To provide for the indefinite duration of certain military land withdrawals, to improve the management of lands currently subject to such withdrawals and to make the management of such lands more transparent, and for other purposes.
Latest action · Feb 2, 2018 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 407.
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.
- IntroducedNov 8, 2017
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
This bill amends specified military land withdrawal Acts to provide for indefinite duration of certain military land withdrawals and reservations and to provide public information on the management of such lands.
The Departments of the Navy and the Interior shall establish an intergovernmental executive committee for the sole purpose of exchanging views, information, and advice relating to the management of the natural and cultural resources of lands withdrawn and reserved.
The bill requires a determination of the continuing military need for withdrawal and reservation of lands at least every five years and public reports describing any changes in the condition of the lands withdrawn and reserved.
Cosponsors 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Nov 8, 2017.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-SC | Joe Wilson | Original | Nov 8, 2017 |
| R-TX | Mac Thornberry | Original | Nov 8, 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 Nov 8, 2017Markup Nov 29, 2017Markup Nov 30, 2017Reported Feb 2, 2018 |
| House | Armed Services Committee | Referred Nov 8, 2017Discharged Feb 2, 2018 |
| Readiness Subcommittee | Referred Dec 7, 2017 |
Actions 9
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 2, 2018Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-542, Part I.
- Feb 2, 2018Committee on Armed Services discharged.
- Feb 2, 2018Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 407.
- Dec 7, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
- Nov 30, 2017Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Nov 30, 2017Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
- Nov 29, 2017Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Nov 8, 2017Introduced in House
- Nov 8, 2017Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Jan 19, 2018H.R. 4299, a bill to provide for the indefinite duration of certain military land withdrawalsrrently subject to such withdrawals and to make management of such lands more transparent, and for other purposesAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on November 30, 2017
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 182, November 8, 2017, page H8662.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 2810 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 | Related bill | Dec 12, 2017 |
| HR 5515 | John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 | Related bill | Aug 13, 2018 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To provide for the indefinite duration of certain military land withdrawals, to improve the management of lands currently subject to such withdrawals and to make the management of such lands more transparent, and for other purposes.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 2, 2018Reported in House
- Nov 8, 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.
