HOUSE 1276116th CongressReferred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
America’s Public Land Act of 2019
- Last Action
- 3/11/2019
Actions
- 2019-03-11Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
- 2019-03-07Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
- 2019-02-14Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- 2019-02-14Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- 2019-02-14Introduced in House
- 2019-02-14Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2019-02-14 (00)
America's Public Land Act of 2019
This bill 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.
Cosponsors (16)
- Jared Huffman (D-CA)
- Ed Perlmutter (D-CO)
- Harley Rouda (D-CA)
- Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL)
- Mike Quigley (D-IL)
- Jimmy Gomez (D-CA)
- EDDIE JOHNSON (D-TX)
- Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA)
- GRACE NAPOLITANO (D-CA)
- Jerry McNerney (D-CA)
- Debra Haaland (D-NM)
- Judy Chu (D-CA)
- Ruben Gallego (D-AZ)
- James Himes (D-CT)
- ELEANOR NORTON (D-DC)
- Steve Cohen (D-TN)
Subjects
- Congressional-executive branch relations
- Land transfers
- Land use and conservation
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