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S1140Reported by Committee

La Pine Land Conveyance Act

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Introduced
In Committee
3
Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both
5
Signed into Law
111th
Congress
2009-05-21
Introduced
0
Cosponsors
S
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Type

Sponsor

Ron Wyden
Ron Wyden
Democrat · OR · Senator
Votes with party: 86.1% (898 recorded votes)

Full profile: /officials/W000779

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 →

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 289.

2010-03-02

Source: Congress.gov

Plain-English Summary

La Pine Land Conveyance Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), to convey to the city of La Pine, Oregon, or county of Deschutes, Oregon, without consideration, all interest of the United States in specified parcels of BLM-managed land in the Prineville District for use: (1) by the county for outdoor recreation, open space, or public parks, including a rodeo ground, and a public sewer system; and (2) by the city for a public library, public park, or open space. Requires the County to pay all associated survey and administrative costs. Requires the conveyed lands to revert to the United States if such lands cease being used for the public purposes for which such lands were conveyed.

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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