America’s Public Land Act of 2019

3.0.0 491 2022-11-01T16:32:55Z 2022-11-01T16:32:55Z Senate S 2019-02-14 116 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-02-14T16:42:39Z America’s Public Land Act of 2019 116 1276 HR 2019-03-11 Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry. Identical bill CRS 2019-02-14 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. IntroReferral 2019-02-14 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H001046 Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] Martin Heinrich D NM T. N B001267 Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] Michael Bennet D CO 2019-02-14 True U000039 Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM] TOM UDALL D NM 2019-02-14 True G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2019-02-14 True B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2019-02-14 True S001194 Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] Brian Schatz D HI 2019-02-14 True M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2019-02-14 True T000464 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Jon Tester D MT 2019-02-14 True M001169 Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] Christopher Murphy D CT S. 2019-06-18 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 Senate 2020-01-21T15:54:20Z 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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America's Public Land Act of 2019 Display Title America's Public Land Act of 2019 Short Title(s) as Introduced America's Public Land Act of 2019 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to reaffirm the policy of the United States with respect to management authority over public land, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s491is/xml/BILLS-116s491is.xml 2019-02-14 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.