3.0.0 1276 2022-11-01T16:17:42Z 2022-11-01T16:17:42Z House HR 2019-02-14 116 [Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 29 (Thursday, February 14, 2019)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. LOWENTHAL:H.R. 1276.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article IV, Section 3 of the U.S. Constitution``The Congress shall have power to dispose of and make allneedful rules and regulations respecting the territory orother property belonging to the United States; and nothing inthis Constitution shall be so construed as to prejudice anyclaims of the United States, or of any particular state.''[Page H2034]]]> hsag00 Agriculture Committee House Standing hsag15 Forestry Subcommittee Referred to 2019-03-11T20:13:42Z Referred to 2019-02-14T15:03:15Z hsii00 Natural Resources Committee House Standing hsii10 Federal Lands Subcommittee Referred to 2019-03-07T15:03:38Z Referred to 2019-02-14T15:03:10Z America's Public Land Act of 2019 116 491 S 2019-02-14 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Identical bill CRS 2019-03-11 hsag15 Forestry Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry. Committee 2019-03-07 hsii10 Federal Lands Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands. Committee 2019-02-14 Referred 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsag00 Agriculture Committee 2019-02-14 Referred 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 2019-02-14 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2019-02-14 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress L000579 Rep. Lowenthal, Alan S. [D-CA-47] Alan Lowenthal D CA S. 47 N H001068 Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2] Jared Huffman D CA 2 2019-02-14 True P000593 Rep. Perlmutter, Ed [D-CO-7] Ed Perlmutter D CO 7 2019-02-14 True R000616 Rep. Rouda, Harley [D-CA-48] Harley Rouda D CA 48 2019-02-14 True K000391 Rep. Krishnamoorthi, Raja [D-IL-8] Raja Krishnamoorthi D IL 8 2019-02-14 True Q000023 Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5] Mike Quigley D IL 5 2019-02-14 True G000585 Rep. Gomez, Jimmy [D-CA-34] Jimmy Gomez D CA 34 2019-02-14 True J000126 Rep. Johnson, Eddie Bernice [D-TX-30] EDDIE JOHNSON D TX BERNICE 30 2019-02-14 True C001123 Rep. Cisneros, Gilbert Ray, Jr. [D-CA-39] Gilbert Cisneros D CA Ray 39 2019-02-14 True N000179 Rep. Napolitano, Grace F. [D-CA-32] GRACE NAPOLITANO D CA F. 32 2019-02-14 True M001166 Rep. McNerney, Jerry [D-CA-9] Jerry McNerney D CA 9 2019-02-14 True H001080 Rep. Haaland, Debra A. [D-NM-1] Debra Haaland D NM A. 1 2019-02-14 True C001080 Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-27] Judy Chu D CA 27 2019-02-14 True G000574 Rep. Gallego, Ruben [D-AZ-7] Ruben Gallego D AZ 7 2019-07-09 False H001047 Rep. Himes, James A. [D-CT-4] James Himes D CT A. 4 2019-08-23 False N000147 Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] ELEANOR NORTON D DC HOLMES 0 2020-02-03 False C001068 Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] Steve Cohen D TN 9 2020-07-20 False Public Lands and Natural Resources Congressional-executive branch relations Land transfers Land use and conservation Public Lands and Natural Resources 00 2019-02-14 Introduced in House 2020-01-21T15:44:23Z 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.

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