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To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Indian Health Service, to acquire private land to facilitate access to the Desert Sage Youth Wellness…

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To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Indian Health Service, to acquire private land to facilitate access to the Desert Sage Youth Wellness Center in Hemet, California, and for other purposes.

Introduced: September 25, 2019 Introduced by: Ruiz, Raul Democratic · California See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 5, 2020
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Dec 2, 2019
Re-referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
Oct 3, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
Sep 26, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Sep 25, 2019
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.
Sep 25, 2019
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill authorizes the Indian Health Service (IHS) to purchase certain private land in Hemet, California, at fair market value and then construct a paved road on that land to facilitate access to the Desert Sage Youth Wellness Center. The IHS shall maintain the road or enter an agreement with Riverside County, California, to maintain the road.

What's happening now February 5, 2020

Subcommittee Hearings Held.

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 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 5
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 3 Republican 1
D
Harder, Josh
California · Mar 5, 2020
 D
Barragán, Nanette Diaz
California · Jan 24, 2020
 D
Aguilar, Pete
California · Sep 25, 2019
 R
Calvert, Ken
California · Sep 25, 2019
Cook, Paul
· Sep 25, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4495: To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Indian Health Service, to acquire private land to facilitate access to the Desert Sage Youth Wellness Center in Hemet, California, and for other purposes.. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-4495/
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"H.R. 4495: To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Indian Health Service, to acquire private land to facilitate access to the Desert Sage Youth Wellness Center in Hemet, California, and for other purposes.." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-4495/.
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H.R. 4495, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-4495/.
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