Las Cienegas Enhancement and Saguaro National Park Boundary Adjustment Act
Latest action · Apr 10, 2008 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 644.
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.
- IntroducedMay 9, 2007
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Las Cienegas Enhancement and Saguaro National Park Boundary Adjustment Act - Requires the Secretary of the Interior, if Las Cienegas Conservation, LLC offers to convey to the Secretary title to the Empirita-Simonson parcel of land and the Bloom parcel of land (the non-federal land), to accept the offer and simultaneously convey to Las Cienegas Conservation, LLC the Sahuarita parcel of land (the federal land).
Requires the values of the federal and non-federal lands exchanged to be equal, as determined by appraisals.
Requires Las Cienegas Conservation, LLC, to: (1) pay the costs of carrying out the exchange of such lands; (2) enter into an agreement with Pima County, Arizona, to convey to Pima County a certain well site; and (3) relinquish to Pima County any water rights to such well site held by Las Cienegas Conservation, LLC.
Requires: (1) the Empirita-Simonson parcel of non-federal land, upon acquisition by the Secretary, to become part of the Las Cienegas National Conservation Area; and (2) the Bloom parcel of non-federal, upon acquisition by the Secretary, to become part of the Saguaro National Park.
Modifies the boundary of the Las Cienegas National Conservation Area to exclude the 40-acre tract that is leased by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to the town of Elgin, Arizona, for a sanitary landfill.
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.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on May 9, 2007.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-AZ | John McCain | Original | May 9, 2007 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Referred May 9, 2007Markup Jan 30, 2008Reported Apr 10, 2008 |
| National Parks Subcommittee | Hearings Sep 27, 2007 |
Actions 7
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 10, 2008Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Bingaman with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 110-292.
- Apr 10, 2008Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 644.
- Jan 30, 2008Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- Sep 27, 2007Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 110-266.
- May 9, 2007Introduced in Senate
- May 9, 2007Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5871)
- May 9, 2007Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
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
- Feb 28, 2008S. 1341, Las Cienegas Enhancement and Saguaro National Park Boundary Adjustment Act<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on January 30, 2008</p>
- Feb 28, 2008S. 1341, Las Cienegas Enhancement and Saguaro National Park Boundary Adjustment ActCost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on January 30, 2008
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 110-266 | MISCELLANEOUS NATIONAL PARKS LEGISLATION106 pages | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Sep 27, 2007 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 3617 | Las Cienegas Enhancement and Saguaro National Park Boundary Adjustment Act | Identical bill | Sep 24, 2007 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill 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 and Saguaro National Park Boundary Adjustment Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 10, 2008Reported to Senate
- May 9, 2007Introduced in Senate
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.
