Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park Boundary Adjustment Act of 2014
Latest action · Dec 22, 2014 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 532.
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 26, 2014
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park Boundary Adjustment Act of 2014 - Modifies the boundary of the Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park in Georgia to include approximately eight acres identified as Wallis House and Harriston Hill.
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire land or interests, by donation or exchange, from willing sellers only.
Requires written consent of property owners before the land is included in the park. Bars the Secretary from acquiring the land by condemnation.
Prohibits activities or uses outside the park from being regulated or precluded merely because those activities or uses can be seen, heard, or detected from within the park, thereby prohibiting this Act from being construed to create buffer zones outside the park.
Cosponsors 3
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 26, 2014 to Jul 3, 2014; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-GA | John Lewis | Original | Jun 26, 2014 |
| R-GA | Lynn A. Westmoreland | Original | Jun 26, 2014 |
| R-GA | Tom Price | Jul 3, 2014 |
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 Jun 26, 2014Markup Sep 18, 2014Reported Dec 22, 2014 |
| Federal Lands Subcommittee | Referred Jul 7, 2014Hearings Sep 9, 2014Discharged Sep 18, 2014 |
Actions 9
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 22, 2014Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 113-701.
- Dec 22, 2014Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 532.
- Sep 18, 2014Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation Discharged.
- Sep 18, 2014Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Sep 18, 2014Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
- Sep 9, 2014Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- Jul 7, 2014Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
- Jun 26, 2014Introduced in House
- Jun 26, 2014Referred 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.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Oct 3, 2014H.R. 5003, Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park Boundary Adjustment Act of 2014As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on September 18, 2014
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H5819.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2571 | Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park Boundary Adjustment Act of 2014 | Related bill | Jul 9, 2014 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To adjust the boundary of the Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park to include the Wallis House and Harriston Hill, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park Boundary Adjustment Act of 2014
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park Boundary Adjustment Act of 2014
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 22, 2014Reported in House
- Jun 26, 2014Introduced 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.
