Bill Sponsor
Senate Bill 1665
115th Congress(2017-2018)
Confirming State Land Grants for Education Act
Introduced
Introduced
Introduced in Senate on Jul 27, 2017
Overview
Text
Introduced
Jul 27, 2017
Latest Action
Feb 7, 2018
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
Bill
The primary form of legislative measure used to propose law. Depending on the chamber of origin, bills begin with a designation of either H.R. or S. Joint resolution is another form of legislative measure used to propose law.
Bill Number
1665
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.
Sponsorship by Party
Republican
Utah
Senate Votes (0)
House Votes (0)
No Senate votes have been held for this bill.
Summary

Confirming State Land Grants for Education Act

This bill allows the state of Utah, subject to valid existing rights, to select certain lands under the administrative jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) of the Department of the Interior that are identified as available for disposal by land exchange in the Record of Decision for the Pony Express Resource Management Plan and Rangeland Program Summary for Utah County in fulfillment of certain land grants made to Utah upon being admitted as a state to further the purposes of the State of Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration, without further land use planning action by the BLM.

The criteria listed in Decision 3 of the Lands Program of the resource management plan shall not apply to any lands selected by Utah pursuant to this bill.

Text (1)
Actions (3)
02/07/2018
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 115-502.
07/27/2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
07/27/2017
Introduced in Senate
Public Record
Record Updated
Jan 11, 2023 1:37:01 PM