University of Alaska Fiscal Foundation Act
Latest action · Sep 21, 2022 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 495.
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.
- IntroducedApr 14, 2021
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
University of Alaska Fiscal Foundation Act
This bill directs the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to establish a program to identify and convey available federal land in Alaska to the University of Alaska for a land grant to support higher education. The bill also permits the BLM or the Department of Agriculture to acquire by purchase or exchange, with the university's consent, university-owned inholdings within conservation system units. Any land exchanged shall be of equal value.
No later than four years after enactment of the bill, Alaska and the university may jointly identify no more than 500,000 acres of land for inclusion in the program, of which not more than 360,000 acres may be conveyed and patented to the university. Upon the request of Alaska and the university, the BLM shall provide technical assistance in the identification of land.
If Alaska and the university notify the BLM in writing that Alaska and the university jointly concur with the conveyance of all or a portion of the land identified for conveyance, and that Alaska relinquishes its selection rights to the land covered by the notification, the BLM shall convey the land to the university, to be held in trust for the exclusive use and benefit of the university.
The BLM shall notify Congress of the land conveyed and patented.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Apr 14, 2021.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-AK | Dan Sullivan | Original | Apr 14, 2021 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Referred Apr 14, 2021Markup May 3, 2022Reported Sep 21, 2022 |
| Public Lands, Forests, and Mining Subcommittee | Hearings Jun 16, 2021 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 21, 2022Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 117-152.
- Sep 21, 2022Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 495.
- May 3, 2022Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- Jun 16, 2021Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 117-141.
- Apr 14, 2021Introduced in Senate
- Apr 14, 2021Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 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
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Aug 30, 2022S. 1128, University of Alaska Fiscal Foundation ActAs ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on May 3, 2022
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 117-141 | PENDING LEGISLATION443 pages | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Jun 16, 2021 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 2546 | University of Alaska Fiscal Foundation Act | Identical bill | Jun 8, 2021 |
| HR 9496 | Alaska Land Conveyances and Trails Act | Related bill | Dec 12, 2022 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to provide for the continuation of higher education through the conveyance to the University of Alaska of certain public land in the State of Alaska, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- University of Alaska Fiscal Foundation Act
- Short Title(s) as Reported to Senate
- University of Alaska Fiscal Foundation 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.
- Sep 21, 2022Reported to Senate
- Apr 14, 2021Introduced in Senate
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.
