A bill to require the Secretary of Agriculture to convey the Pleasant Valley Ranger District Administrative Site to Gila County, Arizona.
Latest action · Jul 23, 2026 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 471.
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.
- IntroducedFeb 25, 2025
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
This bill directs the Forest Service to convey specified property to Gila County, Arizona, upon the county's submission of a written request for such conveyance. The property, identified as the Gila County Area, consists of approximately 232.9 acres of National Forest System land located in the Tonto National Forest in Arizona.
The county must use the land for the purposes of serving and supporting veterans. If any land conveyed under this bill ceases to be used for such purpose, all right, title, and interest in and to the land shall revert to the United States, at the discretion of the Forest Service.
The conveyance must be made with a quitclaim deed and without consideration (value, such as payment, provided in exchange for the property).
The Forest Service must not be required to provide any covenant or warranty for the land and improvements conveyed to the county under such conveyance.
As a condition of the conveyance, the county must pay all the costs associated with the conveyance, including any (1) surveys, (2) environmental analysis or resource survey required under federal law, and (3) analysis required to comply with certain provisions of the National Historic Preservation Act.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Feb 25, 2025.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-AZ | Ruben Gallego | Original | Feb 25, 2025 |
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 Feb 25, 2025Markup Feb 4, 2026Reported Jul 23, 2026 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 23, 2026Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Lee with an amendment. Without written report.
- Jul 23, 2026Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 471.
- Feb 4, 2026Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
- Feb 25, 2025Introduced in Senate
- Feb 25, 2025Read 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.
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Feb 24, 2026S. 700, a bill to require the Secretary of Agriculture to convey the Pleasant Valley Ranger District Administrative Site to Gila County, ArizonaAs ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on February 4, 2026
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 837 | To require the Secretary of Agriculture to convey the Pleasant Valley Ranger District Administrative Site to Gila County, Arizona. | Contained in public law | Oct 20, 2026 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to require the Secretary of Agriculture to convey the Pleasant Valley Ranger District Administrative Site to Gila County, Arizona.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 23, 2026Reported to Senate
- Feb 25, 2025Introduced 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.
