HR 5690 · 109th Congress 2005–2007, ended

Ouachita National Forest Boundary Adjustment Act of 2006

Introduced Jun 27, 2006 Originated House Sponsor Dan Boren D-OK

Fact sheet

Latest action · Dec 12, 2006 Became Public Law No: 109-391.

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.

  1. IntroducedJun 27, 2006
  2. Passed HouseSep 27, 2006
  3. Passed SenateNov 16, 2006
  4. To the PresidentDec 4, 2006
  5. Became lawDec 12, 2006

Summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the House passed version is repeated here.)

Ouachita National Forest Boundary Adjustment Act of 2006 - Modifies the boundaries of the Ouachita National Forest, Oklahoma and Arkansas.

Directs that: (1) any federally-owned lands that have been or hereafter may be acquired for National Forest System (NFS) purposes within the boundaries of the Ouachita National Forest as modified by this Act be managed as lands acquired under the Weeks Act and in accordance with the other laws and regulations pertaining to the NFS; and (2) for purposes of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, the boundaries of the Ouachita National Forest as modified by this Act be considered to be boundaries of such forest as of January 1, 1965.

Prohibits anything in this Act from limiting the authority of the Secretary to adjust the boundaries of Ouachita National Forest pursuant to section 11 (concerning the division of national forest land for administrative purposes) of the Weeks Act.

Cosponsors 3

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jun 27, 2006.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-ARJohn BoozmanOriginalJun 27, 2006
D-ARMike RossOriginalJun 27, 2006
D-ARVic SnyderOriginalJun 27, 2006

Actions 18

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Dec 12, 2006Became Public Law No: 109-391.
  2. Dec 12, 2006Signed by President.
  3. Dec 4, 2006Presented to President.
  4. Nov 17, 2006Message on Senate action sent to the House.
  5. Nov 16, 2006Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S11096; text as passed Senate: CR S11096)
Show all 18 actions

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.

Text 4

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. —Enrolled Bill
  2. Sep 28, 2006Received in Senate
  3. Sep 27, 2006Engrossed in House
  4. Jun 27, 2006Introduced in House

Support LegiList

This page is free, carries no paywall, and is built and maintained by one person. If the record here is useful to you, a few dollars keeps it going.

$1 $5 $10

Processed by Stripe in a separate window. LegiList never sees card details.

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.