Fort Frederica National Monument Boundary Expansion Act
Latest action · Sep 7, 2016 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
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.
- IntroducedSep 10, 2015
- Passed HouseSep 6, 2016
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on July 25, 2016. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Fort Frederica National Monument Boundary Expansion Act
(Sec. 2) This bill expands the boundary of the Fort Frederica National Monument on Saint Simon Island, Georgia, and increases the maximum number of acres that may be included in the monument from 250 to 305 acres.
The Department of the Interior may acquire, by donation or purchase, the land and interests within the monument only from willing sellers.
No nonfederal property may be included in the monument without the owner's written consent.
Interior may not acquire land or interests by condemnation or eminent domain.
Nothing in this bill, neither the establishment of the monument nor the management plan for the monument, shall be construed as creating buffer zones outside of the monument.
Cosponsors 13
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 10, 2015 to Jan 8, 2016; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-GA | Rob Woodall | Original | Sep 10, 2015 |
| R-GA | Austin Scott | Sep 29, 2015 | |
| D-GA | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | Sep 29, 2015 | |
| D-GA | John Lewis | Oct 6, 2015 | |
| R-GA | Lynn A. Westmoreland | Oct 6, 2015 | |
| R-GA | Rick W. Allen | Oct 6, 2015 | |
| R-GA | Barry Loudermilk | Oct 7, 2015 | |
| R-GA | Jody B. Hice | Oct 7, 2015 | |
| D-GA | David Scott | Oct 8, 2015 | |
| R-GA | Doug Collins | Oct 8, 2015 | |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Oct 20, 2015 | |
| R-GA | Tom Price | Oct 20, 2015 | |
| R-GA | Tom Graves | Jan 8, 2016 |
Committees 2
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 Sep 10, 2015Markup Jun 15, 2016Reported Jul 25, 2016 |
| Federal Lands Subcommittee | Referred Sep 21, 2015Hearings May 24, 2016Discharged Jun 14, 2016 | |
| Senate | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Referred Sep 7, 2016 |
Actions 16
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 7, 2016Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
- Sep 6, 2016Mr. Thompson (PA) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Sep 6, 2016Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5064-5065)
- Sep 6, 2016DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3480.
- Sep 6, 2016Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5064-5065)
- Sep 6, 2016Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Jul 25, 2016Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 114-701.
- Jul 25, 2016Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 543.
- Jun 15, 2016Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Jun 15, 2016Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
- Jun 14, 2016Subcommittee on Federal Lands Discharged.
- Jun 14, 2016Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- May 24, 2016Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- Sep 21, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
- Sep 10, 2015Introduced in House
- Sep 10, 2015Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H5064, H5065Text printed H5064 | Donald S. Beyer, Jr. D-VA, Earl L. "Buddy" Carter R-GA, Glenn Thompson R-PA | Sep 6, 2016 |
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
- Jul 20, 2016H.R. 3480, Fort Frederica National Monument Boundary Expansion Act of 2015As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on June 15, 2016
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 130, September 10, 2015, page H5942.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2024 | Fort Frederica National Monument Boundary Expansion Act of 2015 | Identical bill | Sep 10, 2015 |
Titles 4
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To expand the boundary of Fort Frederica National Monument in the State of Georgia, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Fort Frederica National Monument Boundary Expansion Act of 2015
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- Fort Frederica National Monument Boundary Expansion Act
- Short Titles as Passed House
- Fort Frederica National Monument Boundary Expansion Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 7, 2016Referred in Senate
- Sep 6, 2016Engrossed in House
- Jul 25, 2016Reported in House
- Sep 10, 2015Introduced 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.
