US Congress Senate Bill 871 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on March 26 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-03-26 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Pending: Senate Armed Services Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Establishes the White Sands National Park in New Mexico as a unit of the National Park System in order to protect, preserve, and restore the park's resources and recreational values and to enhance visitor experiences. The bill abolishes the White Sands National Monument and incorporates the lands and interests that comprise the monument in and as a part of the park. The Department of the Interior shall not nominate the park for inclusion on the World Heritage List of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) unless each county in which the park is located concurs in the nomination. Before submitting such a nomination, Interior must notify the Department of the Army of its intention to nominate the park for inclusion on the list. Interior must complete an official boundary survey of the park. The bill modifies the boundaries of the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico and the Public Land Order 833 (relating to the withdrawal of certain public lands in New Mexico for use by the Army for military purposes and the revoking of certain executive orders and public land orders) to exclude the land transferred to Interior and to include the land transferred to the Army. The Army shall administer the land transferred to it as a part of the missile range.

White Sands National Park Establishment Act

Sen. Martin Heinrich [D-NM]

Sen. Tom Udall [D-NM]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-03-26	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

SB1790 (Related) 2019-12-20 - Became Public Law No: 116-92. (TXT | PDF)
HB2500 (Related) 2020-08-11 - Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 512.
HR476 (Similar To) 2019-07-10 - Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
HB1891 (Same As) 2019-04-11 - Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
HR758 (Similar To) 2019-12-11 - Mr. Nadler moved to table the motion to reconsider
SB1582 (Related) 2019-06-19 - Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/871/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s871/BILLS-116s871is.pdf