Dalles Watershed Development Act
Latest action · Jul 15, 2026 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held.
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.
- IntroducedJan 23, 2025
- Passed HouseDec 9, 2025
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
The Dalles Watershed Development Act
This bill provides for the conveyance of approximately 150 acres of National Forest System land located in the Mount Hood National Forest in Oregon from the Forest Service to the City of The Dalles, Oregon. If the city requests Interior to convey the land within a year of this bill's enactment, then the Forest Service must convey the land to the city as soon as practicable.
The exact acreage and legal description of the National Forest System land to be conveyed must be determined by a survey satisfactory to the Forest Service.
The conveyance must be (1) subject to valid existing rights; (2) made without consideration (i.e., made without the transfer of value, such as money); (3) made by a quitclaim deed; and (4) subject to such additional terms and conditions as the Forest Service determines to be appropriate to protect the interests of the United States.
As a condition of the conveyance, the city must pay the costs associated with the conveyance, including the cost of a survey.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 2
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 Jan 23, 2025Discharged Jun 25, 2025Markup Jun 25, 2025Reported Sep 15, 2025 |
| Federal Lands Subcommittee | Referred Apr 23, 2025Hearings Apr 29, 2025 | |
| Senate | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Referred Dec 10, 2025 |
| Public Lands, Forests, and Mining Subcommittee | Hearings Jul 15, 2026 |
Actions 16
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 15, 2026Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held.
- Dec 10, 2025Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
- Dec 9, 2025Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5075)
- Dec 9, 2025Mr. Hurd (CO) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Dec 9, 2025Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5075-5076)
- Dec 9, 2025DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 655.
- Dec 9, 2025Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Sep 15, 2025Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-277.
- Sep 15, 2025Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 233.
- Jun 25, 2025Subcommittee on Federal Lands Discharged
- Jun 25, 2025Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Jun 25, 2025Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by Unanimous Consent.
- Apr 29, 2025Subcommittee Hearings Held
- Apr 23, 2025Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
- Jan 23, 2025Introduced in House
- Jan 23, 2025Referred to the House Committee on 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H5075, H5076Text printed H5075 | Cliff Bentz R-OR, Emily Randall D-WA, Jeff Hurd R-CO | Dec 9, 2025 |
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
- Sep 8, 2025H.R. 655, The Dalles Watershed Development ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on June 25, 2025
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 14, January 23, 2025, page H388.
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. 119-19 | H.R. 528, H.R. 655, H.R. 1276, AND H.R. 287653 pages | Natural Resources Committee | Apr 29, 2025 |
Titles 6
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain Federal land to the City of The Dalles, Oregon.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- The Dalles Watershed Development Act
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- Dalles Watershed Development Act
- Short Title(s) as Passed House
- Dalles Watershed Development Act
- Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
- Dalles Watershed Development Act
- Official Title from EH (Engrossed in House) bill text
- To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain Federal land to the City of The Dalles, Oregon.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 10, 2025Referred in Senate
- Dec 9, 2025Engrossed in House
- Sep 15, 2025Reported in House
- Jan 23, 2025Introduced 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.
