US Congress House Bill 244 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 4 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-12-14 - Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 524.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Allows the states of Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, or Wyoming (western states) to relinquish state land grant parcels wholly or primarily within eligible areas and select, in exchange, public land within the state. The bill defines "eligible areas" as lands within the outer boundaries of units or components of the National Park, National Wilderness Preservation, National Wildlife Refuge, or National Landscape Conservation Systems, areas identified by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) of the Department of the Interior through a inventory carried out in accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (FLPMA) as having wilderness characteristics as of enactment of this bill or in a land use plan that was finalized under the FLPMA, certain designated lands within the National Forest System or administered by the BLM, and sentinel landscapes designated by the Department of Agriculture, Department of Defense, or Interior. Interior shall create a process for the relinquishment of such parcels. A western state may select, and Interior may convey, lands that are mineral in character. The overall value of the state land grant parcels and the public land to be conveyed shall be equal or made equal. The bill sets forth requirements regarding hazardous materials on land to be conveyed, water rights, grazing permits, road rights-of-ways, and protection of Indian rights.

Advancing Conservation and Education Act

Rep. Chris Stewart [R-UT]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-12-14	House	Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 524.
2020-12-14	House	Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 116-639.
2020-09-30	House	Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
2020-09-30	House	Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2020-09-30	House	Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands Discharged.
2020-06-18	House	Subcommittee Hearings Held.
2019-02-05	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
2019-01-04	House	Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
2019-01-04	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/244/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr244/BILLS-116hr244ih.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr244/BILLS-116hr244rh.pdf