Lowell National Historical Park Land Exchange Act of 2012
Latest action · Oct 5, 2012 Became Public Law No: 112-182.
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.
- IntroducedJun 16, 2011
- Passed HouseApr 26, 2012
- Passed SenateSep 22, 2012
- To the PresidentSep 25, 2012
- Became lawOct 5, 2012Public Law 112-182
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on April 19, 2012. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Lowell National Historical Park Land Exchange Act of 2012 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to exchange any land or interest within the boundaries of Lowell National Historical Park in Massachusetts for any land or interest owned by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the city of Lowell, or the University of Massachusetts Building Authority.
Subjects, except as provided below, an exchange under this Act to the laws, regulations, and policies applicable to land exchanges administered by the National Park Service (NPS) and any other terms and conditions that are determined to be necessary to protect U.S. interests.
Requires, where facilities or infrastructure required for the management and operation of the Park exists on the federal land to be exchanged and the non-federal land or interest to be exchanged is not of equal value, the values to be equalized by a cash payment to the Secretary. Bars the Secretary from being required to equalize the values of any exchange conducted under this Act if the land or interest received by the federal government exceeds the value of the federal land or interest exchanged.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
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 Jun 16, 2011Markup Feb 29, 2012Reported Apr 19, 2012 |
| Federal Lands Subcommittee | Referred Jun 22, 2011Hearings Jan 24, 2012Discharged Feb 29, 2012 |
Actions 23
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 5, 2012Signed by President.
- Oct 5, 2012Became Public Law No: 112-182.
- Sep 25, 2012Presented to President.
- Sep 24, 2012Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Sep 22, 2012Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR 9/21/2012 S6674)
In the Congressional Record 5
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 S6674 | Mark L. Pryor D-AR | Sep 21, 2012 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S2933 | Harry Reid D-NV | May 8, 2012 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S2931 | Sherrod Brown D-OH | May 7, 2012 |
| House | Debate and remarks H2156 | — | Apr 26, 2012 |
| House | Debate and remarks H2050Text printed H2050 | Niki Tsongas D-MA, Timothy H. Bishop D-NY | Apr 24, 2012 |
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 estimate
- Mar 15, 2012H.R. 2240, the Lowell National Historical Park Land Exchange Act of 2011As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on February 29, 2012
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H4329.
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. 112-91 | H.R. 919, H.R. 938, H.R. 1278, H.R. 2240, H.R. 2489, H.R. 3411, AND H.R. 344076 pages | Natural Resources Committee | Jan 24, 2012 |
CRS reports 2
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 2
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R41870 | Legislative Branch: FY2012 Appropriations Archived | Report | Jan 31, 2012 |
| R41214 | Legislative Branch: FY2011 Appropriations Archived | Report | Jun 2, 2011 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1215 | Lowell National Historical Park Land Exchange Act of 2011 | Related bill | Mar 7, 2012 |
Titles 5
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To authorize the exchange of land or interest in land between Lowell National Historical Park and the city of Lowell in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Lowell National Historical Park Land Exchange Act of 2011
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- Lowell National Historical Park Land Exchange Act of 2012
- Short Titles as Passed House
- Lowell National Historical Park Land Exchange Act of 2012
- Short Titles as Enacted
- Lowell National Historical Park Land Exchange Act of 2012
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
Text 5
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- —Enrolled Bill
- May 8, 2012Placed on Calendar Senate
- Apr 26, 2012Engrossed in House
- Apr 19, 2012Reported in House
- Jun 16, 2011Introduced 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.
