HR 401 · 115th Congress 2017โ€“2019, ended

To designate the mountain at the Devils Tower National Monument, Wyoming, as Devils Tower, and for other purposes.

Latest action · Apr 11, 2018 Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 138.

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. IntroducedJan 10, 2017
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

This bill declares that the mountain at the Devils Tower National Monument in Wyoming shall be known and designated as "Devils Tower."

Cosponsors

Members who signed on, in the order they did.

No cosponsors are on file for this measure.

Committees 1

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseNatural Resources Committee
Referred Jan 10, 2017Markup Mar 14, 2018Reported Apr 11, 2018
Federal Lands Subcommittee
Referred Feb 10, 2017Discharged Mar 14, 2018

Actions 8

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Apr 11, 2018Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-630.
  2. Apr 11, 2018Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 138.
  3. Mar 14, 2018Subcommittee on Federal Lands Discharged.
  4. Mar 14, 2018Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
  5. Mar 14, 2018Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 20 - 13.

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. Mar 16, 2018H.R. 401, a bill to designate the mountain at the Devils Tower National Monument, Wyoming, as Devils Tower, and for other purposesAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on March 14, 2018

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2: ``The Congress shall have power to dispose of and make all needful rules and regulations respecting the territory or other property belonging to the United States;''

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 6, January 10, 2017, page H299.

Related bills 2

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

Titles 1

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

Official Title as Introduced
To designate the mountain at the Devils Tower National Monument, Wyoming, as Devils Tower, and for other purposes.

Subjects

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

Text 2

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Apr 11, 2018Reported in House
  2. Jan 10, 2017Introduced in House

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