LOCAL Act of 2019
Latest action · Jan 8, 2020 Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
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 HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Land Ownership Collaboration Accelerates Life Act of 2019 or the LOCAL Act of 2019
This bill provides statutory authority for conservation agreements involving threatened or endangered species, including by providing for the legal treatment of species included in conservation agreements, setting forth the requirements of certain conservation agreements, and establishing safe harbor provisions for these agreements.
Cosponsors 7
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Dec 19, 2019 to Feb 5, 2020.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-WA | Dan Newhouse | Dec 19, 2019 | |
| R-AR | Eric A. "Rick" Crawford | Dec 19, 2019 | |
| R-MT | Greg Gianforte | Dec 19, 2019 | |
| R-AZ | Paul A. Gosar | Dec 19, 2019 | |
| R-CA | Tom McClintock | Dec 19, 2019 | |
| R-WY | Liz Cheney | Jan 13, 2020 | |
| R-ND | Kelly Armstrong | Feb 5, 2020 |
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 Dec 17, 2019 |
| Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee | Referred Jan 8, 2020 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 8, 2020Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
- Dec 17, 2019Introduced in House
- Dec 17, 2019Referred 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 | Debate and remarks H619 | Dan Newhouse R-WA, Scott R. Tipton R-CO | Jan 28, 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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 204, December 17, 2019, page H10610.
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to increase transparency, to support regulatory certainty, and to reauthorize that Act, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- LOCAL Act of 2019
- Land Ownership Collaboration Accelerates Life Act of 2019
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Environmental Protection.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Department of the Interior
- Endangered and threatened species
- Environmental Protection
- Land use and conservation
- Public contracts and procurement
- Public-private cooperation
- Right of privacy
- State and local government operations
- Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- 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.
