To authorize the conveyance of certain National Forest System lands in the Los Padres National Forest in California.
Latest action · Jun 6, 2012 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
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 7, 2011
- Passed HouseJun 5, 2012
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on September 23, 2011. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA), if the White Lotus Foundation in Santa Barbara, California, offers to convey to the Secretary a parcel of non-federal land that is acceptable to the Secretary and the Secretary accepts the offer, to convey approximately five acres of certain identified National Forest System land in Santa Barbara County to the Foundation.
Subjects the land exchange to provisions under the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 related to exchanges of public lands and interests therein within the National Forest System.
Expresses the intent of Congress that the land exchange be completed within two years of enactment of this Act. Allows the Secretary to offer to sell to the White Lotus Foundation the federal land for fair market value if such exchange is not completed by such time.
Makes the land exchange and any such sale subject to specified additional terms and conditions, including to valid existing rights and the White Lotus Foundation paying the reasonable costs of surveys, appraisals, and other administrative costs associated with the exchange or sale.
Requires land conveyed by exchange or sale under this Act to be appraised by an independent appraiser selected by the Secretary and such an appraisal to be conducted in accordance with nationally recognized appraisal standards.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 2
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 7, 2011Markup Jul 20, 2011Reported Sep 23, 2011 |
| Federal Lands Subcommittee | Referred Jan 26, 2011Hearings May 4, 2011Discharged Jul 20, 2011 | |
| Senate | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Referred Jun 6, 2012 |
Actions 15
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 6, 2012Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
- Jun 5, 2012Mr. Hastings (WA) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Jun 5, 2012Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3438-3439)
- Jun 5, 2012DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 241.
- Jun 5, 2012Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3438)
- Jun 5, 2012Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Sep 23, 2011Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 112-216.
- Sep 23, 2011Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 140.
- Jul 20, 2011Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands Discharged.
- Jul 20, 2011Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Jul 20, 2011Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
- May 4, 2011Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- Jan 26, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
- Jan 7, 2011Introduced in House
- Jan 7, 2011Referred to the House Committee on 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H3432, H3438Text printed H3438 | Doc Hastings R-WA, Elton Gallegly R-CA, Raúl M. Grijalva D-AZ | Jun 5, 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
- Jul 27, 2011H.R. 241, A bill to authorize the conveyance of certain National Forest System lands in the Los Padres National Forest in CaliforniaCost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on July 20, 2011
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H137.
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. 112-28 | H.R. 241, H.R. 290, H.R. 320, H.R. 441, H.R. 643, H.R. 686, H.R. 765, H.R. 850, H.R. 944, H.R. 1022, AND H.R. 114165 pages | Natural Resources Committee | May 4, 2011 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To authorize the conveyance of certain National Forest System lands in the Los Padres National Forest in California.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 6, 2012Referred in Senate
- Jun 5, 2012Engrossed in House
- Sep 23, 2011Reported in House
- Jan 7, 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.
