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S 1059 118th Congress Senate 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 29, 2023 Introduced by: Cornyn, John Republican · Texas See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 11 steps
Introduced
In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 19, 2024
Held at the desk.
Dec 19, 2024
Received in the House.
Dec 19, 2024
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Dec 18, 2024
Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7153; text: CR S7155)
Dec 18, 2024
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Dec 20, 2023
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 297.
Dec 20, 2023
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin without amendment. With written report No. 118-145.
Sep 21, 2023
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Jun 21, 2023
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 118-284.
Mar 29, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Mar 29, 2023
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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 land 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 land or interests in land, Interior shall revise the boundary of the park to include the acquired land or interests in land and shall administer them as part of the park.

Interior, in carrying out this bill, may not use eminent domain or condemnation.

What's happening now December 19, 2024

Held at the desk.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 1544 Related bill Big Bend National Park Boundary Adjustment Act
 Bill text 3 versions

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Luján, Ben Ray
New Mexico · Mar 29, 2023
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1059: Big Bend National Park Boundary Adjustment Act. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-1059/
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"S. 1059: Big Bend National Park Boundary Adjustment Act." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-1059/.
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S. 1059, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-1059/.
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