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]

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.

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Title

America’s Public Land Act of 2019

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History

DateChamberAction
2019-03-11HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
2019-03-07HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
2019-02-14HouseReferred 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.
2019-02-14HouseReferred 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.
2019-02-14HouseIntroduced in House

Same As/Similar To

SB491 (Same As) 2019-02-14 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

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