Big Bend National Park Boundary Adjustment Act
Latest action · Dec 19, 2024 Held at the desk.
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 29, 2023
- Passed SenateDec 18, 2024
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Big Bend National Park Boundary Adjustment Act
This bill authorizes the Department of the Interior to acquire, by donation, purchase from willing sellers, or exchange, approximately 6,100 acres of land or interests in land generally identified as Tracts to Include in Boundary on the map titled Big Bend National Park, Proposed Boundary Adjustment and dated November 2022.
Upon the acquisition of any land or interests in land, Interior shall revise the boundary of the park to include the acquired land or interests in land and shall administer them as part of the park.
Interior, in carrying out this bill, may not use eminent domain or condemnation.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Mar 29, 2023.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NM | Ben Ray Luján | Original | Mar 29, 2023 |
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 Mar 29, 2023Markup Sep 21, 2023Reported Dec 20, 2023 |
| National Parks Subcommittee | Hearings Jun 21, 2023 |
Actions 10
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 19, 2024Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Dec 19, 2024Received in the House.
- Dec 19, 2024Held at the desk.
- Dec 18, 2024Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7153; text: CR S7155)
- Dec 20, 2023Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin without amendment. With written report No. 118-145.
- Dec 20, 2023Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 297.
- Sep 21, 2023Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- Jun 21, 2023Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 118-284.
- Mar 29, 2023Introduced in Senate
- Mar 29, 2023Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S7153, S7157Text printed S7155 | John Cornyn R-TX, Richard Blumenthal D-CT | Dec 18, 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
- Nov 28, 2023S. 1059, Big Bend National Park Boundary Adjustment ActAs ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on September 21, 2023
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. 118-284 | PENDING LEGISLATION169 pages | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Jun 21, 2023 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1544 | Big Bend National Park Boundary Adjustment Act | Related bill | Mar 22, 2023 |
Titles 4
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to adjust the boundary of Big Bend National Park in the State of Texas, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Big Bend National Park Boundary Adjustment Act
- Short Title(s) as Reported to Senate
- Big Bend National Park Boundary Adjustment Act
- Short Title(s) as Passed Senate
- Big Bend National Park Boundary Adjustment Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
Text 3
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 18, 2024Engrossed in Senate
- Dec 20, 2023Reported to Senate
- Mar 29, 2023Introduced 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.
