Grand Canyon Watersheds Protection Act of 2009
Latest action · Jul 21, 2009 Subcommittee Hearings Held.
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.
- IntroducedJan 22, 2009
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Grand Canyon Watersheds Protection Act of 2009 - Withdraws the approximately 1,068,908 acres of the Tusayan Ranger District and federal land managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in the vicinity of Kanab Creek and in House Rock Valley from: (1) all forms of entry, appropriation, and disposal under the public land laws; (2) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and (3) operation of the mineral leasing, geothermal leasing, and mineral materials laws. Subjects such withdrawal to valid, existing rights.
Cosponsors 50
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 22, 2009 to Apr 20, 2010; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-AZ | Ed Pastor | Original | Jan 22, 2009 |
| D-NY | Maurice D. Hinchey | Original | Jan 22, 2009 |
| D-WV | Nick J. Rahall II | Original | Jan 22, 2009 |
| D-AZ | Ann Kirkpatrick | Feb 4, 2009 | |
| D-TX | Charles A. Gonzalez | Feb 4, 2009 | |
| D-AZ | Gabrielle Giffords | Feb 4, 2009 | |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Feb 4, 2009 | |
| D-CA | Fortney Pete Stark | Feb 12, 2009 | |
| D-CA | Michael M. Honda | Mar 30, 2009 | |
| D-CA | Bob Filner | Apr 1, 2009 | |
| D-AZ | Harry E. Mitchell | Apr 23, 2009 | |
| D-TX | Lloyd Doggett | Apr 23, 2009 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Apr 23, 2009 | |
| D-NJ | Steven R. Rothman | Apr 23, 2009 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | May 14, 2009 |
Committees 1
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 Jan 22, 2009 |
| Federal Lands Subcommittee | Referred Feb 4, 2009Hearings Jul 21, 2009 | |
| Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee | Referred Feb 4, 2009 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 21, 2009Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- Feb 4, 2009Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
- Feb 4, 2009Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
- Jan 22, 2009Introduced in House
- Jan 22, 2009Referred to the House Committee on Natural 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 111-27 | H.R. 644, GRAND CANYON WATERSHEDS PROTECTION ACT OF 200971 pages | Natural Resources Committee | Jul 21, 2009 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To withdraw the Tusayan Ranger District and Federal land managed by the Bureau of Land Management in the vicinity of Kanab Creek and in House Rock Valley from location, entry, and patent under the mining laws, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Grand Canyon Watersheds Protection Act of 2009
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 22, 2009Introduced 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.
