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A bill to amend Public Law 97-435 to extend the authorization for the Secretary of the Interior to release certain conditions contained in a patent concerning certain land conveyed by the United…

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A bill to amend Public Law 97-435 to extend the authorization for the Secretary of the Interior to release certain conditions contained in a patent concerning certain land conveyed by the United States to Eastern Washington University until December 31, 2009.

Introduced: July 28, 2005 Introduced by: Cantwell, Maria Democratic · Washington See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 12 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 22, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
Dec 17, 2005
Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
Dec 17, 2005
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Dec 17, 2005
Received in the House.
Dec 16, 2005
Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S13936; text as passed Senate: CR S13936)
Dec 16, 2005
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S13936; text as passed Senate: CR S13936)
Dec 8, 2005
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 313.
Dec 8, 2005
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Domenici under authority of the order of the Senate of 11/18/2005 without amendment. With written report No. 109-195.
Nov 16, 2005
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Nov 2, 2005
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 109-347.
Jul 28, 2005
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Jul 28, 2005
Introduced in Senate
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(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Extends, until December 31, 2009, the authorization for the Secretary of the Interior to release certain land reversion conditions contained in a patent concerning certain land conveyed by the United States to Eastern Washington University, Washington.

What's happening now December 22, 2005

Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1552: A bill to amend Public Law 97-435 to extend the authorization for the Secretary of the Interior to release certain conditions contained in a patent concerning certain land conveyed by the United States to Eastern Washington University until December 31, 2009.. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-1552/
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"S. 1552: A bill to amend Public Law 97-435 to extend the authorization for the Secretary of the Interior to release certain conditions contained in a patent concerning certain land conveyed by the United States to Eastern Washington University until December 31, 2009.." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-1552/.
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S. 1552, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-1552/.
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