Save Oak Flat Act
Latest action · Dec 7, 2022 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 427.
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.
- IntroducedMar 12, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Save Oak Flat Act
This bill repeals the requirement for the Department of Agriculture to convey the 2,422 acres of Forest System land located in Tonto National Forest in Pinal County, Arizona, known as Oak Flat, to Resolution Copper Mining, LLC, in exchange for various parcels of land owned by Resolution Copper.
Oak Flat is withdrawn from (1) entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws; (2) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and (3) disposition under all laws pertaining to mineral and geothermal leasing or mineral materials.
Cosponsors 102
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 12, 2021 to Jul 12, 2022; 17 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Original | Mar 12, 2021 |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Original | Mar 12, 2021 |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Original | Mar 12, 2021 |
| D-WA | Derek Kilmer | Original | Mar 12, 2021 |
| D-CO | Diana DeGette | Original | Mar 12, 2021 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Mar 12, 2021 |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Original | Mar 12, 2021 |
| D-NY | Grace Meng | Original | Mar 12, 2021 |
| D-MP | Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan | Original | Mar 12, 2021 |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | Original | Mar 12, 2021 |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Original | Mar 12, 2021 |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | Original | Mar 12, 2021 |
| D-CA | Jimmy Gomez | Original | Mar 12, 2021 |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | Original | Mar 12, 2021 |
| D-CA | Raul Ruiz | Original | Mar 12, 2021 |
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 Mar 12, 2021Markup Apr 28, 2021Reported Dec 7, 2022 |
| Indian and Insular Affairs Subcommittee | Referred Apr 12, 2021Hearings Apr 13, 2021Discharged Apr 28, 2021 | |
| Federal Lands Subcommittee | Referred Apr 12, 2021Discharged Apr 28, 2021 |
Actions 11
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 7, 2022Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 117-592.
- Dec 7, 2022Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 427.
- Apr 28, 2021Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands Discharged.
- Apr 28, 2021Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States Discharged.
- Apr 28, 2021Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Apr 28, 2021Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 24 - 19.
- Apr 13, 2021Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- Apr 12, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
- Apr 12, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
- Mar 12, 2021Introduced in House
- Mar 12, 2021Referred 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 H3738 | Teresa Leger Fernandez D-NM | Jul 20, 2021 |
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
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Aug 13, 2021H.R. 1884, Save Oak Flat ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on April 28, 2021
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 47, March 12, 2021, page H1364.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 117-2 | H.R. 1884, ``SAVE OAK FLAT ACT''122 pages | Natural Resources Committee | Apr 13, 2021 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 915 | Save Oak Flat Act | Identical bill | Mar 23, 2021 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To repeal section 3003 of the Carl Levin and Howard P. "Buck" McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Save Oak Flat Act
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- Save Oak Flat Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 7, 2022Reported in House
- Mar 12, 2021Introduced 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.
