S 491 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

America's Public Land Act of 2019

Introduced Feb 14, 2019 Originated Senate Sponsor Martin Heinrich D-NM

Fact sheet

Latest action · Feb 14, 2019 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

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.

IntroducedFeb 14, 2019
Passed SenateNot reached
Passed HouseNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

America's Public Land Act of 2019

This bill reaffirms that it is U.S. policy

to retain public land in federal ownership unless its disposal has been authorized by an Act of Congress;
to retain management authority over public land, except where a nonfederal individual or entity is authorized to exercise management authority pursuant to an Act of Congress or another applicable law; and
that retention of public land and the management authority over it is in the public interest.

Neither the Department of the Interior nor of Agriculture shall approve or permit the conveyance of public land or the granting of management authority over such land to nonfederal individuals or entities except as authorized by an Act of Congress.

Cosponsors 8

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 14, 2019 to Jun 18, 2019, with 7 there on the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-HI	Brian Schatz	Original	Feb 14, 2019
D-OR	Jeff Merkley	Original	Feb 14, 2019
D-MT	Jon Tester	Original	Feb 14, 2019
D-NY	Kirsten E. Gillibrand	Original	Feb 14, 2019
D-CO	Michael F. Bennet	Original	Feb 14, 2019
D-CT	Richard Blumenthal	Original	Feb 14, 2019
D-NM	Tom Udall	Original	Feb 14, 2019
D-CT	Christopher Murphy		Jun 18, 2019

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Feb 14, 2019Introduced in Senate
Feb 14, 2019Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
HR 1276	America’s Public Land Act of 2019	Identical bill	Mar 11, 2019

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Feb 14, 2019Introduced in Senate

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