LAND Act
Latest action · Apr 17, 2012 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.
- IntroducedMar 8, 2012
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Land Acquisition to cut National Debt Act or LAND Act - Bars the Secretary of the Interior from using federal funding to purchase land resulting in a net increase of land acreage being under the jurisdiction of the National Park Service (NPS), the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), or the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) unless the federal budget is balanced for the year in which such land would be purchased.
Makes such prohibition inapplicable to lands purchased with funding made available through the sale of Federal Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamps.
Bars the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) from using federal funding to purchase land resulting in a net increase of land acreage included in the National Forest System unless the federal budget is balanced for the year in which that land would be purchased.
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 Mar 8, 2012 |
| Federal Lands Subcommittee | Referred Mar 19, 2012Hearings Apr 17, 2012 | |
| Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs Subcommittee | Referred Mar 19, 2012 | |
| House | Agriculture Committee | Referred Mar 8, 2012 |
| Forestry and Horticulture Subcommittee | Referred Apr 12, 2012 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 17, 2012Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- Apr 12, 2012Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry.
- Mar 19, 2012Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
- Mar 19, 2012Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.
- Mar 8, 2012Introduced in House
- Mar 8, 2012Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H1306.
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To provide that there shall be no net increase in the acres of certain Federal land under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management, the National Park Service, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, or the Forest Service unless the Federal budget is balanced for the year in which the land would be purchased.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Land Acquisition to cut National Debt Act
- LAND Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 8, 2012Introduced in House
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