Complete America's Great Trails Act
Latest action · Mar 16, 2015 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.
- IntroducedFeb 5, 2015
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Complete America's Great Trails Act
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit for the fair market value of any National Scenic Trail conservation contribution. Requires the Department of the Interior to study and report on the efficacy of such tax credit in completing, extending, and increasing the number of National Scenic Trails and the feasibility and cost of making such credit refundable and transferable.
Cosponsors 16
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 5, 2015 to May 12, 2016; 10 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NC | David E. Price | Original | Feb 5, 2015 |
| D-VA | Donald S. Beyer, Jr. | Original | Feb 5, 2015 |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Original | Feb 5, 2015 |
| D-CO | Jared Polis | Original | Feb 5, 2015 |
| D-MN | Keith Ellison | Original | Feb 5, 2015 |
| D-PA | Matt Cartwright | Original | Feb 5, 2015 |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Original | Feb 5, 2015 |
| D-MN | Richard M. Nolan | Original | Feb 5, 2015 |
| D-VA | Robert C. "Bobby" Scott | Original | Feb 5, 2015 |
| D-CA | Scott H. Peters | Original | Feb 5, 2015 |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | Feb 26, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | Apr 14, 2015 | |
| D-WA | Jim McDermott | Jun 9, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Doris O. Matsui | Feb 24, 2016 | |
| D-OR | Suzanne Bonamici | Apr 29, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | May 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 | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Feb 5, 2015 |
| House | Natural Resources Committee | Referred Feb 5, 2015 |
| Federal Lands Subcommittee | Referred Mar 16, 2015 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 16, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
- Feb 5, 2015Introduced in House
- Feb 5, 2015Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 20, February 5, 2015, page H857.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1015 | Complete America's Great Trails Act | Reintroduced Bill | Feb 24, 2017 |
| S 1069 | Complete America's Great Trails Act | Related bill | Apr 23, 2015 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a credit against income tax for qualified conservation contributions which include National Scenic Trails.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Complete America's Great Trails Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 5, 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.
