Preserve Land Freedom For Americans Act
Latest action · Apr 16, 2013 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.
- IntroducedJan 23, 2013
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Preserve Land Freedom For Americans Act - Requires the President, prior to designating a national monument, to obtain a state's approval for a monument located on federal land within the state.
Bars the Secretary of the Interior from implementing any restrictions on the public use of a national monument until the expiration of an appropriate review period providing for public input and state approval.
Cosponsors 28
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 23, 2013 to Apr 30, 2013; 6 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-AZ | David Schweikert | Original | Jan 23, 2013 |
| R-CA | Doug LaMalfa | Original | Jan 23, 2013 |
| R-TX | Louie Gohmert | Original | Jan 23, 2013 |
| R-TN | Marsha Blackburn | Original | Jan 23, 2013 |
| R-SC | Mick Mulvaney | Original | Jan 23, 2013 |
| R-TX | Randy K. Weber, Sr. | Original | Jan 23, 2013 |
| R-UT | Chris Stewart | Jan 25, 2013 | |
| R-WY | Cynthia M. Lummis | Jan 25, 2013 | |
| R-CA | Dana Rohrabacher | Jan 25, 2013 | |
| R-ND | Kevin Cramer | Jan 25, 2013 | |
| R-UT | Rob Bishop | Jan 25, 2013 | |
| R-CA | Tom McClintock | Jan 25, 2013 | |
| R-AZ | Trent Franks | Jan 25, 2013 | |
| R-MI | Dan Benishek | Feb 6, 2013 | |
| R-AK | Don Young | Feb 6, 2013 | |
| R-MO | Vicky Hartzler | Feb 6, 2013 | |
| R-NC | Walter B. Jones | Feb 6, 2013 | |
| R-SC | Jeff Duncan | Mar 4, 2013 | |
| R-FL | Ted S. Yoho | Mar 4, 2013 | |
| R-AR | Tom Cotton | Mar 6, 2013 | |
| R-MT | Steve Daines | Mar 15, 2013 | |
| R-IA | Tom Latham | Mar 15, 2013 | |
| R-PA | Scott Perry | Apr 12, 2013 | |
| R-FL | Steve Southerland II | Apr 12, 2013 | |
| R-GA | Tom Graves | Apr 12, 2013 | |
| R-TX | Michael C. Burgess | Apr 17, 2013 | |
| R-FL | Trey Radel | Apr 17, 2013 | |
| R-OK | Jim Bridenstine | Apr 30, 2013 |
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 Jan 23, 2013 |
| Federal Lands Subcommittee | Referred Feb 6, 2013Hearings Apr 16, 2013 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 16, 2013Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- Feb 6, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
- Jan 23, 2013Introduced in House
- Jan 23, 2013Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
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 H282.
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. 113-11 | H.R. 250, H.R. 382, H.R. 432, H.R. 758, H.R. 1512, H.R. 1434, H.R. 1439, H.R. 1459, AND H.R. 88569 pages | Natural Resources Committee | Apr 16, 2013 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To provide for State approval of national monuments, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Preserve Land Freedom For Americans 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.
- Jan 23, 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.
