ROWATA Act
Latest action · Apr 15, 2024 Received in the Senate and 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.
- IntroducedOct 20, 2023
- Passed HouseApr 11, 2024
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Right-Of-Way Application Transparency and Accountability Act or ROWATA Act
This bill requires the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture to notify applicants for a right-of-way on certain public lands if their application is complete or lacking information.
Cosponsors 6
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 20, 2023 to Nov 13, 2023; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-WA | Dan Newhouse | Original | Oct 20, 2023 |
| R-FL | Byron Donalds | Oct 25, 2023 | |
| R-PA | Daniel Meuser | Oct 25, 2023 | |
| R-SC | Jeff Duncan | Oct 25, 2023 | |
| R-CA | Tom McClintock | Oct 25, 2023 | |
| R-AZ | Paul A. Gosar | Nov 13, 2023 |
Committees 3
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 Oct 25, 2023Markup Dec 6, 2023Reported Mar 12, 2024 |
| House | Agriculture Committee | Referred Oct 25, 2023Discharged Mar 12, 2024 |
| Forestry and Horticulture Subcommittee | Referred Jan 18, 2024 | |
| Senate | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Referred Apr 16, 2024 |
Actions 17
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 15, 2024Received in the Senate (Legislative Day, April 10, 2024).
- Apr 15, 2024Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
- Apr 11, 2024Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H2301)
- Apr 11, 2024Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: 4/9/2024 CR H2150)
- Apr 11, 2024Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
In the Congressional Record 2
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 H2301 | — | Apr 11, 2024 |
| House | Debate and remarks H2150–H2152Text printed H2150 | David G. Valadao R-CA, Harriet M. Hageman R-WY, Teresa Leger Fernandez D-NM | Apr 9, 2024 |
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
- Feb 26, 2024H.R. 6011, ROWATA ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on December 6, 2023
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 173, October 20, 2023, page H5039.
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. 118-72 | H.R. 1449, H.R. 2855, H.R. 6009, AND H.R. 601176 pages | Natural Resources Committee | Oct 25, 2023 |
Titles 9
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To direct the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to notify applicants of the completion status of right-of-way applications under section 501 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 and section 28 of the Mineral Leasing Act.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- ROWATA Act
- Right-Of-Way Application Transparency and Accountability Act
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- ROWATA Act
- Right-Of-Way Application Transparency and Accountability Act
- Short Title(s) as Passed House
- ROWATA Act
- Right-Of-Way Application Transparency and Accountability Act
- Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
- ROWATA Act
- Right-Of-Way Application Transparency and Accountability Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 15, 2024Referred in Senate
- Apr 11, 2024Engrossed in House
- Mar 12, 2024Reported in House
- Oct 25, 2023Introduced 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.
