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America’s Public Land Act of 2019

Introduced: February 14, 2019 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 11, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
Mar 7, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
Feb 14, 2019
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Feb 14, 2019
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

America's Public Land Act of 2019

This bill reaffirms that it is U.S. policy

  • to retain public land in federal ownership unless its disposal has been authorized by an Act of Congress;
  • to retain management authority over public land, except where a nonfederal individual or entity is authorized to exercise management authority pursuant to an Act of Congress or another applicable law; and
  • that retention of public land and the management authority over it is in the public interest.

Neither the Department of the Interior nor of Agriculture shall approve or permit the conveyance of public land or the granting of management authority over such land to nonfederal individuals or entities except as authorized by an Act of Congress.

What's happening now March 11, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.

 Related & companion bills 1
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 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 10
All 10 Democratic 10
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Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Jul 20, 2020
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Feb 3, 2020
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Himes, James A.
Connecticut · Aug 23, 2019
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Gallego, Ruben
Arizona · Jul 9, 2019
 D
Chu, Judy
California · Feb 14, 2019
 D
Cisneros, Gilbert Ray
California · Feb 14, 2019
 D
Gomez, Jimmy
California · Feb 14, 2019
 D
Huffman, Jared
California · Feb 14, 2019
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Krishnamoorthi, Raja
Illinois · Feb 14, 2019
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Quigley, Mike
Illinois · Feb 14, 2019
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1276: America’s Public Land Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-1276/
MLA
"H.R. 1276: America’s Public Land Act of 2019." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-1276/.
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H.R. 1276, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-1276/.
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[H.R. 1276: America’s Public Land Act of 2019](https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-1276/)
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