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HR5494Passed House

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to transfer certain properties to the District of Columbia.

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Introduced
In Committee
Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both
5
Signed into Law
111th
Congress
2010-06-09
Introduced
0
Cosponsors
HR
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Type

Sponsor

Eleanor Holmes Norton
Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democrat · DC · Representative
Votes with party: 98.1% (54 recorded votes)

Full profile: /officials/N000147

Source: Congress.gov · FEC

Cosponsors (0)

Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.

No cosponsors on record. Bills can pass without cosponsors — this often means the sponsor introduced the bill alone, either because it's a messaging bill, a chairman's mark, or simply early in the legislative cycle.

Latest Action

The most recent step in the bill's legislative path. Committee Activity below shows referrals and reports; the full action-by-action history including floor proceedings lives at Congress.gov →

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

2010-09-29

Source: Congress.gov

Plain-English Summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on September 16, 2010. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Directs the Secretary of the Interior to transfer specified lands to the District of Columbia.

Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.

Subjects

Public Lands and Natural Resources
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Open text viewRead on Congress.gov

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