Pascua Yaqui Tribe Land Conveyance Act
Latest action · Apr 10, 2018 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 370.
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.
- IntroducedMar 7, 2017
- Passed HouseJul 11, 2017
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Pascua Yaqui Tribe Land Conveyance Act
(Sec. 3) This bill declares that 39.65 acres of land are to be held in trust by the United States for the benefit of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona, effective the day after the Tucson Unified School District No. 1 relinquishes its interest in the land.
(Sec. 4) The United States must convey to the school district 13.24 acres of federal land in exchange for payment of the fair market value of the land and the cost of conveyance.
The school district may acquire the federal reversionary interest in 27.5 acres of district land by paying the appraised value, plus the costs of appraisal and conveyance, to the Department of the Interior.
(Sec. 5) Gaming is prohibited on the land taken into trust pursuant to this bill.
(Sec. 6) There are no federal reserved water rights for the land taken into trust. The tribe retains state water rights for this land. Water rights for this land may not be forfeited or abandoned.
Cosponsors 8
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Apr 5, 2017.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-AZ | Andy Biggs | Apr 5, 2017 | |
| R-AZ | David Schweikert | Apr 5, 2017 | |
| I-AZ | Kyrsten Sinema | Apr 5, 2017 | |
| R-AZ | Martha McSally | Apr 5, 2017 | |
| R-AZ | Paul A. Gosar | Apr 5, 2017 | |
| D-AZ | Ruben Gallego | Apr 5, 2017 | |
| D-AZ | Tom O'Halleran | Apr 5, 2017 | |
| R-AZ | Trent Franks | Apr 5, 2017 |
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 Mar 7, 2017Markup Jun 27, 2017Reported Jul 11, 2017 |
| Federal Lands Subcommittee | Referred Mar 16, 2017 | |
| Indian and Insular Affairs Subcommittee | Referred Mar 16, 2017 | |
| Senate | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Referred Jul 12, 2017Markup Mar 8, 2018Reported Apr 10, 2018 |
| Public Lands, Forests, and Mining Subcommittee | Hearings Feb 7, 2018 |
Actions 18
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 10, 2018Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 115-222.
- Apr 10, 2018Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 370.
- Mar 8, 2018Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- Feb 7, 2018Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 115-502.
- Jul 12, 2017Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
- Jul 11, 2017Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-205.
- Jul 11, 2017Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 142.
- Jul 11, 2017Mr. LaHood moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- Jul 11, 2017Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5405-5407)
- Jul 11, 2017DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1404.
- Jul 11, 2017Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5405-5406)
- Jul 11, 2017Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Jun 27, 2017Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Jun 27, 2017Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
- Mar 16, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
- Mar 16, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.
- Mar 7, 2017Introduced in House
- Mar 7, 2017Referred 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 H5405–H5407Text printed H5405 | Darin LaHood R-IL, Jimmy Panetta D-CA, Raúl M. Grijalva D-AZ | Jul 11, 2017 |
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 reports
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2
- Mar 22, 2018H.R. 1404, Pascua Yaqui Tribe Land Conveyance ActAs ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on March 8, 2018
- Jul 6, 2017H.R. 1404, Pascua Yaqui Tribe Land Conveyance ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on June 27, 2017
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 39, March 7, 2017, page H1595.
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. 115-502 | PENDING LEGISLATION612 pages | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Feb 7, 2018 |
Titles 5
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To provide for the conveyance of certain land inholdings owned by the United States to the Tucson Unified School District and to the Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Pascua Yaqui Tribe Land Conveyance Act
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- Pascua Yaqui Tribe Land Conveyance Act
- Short Titles as Reported to Senate
- Pascua Yaqui Tribe Land Conveyance Act
- Short Titles as Passed House
- Pascua Yaqui Tribe Land Conveyance Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Native Americans.
Text 5
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 10, 2018Reported to Senate
- Jul 12, 2017Referred in Senate
- Jul 11, 2017Reported in House
- Jul 11, 2017Engrossed in House
- Mar 7, 2017Introduced 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.
