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HR 1157 115th Congress House Public Lands and Natural Resources Land transfers Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Massachusetts Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

To clarify the United States interest in certain submerged lands in the area of the Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge, and for other purposes.

Introduced: February 16, 2017 Introduced by: Keating, William R. Democratic · Massachusetts See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 10 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 2, 2018
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 406.
Feb 2, 2018
Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-541.
Dec 13, 2017
Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
Dec 13, 2017
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Dec 12, 2017
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Dec 12, 2017
Subcommittee on Federal Lands Discharged.
Apr 5, 2017
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Mar 2, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
Feb 16, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Feb 16, 2017
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill states that Congress finds that the United States did not acquire any right, title, or interest in or to submerged lands in Nantucket Sound (near the coast of Massachusetts) or the waters above those submerged lands as a result of the taking described in the civil action, United States v. 3,000 Acres of Land (D. Mass. 1944). That taking involved land that is now part of the Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge.

What's happening now February 2, 2018

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 406.

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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1157: To clarify the United States interest in certain submerged lands in the area of the Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge, and for other purposes.. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1157/
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"H.R. 1157: To clarify the United States interest in certain submerged lands in the area of the Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge, and for other purposes.." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1157/.
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H.R. 1157, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1157/.
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[H.R. 1157: To clarify the United States interest in certain submerged lands in the area of the Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge, and for other purposes.](https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1157/)
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