Advancing Conservation and Education Act
Latest action · Dec 14, 2020 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 524.
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.
- IntroducedJan 4, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Advancing Conservation and Education Act
This bill allows the states of Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming (western states) to relinquish state land grant parcels wholly or primarily within eligible areas and select, in exchange, public land within the state.
The bill defines eligible areas as lands within the outer boundaries of units or components of the National Park, National Wilderness Preservation, National Wildlife Refuge, or National Landscape Conservation Systems, areas identified by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) of the Department of the Interior through a inventory carried out in accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (FLPMA) as having wilderness characteristics as of the enactment of this bill or in a land use plan that was finalized under the FLPMA, certain designated lands within the National Forest System or administered by the BLM, and sentinel landscapes designated by the Department of Agriculture, Department of Defense, or Interior.
Interior shall create a process for the relinquishment of such parcels.
A western state may select, and Interior may convey, lands that are mineral in character.
The overall value of the state land grant parcels and the public land to be conveyed shall be equal or made equal.
The bill sets forth requirements regarding hazardous materials on land to be conveyed, water rights, grazing permits, road rights-of-ways, and protection of Indian rights.
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 Jan 4, 2019Markup Sep 30, 2020Reported Dec 14, 2020 |
| Federal Lands Subcommittee | Referred Feb 5, 2019Hearings Jun 18, 2020Discharged Sep 30, 2020 |
Actions 9
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 14, 2020Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 116-639.
- Dec 14, 2020Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 524.
- Sep 30, 2020Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands Discharged.
- Sep 30, 2020Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Sep 30, 2020Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
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
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 2, January 4, 2019, page H228.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 2348 | Advancing Conservation and Education Act | Reintroduced Bill | Dec 30, 2022 |
| HR 4257 | Advancing Conservation and Education Act | Reintroduction of | Jun 26, 2018 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To maximize land management efficiencies, promote land conservation, generate education funding, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Advancing Conservation and Education Act
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- Advancing Conservation and Education Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
- Alaska
- Arizona
- California
- Colorado
- Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
- Forests, forestry, trees
- Idaho
- Intergovernmental relations
- Land transfers
- Land use and conservation
- Military facilities and property
- Mining
- Montana
- Monuments and memorials
- New Mexico
- North Dakota
- Oregon
- Parks, recreation areas, trails
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- South Dakota
- State and local government operations
- Utah
- Washington State
- Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats
- Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
- Wyoming
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 14, 2020Reported in House
- Jan 4, 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.
