HR 6344 · 114th Congress 2015–2017, ended

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain Federal land in Mohave County, Arizona, to qualified entities and for other purposes.

Introduced Nov 17, 2016 Originated House Sponsor Paul A. Gosar R-AZ

Fact sheet

Latest action · Nov 22, 2016 Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.

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. IntroducedNov 17, 2016
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

This bill directs the Department of the Interior to sell at fair market value specified rights, title, and interest to federal lands in Mohave County, Arizona (covered land), to qualified entities (i.e., the current owner of the mining claims, millsites, or tunnel site on the covered land, the lessee, or other successor in interest of the owner, or a subsequent successor in interest). A qualified entity shall receive fee simple title to such covered land.

Interior shall determine the market value of the covered land in accordance with:

  • the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, and
  • the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice.

Interior's authority to sell covered land expires 10 years after the enactment of this bill.

Cosponsors 9

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 17, 2016 to Dec 12, 2016, with 7 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-WVAlexander X. MooneyOriginalNov 17, 2016
R-AKDon YoungOriginalNov 17, 2016
R-SCJeff DuncanOriginalNov 17, 2016
R-NVMark E. AmodeiOriginalNov 17, 2016
R-ALMo BrooksOriginalNov 17, 2016
R-TXPete SessionsOriginalNov 17, 2016
R-AZTrent FranksOriginalNov 17, 2016
R-UTChris StewartDec 2, 2016
R-OHBill JohnsonDec 12, 2016

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Nov 22, 2016Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
  2. Nov 17, 2016Introduced in House
  3. Nov 17, 2016Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

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. Nov 17, 2016Introduced in House

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