House Bill 1276
116th Congress(2019-2020)
America’s Public Land Act of 2019
Introduced
Introduced in House on Feb 14, 2019
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill
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Bill Number
1276
Congress
116
Policy Area
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Primary focus of measure is natural areas (including wilderness); lands under government jurisdiction; land use practices and policies; parks, monuments, and historic sites; fisheries and marine resources; mining and minerals. Measures concerning energy supplies and production may fall under Energy policy area.
No House votes have been held for this bill.
Summary
America's Public Land Act of 2019
This bill reaffirms that it is U.S. policy
- to retain public land in federal ownership unless its disposal has been authorized by an Act of Congress;
- to retain management authority over public land, except where a nonfederal individual or entity is authorized to exercise management authority pursuant to an Act of Congress or another applicable law; and
- that retention of public land and the management authority over it is in the public interest.
Neither the Department of the Interior nor of Agriculture shall approve or permit the conveyance of public land or the granting of management authority over such land to nonfederal individuals or entities except as authorized by an Act of Congress.
February 14, 2019
03/11/2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
03/07/2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
02/14/2019
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
02/14/2019
Introduced in House
Public Record
Record Updated
Nov 1, 2022 4:17:42 PM