HR 8115 · 117th Congress 2021โ€“2023, ended

Recreation and Public Purposes Tribal Parity Act

Latest action · Dec 30, 2022 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 501.

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. IntroducedJun 16, 2022
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Recreation and Public Purposes Tribal Parity Act

This bill authorizes the Department of the Interior to sell or lease public lands to federally recognized Indian tribes for recreational or public purposes, subject to annual acreage limitations.

Cosponsors

Members who signed on, in the order they did.

No cosponsors are on file for this measure.

Committees 1

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseNatural Resources Committee
Referred Jun 16, 2022Markup Dec 8, 2022Reported Dec 30, 2022
Indian and Insular Affairs Subcommittee
Referred Jun 28, 2022Hearings Sep 14, 2022Discharged Dec 8, 2022
Federal Lands Subcommittee
Referred Jun 28, 2022Discharged Dec 8, 2022

Actions 11

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Dec 30, 2022Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 117-684.
  2. Dec 30, 2022Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 501.
  3. Dec 8, 2022Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands Discharged.
  4. Dec 8, 2022Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States Discharged.
  5. Dec 8, 2022Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
  6. Dec 8, 2022Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
  7. Sep 14, 2022Subcommittee Hearings Held.
  8. Jun 28, 2022Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
  9. Jun 28, 2022Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
  10. Jun 16, 2022Introduced in House
  11. Jun 16, 2022Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

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

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Clause 2 of Section 3 of Article IV of the U.S. Constitution: ``The Congress shall have power to dispose of and make all needful rules and regulations respecting the territory or other property belonging to the United States; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so construed as to prejudice any claims of the United States, or of any particular state.''

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 168, no. 103, June 16, 2022, page H5646.

Related bills 1

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 4424Recreation and Public Purposes Tribal Parity ActIdentical billDec 1, 2022

Titles 3

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

Official Title as Introduced
To amend the Recreation and Public Purposes Act to authorize sales and leases of certain Federal land to federally recognized Indian Tribes, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
Recreation and Public Purposes Tribal Parity Act
Short Title(s) as Reported to House
Recreation and Public Purposes Tribal Parity Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Native Americans.

Text 2

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Dec 30, 2022Reported in House
  2. Jun 16, 2022Introduced in House

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