US HB944 | 2011-2012 | 112th Congress

Status

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: Engrossed on December 8 2011 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-12-08 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Pending: Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Summary

Removes the temporary reservation for park, scenic, or other public purposes of certain rocks, pinnacles, reefs, and islands in the Pacific Ocean within a mile of the coast of Orange County, California. Makes such rocks, pinnacles, reefs, and islands part of the California Coastal National Monument and requires that they be administered as part of the Monument. Repeals the lighthouse reservation with respect to the San Juan and San Mateo Rocks and the two rocks in the vicinity of Laguna Beach, off the coast of Orange County.

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Title

To eliminate an unused lighthouse reservation, provide management consistency by incorporating the rocks and small islands along the coast of Orange County, California, into the California Coastal National Monument managed by the Bureau of Land Management, and meet the original Congressional intent of preserving Orange County's rocks and small islands, and for other purposes.

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History

DateChamberAction
2011-12-08SenateReceived in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
2011-12-07HouseMotion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
2011-12-07HouseOn motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR 12/05/2011 H8128)
2011-12-07HouseConsidered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H8244)
2011-12-05HouseAt the conclusion of debate, the chair put the question on the motion to suspend the rules. Mr. Lujan objected to the vote on the grounds that a quorum was not present. Further proceedings on the motion were postponed. The point of no quorum was withdrawn.
2011-12-05HouseDEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 944.
2011-12-05HouseConsidered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8128-8129)
2011-12-05HouseMr. Hastings (WA) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
2011-07-20HousePlaced on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 109.
2011-07-20HouseReported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 112-165.
2011-06-15HouseOrdered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
2011-06-15HouseCommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2011-06-15HouseSubcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands Discharged.
2011-05-04HouseSubcommittee Hearings Held.
2011-03-10HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
2011-03-08HouseReferred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

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