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S 286 115th Congress Senate Public Lands and Natural Resources Colorado Forests, forestry, trees Land transfers

Elkhorn Ranch and White River National Forest Conveyance Act

Introduced: February 2, 2017 See on congress.gov
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Jun 7, 2017
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 119.
Jun 7, 2017
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 115-92.
Mar 30, 2017
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Feb 2, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Feb 2, 2017
Introduced in Senate
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Elkhorn Ranch and White River National Forest Conveyance Act

(Sec. 2) This bill requires all interest of the United States in 148 acres of identified land to be conveyed by patent to the Gordman-Leverich Partnership (GLP), a Colorado Limited Liability Partnership.

The conveyance: (1) is subject to the valid existing rights of the lessee of federal oil and gas lease COC-75070 and any other valid existing rights, and (2) shall reserve to the United States the right to collect rent and royalty payments on such lease for its duration.

The conveyance shall: (1) be completed by no later than 180 days of enactment of this bill; and (2) be without consideration, except that all costs incurred by the Department of the Interior relating to any survey, platting, legal description, or other activities carried out to prepare and issue the patent shall be paid by the GLP to Interior prior to the conveyance of such land.

What's happening now June 7, 2017

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 119.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 698 Related bill Elkhorn Ranch and White River National Forest Conveyance Act of 2017
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Bennet, Michael F.
Colorado · Feb 2, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 286: Elkhorn Ranch and White River National Forest Conveyance Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-286/
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"S. 286: Elkhorn Ranch and White River National Forest Conveyance Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-286/.
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