Las Cienegas Enhancement Act
Latest action · Nov 13, 2006 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
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.
- IntroducedMar 28, 2006
- Passed HouseSep 27, 2006
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Las Cienegas Enhancement Act - Requires the Secretary of the Interior (the Secretary), if Las Cienegas Conservation, LLC, offers to convey to the Secretary title to the Empirita-Simonson parcel of land (the non-federal land) to accept the offer and convey to Las Cienegas Conservation, LLC, the Sahuarita parcel of land (the federal land).
Requires the values of the federal and non-federal land exchanged to be equal.
Sets forth requirements for: (1) an independent appraisal of the federal and non-federal land; and (2) the equalization of the values of such land if they are not equal, including by the payment by Las Cienegas Conservation, LLC, or the Secretary of a cash equalization payment..
Requires: (1) the deposit of any cash equalization payment received by the Secretary in the Federal Land Disposal Account; and (2) amounts so deposited to be available to the Secretary for the acquisition of lands and interests in land in southern Arizona.
Subjects the exchange of the federal and non-federal land to any easements, rights-of-way, and other valid encumbrances on such land in existence on the enactment of this Act.
Requires Las Cienegas Conservation, LLC, to: (1) pay the costs of carrying out the exchange of such land, including any direct costs related to any environmental reviews and mitigation of the federal land; and (2) convey to Pima County, Arizona, a certain parcel of land.
Instructs the Secretary to provide to the Secretary of Agriculture a right of way through the non-federal land for motorized public road access to the boundary of the Coronado National Forest.
Requires the Secretary, upon acquisition of the non-federal land, to include the acquired land as part of the Las Cienegas National Conservation Area.
Modifies the boundary of the Las Cienegas National Conservation Area to exclude the 40-acre tract that, as of the enactment of this Act, is leased by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to the town of Elgin, Arizona, for a sanitary landfill.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Natural Resources Committee | Referred Mar 28, 2006Markup Jul 19, 2006Reported Sep 7, 2006 |
| Forests and Forest Health Subcommittee | Referred Mar 29, 2006Hearings Apr 5, 2006Discharged Jul 19, 2006 | |
| Senate | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Referred Nov 13, 2006 |
Actions 17
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 13, 2006Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
- Sep 28, 2006Received in the Senate.
- Sep 27, 2006Mr. Pearce moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Sep 27, 2006Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7655-7656)
- Sep 27, 2006DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5016.
- Sep 27, 2006Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H7655-7656)
- Sep 27, 2006Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Sep 6, 2006Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Resources. H. Rept. 109-635.
- Sep 6, 2006Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 375.
- Jul 19, 2006Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health Discharged.
- Jul 19, 2006Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Jul 19, 2006Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- Apr 5, 2006Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- Mar 29, 2006Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
- Mar 29, 2006Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
- Mar 28, 2006Introduced in House
- Mar 28, 2006Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
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.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2
- Aug 15, 2006H.R. 5016, Las Cienegas Enhancement Act<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Resources on July 19, 2006</p>
- Aug 15, 2006H.R. 5016, Las Cienegas Enhancement ActCost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Resources on July 19, 2006
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 3051 | Pima County Land Adjustment Act | Related bill | Jun 30, 2005 |
| S 3497 | Las Cienegas Enhancement Act | Related bill | Jun 13, 2006 |
Titles 4
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To provide for the exchange of certain Bureau of Land Management land in Pima County, Arizona, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Las Cienegas Enhancement Act
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- Las Cienegas Enhancement Act
- Short Titles as Passed House
- Las Cienegas Enhancement Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 13, 2006Referred in Senate
- Sep 27, 2006Engrossed in House
- Sep 6, 2006Reported in House
- Mar 28, 2006Introduced 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.