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HR 4901 113th Congress House Public Lands and Natural Resources Administrative law and regulatory procedures Alaska Arizona California Colorado Department of the Interior Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Forests, forestry, trees Idaho Intergovernmental relations Land transfers Land use and conservation Mining Montana New Mexico North Dakota Oregon Parks, recreation areas, trails South Dakota

Advancing Conservation and Education Act of 2014

Introduced: June 19, 2014 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
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In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 29, 2014
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Jun 26, 2014
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
Jun 26, 2014
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
Jun 26, 2014
Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
Jun 19, 2014
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Jun 19, 2014
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Advancing Conservation and Education Act of 2014 - Allows Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, or Wyoming (western states) to relinquish state land grant parcels wholly or primarily within federal conservation areas and to select, in exchange, unappropriated public land within the state. Defines "federal conservation areas" as lands within the outer boundaries of units of the National Park, National Wilderness Preservation, National Wildlife Refuge, or National Landscape Conservation Systems and certain designated lands within the National Forest System.

Directs the Secretary of the Interior to create a process for the relinquishment of such parcels.

Allows a western state to select, and the Secretary to convey, lands that are mineral in character.

Requires the overall value of the state land grant parcels and the unappropriated public land to be conveyed to be equal.

Sets forth requirements regarding records of hazardous materials on land conveyed, water rights, and grazing permits.

What's happening now July 29, 2014

Subcommittee Hearings Held.

 Bill text 1 version

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