HR 688 · 115th Congress 2017โ€“2019, ended

Arapaho National Forest Boundary Adjustment Act of 2017

Latest action · May 9, 2017 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 70.

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 24, 2017
  2. Passed HouseFeb 6, 2017
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the House passed version is repeated here.)

Arapaho National Forest Boundary Adjustment Act of 2017

(Sec. 2) This bill adjusts the boundary of the Arapaho National Forest in Colorado to incorporate approximately 92.95 acres of land. The Department of Agriculture shall include all federal land within the boundary in the Bowen Gulch Protection Area established under the Colorado Wilderness Act of 1993.

Cosponsors 2

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jan 24, 2017.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-CODoug LambornOriginalJan 24, 2017
R-COScott R. TiptonOriginalJan 24, 2017

Committees 2

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseNatural Resources Committee
Referred Jan 24, 2017
SenateEnergy and Natural Resources Committee
Referred Feb 7, 2017Markup Mar 30, 2017Reported May 9, 2017

Actions 11

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. May 9, 2017Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 115-57.
  2. May 9, 2017Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 70.
  3. Mar 30, 2017Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
  4. Feb 7, 2017Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
  5. Feb 6, 2017Mr. Lamborn moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.

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 H983, H984Text printed H983Doug Lamborn R-CO, Jared Polis D-COFeb 6, 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. Apr 10, 2017H.R. 688, Arapaho National Forest Boundary Adjustment Act of 2017As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on March 30, 2017

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 (relating to the power of Congress to provide for the general welfare of the United States) and Clause 18 (relating to the power to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the powers vested in Congress). Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 (relating to the power of Congress to dispose of and make all needful rules and regulations respecting territory or other property belonging to the United States).

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 13, January 24, 2017, page H689.

Related bills 3

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 289Arapaho National Forest Boundary Adjustment Act of 2017Identical billMay 9, 2017
HR 1324Arapaho National Forest Boundary Adjustment Act of 2015Reintroduction ofDec 16, 2015
S 2337Continental Divide Recreation, Wilderness and Camp Hale Legacy ActRelated billJan 24, 2018

Titles 4

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

Official Title as Introduced
To adjust the boundary of the Arapaho National Forest, Colorado, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced
Arapaho National Forest Boundary Adjustment Act of 2017
Short Titles as Reported to Senate
Arapaho National Forest Boundary Adjustment Act of 2017
Short Titles as Passed House
Arapaho National Forest Boundary Adjustment Act of 2017

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. May 9, 2017Reported to Senate
  2. Feb 7, 2017Referred in Senate
  3. Feb 6, 2017Engrossed in House
  4. Jan 24, 2017Introduced in House

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