Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo Land Claims Act of 2018
Latest action · Nov 27, 2018 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 819.
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.
- IntroducedJul 13, 2018
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo Land Claims Act of 2018
This bill establishes the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo Land Grant-Merced Claims Commission to conduct a hearing on each qualifying petition that shows the claimed boundaries of a land grant-merced.
A "land grant-merced" is a specified community land grant, or a community, village, town, or settlement, the land of which was granted by Spain or Mexico between 1689 and 1854 within the Territory of New Mexico, which now includes New Mexico, Colorado, and Arizona, to the community, village, town, or pueblo, or to a person to found or establish a community, village, town, or settlement.
After a hearing, the Commission may recommend as restitution any one of the following possible restitutions:
- convey federal land;
- grant stewardship rights to all or part of federal land;
- grant priority access and use rights to such lands for the harvesting of natural resources, such as timber and minerals, grazing and watering of livestock, or hunting and fishing;
- grant priority rights to leases, special use permits, and easements on federal land, to acquire federal lands that may become available for disposal, or to obtain new, unused, or unrenewed grazing allotments on federal lands.
The bill prohibits the impairment of the rights of any acequia located on federal land as the result of enactment of this bill, including the right to the use of water by valid water right owners and access to the acequia for maintenance and improvements to its easement and infrastructure.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 1
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 Jul 13, 2018Markup Sep 27, 2018Reported Nov 27, 2018 |
| Federal Lands Subcommittee | Referred Jul 17, 2018Hearings Sep 6, 2018Discharged Sep 27, 2018 | |
| Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee | Referred Jul 17, 2018Discharged Sep 27, 2018 |
Actions 11
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 27, 2018Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-1052.
- Nov 27, 2018Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 819.
- Sep 27, 2018Subcommittee on Federal Lands Discharged.
- Sep 27, 2018Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans Discharged.
- Sep 27, 2018Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Sep 27, 2018Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 19 - 12.
- Sep 6, 2018Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- Jul 17, 2018Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
- Jul 17, 2018Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
- Jul 13, 2018Introduced in House
- Jul 13, 2018Referred 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 | Lists H6195H.R. 6365–6376 | — | Jul 13, 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 report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Nov 7, 2018H.R. 6365, Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo Land Claims Act of 2018As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on September 27, 2018
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 164, no. 118, July 13, 2018, page H6195.
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To establish the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo Land Grant-Merced Claims Commission and other Federal policies for the restoration of land for hardships resulting from the incomplete and inequitable implementation of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, to affirm Land Grant-Merced property rights protected by the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo Land Claims Act of 2018
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo Land Claims Act of 2018
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 27, 2018Reported in House
- Jul 13, 2018Introduced 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.
