]
Rep. Steve King [R-IA]	Rep. Devin Nunes [R-CA]	Rep. Brian Babin [R-TX]	Rep. Mike Coffman [R-CO]
Rep. Stevan Pearce [R-NM]	Rep. Jeff Miller [R-FL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-08-30	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
2016-08-04	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
2016-07-14	House	Referred to House Agriculture
2016-07-14	House	Referred to House Natural Resources
2016-07-14	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.
2016-07-14	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/5836/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr5836/BILLS-114hr5836ih.pdf