A bill to provide for the sale of approximately 25 acres of public land to the Turnabout Ranch, Escalante, Utah, at fair market value.
Latest action · Jun 16, 2008 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 786.
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 9, 2007
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Directs the Secretary of the Interior, if Turnabout Ranch of Escalante, Utah, submits an offer to the Secretary to acquire specified federal land for the appraised value, to convey to the Ranch all right, title, and interest to such land.
Requires the Secretary to complete an appraisal of the federal land, as specified in this Act.
Requires Turnabout Ranch to pay: (1) to the Secretary an amount equal to the appraised value of the federal land; and (2) any costs of the conveyance.
Requires the Secretary to deposit the proceeds from the conveyance of the federal land in the Federal Land Deposit Account established by the Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act, to be spent in accordance with such Act.
Modifies the boundaries of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Utah to exclude the federal land conveyed to Turnabout Ranch when the conveyance is completed.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Mar 9, 2007.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-UT | Robert F. Bennett | Original | Mar 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 Mar 9, 2007Markup May 7, 2008Reported Jun 16, 2008 |
| Public Lands, Forests, and Mining Subcommittee | Hearings Feb 27, 2008 |
Actions 7
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 16, 2008Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Bingaman with amendments. With written report No. 110-354.
- Jun 16, 2008Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 786.
- May 7, 2008Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
- Feb 27, 2008Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 110-364.
- Mar 9, 2007Introduced in Senate
- Mar 9, 2007Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2970)
- Mar 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.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S2970 | Orrin G. Hatch R-UT | Mar 9, 2007 |
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
- May 14, 2008S. 832, A bill to provide for the sale of approximately 25 acres of public land to the Turnabout Ranch, Escalante, Utah, at fair market value<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on May 7, 2008</p>
- May 14, 2008S. 832, A bill to provide for the sale of approximately 25 acres of public land to the Turnabout Ranch, Escalante, Utah, at fair market valueCost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on May 7, 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. 110-364 | CURRENT PUBLIC LANDS AND FORESTS LEGISLATION92 pages | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Feb 27, 2008 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 3575 | To provide for the sale of approximately 25 acres of public land to the Turnabout Ranch, Escalante, Utah, at fair market value. | Identical bill | Sep 21, 2007 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to provide for the sale of approximately 25 acres of public land to the Turnabout Ranch, Escalante, Utah, at fair market value.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 16, 2008Reported to Senate
- Mar 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.
