US Congress House Bill 4979 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 14-0)
Status: Introduced on June 26 2014 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2014-12-22 - Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 531.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Red River Private Property Protection Act - Directs the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to relinquish and transfer, by quitclaim deed, all interest of the United States in and to the lands along the approximately 539-mile stretch of the Red River between Texas and Oklahoma to any claimant who demonstrates that official county or state records indicate that such claimant holds all interest to those lands. Requires publication in the Federal Register and on official and appropriate websites of a process for receiving submissions of such documents. Instructs BLM to ensure that no parcels of Red River lands are treated as federal land for the purpose of any resource management plan until the Secretary of the Interior has ensured that such parcels are not subject to transfer by this Act.

Red River Private Property Protection Act

Rep. Mac Thornberry [R-TX]	Rep. Michael Burgess [R-TX]	Rep. John Carter [R-TX]	Rep. Blake Farenthold [R-TX]
Rep. Bill Flores [R-TX]	Rep. Louie Gohmert [R-TX]	Rep. Sam Johnson [R-TX]	Sen. James Lankford [R-OK]
Rep. Kenny Marchant [R-TX]	Rep. Michael McCaul [R-TX]	Rep. Randy Neugebauer [R-TX]	Rep. Pete Olson [R-TX]
Rep. Steve Stockman [R-TX]	Rep. Randy Weber [R-TX]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-12-22	House	Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 531.
2014-12-22	House	Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 113-700.
2014-11-19	House	Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
2014-11-19	House	Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2014-11-19	House	Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation Discharged.
2014-07-29	House	Subcommittee Hearings Held.
2014-07-02	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
2014-06-26	House	Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

SB2537 (Same As) 2014-06-26 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4156)

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/4979/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr4979/BILLS-113hr4979ih.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr4979/BILLS-113hr4979rh.pdf