Rocky Mountain National Park Ownership Correction Act
Latest action · Jan 5, 2021 Became Public Law No: 116-302.
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.
- IntroducedDec 17, 2019
- Passed HouseDec 10, 2020
- Passed SenateDec 19, 2020
- To the PresidentDec 24, 2020
- Became lawJan 5, 2021Public Law 116-302
Summary
Rocky Mountain National Park Ownership Correction Act
This bill directs the Department of the Interior to convey specified federal land to the owner of specified nonfederal land if the owner of the nonfederal land offers to exchange the land.
The values of the federal and nonfederal land to be exchanged shall be considered to be of equal value.
The nonfederal land that is acquired by Interior shall be administered as part of Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Feb 28, 2020.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-CO | Doug Lamborn | Feb 28, 2020 |
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 Dec 17, 2019Markup Sep 30, 2020Reported Dec 2, 2020 |
| Federal Lands Subcommittee | Referred Jan 8, 2020Hearings Jul 13, 2020Discharged Sep 30, 2020 | |
| Senate | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Referred Dec 11, 2020Discharged Dec 19, 2020 |
Actions 22
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 5, 2021Signed by President.
- Jan 5, 2021Became Public Law No: 116-302.
- Dec 24, 2020Presented to President.
- Dec 20, 2020Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Dec 19, 2020Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources discharged by Unanimous Consent.
- Dec 19, 2020Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7853)
- Dec 19, 2020Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.
- Dec 11, 2020Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
- Dec 10, 2020Mr. Huffman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- Dec 10, 2020Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7123-7124)
- Dec 10, 2020DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5459.
- Dec 10, 2020Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (consideration: CR H7123)
- Dec 10, 2020Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Dec 2, 2020Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 116-611.
- Dec 2, 2020Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 503.
- 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.
- Jul 13, 2020Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- Jan 8, 2020Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
- Dec 17, 2019Introduced in House
- Dec 17, 2019Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
In the Congressional Record 2
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S7853 | Cory Gardner R-CO | Dec 19, 2020 |
| House | Debate and remarks H7123, H7124Text printed H7123 | Doug Lamborn R-CO, Jared Huffman D-CA, Joe Neguse D-CO | Dec 10, 2020 |
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. 204, December 17, 2019, page H10610.
CRS reports 2
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 2
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Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 3069 | Rocky Mountain National Park Ownership Correction Act | Identical bill | Dec 17, 2019 |
| S 3331 | Rocky Mountain National Park Boundary Modification and Land Exchange Act | Related bill | Mar 4, 2020 |
Titles 8
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to correct a land ownership error within the boundary of Rocky Mountain National Park, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Passed Senate
- Rocky Mountain National Park Ownership Correction Act
- Short Titles as Enacted
- Rocky Mountain National Park Ownership Correction Act
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Rocky Mountain National Park Ownership Correction Act
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- Rocky Mountain National Park Ownership Correction Act
- Short Title(s) as Passed House
- Rocky Mountain National Park Ownership Correction Act
- Short Titles from ENR (Enrolled) bill text
- Rocky Mountain National Park Ownership Correction Act
- Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
- Rocky Mountain National Park Ownership Correction Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
Text 5
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- —Enrolled Bill
- Dec 11, 2020Referred in Senate
- Dec 10, 2020Engrossed in House
- Dec 2, 2020Reported in House
- Dec 17, 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.
