HR 845 · 112th Congress 2011–2013, ended

Montana Land Sovereignty Act

Introduced Mar 1, 2011 Originated House Sponsor Denny Rehberg R-MT

Latest action · Sep 13, 2011 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 1, 2011
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Montana Land Sovereignty Act - Prohibits any further extension or establishment of national parks and monuments in Montana, except by express authorization of Congress.

Cosponsors

Members who signed on, in the order they did.

No cosponsors are on file for this measure.

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 Mar 1, 2011
	Federal Lands Subcommittee	Referred Mar 3, 2011Hearings Sep 13, 2011

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

Sep 13, 2011Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Mar 3, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
Mar 1, 2011Introduced in House
Mar 1, 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	Lists H1455H.R. 845-866	—	Mar 1, 2011

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

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Clause 2 of Section 3 of Article IV of the Constitution: ``The Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so construed as to Prejudice any Claims of the United States, or of any particular State.'' The specific Constitutional Authority cited here is not intended and should not be construed to be exclusive of any other general or specific Constitutional Authority that is otherwise applicable.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H1455.

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. 112-59	H.R. 302, H.R. 758, H.R. 817, H.R. 845, H.R. 846, AND H.R. 214753 pages	Natural Resources Committee	Sep 13, 2011

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To prohibit the further extension or establishment of national monuments in Montana, except by express authorization of Congress, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced: Montana Land Sovereignty 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 1, 2011Introduced in House

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