Utah Test and Training Range Encroachment Prevention and Temporary Closure Act
Latest action · Dec 8, 2016 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 670.
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 12, 2016
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Utah Test and Training Range Encroachment Prevention and Temporary Closure Act
This bill directs the Departments of the Interior and the Air Force to enter into a memorandum of agreement for the continued management by Interior of approximately 625,643 acres of Bureau of Land Management (BLM) land in Utah in a manner that provides for its limited use by the Air Force.
Under such Agreement the BLM shall continue to manage the BLM land, subject to use by the Air Force for:
- the preservation of the Utah Test and Training Range against encroachments incompatible with test and training requirements;
- the testing of advanced weapons systems, including hypersonic weapons, and the standoff distance for weapons;
- increased public safety for civilians accessing the BLM land; and
- other purposes related to meeting national security needs.
If military operations, public safety, or national security require the temporary closure of the use of roads, trails, or other portions of the BLM land to the public, the Air Force may take necessary action to carry out such closure.
The bill establishes the Utah Test and Training Range Community Resource Group to give input to Interior and the Air Force on matters involving public access to, use of, and management of the BLM land.
Interior shall convey to the state of Utah, through the School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration in Utah, BLM land in Box Elder, Millard, Juab, Tooele, and Beaver Counties, Utah, in exchange for non-federal land owned by Utah in Box Elder, Juab, and Tooele Counties. Upon conveyance, the non-federal land located: (1) within the Utah Test and Training Range shall be managed according to the memorandum of agreement, and (2) within the Cedar Mountains Wilderness shall be added to and administered as part of such Wilderness.
Interior, respecting BLM land, and the Department of Agriculture, respecting Forest Service land, shall convey to Utah and to Box Elder, Juab, and Tooele Counties separate easements for motorized travel rights of way across the federal land for all Class B and Class D R.S. 2477 roads.
Cosponsors 3
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Feb 12, 2016.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-UT | Jason Chaffetz | Original | Feb 12, 2016 |
| R-UT | Mia B. Love | Original | Feb 12, 2016 |
| R-UT | Rob Bishop | Original | Feb 12, 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 Feb 12, 2016Markup Mar 16, 2016Reported Dec 8, 2016 |
| Federal Lands Subcommittee | Referred Feb 17, 2016Hearings Feb 25, 2016Discharged Mar 15, 2016 | |
| House | Armed Services Committee | Referred Feb 12, 2016Discharged Dec 8, 2016 |
| Readiness Subcommittee | Referred Mar 4, 2016 |
Actions 12
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 8, 2016Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 114-857, Part I.
- Dec 8, 2016Committee on Armed Services discharged.
- Dec 8, 2016Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 670.
- Mar 16, 2016Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Mar 16, 2016Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 19 - 14.
- Mar 15, 2016Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Mar 15, 2016Subcommittee on Federal Lands Discharged.
- Mar 4, 2016Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
- Feb 25, 2016Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- Feb 17, 2016Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
- Feb 12, 2016Introduced in House
- Feb 12, 2016Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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
- May 18, 2016H.R. 4579, Utah Test and Training Range Encroachment Prevention and Temporary Closure ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on March 16, 2016
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 162, no. 26, February 12, 2016, page H818.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 114-500 | PENDING LEGISLATION318 pages | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Apr 21, 2016 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2383 | Utah Test and Training Range Encroachment Prevention and Temporary Closure Act | Related bill | Sep 13, 2016 |
| HR 4909 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 | Related bill | May 26, 2016 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To withdraw certain Bureau of Land Management land in the State of Utah from all forms of public appropriation, to provide for the shared management of the withdrawn land by the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of the Air Force to facilitate enhanced weapons testing and pilot training, enhance public safety, and provide for continued public access to the withdrawn land, to provide for the exchange of certain Federal land and State land, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Utah Test and Training Range Encroachment Prevention and Temporary Closure Act
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- Utah Test and Training Range Encroachment Prevention and Temporary Closure Act
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 8, 2016Reported in House
- Feb 12, 2016Introduced 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.
