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HR 3785 108th Congress House Public Lands and Natural Resources Boundaries Canals Emergency Management Environmental Protection Estuaries Everglades Flood damage prevention Florida Freshwater resources conservation Land transfers Marine and coastal resources, fisheries National parks Natural areas Restoration ecology Transportation and Public Works Water Resources Development Water districts Wetlands

To authorize the exchange of certain land in Everglades National Park.

Introduced: February 10, 2004 Introduced by: Diaz-Balart, Mario Republican · Florida See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 22 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 23, 2004
Became Public Law No: 108-483.
Dec 23, 2004
Signed by President.
Dec 16, 2004
Presented to President.
Dec 9, 2004
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Dec 8, 2004
Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S12020)
Dec 8, 2004
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S12020)
Jul 20, 2004
Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 653.
Jul 19, 2004
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5935-5936)
Jul 19, 2004
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Jul 19, 2004
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5935)
Jul 19, 2004
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H5935)
Jul 19, 2004
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3785.
Jul 19, 2004
Mr. Hayworth moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Jun 1, 2004
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 296.
Jun 1, 2004
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Resources. H. Rept. 108-516.
May 19, 2004
Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands Discharged.
May 19, 2004
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
May 19, 2004
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
Feb 11, 2004
Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
Feb 11, 2004
Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
Feb 10, 2004
Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
Feb 10, 2004
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on June 1, 2004. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Amends the Everglades National Park Protection and Expansion Act of 1989 to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to acquire from one or more willing sellers not more than ten acres of land located outside the boundary of Everglades National Park and adjacent to or near the East Everglades area of the Park for the development of administrative, housing, maintenance, or other Park purposes. Requires such land, on acquisition, to be administered as part of the Park in accordance with the laws (including regulations) applicable to the Park.

Directs the Administrator of General Services to convey to Miami-Dade County, Florida, fee title to approximately 595.28 acres of land designated as Site Alpha that is declared by the Department of the Navy to be excess land in exchange for conveyance by the County to the Secretary of fee title to two parcels of land owned by the County totaling approximately 152.93 acres that are designated as Tract 605-01 and Tract 605-03.

Directs the Secretary, after the completion of such exchange, to convey to the South Florida Water Management District fee title to approximately 1,054 acres of land located in the Rocky Glades area of the Park in exchange for fee title to approximately 1,054 acres of District land located in the Southern Glades Wildlife and Environmental Area.

Requires that the land conveyed to the District be used by the District for the purposes of the C-111 project, including restoration of the Everglades natural system. (The C-111 Spreader Canal project modifies the existing water management system to restore historic freshwater flows to areas of the Everglades National Park and to maintain existing flood protection for surrounding areas.)

Amends Federal law relating to the Big Cypress National Preserve and the Big Cypress National Preserve Addition to: (1) provide for the reduction in the amount of payment or reimbursement by the Secretary of total costs to the State of Florida of acquiring lands within Big Cypress National Preserve Addition by an amount equal to 20 percent of the amount of the total cost incurred by the Secretary in acquiring lands in the Addition other than from the State; and (2) remove the requirement for reducing the aggregate cost to the United States of acquiring lands within the Addition by an amount equal to 20 percent of the amount of the total cost incurred by the Secretary in acquiring lands in the Addition other than from the State.

What's happening now December 23, 2004

Became Public Law No: 108-483.

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