House Bill 558
115th Congress(2017-2018)
Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park Boundary Adjustment Act
Active
Passed House on Jan 30, 2017
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill
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Bill Number
558
Congress
115
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.
checkPassed on January 30, 2017
Status
Passed
Type
Voice Vote
Voice Vote
A vote in which the presiding officer states the question, then asks those in favor and against to say "Yea" or "Nay," respectively, and announces the result according to his or her judgment. The names or numbers of senators voting on each side are not recorded.
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H716)
Summary
Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park Boundary Adjustment Act
This bill modifies the boundary of the Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park in Georgia to include approximately eight acres identified as Wallis House and Harriston Hill.
The Department of the Interior may acquire land or interests, by donation or exchange, from willing sellers only.
The written consent of property owners is required before the land is included in the park. Interior may not acquire the land by condemnation.
May 16, 2017
February 1, 2017
January 30, 2017
January 13, 2017
05/16/2017
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 86.
05/16/2017
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 115-68.
03/30/2017
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
02/01/2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
01/31/2017
Received in the Senate.
01/30/2017
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
01/30/2017
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H716)
01/30/2017
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H716)
01/30/2017
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 558.
01/30/2017
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H716-717)
01/30/2017
Mr. McClintock moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
01/13/2017
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
01/13/2017
Introduced in House
Public Record
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