To provide for the conveyance of certain National Forest System land to the towns of Laona and Wabeno, Wisconsin, and for other purposes.
Latest action · Dec 12, 2006 Became Public Law No: 109-387.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedDec 15, 2005
- Passed HouseSep 26, 2006
- Passed SenateNov 16, 2006
- To the PresidentDec 4, 2006
- Became lawDec 12, 2006Public Law 109-387
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on September 26, 2006. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to convey two specified parcels of National Forest System (NFS) land in Forest County, Wisconsin, to the towns of Laona and Wabeno, at their request, for use as industrial park sites in exchange for the appraised fair market value of the parcels. Requires, if necessary, the exact acreage and legal description of such lands to be determined by surveys satisfactory to the Secretary. Requires the costs of a survey to be borne by the recipient of the land.
Provides for the deposit and use of proceeds from the conveyance of land under this Act, including making such proceeds available to the Secretary to acquire land and interests in land for inclusion in the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest.
Withdraws the land to be conveyed from location, entry, and patent under the public land laws, mining laws, and mineral leasing laws, including geothermal leasing laws.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Agriculture Committee | Referred Dec 15, 2005Markup Sep 21, 2006 |
| Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development Subcommittee | Referred Jan 9, 2006Discharged Sep 21, 2006 |
Actions 19
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 12, 2006Signed by President.
- Dec 12, 2006Became Public Law No: 109-387.
- Dec 4, 2006Presented to President.
- Nov 17, 2006Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Nov 16, 2006Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S11096; text as passed Senate: CR S11096)
- Sep 27, 2006Received in the Senate, read twice.
- Sep 26, 2006Mr. Goodlatte moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Sep 26, 2006Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7374-7375)
- Sep 26, 2006DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4559.
- Sep 26, 2006Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H7374-7375)
- Sep 26, 2006Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Sep 26, 2006The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
- Sep 21, 2006Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Sep 21, 2006Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry Discharged.
- Sep 21, 2006Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- Jul 21, 2006Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
- Jan 9, 2006Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
- Dec 15, 2005Introduced in House
- Dec 15, 2005Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2
- Sep 26, 2006H.R. 4559, A bill to provide for the conveyance of certain National Forest System land to the towns of Laona and Wabeno, Wisconsin<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Agriculture on September 21, 2006</p>
- Sep 26, 2006H.R. 4559, A bill to provide for the conveyance of certain National Forest System land to the towns of Laona and Wabeno, WisconsinCost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Agriculture on September 21, 2006
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To provide for the conveyance of certain National Forest System land to the towns of Laona and Wabeno, Wisconsin, to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain isolated parcels of National Forest System land in Florence and Langlade Counties, Wisconsin, and for other purposes.
- Official Titles as Amended by House
- To provide for the conveyance of certain National Forest System land to the towns of Laona and Wabeno, Wisconsin, and for other purposes.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- —Enrolled Bill
- Sep 27, 2006Received in Senate
- Sep 26, 2006Engrossed in House
- Dec 15, 2005Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.