US Congress Senate Bill 491 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)
Status: Introduced on February 14 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-02-14 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Pending: Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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.

America's Public Land Act of 2019

Sen. Martin Heinrich [D-NM]	Sen. Michael Bennet [D-CO]	Sen. Tom Udall [D-NM]	Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY]
Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT]	Sen. Brian Schatz [D-HI]	Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR]	Sen. Jon Tester [D-MT]
Sen. Christopher Murphy [D-CT]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-02-14	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

HB1276 (Same As) 2019-03-11 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/491/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s491/BILLS-116s491is.pdf