Joshua Tree National Park Expansion Act of 2024
Latest action · Nov 21, 2024 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 618.
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.
- IntroducedMay 1, 2024
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Joshua Tree National Park Expansion Act of 2024
This bill expands the boundary of Joshua Tree National Park by adding approximately 20,149 acres of specified land, and transfers administrative jurisdiction over such land from the Bureau of Land Management to the National Park Service.
The Department of the Interior may acquire land and land interests within the park boundary by donation, purchase from a willing seller, exchange, or transfer. However, land within the park boundary that is owned by the State of California or a political subdivision thereof may be acquired only by donation or exchange.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on May 1, 2024.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Laphonza R. Butler | Original | May 1, 2024 |
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 May 1, 2024Markup Nov 19, 2024Reported Nov 21, 2024 |
| National Parks Subcommittee | Hearings May 15, 2024 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 21, 2024Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
- Nov 21, 2024Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 618.
- Nov 19, 2024Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- May 15, 2024Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 118-336.
- May 1, 2024Introduced in Senate
- May 1, 2024Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S3137-3138)
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 S3137 | Alex Padilla D-CA | May 1, 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.
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. 118-336 | THE PRESIDENT'S BUDGET REQUEST FOR THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025 AND PENDING LEGISLATION319 pages | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | May 15, 2024 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 8259 | Joshua Tree National Park Expansion Act of 2024 | Identical bill | May 6, 2024 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend the California Desert Protection Act of 1994 to expand the boundary of Joshua Tree National Park.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Joshua Tree National Park Expansion Act of 2024
- Short Title(s) as Reported to Senate
- Joshua Tree National Park Expansion Act of 2024
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 21, 2024Reported to Senate
- May 1, 2024Introduced 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.
