To amend the Mesquite Lands Act of 1986 to facilitate implementation of a multispecies habitat conservation plan for the Virgin River in Clark County, Nevada.
Latest action · May 17, 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.
- IntroducedAug 1, 2011
- Passed HouseMay 16, 2012
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Amends
Extends, until November 29, 2020, withdrawal and purchase authority with respect to the fifth and sixth areas.
Amends the Act to provide for the conveyance to the city of Mesquite, Nevada, of the approximately 218 acres of land identified as Hiatus on the map entitled "Mesquite Airport Conveyance " and dated January 13, 2012, from among the up to 2,560 acres of public land to be selected by the city from the sixth area.
Amends the Act to require, if the public land conveyed to the city of Mesquite from the sixth area is not being used by the city as an airport or for another public purpose, such land to revert to the United States, at the option of the Secretary of the Interior, except that the city shall have an exclusive right to purchase the land.
Grants the city of Mesquite, until November 29, 2020, the exclusive right to purchase the parcels of public land from the sixth area that the Secretary did not convey to the city pursuant to the Act.
Requires the proceeds from the sale of each parcel to be deposited into the General Treasury.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Sep 20, 2011.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-NV | Mark E. Amodei | Sep 20, 2011 |
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 Aug 1, 2011Markup Feb 29, 2012Reported May 10, 2012 |
| Federal Lands Subcommittee | Referred Aug 4, 2011Hearings Dec 2, 2011Discharged Feb 29, 2012 | |
| Senate | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Referred May 17, 2012 |
Actions 17
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 17, 2012Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
- May 16, 2012Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H2745)
- May 16, 2012Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR 5/15/2012 H2680)
- May 16, 2012Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- May 15, 2012Mr. Bishop (UT) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- May 15, 2012Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2680-2681)
- May 15, 2012DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2745.
- May 15, 2012At the conclusion of debate, the chair put the question on the motion to suspend the rules. Mr. Heinrich objected to the vote on the grounds that a quorum was not present. Further proceedings on the motion were postponed. The point of no quorum was withdrawn.
- May 10, 2012Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 112-474.
- May 10, 2012Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 332.
- Feb 29, 2012Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands Discharged.
- Feb 29, 2012Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Feb 29, 2012Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- Dec 2, 2011Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- Aug 4, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
- Aug 1, 2011Introduced in House
- Aug 1, 2011Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
In the Congressional Record 2
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 H2745 | — | May 16, 2012 |
| House | Debate and remarks H2680, H2681Text printed H2680 | Joseph J. Heck R-NV, Martin Heinrich D-NM, Rob Bishop R-UT | May 15, 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
- Apr 23, 2012H.R. 2745, a bill to amend the Mesquite Lands Act of 1986 to facilitate implementation of a multispecies habitat conservation plan for the Virgin River in Clark County, NevadaAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on February 29, 2012
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H5886.
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. 112-87 | H.R. 1038, H.R. 1237, H.R. 2157, H.R. 2490, H.R. 2504, H.R. 2745, H.R. 2947, H.R. 3222, H.R. 3452 AND S. 68460 pages | Natural Resources Committee | Dec 2, 2011 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1473 | Mesquite Land Conveyances Act of 2011 | Related bill | Mar 22, 2012 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Mesquite Lands Act of 1986 to facilitate implementation of a multispecies habitat conservation plan for the Virgin River in Clark County, Nevada.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 17, 2012Referred in Senate
- May 16, 2012Engrossed in House
- May 10, 2012Reported in House
- Aug 1, 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.
