HR 2630 · 115th Congress 2017–2019, ended

La Paz County Land Conveyance Act

Introduced May 24, 2017 Originated House Sponsor Paul A. Gosar R-AZ

Latest action · Nov 14, 2018 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 652.

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.

IntroducedMay 24, 2017
Passed HouseJul 23, 2018
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

La Paz County Land Conveyance Act

This bill directs the Department of the Interior, after receiving a request from La Paz County, Arizona, to convey to the county, without consideration, 8,000 acres of specified federal land.

The federal land conveyed under this bill: (1) may be used by the county for any public purposes consistent with the Recreation and Public Purposes Act, and (2) shall not be disposed of by the county.

The county shall pay or reimburse Interior, as appropriate, for the reasonable transaction and administrative personnel costs associated with such conveyance.

The bill declares that the United States is released from any liability arising from any hazardous substance existing on the federal land before such conveyance.

Cosponsors 3

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 24, 2017 to May 25, 2017; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-AZ	Andy Biggs	Original	May 24, 2017
R-AZ	Trent Franks	Original	May 24, 2017
I-AZ	Kyrsten Sinema		May 25, 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 May 24, 2017Markup Nov 29, 2017Markup Nov 30, 2017Reported Jan 29, 2018
	Federal Lands Subcommittee	Referred Jun 7, 2017Hearings Oct 11, 2017Discharged Nov 29, 2017
Senate	Energy and Natural Resources Committee	Referred Jul 24, 2018Markup Oct 2, 2018Reported Nov 14, 2018

Actions 19

Everything that happened, newest first.

Nov 14, 2018Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski with amendments. With written report No. 115-365.
Nov 14, 2018Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 652.
Oct 2, 2018Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
Jul 24, 2018Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Jul 23, 2018Mr. McClintock moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Jul 23, 2018Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6621-6623)
Jul 23, 2018DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2630.
Jul 23, 2018Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H6621-6622)
Jul 23, 2018Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Jan 29, 2018Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-536.
Jan 29, 2018Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 401.
Nov 30, 2017Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Nov 30, 2017Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
Nov 29, 2017Subcommittee on Federal Lands Discharged.
Nov 29, 2017Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Oct 11, 2017Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Jun 7, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
May 24, 2017Introduced in House
May 24, 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 H6621–H6623Text printed H6621	Madeleine Z. Bordallo D-GU, Paul A. Gosar R-AZ, Tom McClintock R-CA	Jul 23, 2018

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

Nov 2, 2018H.R. 2630, La Paz County Land Conveyance ActAs ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on October 2, 2018
Jan 23, 2018H.R. 2630, La Paz County Land Conveyance ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on November 30, 2017

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 (the Property Clause)-- Under this clause, Congress has the power to dispose of and make all needful rules and regulations respecting the territory or other property belonging to the United States. By virtue of this enumerated power, Congress has governing authority over the lands, territories, or other property of the United States--and with this authority Congress is vested with the power to all owners in fee, the ability to sell, lease, dispose, exchange, convey, or simply preserve land. The Supreme Court has described this enumerated grant as one ``without limitation'' Kleppe v New Mexico, 426 U.S. 529, 542-543 (1976) (``And while the furthest reaches of the power granted by the Property Clause have not been definitely resolved, we have repeatedly observed that the power over the public land thus entrusted to Congress is without limitation.'') Historically, the federal government transferred ownership of federal property to either private ownership or the states in order to pay off large Revolutionary War debts and to assist with the development of infrastructure. The transfers codified by this legislation are thus constitutional.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 90, May 24, 2017, page H4570.

Related bills 1

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

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 1222	La Paz County Land Conveyance Act	Identical bill	Feb 7, 2018

Titles 5

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

Official Title as Introduced: To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain land to La Paz County, Arizona, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced: La Paz County Land Conveyance Act
Short Titles as Reported to House: La Paz County Land Conveyance Act
Short Titles as Reported to Senate: La Paz County Land Conveyance Act
Short Titles as Passed House: La Paz County Land Conveyance Act

Subjects

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

Text 5

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Nov 14, 2018Reported to Senate
Jul 24, 2018Referred in Senate
Jul 23, 2018Engrossed in House
Jan 29, 2018Reported in House
May 24, 2017Introduced in House

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