HR 6710 · 116th Congress 2019โ€“2021, ended

Clarifying Easement Requirements for Existing Projects Act

Latest action · May 5, 2020 Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

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. IntroducedMay 5, 2020
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Clarifying Easement Requirements for Existing Projects Act

This bill modifies provisions requiring the Army Corps of Engineers to acquire easements in certain privately owned beaches. For example, with respect to a qualifying private beach that benefits from certain federal projects, the bill requires the Corps of Engineers to permit a nonfederal interest to periodically obtain a right of entry to the private beach to perform project-related activities, rather than requiring the nonfederal interest to obtain a permanent easement.

Cosponsors 2

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 5, 2020 to Aug 7, 2020; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-FLGus M. BilirakisOriginalMay 5, 2020
D-FLLois FrankelAug 7, 2020

Committees 1

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseTransportation and Infrastructure Committee
Referred May 5, 2020

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. May 5, 2020Introduced in House
  2. May 5, 2020Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

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

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article 1, Section 8

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 166, no. 84, May 5, 2020, page H1979.

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced
To modify certain requirements of the Corps of Engineers relating to periodic nourishment of private beaches, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
Clarifying Easement Requirements for Existing Projects Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Water Resources Development.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. May 5, 2020Introduced in House

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