HR 1544
118th Congress
House
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Texas
Big Bend National Park Boundary Adjustment Act
Introduced: March 10, 2023
See on congress.gov
Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 22, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
Mar 10, 2023
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Mar 10, 2023
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Big Bend National Park Boundary Adjustment Act
This bill authorizes the Department of the Interior to acquire, by donation, purchase from willing sellers, or exchange, approximately 6,100 acres of lands or interests in land generally identified as Tracts to Include in Boundary on the map titled Big Bend National Park, Proposed Boundary Adjustment and dated November 2022.
Upon the acquisition of any lands or interests in land, Interior shall revise the boundary of the park to include the acquisition and shall administer such lands or interests in land as part of the park.
Interior, in carrying out this bill, may not use eminent domain or condemnation.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
Committees of jurisdiction
2