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Education Land Grant Act

Introduced: July 23, 1997 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 13 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 9, 1998
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 392.
Sep 9, 1998
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Resources. H. Rept. 105-693.
Jul 22, 1998
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jul 22, 1998
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Jul 22, 1998
Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health Discharged.
May 21, 1998
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote.
May 21, 1998
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Feb 24, 1998
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H540)
Feb 24, 1998
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Jul 28, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands.
Jul 28, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
Jul 23, 1997
Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
Jul 23, 1997
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Education Land Grant Act - Amends the Recreation and Public Purposes Act to provide for the disposal of national forest lands (currently, only public lands) to a State, territory, county, municipality, or other State, territorial, or Federal instrumentality or political subdivision, including to a local education agency (LEA) for an elementary or secondary school, including a public charter school.

Makes such Act inapplicable to lands in: (1) the National Park System; (2) the National Wildlife Refuge System; (3) the National Wilderness Preservation System; (4) the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System; (5) the National Trails System; (6) any Bureau of Land Management area of critical environmental concern; and (7) any national recreation area.

Requires the Secretary of the Interior, upon receipt of an application from a duly qualified LEA that is seeking conveyance of land for use for a school, to: (1) notify the applicant of such receipt before the end of the ten-day period beginning on the date of receipt; and (2) before the end of the 60-day period beginning on such date, determine whether or not to convey such land and to notify the applicant of that determination, or report to the Congress and the applicant the reasons that determination has not been made.

What's happening now September 9, 1998

Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Resources. H. Rept. 105-693.

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