King Cove Road Land Exchange Act
- Last Action
- 7/20/2017
Actions
- 2017-07-20Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
- 2017-07-20Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- 2017-07-20On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 248 - 179 (Roll no. 406). (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR H6124-6125)
- 2017-07-20Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 248 - 179 (Roll no. 406).(text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR H6124-6125)
- 2017-07-20On motion to recommit with instructions Failed by voice vote.
- 2017-07-20The previous question on the motion to recommit with instructions was ordered without objection.
- 2017-07-20DEBATE - The House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Garamendi motion to recommit with instructions. The instructions contained in the motion seek to require the bill to be reported back to the House with an amendment to add a provision to the underlying bill requiring the road to be constructed using only materials and equipment manufactured in the United States.
- 2017-07-20Mr. Garamendi moved to recommit with instructions to the Committee on Natural Resources. (text: CR H6130)
- 2017-07-20The House adopted the amendment in the nature of a substitute as agreed to by the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.
- 2017-07-20The previous question was ordered without objection.
- 2017-07-20The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 218.
- 2017-07-20The House resolved into Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for further consideration.
- 2017-07-20Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H6128-6131)
- 2017-07-20Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union rises leaving H.R. 218 as unfinished business.
- 2017-07-20On motion that the Committee rise Agreed to by voice vote.
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CRS Summary
As of 2017-07-20 (36)
King Cove Road Land Exchange Act
(Sec. 4) This bill declares that, if the state of Alaska offers to convey to the Department of the Interior 43,093 acres of state-owned land, Interior shall convey to Alaska, in exchange, 206 acres of federal land within the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge and 131 acres of federal land within the Izembek Wilderness, for purposes of: (1) designating a road corridor through the refuge, and (2) constructing a single-lane gravel road along the road corridor.
The values of the federal and nonfederal lands to be exchanged: (1) shall be equal, or (2) if not equal, shall be equalized in accordance with this bill.
Interior and Alaska shall select an appraiser to conduct appraisals of the federal and nonfederal lands in accordance with nationally recognized appraisal standards.
Upon completion of the exchange of the federal and nonfederal lands: (1) the boundary of the Wilderness shall be adjusted to exclude the federal land, and (2) the nonfederal land shall be added to the Wilderness.
(Sec. 5) The bill requires the route of the road corridor to follow a specified southern road alignment.
(Sec. 6) The bill makes the requirements relating to the usage, barrier cables, and dimensions and the limitation on the location of support facilities with regard to the construction of a single-lane gravel road between the communities of King Cove and Cold Bay, Alaska (as set forth under the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009) applicable to the road to be constructed in the road corridor.
(Sec. 7) The bill states that the exchange of the federal and nonfederal lands and the road to be constructed under this bill (including the issuance of any permit that may be required from any federal agency to construct such road) shall not constitute a major federal action requiring environmental impact review under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969.
Subjects
- Alaska
- Land transfers
- Roads and highways
- Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats
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