HR 716 · 113th Congress 2013โ€“2015, ended

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain Federal land to the city of Vancouver, Washington, and for other purposes.

Latest action · Mar 20, 2013 Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 20 - 14.

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. IntroducedFeb 14, 2013
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Directs the Secretary of the Interior to convey, without consideration, to the city of Vancouver, Washington, the Pearson Aviation Museum complex, including the main and historic hangars, headquarters, and munitions buildings, and the approximately seven acre complex site. Requires the city to pay the costs of such conveyance.

Cosponsors

Members who signed on, in the order they did.

No cosponsors are on file for this measure.

Committees 1

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseNatural Resources Committee
Referred Feb 14, 2013Markup Mar 20, 2013
Federal Lands Subcommittee
Referred Feb 27, 2013Hearings Mar 14, 2013Discharged Mar 20, 2013

Actions 7

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Mar 20, 2013Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation Discharged.
  2. Mar 20, 2013Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
  3. Mar 20, 2013Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 20 - 14.
  4. Mar 14, 2013Subcommittee Hearings Held.
  5. Feb 27, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
  6. Feb 14, 2013Introduced in House
  7. Feb 14, 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.

Congressional Budget Office cost estimate

  1. Apr 8, 2013H.R. 716, a bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain federal land to the city of Vancouver, Washington, and for other purposesAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on March 20, 2013

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 H549.

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

Titles 1

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

Official Title as Introduced
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain Federal land to the city of Vancouver, Washington, and for other purposes.

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Feb 14, 2013Introduced in House

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