US Congress House Bill 8398 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on September 24 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-09-24 - Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Pending: House Natural Resources Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Directs the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to establish a program to identify and convey available federal land in Alaska to the University of Alaska for a land grant to support higher education. No later than two years after enactment of the bill, Alaska and the university may jointly identify no more than 500,000 acres of land for inclusion in the program. Upon the request of Alaska and the university, the BLM shall provide technical assistance in the identification of land. If Alaska and the university submit to the BLM one or more joint letters concurring with the conveyance of all or a portion of the land identified for conveyance, the BLM shall convey the land to the Board of Regents of the university, to be held in trust for the exclusive use and benefit of the university. The BLM shall convey no more than 360,000 acres of land to the university. The BLM shall notify Congress upon conveyance of the land.

University of Alaska Fiscal Foundation Act

Rep. Don Young [R-AK]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-09-24	House	Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
2020-09-24	House	Introduced in House

SB4696 (Same As) 2020-11-18 - Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/8398/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr8398/BILLS-116hr8398ih.pdf