HR 2600 · 115th Congress 2017โ€“2019, ended

To provide for the conveyance to the State of Iowa of the reversionary interest held by the United States in certain land in Pottawattamie County, Iowa, and for other purposes.

Latest action · Aug 15, 2018 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 115-526.

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. IntroducedMay 23, 2017
  2. Passed HouseNov 1, 2017
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

(Sec. 1) This bill directs the Department of the Interior to convey to the state of Iowa, without consideration, the reversionary interest held by the United States in certain land in Pottawattamie County described in the quit claim deed dated April 13, 1998.

As a condition of the conveyance, all costs associated with it are to be paid by the state.

Cosponsors

Members who signed on, in the order they did.

No cosponsors are on file for this measure.

Committees 2

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseNatural Resources Committee
Referred May 23, 2017Markup Oct 4, 2017Reported Oct 24, 2017
Federal Lands Subcommittee
Referred Jun 7, 2017
SenateEnergy and Natural Resources Committee
Referred Nov 2, 2017
National Parks Subcommittee
Hearings Aug 15, 2018

Actions 14

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Aug 15, 2018Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 115-526.
  2. Nov 2, 2017Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
  3. Nov 1, 2017Mr. Cook moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
  4. Nov 1, 2017Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8324-8325)
  5. Nov 1, 2017DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2600.

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.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
HouseDebate and remarks H8324, H8325Text printed H8324David Young R-IA, Norma J. Torres D-CA, Paul Cook R-CANov 1, 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 report

Congressional Budget Office cost estimate

  1. Oct 20, 2017H.R. 2600, a bill to provide for the conveyance to the State of Iowa of the reversionary interest held by the United States in certain land in Pottawattamie County, Iowa, and for other purposesAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on October 4, 2017

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United States

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 89, May 23, 2017, page H4503.

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

NumberHearingCommitteeHeld
S. Hrg. 115-526PENDING LEGISLATION119 pagesEnergy and Natural Resources CommitteeAug 15, 2018

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 1987Pottawattamie County Reversionary Interest Conveyance ActRelated billAug 15, 2018

Titles 1

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To provide for the conveyance to the State of Iowa of the reversionary interest held by the United States in certain land in Pottawattamie County, Iowa, and for other purposes.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.

Text 4

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Nov 2, 2017Referred in Senate
  2. Nov 1, 2017Engrossed in House
  3. Oct 24, 2017Reported in House
  4. May 23, 2017Introduced in House

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