Y Mountain Access Enhancement Act
Latest action · Jun 18, 2013 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 15, 2013
- Passed HouseJun 17, 2013
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Y Mountain Access Enhancement Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA), upon request by Brigham Young University, to convey an approximately 80-acre parcel of National Forest System land in the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest in Utah.
Requires the University to pay to the Secretary an amount equal to the fair market value of such land. Requires such consideration to be deposited in the general Treasury fund to reduce the federal deficit.
Directs the University, after the conveyance, to represent that it will: (1) continue allowing the same reasonable public access to the trailhead, and the part of the Y Mountain Trail already owned by the University, as has been historically allowed; and (2) allow such access to the part of the Trail and the "Y" symbol located on the conveyed land.
Requires the exact acreage and legal description of the conveyed land to be determined by a survey that is satisfactory to the Secretary.
Requires Brigham Young University to pay the costs of the survey and appraisal and any administrative analyses required by law.
Recorded votes 1
Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.
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 15, 2013Markup Apr 24, 2013Reported Jun 6, 2013 |
| Federal Lands Subcommittee | Referred Jan 31, 2013Discharged Apr 24, 2013 | |
| Senate | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Referred Jun 18, 2013 |
Actions 17
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 18, 2013Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
- Jun 17, 2013Mr. Bishop (UT) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Jun 17, 2013Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3661-3663)
- Jun 17, 2013DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 253.
- Jun 17, 2013At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
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 H3661–H3663Text printed H3661Recorded votes H3668enact | Eni F. H. Faleomavaega D-AS, Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan D-MP, Jason Chaffetz R-UT, Rob Bishop R-UT | Jun 17, 2013 |
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
- May 7, 2013H.R. 253, Y Mountain Access Enhancement ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on April 24, 2013
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H171.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 28 | Upper Y Mountain Trail and Y Conveyance Act | Identical bill | Sep 10, 2013 |
Titles 5
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To provide for the conveyance of a small parcel of National Forest System land in the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest in Utah to Brigham Young University, and for other purposes.
- Official Titles as Amended by House
- To provide for the conveyance of approximately 80 acres of National Forest System land in the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest in Utah to Brigham Young University, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Y Mountain Access Enhancement Act
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- Y Mountain Access Enhancement Act
- Short Titles as Passed House
- Y Mountain Access Enhancement Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 18, 2013Referred in Senate
- Jun 17, 2013Engrossed in House
- Jun 6, 2013Reported in House
- Jan 15, 2013Introduced 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.
