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S 3519 117th Congress Senate Public Lands and Natural Resources Arizona Arkansas California Geography and mapping Historic sites and heritage areas Missouri New Mexico Oklahoma Parks, recreation areas, trails Tennessee Texas

Butterfield Overland National Historic Trail Designation Act

Introduced: June 22, 2022 Introduced by: Boozman, John Republican · Arkansas See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 19 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jan 5, 2023
Became Public Law No: 117-345.
Jan 5, 2023
Signed by President.
Dec 28, 2022
Presented to President.
Dec 22, 2022
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.
Dec 22, 2022
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 3519.
Dec 22, 2022
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H10010-10011)
Dec 22, 2022
Mr. Tonko moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
Dec 22, 2022
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Dec 22, 2022
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H10010-10011)
Dec 21, 2022
Held at the desk.
Dec 21, 2022
Received in the House.
Dec 21, 2022
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Dec 20, 2022
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S9614)
Dec 20, 2022
Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Dec 20, 2022
Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S9614)
Dec 20, 2022
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
May 11, 2022
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 117-297.
Jan 19, 2022
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Jan 19, 2022
Introduced in Senate
 Amendments to this bill 1

Amendments propose changes to this bill. Members vote on amendments separately before the final bill vote. An agreed amendment becomes part of the bill; a failed amendment does not.

1 agreed to

AmendmentSponsorPurposeStatusLatest action
SAMDT 6,586 Boozman, John In the nature of a substitute. Agreed to Dec 20, 2022
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Butterfield Overland National Historic Trail Designation Act

This act designates the trail extending approximately 3,292 miles and following the route operated by the Butterfield Overland Mail Company, known as the Ox-Bow Route, to transport mail and passengers between the eastern end points of St. Louis, Missouri, and Memphis, Tennessee, and extending westward through the states of Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona, to the western end point of San Francisco, California, as the Butterfield Overland National Historic Trail.

The United States shall not acquire for the trail any land or interest in land outside of the exterior boundary of any federally administered area without the consent of the owner of such land or interest in land.

The Department of the Interior may not use eminent domain or condemnation in carrying out this act.

What's happening now January 5, 2023

Became Public Law No: 117-345.

 Bill text 4 versions

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 1 Republican 2
Sinema, Kyrsten
· Jun 22, 2022
Blunt, Roy
· Jan 19, 2022
 R
Cornyn, John
Texas · Jan 19, 2022
 R
Cotton, Tom
Arkansas · Jan 19, 2022
 D
Heinrich, Martin
New Mexico · Jan 19, 2022
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3519: Butterfield Overland National Historic Trail Designation Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-3519/
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"S. 3519: Butterfield Overland National Historic Trail Designation Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-3519/.
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