To modify the boundaries of Cibola National Forest in the State of New Mexico, to transfer certain Bureau of Land Management land for inclusion in the national forest, and for other purposes.
Latest action · Apr 25, 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 26, 2011
- Passed HouseApr 24, 2012
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the House reported version is repeated here.)
Expands the boundaries of the Cibola National Forest in New Mexico to include the Crest of Montezuma.
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to transfer administrative jurisdiction over such land to the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) for inclusion in the Forest.
Instructs the Secretary of Agriculture to administer any permit or other land use authorization for such transferred land that is still in effect as of the transfer date in accordance with the terms of such permit or authorization. Permits such Secretary, upon the expiration of such a permit or authorization, to reauthorize the use covered by that permit or authorization under the authorities available to the Secretary on such terms and conditions as considered in the public interest.
Allows the Secretary of Agriculture to acquire, with the owner's consent, the private land included within the boundaries of the Forest by this Act.
Requires any federally owned lands that have already been or hereafter may be acquired for National Forest System purposes within the Forest's boundaries, as modified by this Act, to be managed as lands acquired under the Act of March 1, 1911, commonly known as the Weeks Act, and according to the other laws and regulations that pertain to the System.
Withdraws the Crest of Montezuma from: (1) entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws; (2) location, entry, and patent under the public land mining laws; and (3) operation of the mineral leasing, geothermal leasing, and mineral materials laws.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 26, 2011Markup Feb 29, 2012Reported Apr 16, 2012 |
| Federal Lands Subcommittee | Referred Feb 4, 2011Hearings Feb 3, 2012Discharged Feb 29, 2012 | |
| Senate | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Referred Apr 25, 2012 |
Actions 15
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 25, 2012Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
- Apr 24, 2012Mr. Bishop (UT) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- Apr 24, 2012Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2049-2050)
- Apr 24, 2012DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 491.
- Apr 24, 2012Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2049)
- Apr 24, 2012Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Apr 16, 2012Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 112-435.
- Apr 16, 2012Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 302.
- 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 by Voice Vote.
- Feb 3, 2012Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- Feb 4, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
- Jan 26, 2011Introduced in House
- Jan 26, 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 H2049Text printed H2049 | Martin Heinrich D-NM, Rob Bishop R-UT | 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 19, 2012H.R. 491, a bill to modify the boundaries of Cibola National Forest in the State of New Mexico, to transfer certain Bureau of Land Management land for inclusion in the national forest, and for other purposesAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on February 29, 2012
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H512.
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To modify the boundaries of Cibola National Forest in the State of New Mexico, to transfer certain Bureau of Land Management land for inclusion in the national forest, and for other purposes.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 25, 2012Referred in Senate
- Apr 24, 2012Engrossed in House
- Apr 16, 2012Reported in House
- Jan 26, 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.
