Rim of the Valley Corridor Preservation Act
Latest action · Feb 4, 2020 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 309.
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.
- IntroducedMar 13, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Rim of the Valley Corridor Preservation Act
This bill adjusts the boundary of the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area in California as depicted on a specified map to include the Rim of the Valley Unit.
The Rim of the Valley Unit, and any lands or interests acquired by the United States and located within its boundaries, shall be administered as part of the recreation area.
The Department of the Interior may acquire only through exchange, donation, or purchase from a willing seller any nonfederal land within the boundaries of the Rim of the Valley Unit.
Cosponsors 17
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 13, 2019 to Jun 25, 2019; 10 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Original | Mar 13, 2019 |
| D-CA | Brad Sherman | Original | Mar 13, 2019 |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Original | Mar 13, 2019 |
| D-CA | Jimmy Gomez | Original | Mar 13, 2019 |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Original | Mar 13, 2019 |
| D-CA | Julia Brownley | Original | Mar 13, 2019 |
| D-CA | Katie Hill | Original | Mar 13, 2019 |
| D-CA | Nanette Diaz Barragán | Original | Mar 13, 2019 |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Original | Mar 13, 2019 |
| D-CA | Tony Cárdenas | Original | Mar 13, 2019 |
| D-CA | Karen Bass | Apr 25, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Mark DeSaulnier | Apr 25, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Anna G. Eshoo | May 9, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. | May 16, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Harley Rouda | May 16, 2019 |
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 Mar 13, 2019Markup Nov 20, 2019Reported Feb 4, 2020 |
| Federal Lands Subcommittee | Referred Apr 1, 2019Hearings Apr 2, 2019Discharged Nov 20, 2019 |
Actions 9
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 4, 2020Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 116-386.
- Feb 4, 2020Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 309.
- Nov 20, 2019Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands Discharged.
- Nov 20, 2019Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Nov 20, 2019Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 20 - 13.
- Apr 2, 2019Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- Apr 1, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
- Mar 13, 2019Introduced in House
- Mar 13, 2019Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
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 23, 2020H.R. 1708, Rim of the Valley Corridor Preservation ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on November 20, 2019
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 45, March 13, 2019, page H2717.
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 774 | Rim of the Valley Corridor Preservation Act | Related bill | Dec 18, 2019 |
| HR 2546 | Protecting America’s Wilderness Act | Related bill | Feb 13, 2020 |
| HR 4086 | Rim of the Valley Corridor Preservation Act | Reintroduction of | Oct 24, 2017 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To adjust the boundary of the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area to include the Rim of the Valley Corridor, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Rim of the Valley Corridor Preservation Act
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- Rim of the Valley Corridor Preservation Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 4, 2020Reported in House
- Mar 13, 2019Introduced 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.
