Advancing Conservation and Education Act of 2014
Latest action · Jul 29, 2014 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.
- IntroducedJun 19, 2014
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Advancing Conservation and Education Act of 2014 - Allows Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, or Wyoming (western states) to relinquish state land grant parcels wholly or primarily within federal conservation areas and to select, in exchange, unappropriated public land within the state. Defines "federal conservation areas" as lands within the outer boundaries of units of the National Park, National Wilderness Preservation, National Wildlife Refuge, or National Landscape Conservation Systems and certain designated lands within the National Forest System.
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to create a process for the relinquishment of such parcels.
Allows a western state to select, and the Secretary to convey, lands that are mineral in character.
Requires the overall value of the state land grant parcels and the unappropriated public land to be conveyed to be equal.
Sets forth requirements regarding records of hazardous materials on land conveyed, water rights, and grazing permits.
Cosponsors 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 19, 2014 to Nov 17, 2014, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | Original | Jun 19, 2014 |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Nov 17, 2014 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 29, 2014Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- Jun 26, 2014Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
- Jun 26, 2014Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
- Jun 26, 2014Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
- Jun 19, 2014Introduced in House
- Jun 19, 2014Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Alaska
- Arizona
- California
- Colorado
- Department of the Interior
- Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
- Forests, forestry, trees
- Idaho
- Intergovernmental relations
- Land transfers
- Land use and conservation
- Mining
- Montana
- New Mexico
- North Dakota
- Oregon
- Parks, recreation areas, trails
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- South Dakota
- State and local government operations
- Utah
- Washington State
- Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats
- Wyoming
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 19, 2014Introduced in House
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