HR 1673 · 113th Congress 2013โ€“2015, ended

Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake Security Enhancement Act

Latest action · Jun 24, 2013 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 87.

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.

  1. IntroducedApr 23, 2013
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake Security Enhancement Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior (the Secretary) to transfer to the administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Navy identified public land in Inyo, Kern, and San Bernardino Counties, California, that is administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM).

Requires the transferred land to be included as part of the Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, California, and authorizes the use of such land for military purposes.

Declares that nothing in this Act shall be construed to: (1) establish a reservation in favor of the United States with respect to any water or water right on lands transferred by this Act, or (2) authorize the appropriation of water on lands transferred by this Act except in accordance with applicable state law.

Withdraws from all forms of appropriation under the public land laws, including the mining laws and geothermal leasing laws, the public land to be transferred by this Act, so long as such land remains under the Secretary of the Army's administrative jurisdiction.

Cosponsors

Members who signed on, in the order they did.

No cosponsors are on file for this measure.

Committees 2

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseNatural Resources Committee
Referred Apr 23, 2013Markup May 15, 2013Reported Jun 24, 2013
Federal Lands Subcommittee
Referred Apr 26, 2013Discharged May 15, 2013
HouseArmed Services Committee
Referred Apr 23, 2013Discharged Jun 24, 2013
Readiness Subcommittee
Referred May 6, 2013

Actions 10

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jun 24, 2013Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 113-122, Part I.
  2. Jun 24, 2013Committee on Armed Services discharged.
  3. Jun 24, 2013Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 87.
  4. May 15, 2013Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation Discharged.
  5. May 15, 2013Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
  6. May 15, 2013Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
  7. May 6, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
  8. Apr 26, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
  9. Apr 23, 2013Introduced in House
  10. Apr 23, 2013Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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.

Committee report

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 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 sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H2247.

Titles 3

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

Official Title as Introduced
To provide for the transfer of certain public land currently administered by the Bureau of Land Management to the administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Navy for inclusion in Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, California, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced
Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake Security Enhancement Act
Short Titles as Reported to House
Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake Security Enhancement Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.

Text 2

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jun 24, 2013Reported in House
  2. Apr 23, 2013Introduced in House

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