Lower Mississippi River Area Study Act
Latest action · Dec 22, 2014 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 539.
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.
- IntroducedFeb 13, 2013
- Passed SenateJul 9, 2014
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the Senate on July 9, 2014. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Lower Mississippi River Area Study Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to complete a special resource study that evaluates the national significance of a specified study area located in Plaquemines Parish in Louisiana, and the feasibility of designating such area as a unit of the National Park System.
Requires such study to: (1) include cost estimates for the potential acquisition of the study area, and (2) identify alternatives for the management and protection of such area.
Bars the study from being conducted until funding is received either by: (1) the Secretary entering into an agreement with a state, unit of local government, or other entity to conduct the study using non-federal funds; or (2) the Secretary receiving a donation sufficient to pay the cost of conducting the study.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
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Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 22, 2014Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 539.
- Dec 22, 2014Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 113-708.
- Jul 30, 2014Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Jul 30, 2014Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
- Jul 30, 2014Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation Discharged.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
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Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 22, 2014Reported in House
- Jul 10, 2014Referred in House
- Jul 9, 2014Engrossed in Senate
- Apr 22, 2013Reported to Senate
- Feb 13, 2013Introduced in Senate
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